Independent Retailer Month is celebrated in July to recognize the contribution of independent retailers who help our economy by creating sustainable cities, […]

  For the second consecutive year, Washington State has witnessed a concerning rise in violent crimes alongside a decreasing number of police […]

  Before the Major League Baseball All-Star game throngs descended on Seattle, the city’s hotels already led all American cities with an […]

The Washington Retail (WR) Workforce Initiative is pleased to announce an upcoming visit by Jessica Viera, the National Retail Federation (NRF) Foundation’s […]

By Mike Hintze, Hintze Law On June 30, the Washington State Office of the Attorney General (OAG) issued its highly-anticipated clarifying guidance […]

By Mike Hintze, Hintze Law Welcome to the fifth installment of our blog series focusing on the Washington My Health My Data […]

By: Washington Research Council The City of Seattle adopted the payroll expense tax (PET) in July 2020. The rate of the tax […]

  The benefits of WR membership are twofold. First, joining gives members a voice and influence with the association’s representation with state, […]

  The Renton Police Department (RPD) recently broke up a large-scale retail theft operation run from a residential location in Washington. A […]

  On June 22, over three dozen Burien business leaders, city council members, staff, police, and nonprofits gathered to address homelessness and […]

  Organized retail crime (ORC) persists as an escalating challenge within the U.S. retail sector, and recent data suggests its scale and […]

  As some of the country’s shopping malls are in decline, a potential savior might be pickleball, a racket sport invented by […]