CUD and FeCC team up to train SMEs for federal contracts
August 25, 2023
As the Puerto Rico United Retailers Association gets ready for its annual convention, it announces various workshops that aim to educate entrepreneurs on certifications and opportunities in federal contracting. #NewsismyBusiness
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United Retailers Association brings back its TechXpo
February 20, 2023
The event will emphasize the impact of technology on the business world.
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Retailers Assoc. president rails against proposed electric bill hike
February 16, 2023
Urges political leaders to seek alternatives that do not further burden entrepreneurs.
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CUD elects 13 new Board members, president, and president-elect
September 6, 2022
The CUD elects the third woman to lead the institution in its 131-year history.
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50% of doctors have left Puerto Rico since ’09
May 13, 2022
At present, there are 9,492 doctors in Puerto Rico, down from the 18,754 there were in 2009.
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EDB, CUD partnership generates $1.7M in benefits for SMEs in Camuy
December 7, 2021
The Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank and the United Retailers Association (CUD in Spanish) approved $820,000 in grants to entrepreneurs in the municipality of Camuy and delivered subsidies that amount to $651,670, the bank confirmed. The funding is part of an alliance between the government agency and the private-sector trade group, which “results in direct […]
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Puerto Rico’s small businesses to get boost into new markets through agreement
October 26, 2021
An agreement between the United Retailers Association (CUD in Spanish) and the Puerto Rico Economic Development Bank (EDB, in Spanish) seeks to boost growth among the island’s small- and medium-sized businesses into new markets. The collaboration between the public agency and the trade group will provide, among other benefits, public workspaces to CUD members. The […]
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United Retailers Assoc. urges DACO to stop ‘arbitrary fines on businesses’
June 22, 2021
United Retailers Association (CUD in Spanish) President Jesús E. Vázquez-Rivera urged Puerto Rico Department of Consumer Affairs (DACO, in Spanish) Secretary Edan Rivera-Rodríguez, to “desist once and for all” from the ongoing practice of imposing arbitrary fines on businesses. Interventions are being done at different businesses, especially supermarkets, to check that product prices on the […]
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United Retailers Association, PRITS team up to optimize gov’t tech services
May 20, 2021
The United Retailers Association (CUD in Spanish) and the Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Service (PRITS), signed for the first time an alliance aimed at designing and developing projects to improve and update several of the government’s technological platforms to benefit individuals and local businesses. “We need to join forces to develop technological and information […]
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Mother’s Day sales will be hybrid this year, retailers say
May 7, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has represented significant losses for businesses in Puerto Rico, and upcoming Mother’s Day sales may not be the exception, local retailers confirmed. However, executives interviewed by News is my Business confirmed that sales will be in hybrid format — with at least 40% of the activity taking place online. “This year, we’ve […]
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United Retailers Association launches ‘CUD Start Your Business’ program
August 8, 2019
Several years after considering the idea, the United Retailers Association officially launched its business school program, which is complemented by the CUD Start Your Business initiative. The trade group known as the CUD for its initials in Spanish confirmed 70 new entrepreneurs will be able to enter the competition for free due to a partnership […]
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United Retailers Association announces annual convention July 19-21
July 4, 2019
With the commitment to inject agility to, and become a meeting point for businesses, the United Retailers Association announced its annual convention to be held July 19-21 at the Wyndham Grand Rio Mar hotel. The CUD, as the trade group is known for its initials in Spanish, will take the opportunity to reveal the results […]
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Hoy Health LLC partners with United Retailers Association to provide healthcare
November 15, 2018
The local trade group known as the CUD will have access to Hoy Health’s portfolio of healthcare products.
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New head of the CUD wants to develop new crop of entrepreneurs
August 29, 2018
Jorge Argüelles, who swore into his position as president of the United Retailers Association over the weekend, believes Puerto Rico needs more entrepreneurs, and he’s setting out to develop them.
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United Retailers Assoc. urges gov’t for extension on X-mas bonus, property tax payment
November 18, 2017
The head of the United Retailers Association, known as CUD in Spanish, urged local authorities to approve an extension to file a petition for exemption from paying the Christmas bonus, as well as for the second payment on property taxes to the Municipal Revenues Collection Center, or CRIM.
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