Wednesday, June 24, 2009 4:59 PM
Retail Groups End Merger Plans
By Bara Vaida
The National Retail Federation and the Retail Industry Leaders Association, two of the biggest retail groups in Washington, have called off their plans to merge.
"Following a deliberative process, RILA and NRF have ended discussions aimed at merging the two organizations," the two groups said in a statement. "NRF and RILA will devote all resources to continuing the work they are each doing to address the serious issues that America's consumers and retailers are facing in today's economic environment."
No other information was provided.
The two groups had announced in April that they were merging and NRF CEO
Tracy Mullin said she would retire.
As we have more information, we will update this story.
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