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Leading Retail, Apparel, and Footwear Associations Sign MOU to Form Producer Responsibility Organization for Textiles in California

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The California Retailers Association, the American Apparel & Footwear Association and the NationalRetail Federation join forces to comply with California’s Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024(SB 707) Sacramento, CA – July 17, 2025 – The California Retailers Association, the American Apparel & Footwear Association and the National Retail Federation today announced that they have signed […]

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CalRetailers Applauds Governor’s Latest ORC and Property Crimes Legislative Proposals

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(Sacramento, CA)– The following statement can be attributed to the California Retailers Association President and CEO Rachel Michelin following Governor Gavin Newsom’s legislative proposals for cracking down on property crimes. “Cal Retailers applauds the Governor for continuing to lead on the issue of Organized Retail Crime and working collaboratively with retailers on legislative proposals that

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Loss Prevention Magazine: Can Retail Survive in America’s Cities?

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Can Retail Survive in America’s Cities? CalRetailers President and CEO Rachel Michelin spoke with Loss Prevention Magazine: “In California, we’re hitting that tipping point where people are getting frustrated; retail crime is affecting every community, not just big cities, and people want to see some accountability.” Read more.

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CRA PRESIDENT SPEAKS WITH NBC BAY AREA ABOUT STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FUNDING TO COMBAT ORC

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California Retailers President and CEO Rachel Michelin: “We worked with the Governor a couple years ago when this problem started escalating- his office immediately reached out asking what retailers needed, which was resources to combat Organized Retail Crime and Retail Theft. I am hopeful these grant monies will help protect our employees, customers and neighborhoods that our stores operate

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CALRETAILERS PRESIDENT AND CEO SPEAKS WITH NBC NIGHTLY NEWS ON CONTINUED RISE OF ORC

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The California Retailers Association President and CEO Rachel Michelin speaks with NBC Nightly News on the continued rise of Organized Retail Crime: “It feels like we are under assault. Nothing will truly change until we are willing to have difficult conversations about changing policies that are on the books.” CalRetailers was instrumental in securing funding for

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Cal-ORCA Virtual Summit Coming Nov 8

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Founded in 2012, The California Organized Retail Crimes Association (CAL-ORCA) is an organization dedicated to fostering partnerships between law enforcement and loss prevention professionals to provide training, combat Organized Retail Crime (ORC) and other crimes impacting the business community. Cal-ORCA will be releasing it’s exclusive 2023 Virtual Summit offering later this year, on Wednesday, November

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CA Legislature Attempt to Circumvent Fast Act Referendum

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California Legislature Resurrecting Industrial Welfare Commission in End Run to Fast Act Referendum Assembly Bill 257 (or the “Fast Act”) was signed into law establishing new and unworkable requirements for quick-serve restaurants. Then, a million California voters, through their petition signatures, said that all Californians should have the final say on this legislation through a referendum

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SF Chronicle: New law Targeting Organized Retail Theft just kicked in. Will it make an impact in S.F.?

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CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin “urged the state Legislature to allow felony prosecutions of people who steal less than $950 worth of merchandise. Prop. 47 raised the threshold for the value of stolen goods to trigger a felony from $400 to $950. We know these repeat offenders are coming into the stores, they’re stealing

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CRA President on CNBC National News Program and NY Post Addressing Retail Theft and Retail Shrinkage

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The California Retailers Association President and CEO Rachel Michelin was in the national news this morning addressing Retail Theft and Retail Shrinkage. Watch the CNBC Squawk on the Street segment that was broadcast live from the New York Stock Exchange with Anchor Morgan Brennan and read the recent New York Post article here.

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CRA Responds to Disruption of West Coast Port Operations

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Sacramento, CA– The following statement can be attributed to California Retailers Association President and CEO Rachel Michelin in response to the decision of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union to withhold labor at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. These actions have resulted in the overnight closure of all terminals, which have extended

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