Welcome to the Vermont Retail Association

For more than 40 years, VRA has helped thousands of Vermont businesses do business better. Any Vermont business is welcome to join. Our only goal is serving your business needs.

WE’VE MOVED!

The VRA office has moved to 4049 Williston Rd., So. Burlington. Our new number is (802) 658-8560, FAX (802) 658-8562. Our toll-free number is (800) 649-1698. Our mailing address has not changed PO Box 688, Essex Junction, VT 05453-0688.

Come and visit us at our new location.

VRA, VGA Take on Credit Card Giants—AND WIN!

For over a year, the Vermont Retail Association and Vermont Grocers Association led an intensive effort to carve out legislation that would end many abusive practices by credit card companies. In the absence of a federal law, it was essential that Vermont’s retail businesses and grocers be protected at the state level. That long, hard work finally bore fruit on May 21st, 2010, when Vermont became the first state in the Union to enact a law restricting credit card company abuses. The law, S.138, passed by unanimous vote in Vermont’s legislature. Vermont’s Republican Governor, Jim Douglas, chose to allow the legislation to become law without his signature. The law will take effect on January 1, 2011.

Key elements of the new law include:

The law’s enactment demonstrated once again the tremendous power of association. Vermont’s businesspeople, represented by VRA and VGA, accomplished what no other state could. And that’s saying something!

Click here for full text of this bill