Reasons to join Washington Retail

Feb 8, 2019
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Written by Mark Johnson, Senior Vice President of Policy and Government Affairs
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Washington Retail’s new website presents me with an opportunity to remind visitors of the reasons to consider becoming a member.

Our members across the state recognize the value of combining their resources and ideas to accomplish legislative outcomes that no single business could accomplish alone.

WR membership offers:

Legislative representation

  • We provide a constant and vigilant eye on legislative activity to fight against excessive taxes and onerous laws and regulations that add costs and reduce business efficiency.

Regulatory representation

  • WR monitors state boards and commission meetings on issues that impact your operations. We periodically issue update reports on the status of new regulations and offer testimony.

Communications

  • We provide weekly legislative conference calls during annual legislative sessions and issue detailed reports after session on the outcome of all bills that could affect retailers.

Strength in numbers

  • We represent companies that operate more than 3,500 storefronts in every legislative district across the state. The larger we become, the more influence we can exert to create a pro-business climate in Olympia to help your business succeed.

Our new website launched last week. Please take a visit for all the information you need to express your interest in joining WR. To request membership, go to washingtonretail.org/membership/