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Mar17

NRF lands prominent association exec Matt Shay as new President and CEO

By Ellen Davis, VP and NRF spokesperson | Published: March 17, 2010

Also posted in @NRF |

It’s a big day for all of us at NRF and an even bigger day for the retail industry.
This morning, NRF announced that Matt Shay, currently President and CEO of the International Franchise Association, was selected as NRF’s President and CEO. Matt will succeed Tracy Mullin, a widely respected retail advocate who is retiring after [...]

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Mar04

Finding the root of all health care evil

By Neil Trautwein, VP, Health Care | Published: March 4, 2010

Also posted in Health Care |

President Obama’s speech today to a hand-picked audience of camera-friendly white coats was clearly intended to stoke the fires needed to push health care reform legislation across the finish line. There was not much there that was actually substantively new. I’m not sure that the loyal opposition – or general public for that matter – [...]

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Also posted in: Health Care Tagged health care, health care costs, health care reform, insurance industry, President Obama |

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Feb24

The health reform summit we need versus the summit we will get

By Neil Trautwein, VP, Health Care | Published: February 24, 2010

Also posted in Health Care |

President Barack Obama, along with select members of his Administration, the bipartisan leadership of both the House and Senate, and key committee leaders, will gather tomorrow at Blair House (across Lafayette Park from the White House) for a one day summit ostensibly intended to rekindle a bipartisan flame for health care reform. Every protocol and detail [...]

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Also posted in: Health Care Tagged employer mandates, health care, health care costs, health care reform, jobs, mandates, President Obama |

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Feb18

Health care reform summitry

By Neil Trautwein, VP, Health Care | Published: February 18, 2010

Also posted in Health Care |

In acknowledgment of substantial gains Republicans seem to be making on key issues or perhaps in a politically shrewd move, President Obama has invited the bipartisan leadership of the House and Senate to a televised one-half-day health care reform summit meeting on February 25. The meeting will be held in the historic Blair House – [...]

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Also posted in: Health Care Tagged cost-cutting, health care costs, health care reform, health reform, President Obama |

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Feb08

Union attorney wins committee OK for NLRB post despite concerns over card check

By Craig Shearman, VP, Government Affairs PR | Published: February 8, 2010

Posted in Public Policy

A Senate committee last week voted to confirm a prominent labor union attorney as a member of the National Labor Relations Board despite concerns from NRF and others that he might attempt to implement key provisions of the controversial Employee Free Choice Act union organizing bill administratively rather than waiting for Congress to decide whether to [...]

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Posted in: Public Policy Tagged AFL-CIO, card check, Coalition for a Democratic Workplace, congress, Craig Becker, EFCA, Employee Free Choice Act, Harry Reid, Johnny Isakson, labor relations, National Labor Relations Board, National Retail Federation, NLRB, nrf, Scott Brown, SEIU, Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee, Service Employees Interational Union, Steve Pfister, Tom Harkin, union, union organizing, unionization |

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Feb04

NRF Chairman Terry Lundgren talks retail jobs

By Ellen Davis, VP and NRF spokesperson | Published: February 4, 2010

Also posted in Retail Companies, Video |

Macy’s Chairman, President and CEO Terry Lundgren, who also serves as NRF’s Chairman, spoke on CNBC’s Squawk Box this morning about Macy’s January sales numbers, the high-end luxury market, and what it will take to get the consumer buying again. (The short answer? Jobs.)
Watch the interview below.

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Also posted in: Retail Companies | Video Tagged CNBC, jobs, luxury retailers, Macy's, retail sales, Terry Lundgren |

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Feb02

Lucy, the health reform football, and Charlie Brown’s regret

By Neil Trautwein, VP, Health Care | Published: February 2, 2010

Also posted in Health Care |

Poor old Charlie Brown…
Although Brown intellectually knew that Lucy had demonstrated a repeated propensity to whisk away the football at the penultimate moment, leaving him tumbled head over heels, he was ever hopeful that she would hold true the very next time. Charlie Brown just knew that – if he had the opportunity – he [...]

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Also posted in: Health Care Tagged congress, cost-cutting, health care costs, health reform, Majority Leader Reid, President Obama, Speaker Pelosi |

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Jan22

Mr. Brown comes to Washington – now what?

By Neil Trautwein, VP, Health Care | Published: January 22, 2010

Also posted in Health Care |

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 [...]

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Also posted in: Health Care Tagged congress, employer mandates, health care, health care reform, health reform, Majority Leader Reid, President Obama, Scott Brown |

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Jan19

Backroom deals – front-room anger

By Neil Trautwein, VP, Health Care | Published: January 19, 2010

Also posted in Health Care |

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 [...]

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Also posted in: Health Care Tagged cost-cutting, health care costs, health reform, Majority Leader Reid, National Retail Federation, President Obama, Speaker Pelosi |

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Jan12

Convention remarks from NRF Senior Vice President Steve Pfister

By Ellen Davis, VP and NRF spokesperson | Published: January 12, 2010

Also posted in Events, Health Care |

NRF Senior Vice President for Government Relations Steve Pfister addressed a crowd of BIG Show attendees this morning. This is a transcript of his remarks:
Good morning, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome again to NRF’s Big Show!
Today features yet another exciting and interesting line-up. We’re going to hear a dynamic panel discussion on how to keep [...]

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Also posted in: Events | Health Care Tagged bi-partisan, congress, convention remarks, financial penalties, Montgomery Ward, NRF Annual Convention, NRF Vision for Health Care Reform, pay-or-play mandate, President Obama, Steve Pfister, unemployment, Vision of Health Care Reform, Voice of Retail |

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