How consumers plan to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day 2024
With 62% of Americans planning to celebrate, record spending is on tap
With 62% of Americans planning to celebrate, record spending is on tap.
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Retail Gets Real podcast
Leading the digital transformation at McDonald’s
McDonald’s Caleb Pearson gives insight into how digital strategies keep customers coming back.
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Made By Gather’s Shae Hong on innovation and key collaborations
Retail Gets Real episode 339: The entrepreneur on unexpected partnerships and inspiring the next generation of cooks.
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Improving the front-line associate experience at PetSmart
Retail Gets Real episode 338: HR talent leader Theresa Lee on culture, communication development and a growth mindset.
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Inside the digital transformation of Abercrombie & Fitch
Retail Gets Real episode 337: The retailer’s chief digital and technology officer on A&F’s digital revolution.
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Michelle Gass on leadership, taking risks and her vision for Levi’s
Retail Gets Real episode 336: The new CEO of Levi Strauss & Co. shares her forward-looking vision for the company.
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How Monica + Andy built a community of care
Retail Gets Real episode 335: Monica Royer on founding and growing her organic baby clothing and accessories brand.
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Saks CEO Marc Metrick on the evolving luxury consumer
Retail Gets Real episode 334: How data-driven personalization and AI will enhance the customer experience.
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Walmart’s Anshu Bhardwaj on AI and the retailer’s role as a global tech leader
Retail Gets Real episode 333: Fostering innovation with the customer at the center.
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The state of retail heading into 2024
Retail Gets Real episode 332: NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay on what to expect from retailers.
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NRF 2024: Retail's Big Show
Walmart provides a peek at a connected, sustainable supply chain
Collaboration ensures a company-wide commitment to leaving things ‘better than we found them’.
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Leading the digital transformation at McDonald’s
McDonald’s Caleb Pearson gives insight into how digital strategies keep customers coming back.
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Under Armour pushes the boundaries of performance and community
NRF 2024: CEO Stephanie Linnartz and Minnesota Lynx star Diamond Miller on UA’s commitment to customers.
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The ‘golden age’ of retail media networks
Insights from Walgreens Advertising Group and Walmart Connect on physical stores as the next major media channel.
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Made By Gather’s Shae Hong on innovation and key collaborations
Retail Gets Real episode 339: The entrepreneur on unexpected partnerships and inspiring the next generation of cooks.
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Capturing the right data to fuel retail success
NRF 2024: How Abercrombie & Fitch, Sephora and The Vitamin Shoppe stay connected to consumers.
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Improving the front-line associate experience at PetSmart
Retail Gets Real episode 338: HR talent leader Theresa Lee on culture, communication development and a growth mindset.
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Drew Barrymore and Shae Hong work within a union of trust and taste
NRF 2024: The co-founders of home goods brand Beautiful by Drew discuss their partnership and connecting with consumers.
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How BÉIS Travel and Glossier are transforming markets at the speed of retail
NRF 2024: BÉIS' Shay Mitchell and Glossier's Kyle Leahy in conversation with Shopify's Harley Finkelstein.
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Future trends that will shape consumer behavior and retail operations
NRF 2024: Leaders of GDR Creative Intelligence, WGSN and WD Partners on technology's impact and the role of stores.
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Inside the digital transformation of Abercrombie & Fitch
Retail Gets Real episode 337: The retailer’s chief digital and technology officer on A&F’s digital revolution.
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Creativity, visibility still needed for U.S. ports, supply chain
NRF 2024: Experts from IKEA, Port Houston and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on what's ahead.
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7 retail industry predictions for 2024
AI’s influence continues, consumers demand sustainable actions, and the customer experience remains important.
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A preview of NRF 2024: Retail’s Big Show
Retail Gets Real episode 330: NRF gets ready for the biggest event of the year.
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7 ways foodservice technologies are redefining tomorrow’s retail experience
Innovations to optimize operations and streamline the customer experience.
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NRF testifies to organized retail crime’s insidious nature and negative impact
A congressional hearing on ORC showed a need for better tools and cooperation between law enforcement.
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NRF launches Center for Retail Sustainability
The Center supports retailers’ commitments to create net positive environmental, social and community benefits.
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Checking in on 2023 winter holiday shopping trends
Retail Gets Real episode 329: NRF’s VP of Industry and Consumer Insights Katherine Cullen on holiday shopping trends.
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4 questions for Rothy’s COO and CFO Dayna Quanbeck
Insights on maintaining a fiscally responsible growth mindset.
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Stronger together: Retail advocates advanced the industry’s priorities in 2023
Fighting for the issues that matter most, from organized retail crime to an unfair credit card market.
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4 principles for retail’s use of AI
What retailers need to know about implementing artificial intelligence.
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3 ways Gen Z and millennials are shopping for the holidays
A look into NRF’s research to see how these consumer segments are tackling holiday shopping this year.
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