National Retail Federation

Organized Retail Crime Groups Focus on Everyday Consumer Goods
Organized Retail Crime Groups Focus on Everyday Consumer Goods
April 14, 2023  |  Retail

Everyday consumer goods are the primary target of organized retail crime (ORC) rings. Eighty-one percent of ORC groups focus on everyday consumer goods while only...

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Easter Spending Projected to Hit Record $24 Billion
Easter Spending Projected to Hit Record $24 Billion
March 20, 2023  |  Retail

Americans will spend a record $24 billion on Easter this year despite ongoing economic pressures. According to a survey released Monday (March 20) by the National Retail Federation (NRF),...

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Surge of In-Store Shopping Triggers Rise in New Brick-and-Mortar Locations
Surge of In-Store Shopping Triggers Rise in New Brick-and-Mortar Locations
February 14, 2023  |  Retail

If the great American pastime is shopping, then the great American Retail response is arguably opening new stores. This, as a new blog post from...

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3 Ways Retailers Are Keeping It Real This Valentine’s Day
3 Ways Retailers Are Keeping It Real This Valentine’s Day
February 14, 2023  |  Retail

Showing our love with gifts is more challenging in 2023 given that inflation-weary consumers are still tapped from holiday spending. But love is in the...

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eGrocery Expands in the UK Even as Basket Sizes Shrink
eGrocery Expands in the UK Even as Basket Sizes Shrink
January 19, 2023  |  Retail

This week in grocery, Ocado sees consumers cutting items from their list as competitors digitize. United Kingdom online grocer Ocado Retail, a joint venture between...

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Holiday Shopping Numbers Fall Short of NRF Forecast
Holiday Shopping Numbers Fall Short of NRF Forecast
January 19, 2023  |  Retail

The National Retail Federation says 2022 holiday sales grew 5.3%, missing an earlier forecast. That was due to ongoing inflation and steep interest rates, the...

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Google, Sony, Oracle to NRF: You Can’t Spell Retail Without ‘A-I’
Google, Sony, Oracle to NRF: You Can’t Spell Retail Without ‘A-I’
January 18, 2023  |  Retail

Officially it’s called Retail’s Big Show, but NRF 2023 was also about Retail’s Big Tech. As in, the retail industry’s increasing embrace of Big Tech...

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NRF 2023 Retail’s Big Show Celebrates Return to Physical Stores
NRF 2023 Retail’s Big Show Celebrates Return to Physical Stores
January 13, 2023  |  Retail

The National Retail Federation (NRF) 2023 Retail’s Big Show starting Sunday (Jan. 15) is hyper-focused on in-store experiences. That’s not to say that eCommerce won’t...

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Cyber Five Drew 9% More Shoppers Than Last Year 
Cyber Five Drew 9% More Shoppers Than Last Year 
November 29, 2022  |  Retail

A record number of Americans shopped during Cyber Five.  During the five days from Thanksgiving Day through Cyber Monday, 196.7 million Americans shopped in stores...

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