Our Milestones.

Inception of the Singapore Retail Merchants Association

Became a founding member of the Federation of Asia Pacific Retailers Association (FAPRA)

Assisted in the first national drive for a cashless society – the Electronic Fund Transfer – Point of Sales (EFTPOS) System

Hosted the 4^th Asia Pacific Retailers Conference & Exhibition (APRCE) attended by 1,200 delegates from the Asia Pacific region

Launch of the Training Centre for Sales Assistants together with the National Productivity Board

Renamed to Singapore Retailers Association and organised the first Singapore Retail Industry Conference & Exhibition (SRIC.E)

Organised the first retail trade mission to China

Launched the first edition of the Great Singapore Sale (GSS)

Launch of the first annual SRA Retail Awards to celebrate and promote excellence in the retail industry

Established The Retail Academy of Singapore

Organised the first Study Mission Trip to Christchurch, New Zealand

Launch of the annual SRA Shopping Centre Awards

Elected as Council Member of the Federation of Asia Pacific Retailers Association (FAPRA)

Appointed-in-Principle (AIP) Partner for Spring Singapore’s SME Talent Programme (STP)

Embarked on a Local Enterprise and Association Development (LEAD) project

Led our first Study Mission Trip to the National Retail Federation (NRF) Retail Big Show in New York City, USA

Collaborated with 5 other Trade Associations to revamp GSS to “GSS: Experience Singapore” with the support of Enteprise Singapore and the Urban Redevelopment Authority

Highest number of Excellent Service Award (EXSA) Participants in the 25^th Year with over 4,500 participants

Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic, we moved our well-love Great Singapore Sale (GSS) online named eGSS