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Future Face of Retail: Katie Streepey, University of Arkansas Center for...
The NRF Student Association is attracting leaders. Katie Streepey is finding new leadership opportunities with the NRF Student Association to complement her student leadership roles on the University...
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Introducing our Collegiate Blogging Team at NRF’s BIG Show
There are nearly 100 college students in attendance at NRF’s Annual Convention in New York City. We’ve enlisted a few of them to help us recap the educational sessions, share convention experiences,...
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Retail Talent “Speed Networking” at NRF’s Annual Convention
“Buzz, Buzz.” My alarm went off at exactly 6am. The NRF BIG Show had finally begun for me. I gathered all of my professional credentials and headed for the train. “New York City, here I come!” For...
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Speaking Candidly: Lessons Learned from Internship Challenges and Triumphs
For any student, the greatest reward for academic study is to apply knowledge from the classroom to the hustle and bustle of the real world. At NRF’s BIG Show, students and employers engaged in a...
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The first annual NRFSA Business Meeting takes place at NRF’s BIG Show
During our first annual NRF Student Association meeting, fellow NRFSA student members and professors from 13 universities across the nation gathered to share their experiences and inform each other on...
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Cold temps but hot topics at NRF’s BIG Show
My Monday began with my commute to the Javits Center. After freezing from the 15 degree wind chill, I quickly warmed up by the commotion of the Big Show. My first stop was the opening of the Expo Hall....
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From sustainability to student sessions to a supercomputer: a jam-packed BIG...
On Sunday, I finished a red-eye flight from Vegas. The 2012 Consumer Electronics Show had just ended and I was off on a direct flight to New York City. I’d been to the Big Apple before, but never for...
View ArticleSessions at NRF’s convention show us the way of the future
My hustle to the Big Show began at 6am on Tuesday. I had my blogging materials, umbrella in hand and hit the city streets. I was ready for a busy day; nothing was going to stop me. The day began with...
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Walking the Show Floor
My second day at NRF’s BIG Show started with a journey around the Expo Hall. This was something I had looked forward to, being interested in technology and new product solutions for retail. As I walked...
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Work in retail? Share your story and win $25,000
NRF’s recently announced “This Is Retail” video contest is a nationwide search to find the most interesting retail stories in America. To participate in the contest, retail employees or business owners...
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Students’ (and a Retailer’s) Impressions of NRF’s BIG Show
While waiting for a session to begin, I took the opportunity to interview Elizabeth Gurtowski and Alicia Crasto, fellow NFSA members of mine from Fashion Institute of Technology. They were happy to...
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Presidents, Luncheons, Robots, Oh My!
Monday started out with a bang. As my fellow NRFSA colleague and I hurried our way through the swarms of people towards the North Hall my excitement began to grow. This was the day I would get to hear...
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Fast Forward to Fashion’s Future
Fashion and the Future, a seminar held in the Expo Hall’s Pavilion stage, was probably the most interesting for a fashion student as myself. David Wolfe, creative director of the The Donegar Group,...
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Last But Not Least: My Final Day at NRF’s BIG Show
My last day at the NRF BIG Show was nothing short of informative and entertaining. There were so many seminars that I couldn’t wait to attend and luckily all of them were being held in the Pavillion...
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Future Face of Retail: Tamara Smith, Florida State University
The NRF Student Association is making sure to keep the best and the brightest students. A member of the ”Aspire 2 Retail” Intercollegiate Challenge team, Florida State University‘s Tamara Smith is...
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Economist, Author & Historian Marc Levinson shares retail lessons learned...
Marc Levinson is a jack of many trades — he’s an author, economist, and historian. In our joint interview with STORES, Marc shares his passion for small businesses, the changing environment of grocery...
View ArticleSupply chain operations careers are valuable to companies like Starbucks
Does finding the best possible product for a company excite you? Are you constantly on the hunt for the most cost-effective way to complete a task? If you found yourself getting excited about those...
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“Aspire2Retail Challenge” offers lifelong lessons for student participants
Top retail students from across the country are nominated to participate in the American Express-NRF Foundation “Aspire2Retail” Intercollegiate Challenge by their college or university’s program...
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Vice President of Visual Merchandising at OfficeMax on a career in retail:...
Chuck Luckenbill, Vice President of Visual Merchandising at OfficeMax, has had a rich career in retail. Luckenbill has held senior leadership positions in visual merchandising and store design with...
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Ray Greenly Scholarship Winner and Future Online Retailing Superstar: Melissa...
Careers in e-commerce and online retailing are on the rise! As a way to encourage career paths in this exciting sector of the industry, Shop.org, NRF’s digital division, established the Ray M. Greenly...
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