Retail's Big Show

NRF 2025 concludes in New York City. See highlights from Retail's Big Show.

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News from Retail's Big Show

NRF 2025 is taking place at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. View blog posts, event photos, video highlights and press coverage from NRF 2025.

John Furner Keynote session at NRF 2025 - Retail's Big Show

Southern California Disaster Relief

The devastating wildfires in Southern California are the worst natural catastrophe in our country’s history. Browse the ways you can help aid in current relief efforts.

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Retail sales jumped strongly in December

CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor, powered by Affinity Solutions, shows strong growth in December, boosted in part by two busy holiday shopping days during Thanksgiving weekend falling in the final month of the year.

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Retailers' new era of eco-diversity

J. Crew, Macy's and others are working toward regenerative agriculture and supplier diversity.

Retail’s Big Show expands to Europe

The National Retail Federation and Comexposium announced that the Paris Retail Week annual conference and exhibition is being rebranded beginning in 2025 to NRF 2025: Retail’s Big Show Europe.

Matthew Shay speaking at Paris Retail Week.

NRF Retail Monitor Plus

The NRF Retail Monitor Plus is NRF’s latest offering from the Center for Retail & Consumer Insights, leveraging innovative and powerful new purchase data to help guide and inform our members through the ever-changing retail landscape. 

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NRF Foundation Honors Honorees

NRF Foundation Honors 2025

The 10th annual NRF Foundation Honors raised more than $2.7 million to fund the NRF Foundation’s career development programs and resources.

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2024 Hot 25 Retailers

NRF's annual look at the fastest-growing U.S. retailers.

Focus on advancing growth amid discussions on tax reform

Despite a slowdown in GDP growth from 3.4% in Q4 2023 to 1.4% in Q1 2024, the economy continues to show signs of stability, writes NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay.

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Icons representing elements of circularity.

Retail Circularity: An Action Guide for Retailers

NRF and Deloitte collaborated to develop a guide that provides an industry-wide perspective on emerging circular business models.

Retail supports more than 1 in 4 American jobs

Explore the new report, The Economic Contribution of the U.S. Retail Industry, compiled by PwC, to see a view of the retail industry by the numbers, including employment, number of retail establishments, labor income and impact on GDP across the country and in your state.

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How a retail job sets workers up for career success

From communication and problem solving to conflict resolution and time management, retail cultivates essential skills for every career path. New research from the National Retail Federation Foundation shows the average retail career move occurs every 14.5 months - and brings a 15.2% pay increase.

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