Government Relations

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.

The National Retail Federation today urged members of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation to support legislation that would simplify and streamline the sales tax system to allow states the authority to collect sales tax from remote and online retailers. NRF contends that leveling the sales tax playing field between online and brick-and-mortar retailers will strengthen local communities, protect consumers and jobs, and provide for a stronger and more competitive marketplace.

The National Retail Federation and its National Council of Chain Restaurants division joined a coalition of manufacturers, shippers and transportation providers today to file an amicus brief before the U.S. Court of Appeals opposing new federal trucking regulations on drivers’ hours-of-service, stating the regulations were arbitrary and capricious.

The National Retail Federation today urged the House Judiciary Committee to support national legislation that would grant states the authority to require online and remote sellers to collect sales taxes, stating that the current sales tax system unfairly burdens local retailers, shortchanges communities, and ignores the growth and advancement of e-commerce.

The National Retail Federation today reiterated its call on Congress to address a loophole that allows most online sellers to avoid sales tax collection to the detriment of local retailers and communities.

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

The National Retail Federation today called on labor and management officials at the East and Gulf Coast ports to continue contract negotiations in order to avoid any potential supply chain disruption, delay or stoppage, which could stifle global commerce and jeopardize the fragile U.S. economic recovery.

NRF issued the following statement from Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mallory Duncan in response to the swipe fee lawsuit settlement announced today. NRF is not a party to the lawsuit.

The National Retail Federation released the following statement from President and CEO Matthew Shay on today’s House vote to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 1.6 percent in July compared with the same month last year, and modest year-over-year increases are expected through the holiday season shipping cycle, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by NRF and Hackett Associates.

The National Retail Federation released the following statement from NRF President and CEO Matthew Shay on the Supreme Court’s decision on the Affordable Care Act:

The National Council of Chain Restaurants Executive Director Rob Green issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s Affordable Care Act (ACA) ruling:

The National Retail Federation today told senators that cybersecurity legislation intended to protect the nation’s infrastructure against terrorist attack is too important to be derailed by other issues, and urged lawmakers to reject attempts to attach controversial privacy or data breach provisions to the bill.

The National Retail Federation and its National Council of Chain Restaurants division joined a broad coalition of business organizations today to file an amicus brief before the National Labor Relations Board opposing efforts to form a micro-union at NRF member Neiman Marcus Group Inc.’s landmark Bergdorf Goodman store in New York.

Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 4.8 percent in June compared with the same month last year, and year-over-year increases are expected to continue into the holiday season shipping cycle, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by NRF and Hackett Associates.

NRF commended Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus’ call for business tax reform, saying the proposal would boost the economy and help create jobs.

NRF told a congressional committee that federal regulations enacted last year potentially undermine a generation-old law guaranteeing women the right to obtain credit in their own names and need to be reconsidered.

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,

The National Retail Federation today launched a nationwide 60-day campaign to raise awareness among lawmakers and the public on how a loophole exempting online sales from sales tax is hurting local communities and job creation.