Information Technology

The National Retail Federation, in partnership with its member companies, today announced the launch of the Integrated Mobile Initiative (IMI), a first-of-its-kind, initiative that will serve as the single source for information about the challenges and opportunities that exist within mobile retailing.

NRF/BIGinsight survey finds consumers will spend more on school and college as consumers replenish children's needs and more children enter school.

Growing in severity, number and type, retailers are reporting organized retail crime (ORC) has become more troublesome than ever before. Of the 125 retail companies surveyed for NRF’s eighth annual Organized Retail Crime Survey, a record-setting (96.0%) say their company has been the victim of organized retail crime in the past year,

According to the 2012 Social and Mobile Commerce Study, a joint research project by Shop.org, comScore and The Partnering Group, the visually-appealing social media site Pinterest has become a big player in an even bigger arena, with online U.S. consumers reporting that they already follow an average of 9.3 retail companies on the site, compared to the average 6.9 retailers they follow on Facebook and the 8.5 retailers they track via Twitter.

Shop.org will welcome two of the industry’s most influential and prominent executives to its Annual Summit this September in Denver. Jerry Storch, chairman and CEO, Toys“R”Us, Inc., and Jamie Nordstrom, president of Nordstrom Direct will both keynote at the event,

Hawaii has a shining star in Ms. Tanna Dang as the Honolulu boutique owner today was awarded the top $25,000 prize in the National Retail Federation’s inaugural “This is Retail” video contest.

Trade Show News Network, the world's leading online resource for the trade show, exhibition and event industry, placed NRF’s 2011 event at #151 on its prestigious list of Top 250 Trade Shows.

The National Retail Federation today announced the final three winners of its “This is Retail” video contest, determined after a week of public voting through NRF’s Retail Means Jobs website.

The National Retail Federation today announced the top 10 finalists of its “This is Retail” video contest, determined after a week of public voting through NRF’s Retail Means Jobs website.

The National Retail Federation announced today the 20 finalists of its “This is Retail” video contest, determined from scoring by prominent retail executives at NRF member companies. Contest finalists range from small business owners to vice presidents at national retail chains, and from wine shops to sporting goods retailers.

The National Retail Federation, along with its technology standards division, the Association for Retail Technology Standards and digital division, Shop.org, will host a special pavilion at the upcoming Retail Business Technology Expo and Cards and Payments Solutions.

The National Retail Federation’s Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) today announced significant enhancements to its Fresh Item Management (FIM) Standard, which allows traceability for food items from farm to store.

The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) today unveiled the first-ever standard data interface for online and mobile ordering at the ARTS Pavilion during NRF’s 101st Annual Convention and EXPO.

The Association for Retail Technology Standards, the National Retail Federation’s technology standards division, and EPASOrg, an association leading card payment standards in Europe, announced today a partnership to create an ARTS-EPAS Retailer Payment Protocol Standard.