3 months ago Top 50 Global Retailers: Walmart and Amazon Still Lead, Alibaba Drops Out of Top 10 Walmart and Amazon have retained their No. 1 and No. 2 spots on the National Retail Federation’s 2022 list of the Top…
4 months ago NRF Forecasts 6%-8% Annual Retail Sales Growth in 2022 The NRF is forecasting retail sales growth of 6% to 8% in 2022 for a total ranging from $4.86 trillion to $4.95…
5 months ago January Retail Sales Climb 3.8% Over Previous Month The $649.8 billion in January 2022 U.S. retail sales represented a 3.8% gain over sales in December 2021 and a 13% increase…
5 months ago NRF: Shoppers Are Spending for Valentine’s Day and Super Bowl Despite Pandemic Pressures Valentine’s Day and the Super Bowl will provide a one-two punch of sales opportunities this year. Valentine’s Day spending is expected to…
6 months ago NRF Calls for Government to Work With Companies After Supreme Court Blocks Vaccine Mandate In a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court has blocked OSHA and the Biden administration’s planned vaccine mandate, which would have required businesses…
8 months ago Court Approves NRF’s Requested Stay on OSHA Vaccine Mandate The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has extended a stay for OSHA’s COVID-19 employer-based vaccination and emergency testing standard (ETS). The…
8 months ago NRF Ad Campaign Supports ‘Essential’ Infrastructure Legislation as Association Protests Vaccine Mandate The National Retail Federation (NRF) is publicly backing the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill currently being debated in Congress with a new ad…
8 months ago NRF Predicts Record-Breaking Holiday Sales Despite Inventory Issues Consumer purchasing power from growing income and household wealth will lead to record-breaking holiday sales this year, according to predictions from the…
10 months ago Don’t be Scared: Halloween Spending to Reach Record Highs Consumer spending on Halloween-related items is expected to reach an all-time high of $10.14 billion this year, according to the National Retail…
10 months ago NRF to Debut Supply Chain Event in 2022 Supply chains came under intense scrutiny with the advent of COVID-19 as new safety protocols, worker shortages in manufacturing countries and a…
10 months ago NRF, Macy’s and the Boys and Girls Club of America Team Up to Train 20 Future Retail Leaders NRF, Macy’s and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) came together for a special event supporting the NRF Foundation’s RISE…
1 year ago 3 Takeaways from NRF Converge: Quick-Hit Quotes from Sephora, Walmart, Zappos and More After nearly 18 months of seismic changes and Olympics-caliber pivots, retailers are beginning to take a breath and examine what’s happened to…