Under The Influence: Retail Groups End Merger Plans http://undertheinfluence.nationaljournal.com/2009/06/retail-groups-end-merger-plans.php?rss=1 en Copyright 2011 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:59:31 GMT http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Retail Groups End Merger Plans
"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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Whatever the reason, donations have fallen from the lobbying community this year. Numbers published in a report by the Center for Responsive Politics,showed that donations have dropped by 27 percent between the first quarter of 2007 and the first quarter of 2009, according to its analysis of lobbying reports. During that same time period, the number of unique donors to members of Congress from across all industries rose by 1 percent.
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