Retail association

Retail associations are employers' associations as professional interest groups for entrepreneurs in the retail sector.

Members of the retail association are usually only retail companies. Membership is voluntary and is acquired from the local retail association.

Function and activities

The retail trade associations advise their members on questions of labor and social law as well as competition law, as well as on all other legal areas of business interest. They represent the companies before the labor and social courts. They are available to the local administration as well as politicians as knowledgeable dialogue partners on retail issues. You support local advertising associations . Some retail associations have their own training centers.

List of retail associations (not exhaustive)

The leading association of the retail trade in Germany is the Handelsverband Deutschland , whose members are regional and federal specialist retail trade associations . Some of the state associations have regional associations as members.

Regional associations include:

• Northern trade association for Hamburg, Schleswig-Holstein and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
• Trade Association of Bavaria for Bavaria

Regional associations include:

• Harz-Heide retail association
• Retail Association of Westphalia-Münsterland

Federal trade associations include:

• Federal Association of the German Grocery Trade

The leading association of the retail trade in Austria is the Austrian Trade Association .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Retail associations in: www.handelswissen.de ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  

Web links

• Handelsverband Deutschland e. V. - The retail trade
• Federal Association of the German Grocery Trade e. V. (BVLH)
• Retail Association Harz-Heide e. V.
• Federal Association of German Textile Retailers V.
• Retail Association North e. V.
• Handelsverband NRW Westfalen-Münsterland e. V.
• Trade Association of North Rhine-Westphalia eV