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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Intel’s innovation leader on the future of retail tech
Episode 72: Chief Innovation Officer Stacey Shulman explains autonomous retail tech, increasing urbanism, AI and more.
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Texas jeweler worried by growing trade war
Higher taxes will increase costs and eventually raise customer prices in the long run.
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Tristan Walker on building Walker & Company Brands
The health and beauty company CEO discusses how his own frustrations led him straight to retail.
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Outfitting house and home
FactGem gives retailers a blueprint for advanced data analytics that helps uncover the gems inside mass amounts of data.
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Boon Supply: Where fundraising meets retail
Episode 71: CEO Lily Kanter explains the innovative philanthropic retail model.
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How Walmart’s incubation arm creates the future of retail
Store No. 8’s incubation process involves five steps: design, initiate, build, iteration, evaluation.
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Retailers are teaming up and getting creative to drive traffic
Department store Kohl’s announced that it would begin a pilot effort with supermarket chain Aldi.
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Q&A: Founder and CEO of Olivela Stacey Boyd
Olivela is designed to improve the lives of at-risk children through the online purchase of luxury designer goods.
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Lululemon athletica: The intersection of business and technology
Episode 70: lululemon CTO Julie Averill on the role of tech in retail’s transformation.
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4 reasons computer science grads should be looking for jobs in retail
Retail companies are increasingly seeking to hire college graduates with computer science backgrounds.
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