Category Archives: STORES magazine

Jan12

What’s happening at the BIG Show? Read Tuesday’s Show Daily

By Ellen Davis, VP and NRF spokesperson | Published: January 12, 2010
Also posted in Education, Events, Retail Companies |

The official Convention Show Daily for Tuesday has been distributed.
Today’s edition features recaps from sessions on the Wal-Mart sustainability session and the economic panel discussion, along with a schedule of today’s events. Plus, read profiles of the executives who will receive NRF’s prestigious awards this afternoon, including Roger Farah, Tony Hsieh, Tadashi Yanai and Dave [...]

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Jan11

What’s happening today? Check out the Show Daily

By Ellen Davis, VP and NRF spokesperson | Published: January 11, 2010
Also posted in Education, Events |

The official Convention Show Daily for Monday is already on shuttle buses and is being passed out to attendees at the Javits Center this morning
Today’s edition features recaps from sessions on shopper ROI, sustainable supply chains and business analytics, along with a schedule of today’s events. Plus, read about why managing workforce diversity adds to [...]

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Jan10

Global retailers, now cautiously optimistic

By Megan Conniff | Published: January 10, 2010
Also posted in Education, Events, Research |

I started the 2010 Retail’s BIG Show with an introduction into the global retail industry of the future — and what lessons retailers have learned in the recent trying economic times. My first session, “Global Powers of Retailing 2010: Emerging from the Downturn,” started with a bang. The conference room was packed, resulting in standing [...]

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Jan10

What’s happening today? Check out the Show Daily

By Ellen Davis, VP and NRF spokesperson | Published: January 10, 2010
Also posted in Education, Events, Retail Companies, Sustainability |

For the first time this year, STORES’ Show Daily has gone digital.
Today’s edition, which is being passed out on shuttle buses from hotels and distributed onsite, features an article on retail sustainability, an outline of new products being released at the Show, guidance from a new white paper on security issues retailers should take into [...]

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Jan07

Ten things you (probably) don’t know about Retail’s BIG Show this year

By Ellen Davis, VP and NRF spokesperson | Published: January 7, 2010
Also posted in @NRF, Education, Events, NRF Foundation, Retail Companies, Sustainability |

Thousands of people come to Retail’s BIG Show year after year, but this year there are changes even the die-hards haven’t heard about. After the pre-Convention meeting for NRF’s staff, held earlier this week, I made a few notes on things that even the tried-and-true attendees might not know yet. Read on:
#1: What recession? This [...]

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Oct15

Mallory Duncan talks swipe fees

By Harry Lister, VP, STORES Media | Published: October 15, 2009
Also posted in @NRF, Public Policy, Video |

I was able to catch up with NRF’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mallory Duncan about his recent testimony before the House Financial Services Committee.
Mallory explains how the credit card industry is in an arms race to raise “swipe” fees. During the interview Mallory breaks down the issue of “swipe” fees and explains that [...]

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Oct01

Are you being anti-social?

By Susan Reda, Exec Editor, STORES Media | Published: October 1, 2009
Also posted in Marketing |

A little over a year ago, STORES Magazine featured a cover story on Facebook. At the time we reported that only a handful of retailers were dabbling in the space, but those who were found the conversation to be engaging – because they were connecting one-to-one with customers, and because it opened a window to [...]

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Sep02

Playing Online Favorites

By Susan Reda, Exec Editor, STORES Media | Published: September 2, 2009
Also posted in @NRF, Retail Trends, eCommerce |

Who’s your favorite online retailer? Chances are several of the names that just popped in your head appear on STORES’ Online Favorite 50 list, an annual ranking of the websites consumers say they’re most likely to click in their quest for both apparel and non apparel items.
Amazon tops the list; no surprise there. I know [...]

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Aug03

Shedding light on the STORES Hot 100

By Susan Reda, Exec Editor, STORES Media | Published: August 3, 2009
Posted in STORES magazine

STORES Magazine has released its annual listing of the nation’s Hot 100 Retailers. Sitting at the top of the list is DineEquity, parent of IHOP and Applebee’s restaurants. Glendale, California-based company IHOP bought Applebee’s in a $2 billion leveraged buyout in 2007. Shortly after, the restaurant chain changed its name to DineEquity. With a full [...]

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Jul31

Insights from JCPenney’s NYC grand opening

By Susan Reda, Exec Editor, STORES Media | Published: July 31, 2009
Also posted in Retail Trends |

Today marks the official grand opening of the first-ever J.C. Penney store in Manhattan. The 153,000 sq. ft. two-level store is located in the Manhattan Mall at 33rd Street and 6th Avenue.
On hand for opening day festivities were the Honorable Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York and J.C. Penney Chairman and [...]

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