​Who's the BEST BUSINESS in South Dakota!?

​Presented annually since 1982 at the SD Retailers Business Conference, the South Dakota Retailers Association member awards recognize individuals or families who own or operate outstanding South Dakota businesses. The South Dakota Retailers Association is seeking nominations for the South Dakota Retailer of the Year, Restaurant of the Year, and Community Service Award.

We Believe in South Dakota Businesses.

The South Dakota Retailers Association's purpose is to support the businesses that make our state great. We're an active and highly-respected trade organization that represents the interests of more than 4,000 businesses in a variety of sectors. We're proud to be a voice for business in South Dakota!
OUR MISSION
To unify, protect, educate and lead the retail community and strive to enhance the business climate in South Dakota to enable retailers to better serve consumers.

Turning Our Beliefs Into Actions
For more than 125 years, we've provided timely information, unmatched advocacy, and money-saving services.

Providing information has been an essential part of the association’s mission since 1897.
​We provide and support education through training, seminars, scholarships, and ServSafe food service programs. We also publish multiple publications throughout the year, keeping our members up-to-date on business issues, trends, laws, and regulations. ​​

Help Desk 
The Retailers Association office is here to help. Our institutional knowledge can assist in answering common business questions. If we don’t have the answer, we’ll direct you to people who do. Please feel free to contact our office at [email protected].  
​Members are served by exceptional Retailers Association lobbying and government relations staff.
​We work diligently to promote the retail industry on both state and national levels. Our team has an outstanding track record of enacting legislation that is beneficial to the business community and blocking laws and regulations that would be over-restrictive and burdensome. Updates ​are provided weekly during the legislative session, so our members don't miss a thing!
Money-saving services help businesses in today’s competitive retail marketplace.
​Through group buying power, we’re able to provide big savings for our members. With the strength of 4,000 members, we have a strong influence when negotiating rates for key business services, meaning greater savings and better services for you!​

A few of our top services include:
  • Credit Card Processing
  • Health, Vision, & Dental Insurance
  • Employment Law Assistance
Robert S. Vessey, South Dakota's 7th Governor, was among the founding merchants of the South Dakota Retailers Association in 1897. His statue is part of the South Dakota Trail of Governors and is located in front of the Retailers Association office in Pierre.

Why join us? Ask our members!

Information

“During a time of so much uncertainty, SDRA kept us connected and informed with what was going on in South Dakota and across the country. With ever-changing guidelines and restrictions, it was nice to have a trusted source compiling and distributing the information businesses needed.”

- Eric Sinclair
Montgomery’s | Statewide

Advocacy

All the legislative action that goes on – it is hard for a business owner to stay on top of all that. So for our membership to manage what goes on in Pierre and for the Retailers Association to have their finger on the issues, is priceless!

- Travis Anderberg
Rexall Drug | Miller, SD

Services

"The program that SDRA provides with Jackson Lewis have been invaluable to our business. My husband and I have used him every year since the service has been provided. We’ve used him for everything from helping us write a simple sentence to do with an unemployment claim dispute, all the way to a whistleblower case involving federal labor attorneys - and ultimately the cases were dismissed just from his advice."
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​- Debra Jensen
Jensen Enterprises | Rapid City, SD

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