Retail Maine
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Tweets from Curtis Picard, President and CEO of the Retail Association of Maine. Follow me @RetailMaine.
Augusta, Maine
Joined December 2008
Shop local this holiday season https://t.co/kdrhLibr7V via @bangordailynews
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Organized retail crime is a legitimate problem in #retail. Always glad to see the bad guys thwarted. #ORC
Man charged with cheating Home Depot stores out of nearly $300,000 with door-return scam. Stores in Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey were involved. Story: https://t.co/QmUu4PALR4
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MPC welcomed reintroduction of #CreditCardCompetitionAct, saying it will provide relief from $billions in soaring #creditcard #swipefees. @SenatorDurbin @RogerMarshallMD @PeterWelch @LanceGooden @RepZoeLofgren @SenVancePress @RepTiffany @Congressman_JVD
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Whether it's the food scene, breweries or views, Maine seems always to be ranked high among national trends. Maine is also on target when it comes to organized retail crime. @RetailMaine #retailcrime #MEbusinesses Read more here: https://t.co/jaKXizmRpQ
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Maine Compass: Our state's industries need child care reform to succeed
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Anecdotally, the holiday shopping season seems strong. Interested to see how 2023 shapes up for retail. https://t.co/N3Tuz9ATVz
#mepolitics #retail
mainebiz.biz
Concerns cited by the head of the Retail Association of Maine include high energy costs and workforce shortages.
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Thank you, @opcardworks for talking about the high cost of swipe fees! Credit card swipe fees wipe out profits for small businesses https://t.co/jsX5DyyBeo via @bangordailynews #swipefees #retail #mepolitics
bangordailynews.com
"It’s sometimes better for me to give the postcard away rather than pay exorbitant swipe fees extracted by Wall Street banks and global credit card networks."
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Generation Z abandon internet orders to shop locally in Aroostook https://t.co/blvP09T8NI via @bangordailynews
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Shop local, and safe, this holiday season https://t.co/POiQL3D8vA via @bangordailynews
bangordailynews.com
Nearly half the money spent at local shops, restaurants and other businesses is recirculated locally, compared with 14 cents for big-box stores.
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Support local businesses: shop small for the holidays … and every day
nhbr.com
It makes sense on so many levels to invest your dollars back into your community
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Thank you @GibsonsConcord for helping kick off the shopping season. NH retailers seeing eager holiday shoppers: https://t.co/Jt7nKE1isM
#ShopNH #taxfree
wmur.com
At Gibson's Bookstore in Concord on Monday, shoppers were browsing the bookshelves for holiday gifts.
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Retailers Say New Fed Debit Card Regulations Mean Networks Will Have to Compete Online, Not Just In-Store
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Bigger stores struggle to buy goods, but Marden’s has too much merchandise https://t.co/R3DBQ84L5J via @bangordailynews
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Auburn police arrest New York men on retail theft charges https://t.co/J6fRUYHO6u
#retail #ORC #retailcrime
sunjournal.com
Suspects accused of fraudulently obtaining high-end merchandise from Home Depot.
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American businesses pay 7x more in swipe fees than businesses in Europe and five times more than businesses in China. Credit Card Swipe-Fee Bill Will Inject Competition in Market
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Nice to see increased retail activity in Presque Isle. https://t.co/EsslA6NwLT
#ShopMaine
mainebiz.biz
Aroostook County residents and visitors now have a new place to shop, a not-so-common occurrence in an area many retailers have left over the years.
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Maine Associations Provide Humanitarian Aid to Ukraine
associationsnow.com
When the CEO of the Retail Association of Maine heard about the war in Ukraine, he reached out to his counterpart in Ukraine to offer support. That connection led to the development of the From Maine...
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Thank you @SenAngusKing for speaking with our retailers, grocers and food producers this morning. We appreciate your leadership and work to help Maine's businesses. #mepolitics #retail #ShopMaine
Maine grocers and retailers are feeling the impacts of pressing issues facing our state, from rising costs to a shortage of workers. I appreciated the opportunity to talk with them today about their work to feed our state and how we can keep prices low for Maine people.
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Thank you, @mainecalling, for helping us share our From Maine to Ukraine program.
How Mainers are helping the people of #Ukraine -- and ways for you to offer support - Live at 11
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