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| Economy
National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay congratulated the winners of today’s federal elections and pledged to work with President-elect Donald Trump and the new Congress on a pro-growth, pro-jobs agenda.
| Economy, Supply Chain, Trade, Port Tracker
With the holiday shopping season officially under way, imports are expected to be up 4.4 percent in November over the same time last year, according to NRF's Global Port Tracker report.
| Careers & Leadership, Talent Development, Leadership
The NRF Foundation today announced the names of several industry insiders, retail CEOs and business partners who will serve as host committee members for the Foundation’s second annual Gala. The NRF Foundation is the non-profit division of the National Retail Federation. On Sunday, January 16 at Pier Sixty in New York City the Gala will bring together the next generation of retail talent, hundreds of the industry’s most illustrious leaders, and honorees onThe Listof People Shaping Retail’s Future.
| Consumer Trends, Holidays & Seasonal, Winter Holidays
According to the National Retail Federation’s annual consumer spending survey conducted by Prosper Insights & Analytics, consumers plan to spend an average of $935.58 during the holiday shopping season.
| Loss Prevention, Organized Crime
According to the National Retail Federation’s 12th annual Organized Retail Crime Survey, which polled 59 senior retail loss prevention executives, 100 retailers surveyed report that they have been a victim of ORC in the past year, up from 97 percent who said so last year.
| Economy, Supply Chain, Trade, Port Tracker
October is expected to be the second-busiest month of the year for imports as merchants stock up for the holidays, according to NRF's Global Port Tracker report.
| Economy
According to the study,17 percent of companies receiving payment demands frompatent trolls are retailers, who also make up 10 percent of all defendants in troll litigation and13 percent of licensees paying royalties to patent trolls.
| Marketing, Digital Retail, Technology, Careers & Leadership
On the heels of this year’s Retail’s Digital SummitShop.org hasannounced the first two keynote speakers for next year’s event, taking place in Los Angeles, September 25-27, 2017.
| Economy, Forecasts, Holiday Forecast
The National Retail Federation expectssales inNovember and December, excluding autos, gas and restaurant sales, toincreaseasolid 3.6 percentto$655.8 billion.
| Economy
One year after card companies' deadline for retailers to accept new chip-based credit cards, delays by the card industry have left thousands of new chip readers unused and consumers with less improvement in security than what was sought by retailers.