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| Leadership, Careers & Leadership, Marketing
Cristina Ceresoli, former vice president of marketing and public relations at Express, will be joining the National Retail Federation as senior vice president for retail strategy.
| Workforce, Talent Development, Career Development
The National Retail Federation and more than 200 business groups today urged Congress to pass legislation that would reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act.
| Economy
The National Retail Federation praised a plan unveiled today by Senate Republican leadership to replace former President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act, saying the bill would protect the foundation of employer-based health benefits that are the source of coverage for 177 million Americans.
| Loss Prevention, Organized Crime, Fraud
According to the annual National Retail Security Survey released today by the National Retail Federation and the University of Florida, retail theft is up from $45.2 billion, or 1.38 percent of sales, in the previous year.
| Consumer Trends, Holidays & Seasonal, Independence Day
Consumers will spend an average of $73.42 per household on food for barbecues and picnics this Independence Day.
| Careers & Leadership, Leadership
NRF has announced the retirement of Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mallory Duncan, a veteran lawyer and lobbyist who has guided the retail industry through legal, legislative and regulatory battles over credit card fees, bankruptcy law, privacy issues and other topics for more than two decades.
| Economy
National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay said in an interview today on Fox Business Network’s Varney & Co. that retailers would work “tirelessly” to achieve tax reform that lowers rates without shifting the burden to consumers.
| Economy
The National Retail Federation today welcomed comments from Speaker Paul Ryan regarding the need for permanent comprehensive tax reform that lowers rates without shifting the burden to consumers.
| Workforce
The National Retail Federation today called on the Senate to swiftly confirm President Trump’s nominee for the National Labor Relations Board, Marvin Kaplan.
| Economy, Retail Sales
Retail salesin May were essentially unchanged on a seasonally adjusted basis after an upwardly revised gain of 0.6 percent