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CRA President & CEO Rachel Michelin in The Mercury News: Coronavirus: Do reusable grocery bags spread the virus? And are they banned?

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By PAUL ROGERS | progers@bayareanewsgroup.com | Bay Area News GroupPUBLISHED: April 3, 2020 at 2:46 p.m. | UPDATED: April 6, 2020 at 4:39 a.m. Reusable grocery bags have been a staple of life for more than a decade, with environmental groups, cities and voters across California and other states supporting bans on single-use plastic bags to reduce huge amounts of plastic pollution […]

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CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin in NBC News: In California, confusion over what businesses qualify as ‘essential’

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March 27, 2020, 3:25 PM PDTBy Dennis Romero After most businesses in California were closed under a “Stay at Home” order by Gov. Gavin Newsom on March 19 to prevent the spread of coronavirus, many proprietors didn’t always know who was exempt. So some cannabis shops, gun stores, call centers and others remain open for business as owners wonder whether

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CRA President Rachel Michelin in CalMatters: With coronavirus, California’s economy is in uncharted territory

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BY BEN CHRISTOPHER PUBLISHED: MARCH 22, 2020 Social distancing may be good for public health these days, but it isn’t good for the California economy.  As the coronavirus pandemic forces millions of residents to cancel dates and travel plans, retreat from social life to shelter in place, key cogs of the state’s economic engine are grinding to a

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CRA President Rachel Michelin in Women’s Wear Daily: Coronavirus Retail Closures Could Take $60B From California Economy

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Retail closures over coronavirus are expected to become more widespread throughout the state. By Kali Hays on March 18, 2020 Retail is one of the biggest sectors of California’s economy and the state is poised to take a major financial hit with widespread closures over coronavirus. Last year, the retail sector alone in California accounted for $330 billion worth of gross domestic

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CA Retailers Association Launches Online Resource Tool in Response to COVID-19 Developments

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CRA President and CEO Rachel Michelin Issues the Following Statement in Response to COVID-19Sacramento, CA– Today, in response to the growing public response to COVID-19, a global health pandemic, Rachel Michelin, President and Chief Executive Officer of California Retailers Association issued the following statement: “CRA is in active conversations with the Newsom Administration on issues related

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California Retailers Association Announces 2020 Board of Directors

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Sacramento, CA – January 9, 2020 – The California Retailers Association (CRA) announced today the 2020 Board of Directors.  Chair- Opio Dupree, Macy’s Vice-Chair- Franciso Uribe, Home Depot Secretary- Nick Johnson, Target Treasurer- Larry Carr, Albertsons Casey Cesnovar, Walgreens Arnold Grothues, JC Penny Dan Lopez, Best Buy Kevin Loscotoff, Walmart Belinda Sirha, Gap TJ Birkel,

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CRA President & CEO on CBS Sacramento: Serial Siphoner Hits Davis Florist, But Prop 47 May Be Stopping Cops From Making An Arrest

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….Labadie says he’s been hit more than a dozen times in two to three years, but nobody has been caught because of a change in state law. Prop 47 increased the threshold for a felony from $450 to $950. The idea was to keep non-violent criminals out of prison, but Rachel Michelin with the California

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CRA President & CEO Rachel Michelin in Fox News: California’s Prop 47 leads to rise in shoplifting, thefts, criminal activity across state

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By Barnini Chakraborty | Fox News …. Rachel Michelin, president of the California Retailers Association, said shoplifting is not only hurting retailers but is also “becoming a public safety issue for consumers.” She said black-market dealers frequently cross state lines because they know California will go easy on them if caught. “They know what they’re

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