WASHINGTON, July 28, 2022 – The National Retail Federation today presented the J. Thomas Weyant Award to North Carolina Retail Merchants Association President and General Counsel Andy Ellen, as retailers from across the country gathered in Washington, D.C., for NRF’s Retail…
Raleigh, NC (June 30, 2022) - The North Carolina Retail Merchants Association (NCRMA), along with its 2,500 retail members across the state, applauds the bipartisan passage of a new law to combat organized retail theft. This new law, recently signed…
February 10, 2022 Op Ed by: Andy Ellen, President and General Counsel, NC Retail Merchants Association If you’ve gone to the grocery store lately and shopped for chicken wings or chips and salsa for your upcoming Super Bowl party,…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - December 15, 2021 “Smash and Grabs” and organized retail crime will not be tolerated in North Carolina was the message sent today by representatives of the North Carolina Retail Merchants Association (NCRMA), North Carolina Conference of…
RALEIGH, NC – Although many shoppers have already begun their shopping, the 2021 holiday shopping season officially starts this week and North Carolina retailers are ready. The North Carolina Retail Merchants Association (NCRMA), along with its 2,500 retail members across…
It has been a tough year, but there is hope on the horizon and North Carolina retailers are ready to welcome you back. North Carolina took a huge step forward today in its recovery from COVID-19. Governor Roy Cooper removed…
It is one of those moments that stays in your memory, like where you were on 9-11, or the space shuttle exploded, or, for another generation, when President Kennedy was shot. On March 9, 2020, I, along with other leaders…
The North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS), the North Carolina Retail Merchants Association (NCRMA), the North Carolina Farm Bureau Insurance Group and the NC Chamber have come together to strongly encourage the public to follow public health guidelines in order to…
RALEIGH, NC – The North Carolina Retail Merchants Association (NCRMA) issued the following statement from Andy Ellen, president and general counsel, regarding the issuance of Executive Order 180 by Governor Roy Cooper implementing additional face covering requirements. “The main concern for…
RALEIGH, NC – The 2020 holiday season is going to be different, but North Carolina retailers are in excited anticipation, and the North Carolina Retail Merchants Association (NCRMA), along with its 2,500 retail members across the state, encourage consumers to…