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NRF welcomed regulations issued by the Department of Labor that clearly define the difference between workers who must be considered employees and those who can be classified as independent contractors.

An estimated 25,000 industry professionals are expected to attend Retail’s Big Show, which is NRF’s 110th annual convention and will be held January 12–14, 19 and 21–22, 2021.

Economic challenges brought on by the coronavirus pandemic will continue in 2021, but stimulus legislation signed into law just after Christmas will help maintain and accelerate the nation’s ongoing recovery, NRF Economist Jack Kleinhenz says.

The National Retail Federation urged the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) to avoid placing tariffs on imports of Vietnamese goods and rely on other remedies and authorities to address trade complaints. USTR recently launched two separate 301 investigations regarding Vietnam’s currency practices and trade in illegal timber. NRF Senior Vice President of Government Relations David French provided testimony at both the illegal timber and currency practices hearings this week. 

The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from President and CEO Matthew Shay in response to Congressional passage today of the Emergency Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020. 

More than 150 million U.S. consumers plan to shop on Super Saturday this year, up slightly from 147.8 million in 2019, according to the annual survey released today by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics.

The health of employees and customers during the coronavirus pandemic is retailers’ top priority.

The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from President and CEO Matthew Shay advocating for the retail workforce to be included among the early recipient groups for the COVID-19 vaccine.

November retail sales dipped from the month before but still showed the sixth consecutive monthly year-over-year gain by government calculations and set the stage for a healthy holiday shopping season compared with last year despite the pandemic, NRF said.

Organized retail crime is continuing to grow, with the number of dollars lost topping a key threshold for the fifth year in a row and three-quarters of retail companies that have been victims saying activity is up, according to the 16th annual ORC study from NRF.