Amazon and Other Online Retailers Tell Customers to Keep Unwanted Items
For online commerce, January has become a month to manage returns. This year, many sellers expected that the unprecedented holiday season, which resulted in record…
NRF Hopeful About U.S. Economic Rebound Once Coronavirus Crisis is Over
In the April issue of the National Retail Federation’s Monthly Economic Review, NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz says the coronavirus pandemic “has triggered shocks” – but that…
Retail Solution Providers Awards Evening added to NRF Retail Week
The National Retail Federation announces the Vendors In Partnership Awards Gala as the premier solution provider celebration for the inaugural NRF Retail Week calendar. Retail…
NRF Confident for 2019 US Retail Sales – Predicts Growth of 3.8 to 4.4 Percent
The National Retail Federation today forecast that retail sales during 2019 will increase between 3.8 percent and 4.4 percent to more than $3.8 trillion despite…
NRF Predicts Record Level Halloween Sales in 2018
A survey commissioned by the NRF (National Retail Federation) expects sales of Halloween products to reach $9 billion in 2018. This number is about the…
Shoplifting Continues to Lead Top Source of Loss For Retailers
Thefts, fraud and losses from other retail “shrink” decreased to $46.8 billion in 2017 from $48.9 billion the year before as shoplifting and organized retail…
Zuckerberg Media, JD.com and Glossier to Speak at NRF’s Shop.org 2018 Conference
The National Retail Federation’s Shop.org conference gathers some of the best and brightest in Strategic Planning, eCommerce, Marketing, Merchandising, IT, User Experience, Operations and Data…
NRF: Retail’s BIG Show 2018 – Students Learn About Entrepreneurship
At the NRF Retail’s BIG Show, the trade association holds some unique events for students to teach about entrepreneurship and retail. These programs actually take…
NRF Retail’s Big Show 2018: New Events and Programming
We wrote a post about NRF’s Retail’s BIG Show from Jan 14 to 16 in NYC. Here is the official press release from the National…
U.S. November Retail Sales are Up with eCommerce Leading the Way
It should come as no surprise that this will be a good year for retail. The NRF (National Retail Foundation) released their report on 2017…