IRMA in the News

Jacksonville’s Karr helps keep state’s retailers staying strong

https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Jacksonville-8217-s-Karr-helps-keep-15323816.php

Ready when you are: Metro East communities rebuild as retail reopens

https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Ready-when-you-are-Metro-East-communities-15305767.php

Grocery stores make donations to help feed Illinoisans

https://newschannel20.com/news/local/grocery-stores-make-donations-to-help-feed-illinoisans

Who’s Enforcing Mask Rules? Often Retail Workers, and They’re Getting Hurt

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/15/us/coronavirus-masks-violence.html

Rob Karr, Pres & CEO of IRMA on Illinois Cares Campaign

https://soundcloud.com/news-radio-wtax/5-15-20-rob-karr-pres-ceo-of-irma-on-illinois-retail-cares-campaign-pod

COVID-19 response from retail businesses highlighted in campaign

https://www.wandtv.com/news/covid-19-response-from-retail-businesses-highlighted-in-campaign/article_e322efba-952d-11ea-bd77-4701ea9ac908.html

Illinois retailers helping communities during crisis

https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-retailers-helping-communities-during-crisis

Retailers around the state report threats, verbal confrontations over mask requirement

https://www.lakecountyjournal.com/2020/05/07/retailers-around-the-state-report-threats-verbal-confrontations-over-mask-requirement/a62hfjf/

Front-line face-offs: Mask rule sparks threats, rebellion, shouting at store workers: ‘And we can’t do anything about it’

https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/5/5/21248762/illinois-grocery-store-mask-requirement-coronavirus-retailers

Mask-haters causing problems at retail establishments

https://capitolfax.com/2020/05/05/mask-haters-causing-problems-at-retail-establishments/