Jan28
| Posted in @NRF, Research
With an incredible amount of consumer research at our disposal, it can be difficult to get our hands around everything that data is telling us. (And we also know that what we find interesting might not be what the retail community will find interesting.) So we’re trying something different. NRF is experimenting with a company [...]
Jan27
You may have already seen NRF’s announcement that the Law Enforcement Retail Partnership Network is now available, at no cost, to every law enforcement agency nationwide via the FBI’s Law Enforcement Online website. It’s an exciting development that has been in the works for months and should allow retailers and law enforcement to work even [...]
Jan25
I tried to count the number of times I heard retailers talking about iPhone apps, mobile reviews and m-commerce at NRF’s Annual Convention earlier this month, but I lost track once I ran out of fingers. Needless to say, mobile is a huge conversation starter in retail right now with many companies looking at ways [...]
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Jan22
Scott Brown’s election to fill the remainder of the late Sen. Ted Kennedy’s term has blown conventional wisdom out of the water and thus has set health reform on a very different course. Health care reform will either come back down to earth or it won’t happen at all. Congratulations to Senator-elect Brown and welcome [...]
Jan21
It’s more than company cars and flex hours that make companies great. It’s a culture that exists within the leadership and extends beyond the employees into the families of those who work there. On-site child care and health clinics, unfaltering job security, incomparable health benefits, discounted groceries each month, milk-and-cookie socials and free Kindles are [...]
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Jan19
One might think that health care reform has a past due expiration date the way President Barack Obama, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid are scurrying about. Footsteps are clearly being heard as Massachusetts voters meet today to select their junior U.S. Senator. This race – regardless of its outcome, though [...]
Jan14
Attendees who stayed through the leadership session at Retail’s BIG Show were surprised by a mid-morning caffeine boost of Dunkin’ Donuts coffee and Munchkins. In addition, ten lucky attendees had a BIG surprise: a “golden ticket” good for a full registration to next year’s Annual Convention. And what will be so BIG about next year? [...]
Jan13
Dunkin’ Brands executive chairman Jon Luther seems like a character. With a storied history of growing restaurants, Luther speaks with a boisterous confidence that just makes you want to listen. Here were his best five lines from a session on leadership through hardship: 1) On the importance of cultivating an engaged staff: “Leadership is more [...]
Jan13
Facing difficult economic times and a cautious consumer in 2009, many retailers focused their efforts on cutting costs in order to survive. Most are now in a significantly more stable position than a year ago and working to sustain their efforts to maintain a competitive edge. In one of the final sessions of Retail’s BIG [...]
Jan13
This week the “Retail Horizons: Benchmarks and Forecasts” survey was released by the NRF Foundation and new partner KPMG. On Tuesday afternoon, executives from Saks Fifth Avenue, Charming Shoppes and L.L.Bean met on a panel to discuss the survey’s findings and how their companies are managing on some of the survey’s key issues. The report [...]