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The closing session at NRF 2024: Retail's Big Show on Jan. 16 will feature a conversation between Drew Barrymore and Shae Hong, who worked together on the Beautiful line. The two will discuss their respective companies, how they leverage the intersection of innovation and design, and their mission of fostering human connection in the kitchen and home.

NRF 2024: Retail’s Big Show Asia Pacific, the highly anticipated trade exhibition jointly organized by the National Retail Federation and Comexposium, is now open for online registrations for the main conference. Retail’s Big Show Asia Pacific will take place from 11 – 13 June, 2024, at the Sands Expo and Convention Centre in Singapore.

FedEx Corporation President and CEO Raj Subramaniam will be a keynote speaker at NRF 2024: Retail’s Big Show and will outline several of the supply chain challenges and opportunities the world’s largest transportation company has faced.

A record 200.4 million consumers shopped over the five-day holiday weekend from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, surpassing last year’s record of 196.7 million, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. The figures surpassed NRF’s initial expectations of 182 million shoppers by more than 18 million.

The latest survey from the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics shows the top items consumers are shopping for throughout the season, including the most popular toys.

An estimated 182 million people are planning to shop in-store and online from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday this year, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics. This figure is 15.7 million more people than last year and is the highest estimate since NRF began tracking this data in 2017.

Retail sales kept up a long streak of year-over-year gains in October even though the rate of growth continued to slow, NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz said in response to the U.S. Census Bureau’s release of monthly retail sales data.

The National Retail Federation released its Principles for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Retail Sector to support the industry’s artificial intelligence (AI) governance and strategic planning. Developed through its Center for Digital Risk & Innovation, the principles encourage appropriate and effective governance of AI, promote consumer trust, and facilitate ongoing innovation and beneficial use of AI technologies.

NRF and CNBC announced the launch of their new monthly “CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor,” powered by Affinity Solutions, and the release of October 2023 retail sales data. The CNBC/NRF Retail Monitor uses actual, real-time debit and credit card purchase data to provide more accurate and timely insights into retail sales activity across all U.S. sectors, categories and markets.

With most imported holiday season merchandise already here, inbound cargo volume at the nation’s major container ports is expected to slow during the remainder of 2023, according to the Global Port Tracker report released by NRF and Hackett Associates.