The city council passed an ordinance requiring big retailers to pay higher wages and benefits than other businesses must.
She has blocked legislation requiring large retailers to pay a higher minimum wage to their employees.
A city law banning the disposal of dead rechargeable batteries and requiring retailers to collect them takes effect today.
Adding to the problem, Nike requires retailers to order shoes five months before delivery.
Its goal could hardly be less objectionable: the law requires manufacturers, retailers and others to tell people when they are exposed to certain carcinogens.
These included requiring online retailers to verify that a customer was not a minor or spending more money on anti-smoking campaigns, she said.
Legislators have approved a new law requiring retailers to track sales of beer kegs using tags that identify the buyers.
Senate Bill 597 would require out-of-state online retailers with a distribution centers in Virginia to collect state sales tax.
The recording industry's biggest companies have long required retailers to include such restrictions to protect their music copyrights.
Some cities have required retailers to install locking wheel systems on their shopping carts.