NPA Maintains Limits On Retailer Membership
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
A proposed change would have removed the requirement that retail members have stores and that 75% of their sales come from natural foods, supplements and related items. But NPA members approved five bylaw amendments to simplify the process of voting for board members.
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