BECOMING A MEMBER OF RAM IS ONE OF THE BEST DECISIONS YOU CAN MAKE FOR YOUR BUSINESS.
By joining you gain access to exclusive, money saving discounts on services and programs, legislative updates and advocacy as well as valuable educational opportunities. We aim to help you grow and protect your business, promote the retail industry and save your business money.
Upcoming Deadlines for Paid Family & Medical Leave
Employers should be aware of the following deadlines:
Notification Deadline: September 30, 2019
Contribution Rate and Quarterly Collection: October 1, 2019
Program’s compliance deadlines were extended and the initial contribution rate was increased to account for the loss of three months’ worth of contributions.
Leave Benefits: January 1, 2021 and July 1, 2021
The Department of Family and Medical leave is hosting a series of local events. Click here for a list of dates, times and locations.
RAM Offers New Restaurant Member Benefit
For restaurants owners; 85% of website visitors go straight to their menu page! Are you giving your guests the experience they want on your website?
RAM's new benefit provider PopMenu has: real-time menu management, photos and review approval, smart emails and social posts, no setup fee, no long term contracts. They handle the entire build in under two weeks. SSL included and google friendly -- average 30% increase in organic search visitors.
Request a demo today: 1.844.POPMENU or [email protected]
Flavored Tobacco Ban
If you sell cigarettes, know that special interests are pushing the Legislature to ban flavored tobacco—particularly menthol cigarettes. They are using the vaping issue as an excuse to do it, even though flavored vaping products are going away, and even though we recently went to a 21 sales age. Let the 21 sales age work, and keep the vaping and cigarette issues separate. At stake are choices for consumers, lost sales for small businesses, and hundreds of millions in lost tax dollars for the state. Urge your state Senator & Representative to support consumer choice and their local small businesses.
101st Annual Meeting & RAMAE Luncheon
Join us Thursday, November 14, 2019
for the 101st RAM Annual meeting (RAM membership required)
and the RAM Awards of Excellence (RAMAE)
luncheon celebrating this year’s award winners.
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Luncheon Address:
A Conversation on the State of Retail
Christopher Baldwin, Chairman & CEO, BJ's Wholesale Club and Chairman National Retail Federation Board
Graham Luce, General Counsel and Senior Vice President, BJ's Wholesale Club
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There is no fee to attend, but registration is required.
GOV. BAKER DECLARES PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY:
IMPOSES IMMEDIATE SALES BAN ON ALL VAPING PRODUCTS & DEVICES
Governor Charlie Baker declared a public health emergency exists with regard to e-cigarettes and vaping products. With the declaration, the Governor imposed an IMMEDIATE SALES BAN ON ALL VAPING PRODUCTS & DEVICES.
The declaration takes effect Tuesday, September 24, and will reportedly remain in effect for 120 days, yet the duration of the ban is at the discretion of the Governor.
All members are advised to immediately cease selling vaping products and devices.
RAM Release Holiday Sales Prediction
RAM is predicting a solid 3% gain in retail sales during the holiday period over the same period in 2018.
Stable consumer confidence and year to date trends should help MA retailers boost sales.
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