MRA in the News

• Pier 1 stores in Rockville, Gaithersburg to close

  Friday, January 17th, 2020

  Though no closing dates have been shared, the Pier 1 locations in Rockville and Gaithersburg are no longer available on the Pier 1 website Store Locator. Click here for more information.

• Yvonne Fx closes at Montgomery Mall

  Friday, January 10th, 2020

  Montgomery County has suffered a net loss of retail jobs since the turn of the century, according to the Maryland Retailers Association. Click here to learn more!

• Buses, racetracks, and plastic bags? They’re all issues to follow in Maryland’s 2020 legislative session.

  Thursday, January 9th, 2020

  Transportation, housing and land use, and environmental issues are going to be big this Session, not to mention how the legislature plans to address the recommendations presented by the Kirwan Commission. Click here to learn more about the big issues coming up in the… Read More

• Retailers Expect A Good Holiday Season

  Sunday, November 24th, 2019

  Maryland Retailers Association projects a jump in sales this year. Click here to learn more!

• Lauer’s Supermarket Owners Join Food Industry Hall Of Fame​

  Sunday, November 24th, 2019

  Ed and Helen Lauer, along with their daughters Bernie Snoops and Babbie Poyer, were inducted into the Maryland Retailers Association’s Food Industry Council Hall of Fame. Click here to learn more!

• Business Groups Warn Against Tax Hikes to Fund Kirwan Reforms

  Wednesday, November 20th, 2019

  Business groups responded Tuesday evening to a Kirwan Commission funding plan put forward by a labor union that included corporate tax increases. “This union-backed plan of more taxes will create an untenable situation for small businesses, their employees, and Maryland taxpayers,” Cailey Locklair, president of… Read More

• Salisbury Student Awarded in #ShopMDTaxFree Scholarship Contest

  Monday, November 18th, 2019

  Salisbury student McKenzie Asplen was awarded one of the scholarship prizes from our #ShopMDTaxFree scholarship competition. Check out her profile in The Flyer!

• Retailers expect 4% holiday sales increase this year

  Thursday, November 14th, 2019

  Retail holiday sales should increase over the 2018 holiday season between 3.8 and 4.2% according to the National Retail Federation, the Maryland Independent reports. Click here to read more about the MRA’s holiday shopping forecast!

• Comptroller Franchot urges Marylanders to Shop Local

  Friday, November 8th, 2019

  Back local businesses, urges Franchot during a recent Shop Maryland for the Holidays stop in Cumberland.  

• Baltimore City Council Votes on Plastic Bag Ban

  Wednesday, November 6th, 2019

  Baltimore’s Plastic Bag Ban One Step Closer To Becoming Law