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We Believe in South Dakota Businesses.
At the Retailers Association, our 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. We're proud to be a voice for business in South Dakota!
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Turning Our Beliefs Into Actions
Through the support of over 4,000 members, the South Dakota Retailers Association fosters success and profitability in retail, hospitality, grocery, trades, and e-commerce. We believe that supporting South Dakota businesses provides opportunities for the next generation, so for more than 126 years we've been providing timely information, unmatched advocacy, and money-saving services.
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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:
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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.
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Why join us? Ask our members!
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services"The program that SDRA provides with Jackson Lewis have been invaluable to Black Hills Bagels. 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." |