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NRF on Fox Business

NRF President and CEO, Matthew Shay, discusses how consumers should start holiday shopping early amid supply chain challenges and labor shortages.

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Historic Consumer Strength and Retail Ingenuity

NRF President and CEO, Matthew Shay, discusses consumers and the holidays. Despite significant challenges, retailers anticipate perhaps the strongest holiday shopping season on record.

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Retail Gets Real Podcast

How Google is evolving the ‘window shopping’ experience

Retail Gets Real episode 248: All commerce is becoming digital — even when it happens in store.

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NRF policy update: The issues impacting retail

Retail Gets Real episode 247: NRF SVP of Government Relations David French outlines the critical issues in Washington.

Cybersecurity

4 ways consumers can securely shop online this holiday season

New cyber threats exploit vulnerabilities on computers and mobile devices.

Retail Technology

6 companies transforming the new era of ecommerce

A closer look at some Innovation Lab companies coming to NRF 2022: Retail’s Big Show.

Loss Prevention

Organized retail crime remains a growing threat

ORC costs retailers an average of $700,000 per $1 billion in retail sales.

Retail Gets Real Podcast

Answers to this holiday season’s most-asked questions

Retail Gets Real episode 246: An FAQ about how the retail industry is faring this holiday.

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Meet The List of People Shaping Retail’s Future 2022

Retail Gets Real episode 245: Wisdom from leaders at Chewy, CVS, Five Below, McDonald’s and The RealReal.

Retail Events

NRF Announces Inaugural Tech, Digital and Marketing Event

The National Retail Federation today announced its new NRF Nexus event.

Connected Commerce

How the pandemic changed retail design

Landini Associates Managing Director Rikki Landini on reinventing the new normal.

Retail Gets Real Podcast

Retailers fight back against organized retail crime

Retail Gets Real episode 244: Tony Sheppard from ThinkLP on the pandemic’s impact and how retailers can tackle the issue

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Adapting the store to evolving consumer needs

Retail Gets Real episode 243: Jason “Retailgeek” Goldberg of Publicis Groupe.

Cybersecurity

Retailers confront a growing risk of cyberattacks

Best practices to integrate software supply chain security into a broader strategy.

NRF Foundation launches credential

The NRF Foundation’s RISE Up Warehouse, Inventory and Logistics course prepares employees for key roles in warehouse and fulfillment centers amid the supply chain disruption.

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President of CVS Pharmacy on leadership

CVS Pharmacy President Neela Montgomery is one of the leaders on The List of People Shaping Retail’s Future 2022 to be celebrated at the NRF Foundation Honors in January.

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Coronavirus Retail Restrictions by State

State-by-state look at coronavirus-related laws, executive orders, regulations and guidance governing store operations for retailers as we head toward a post-pandemic climate.

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