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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Politics and Prose: Books, community and evolution in D.C.
Episode 61 of Retail Gets Real: Co-owner Bradley Graham on the story of the independent bookstore.
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A way forward: Old Navy general manager finds limitless opportunity in retail
Garrett Ledbetter oversees 40 brand associates.
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Bourbon and Boweties creates community, one bracelet at a time
Founder Carley Ochs in the spotlight.
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The reinvention of Levi’s: Staying cool for over a century
Episode 60 of Retail Gets Real: Brand President James Curleigh on the brand’s reinvention.
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Why leaders need to overcome their fear of failure
Disruption and innovation expert Jay Samit shares what retail leadership needs today.
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Why trade matters for small retailers
A South Dakota retailer explains why his business depends on a thriving, trade-reliant agriculture industry.
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The new normal: How retailers continue to evolve
Episode 59 of Retail Gets Real: Forrester Retail Analyst Sucharita Kodali on what makes successful commerce.
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Anyone know if tariffs work? Anyone … anyone?
NRF's new ad campaign features Ben Stein from "Ferris Bueller's Day Off."
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The time for infrastructure investment is now
Our nation needs a 21st century infrastructure system that fully connects the retail supply chain.
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Crazy dog people: How passion drives BARK
Episode 58 of Retail Gets Real: Co-founder Henrik Werdelin on innovative product development.
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