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Our Mission

Since our founding in 1903, we have been committed to promoting the healthy growth of businesses and trade. Today we are a full-service Business Resource extending throughout southeastern Virginia and northeastern North Carolina. RETAIL ALLIANCE partners have unprecedented access to the tools they need to make their business more effective and more profitable. These tools include business support services in Business and Credit Information, Pre-Employment Screening and Employee Benefit Programs.

In addition, partners have access to powerful benefits that keep them on the leading edge of current practices, technologies and sales trends, including: business and credit regulatory briefings, legislative lobbying and industry advocacy, customer service and employee training, professional development workshops, forums and seminars, and a resource library.

We promise to provide our retail and business partners with dependable, responsive, and uncompromising products and service. We will build alliances within the retail community, with vendors, industry and community leaders, and allied businesses for the success of our Retail Partners.

Retail Alliance of Greater Hampton Roads is a trade association representing the retail industry, and promoting the interest of its members in Greater Hampton Roads, Virginia. As such, the Association invests in programs, and engages in other charitable activities likely to benefit its retail members, and the Greater Hampton Roads Region as a whole.

Interested in becoming a funding partner or want to submit your cause for consideration? Click here to download the Retail Alliance Contributions Guidelines and Procedure Form.