The Washington Retail Association hosted its WR Board of Directors at the State Capitol this past week. The winter meeting of WR […]

Today marks the 46th day of the 105-day session. As of today, legislators have filed 2,008 bills. Friday, Feb 17, was the “cutoff,” […]

In the past few weeks, WR has taken steps on two critical issues that must be addressed by Congress. The first issue […]

Issues involving public safety and retail crimes are top priorities for WR and its members. Retailers and other businesses are seeing an […]

WR is pleased to announce that three of the four RISE Up certifications developed by retailers are now on the 2023-24 Industry […]

Our IWR readers have varying degrees of experience with policy and lawmaking. Some are well-versed in the process, while others have only […]

Retail sales increased in January as job and wage growth and easing inflation encouraged spending, but strong spending complicates Fed’s fight to […]

On February 21, Mayor Bruce Harrell delivered his 2023 State of the City address, recounting actions of his Administration’s focus on “core […]

According to the Seattle tech giant’s CEO, Andy Jassy, Amazon plans to bring employees back to the office in May. Most will […]

  Attorney General Bob Ferguson is convening his third Organized Retail Crime (ORC) Task Force meeting in Tacoma on March 29. The […]

Back injuries are costly. The yearly economic damage from back injuries for US companies is $225 billion. Poor physical fitness, lack of […]

Today marks the 31st day of the 105-day session, and WR’s policy and government affairs team are continuing to review bills closely. […]