The Montana Retail Association is a vibrant, professional trade group dedicated to being the voice of retailers in the Montana Legislature and, through our affiliated national associations, the nation's capital. Since 1964, the MRA has played an important role in retailing by providing expert testimony and lobbying the Legislature, and by offering member benefits that save participating retailers' significant sums of money.
The MRA is comprised of retailers of all sizes, from locally owned retailers (95%) to national chains. The MRA is an umbrella organization for three other associations; the Montana Tire Dealers Association, the Montana Equipment Dealers Association, and the Montana Restaurant Association. The board of directors is therefore comprised of two people from each of the affiliated associations and five from the MRA for a total of eleven directors. Click on the Board of Directors icon for each association for a complete listing of our current directors. The board meets several times a year to discuss strategic legislative directions, new member benefit proposals and to set the policies and budgets for the coming year.
The MRA is also allied with a number of national organizations to assure that the voice of retailers is heard in Washington DC. The National Retail Federation at www.nrf.com, the Food Marketing Institute at www.fmi.org, The Retail Industry Leaders Association at www.retail-leaders.org and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores w