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Friday, July 30, 2010

Welcome to THE website for Idaho's retail industry! We hope you will look to our website as a source of retail information and visit often.

Our website has been designed with the needs of the retailer in mind. If you are unable to locate what you are looking for, be sure to contact IRA with any questions or suggestions for improvements. We welcome your input.

Association News

Associated Food Stores Coupon Chargeback Program - Sunday, July 09, 2006

Associated Food Stores (AFS) has teamed up with American Coupon Services (ACS) and IRA, to assist in collecting chargebacks on behalf of our Coupon Redemption Program participants! For a small fee, AFS will work directly with the manufacturers to address your chargeback issues so you won't have to - it's a WIN-WIN situation!

NOTE: Available to AFS member stores ONLY.

Idaho News

BOUNCE BACK CHECK ENFORCEMENT PROGRAM - ADA COUNTY - Sunday, July 09, 2006

The Ada County Prosecuting Attorney's office is offering a FREE kit to retailers. This kit is designed to train merchants on how they can assist the police in decreasing the number of bad check offenses in Ada County. The program detours bad check offenders away from possible criminal prosecution. It concentrates only on bad check offenses and NOT counterfeit or stolen checks. For more information, visit www.hotchecks.net/Ada

National News

COUNTERFEIT COUPON SCAM - Sunday, July 02, 2006

A counterfeit coupon scam has surfaced that involves manufacturers coupons that are fraudulent. The coupons, many for free products, have been downloaded from the Internet and are printed from a computer or photocopied. The coupons are received through an email attachment or website and look just like the legitimate coupons, therefore, seeming legitimate to customers. However, these coupons have absolutely no value and will not be redeemed by the manufacturers. Visit http://www.cents-off.com for more information on this scam and an updated list of known counterfeit coupons.