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Advocacy

We are committed to supporting the businesses of our members. We are the ONLY organization that actively promotes and supports the Specialty Running Channel. On a macro scale, the…

Does the PDC work with POS, ecom, and other 3rd party platforms?

The RIA will build API connectors for all 3rd party providers to ensure the transactional efficiencies that access to the same data set will create. To that end, we are directly w…

Each POS is different. Does the PDC map data to my exact naming conventions?

The PDC will provide a variety of commonly used naming conventions at the time of data export and will support many of the most popular POS systems. Each store may have difference…

Freight Discount Program

The savings are clear. For an average-sized store whose annual freight expense is $25,000, estimated savings are over $8000. For larger stores, annual savings are in the tens of t…

Jobs Board

As a growing resource for careers within the specialty run channel for job seekers and employers alike—a thriving community-driven jobs board designed exclusively for our valued m…

Managing your Membership with RIA Connect

Use these tools to update contact information for you or your staff, change emails and phone numbers, turn on/off Think Tank and Newsletter access, and add or remove employee cont…

Market Intelligence

The RIA conducts retail and brand member surveys on a quarterly basis and provides the results free of charge to our members. In addition, RIA brand members receive access to heav…

Money-Saving Discounts

The RIA negotiates reduced costs for member business needs. Our flagship offering is the RIA Freight Discount Program, which saves the average member over $6000 annually, an…

Product Data Collaborative

We’ve created a universal access, easy-to-use platform with accurate product data - the RIA Product Data Collaborative (PDC). This database ensures seamless product data managemen…

RIA Brand & Associate Showcase

The RIA Brand and Associate Showcase provides a one-stop shop for retailers to access brand and associate go-to-market content, in lieu of having to log on to multiple b2b sites…

RIA Events

RIA Members get exclusive access to events like the RIA Summit, our annual membership summit and buyer’s market in spring, where we bring retailers, brands, and associates togethe…

RIA Mastermind Groups

RIA Mastermind Groups help you Leverage Data & Peer Wisdom. These data-driven, professionally facilitated groups leverage peer wisdom as well as data - RIA’s Weekly Sna…

RIA Member Portal

Logon to your members-only landing page where you can read content relevant to specialty running retail, download exclusive resources and connect with other members, all in one ea…

RIA Pulse Newsletter

The Pulse Includes links to informative articles, videos and webinars. All content is archived for members to explore, share with staff, or copy to social media feeds.

RIA Think Tank

This is the RIA’s peer-sharing forum, which provides members with insights into the topics that matter most. Typically, retailers post questions and comments on a variety of busin…

RIA Webinars

RIA’s Webinar Wednesdays are educational and informational webinars held charge in partnership with our associate members. These events are free of charge to members and are desig…

RIA Weekly Benchmarks

Industry Benchmarks delivered to your inbox weekly Provided by our friends at Upper Quadrant, the RIA Weekly Benchmarks shows the weekly performance of the run specialty industry…