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| Economy, Retail Sales
May retail sales increased 0.7 percent seasonally adjusted over April and 5.6 percent unadjusted year-over-year as a growing economy prompted consumers to continue to spend, according NRF. The numbers exclude automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants.
| Talent Development, Career Development, Careers & Leadership, Workforce
The NRF Foundation announced that it has formed a partnership with the Maine Department of Adult Education and the Retail Association of Maine to provide the Foundation’s RISE Up training and credentials to young adults in Kittery, Maine.
| Leadership, Careers & Leadership, Career Development
NRF and theBoardlist, a talent marketplace for executives and board directors, announced a strategic partnership intended to improve gender diversity in corporate boardrooms in retail and other industries.
| Loss Prevention, Fraud, Organized Crime, Safety & Security
A prosecutor, a veteran retail loss prevention executive who started as a security guard, and an LP team that helped stop an organized crime ring will be honored this week as the National Retail Federation holds its annual NRF PROTECT conference in Dallas.
| Economy, Trade, Supply Chain, Port Tracker
Imports at the nation's major retail container ports are expected to set record numbers this summer and fall even as the debate over trade and tariffs continues in Washington, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report from NRF and Hackett Associates.
| Data Security, Loss Prevention
NRF, other retail groups and two of the nation's best-known ATM networks have formed a new coalition intended to improve the security of the U.S. electronic payments system ranging from credit and debit cards to emerging technology.
| Leadership, Careers & Leadership
The NRF Foundation announced that it has hired Shana Treger as director of learning and credentials in a new position for the National Retail Federation’s philanthropic arm.
| Economy, Supply Chain, Trade
NRF welcomed the announcement that labor and management at East Coast and Gulf Coast ports have reached tentative agreement on a six-year contract renewal.
| Economy, Trade
The National Retail Federation called on lawmakers to pass legislation introduced today that would require congressional approval of “Section 232” tariffs, including the steel and aluminum tariffs recently imposed by the Trump administration and any additional tariffs in the future.
| Loss Prevention, Organized Crime, Fraud
Thefts, fraud and losses from other retail “shrink” decreased to $46.8 billion in 2017 from $48.9 billion the year before as shoplifting and organized retail crime continued to be the leading causes, according to the annual National Retail Security Survey released today by the National Retail Federation and the University of Florida.