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| Economy
National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay said in an interview today on Fox Business Network’s Varney & Co. that retailers would work “tirelessly” to achieve tax reform that lowers rates without shifting the burden to consumers.
| Economy
The National Retail Federation today welcomed comments from Speaker Paul Ryan regarding the need for permanent comprehensive tax reform that lowers rates without shifting the burden to consumers.
| Workforce
The National Retail Federation today called on the Senate to swiftly confirm President Trump’s nominee for the National Labor Relations Board, Marvin Kaplan.
| Economy, Retail Sales
Retail salesin May were essentially unchanged on a seasonally adjusted basis after an upwardly revised gain of 0.6 percent
| Economy, Small Business
The National Retail Federation today voiced its opposition to legislation introduced by Representative Jim Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., that would codify a 1992 Supreme Court ruling that out-of-state sellers can be required to collect sales tax only if they have a physical presence such as a store, warehouse or office in the buyer’s state.
| Economy
The National Retail Federation today condemned a proposal by House Ways and Means Chairman Kevin Brady to phase in a Border Adjustment Tax over five years.
| Economy, Trade
The National Retail Federation today submitted comments to the United States Trade Representative outlining retail’s priorities for the negotiation of a modernized North American Free Trade Agreement.
| Economy, Supply Chain, Trade, Port Tracker
The rate of import growth at the nation’s major retail container ports has begun to slow after double-digit surges earlier this year but volume should nonetheless hit an all-time high by the end of the summer, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker.
| Technology, Retail Transformation, Digital Retail, Marketing
On September 26, more than 4,000 retail, e-commerce and multichannel executives will gather at Shop.org in Los Angeles Convention Center to hear remarkable stories of reinvention.
| Economy
The National Retail Federation welcomed today’s announcement from the Labor Department that it would withdraw burdensome guidance issued under the Obama Administration significantly broadening the definition of a joint employer and creating seemingly limitless liability in business to business relationships.