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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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Talent acquisition’s role in business growth
Episode 16 of Retail Gets Real: &pizza’s director of human resources on the hiring process.
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5 things you might be surprised to see this holiday season
Digging into NRFs 2017 Holiday Planning Playbook.
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The secret sauce for small biz success
Episode 15 of Retail Gets Real: Myles Powell on creating an independent food retail brand.
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Small retailers switching to chip cards but still worried by lack of PIN
70 percent of small bricks-and-mortar retailers have installed chip card readers.
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Erik Qualman’s 5 ways to design a culture of innovation
Best-selling author Erik Qualman on infusing more disruption and innovation.
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How and why NRF forecasts the economic future
Episode 14 of Retail Gets Real: NRF’s Jack Kleinhenz on economic forecasting.
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One small retailer from Indiana made a big difference in Washington, D.C.
Owner of Stephenson’s of Elkhart in Indiana on the importance of advocacy.
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Why advocacy should be at the top of every small business owner’s ‘to-do’ list
You are your best advocate. You can’t expect someone else to do it for you.
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S3 Active’s journey from pop-up to permanent storefront
Episode 13 of Retail Gets Real: How Sarween Salih plans to scale her athleisure business.
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An open letter to retailers: Achieving tax reform in the 21st century
With BAT defeated, NRF will continue to advocate for comprehensive tax reform.
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