2024 Top 100 Retailers
NRF’s annual review of the best-performing U.S. retailers based on sales rankings
As with last year, there is not a lot of change at the top of the 100, particularly in the top 20. Perennial leader Walmart tops the list with $533 billion in U.S. sales.
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Retail Gets Real podcast
Laying the foundation for modern resale with ThredUp
Retail Gets Real episode 354: ThredUp co-founder and CEO James Reinhart on the outlook for the secondhand industry.
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How customer-facing AI will energize retail’s future
Retail Gets Real episode 353: Futurist Kate Ancketill shares insights on empathic AI and its potential impact on retail.
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DE&I as a state of success — not a checkbox
Retail Gets Real episode 352: Burlington Stores’s Mecca Mitchell on the power of leading with passion and authenticity.
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The think tank for retail industry talent leaders
Retail Gets Real Episode 351: Adam Lukoskie discusses talent acquisition trends and the growth of NRF’s TAG.
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Comfort, collaboration and imaginative innovation at Crocs
Retail Gets Real episode 350: CMO Heidi Cooley on the strategies behind Crocs’ emergence as a pop culture powerhouse.
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How Arc’teryx is reaching new heights while staying loyal to its core customers
Retail Gets Real episode 349: CEO Stuart Haselden talks about transformation, authenticity and leadership.
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How Ikea is leading the way on sustainability
Retail Gets Real episode 348: Ikea U.S. Country Sustainability Manager on the role of retail in the circular economy.
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Welcome to the real world of retail
Retail Gets Real episode 347: Allbirds’ Courtney Nash and Munchkin’s Eugene Choi on the early lessons they’ve learned.
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How Kendra Scott delivers on a ‘fashion-for-philanthropy’ vision
Retail Gets Real episode 346: CEO Tom Nolan on authenticity and community involvement.
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Advocacy
Economy is in ‘Critical Moment’ But Fed Has Time to Wait on Interest Rates
July 8, 2024
NRF Welcomes Supreme Court Ruling Allowing Debit Card Swipe Fee Challenge to Move Forward
July 1, 2024
Retailers Welcome Judge’s Order Rejecting Flawed Settlement Over Visa and Mastercard ‘Swipe’ Fees
June 25, 2024
CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor Shows Retail Sales Jumped in May After a Slow April
June 10, 2024
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Three retailers leading with conviction
Leaders of Dick’s Sporting Goods, Best Buy and Levi Strauss & Co. on how they drive change.
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Making the business case for inclusion
YUM! Brands’ James Fripp on how embracing inclusion helps brands stay relevant.
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Hands-on selling
A small retail chain is selling naturally fragranced bath and beauty products in an innovative new way: interactively.
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Walgreens Boots Alliance on the importance of partnerships
COO Alex Gourlay outlines partnership strategy at NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show.
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Building the store of the future takes more than cool tech
The store of the future combines the best of online thinking into the physical world.
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Retailers’ top priorities for 2019
Forrester’s Sucharita Kodali discusses retailers’ goals for this year and long-term investment intentions.
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NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show off to a grand start
A recap of the first day of NRF 2019: Retail's Big Show, Sunday, Jan. 13.
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Reporting on retail: What’s changing in 2019 and beyond
Episode 98 of Retail Gets Real: Senior writer at Fortune magazine, discusses the retail stories to watch in 2019.
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Meet the tech startups driving retail innovation in 2019
A quick look at the startups in this year’s Innovation Lab at NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show.
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Naughty or nice: 3 things to know about fraud during the holiday season
Retailers expect an average 11 percent of purchases made during the 2018 holiday season to be returned.
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