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The Retail Advertising and Marketing Association (RAMA), a division of The National Retail Federation, announced today Kevin Brown, group vice president, and chief marketing officer at Meijer Inc. will serve as the Chairman of its Board of Directors. . In addition to electing a new Chairman, RAMA also welcomes five new members to its Board of Directors.

There were only modest shifts in position among the nation’s very largest retailers last year, according to STORES 2012 Top 100 Retailers report.

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.

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 announced today that Bill Thorne has been named the association’s Senior Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs.

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 announced today that Ellen Davis has been named Senior Vice President and Executive Director of the NRF Foundation, the education and research arm of NRF.

The National Retail Federation announced today during its 101st Annual Convention and EXPO in New York the addition of five retail executives elected to serve on its Board of Directors. Each new Board member will serve a three-year term. Macy’s, Inc. Chairman, President and CEO Terry Lundgren was re-elected to serve another full-year as Chairman of the NRF Board.

The Retail Advertising & Marketing Association, a division of the National Retail Federation which represents top marketing executives from retail companies, announced today the addition of six new executives to its Board of Directors.

The Association of Retail Technology Standards, the technology standards division of the National Retail Federation, announced today the addition of several prominent companies to its growing membership, including Costco, Starbucks and Walmart.

The National Retail Federation announced today that Vicki Cantrell – a retail industry veteran who has held prominent positions at Tory Burch, Giorgio Armani, and Gucci – will join NRF as the association’s Senior Vice President, Communities and Executive Director, Shop.org on October 31.

NRF Foundation, the education arm of the National Retail Federation, today announced the launch of the National Retail Federation Student Association (NRFSA), which will offer member students the opportunity to leverage NRF’s vast retail network to take advantage of education and networking opportunities.

Shop.org today announced the addition of six members to its Board of Directors and welcomed back three incumbents. The new and returning Board members will meet for the first time as a group later this month at Shop.org’s Annual Summit in Boston. Each newly-elected member will serve a two-year term. Shop.org is the digital division of the National Retail Federation, the world’s largest retail trade group.

The National Retail Federation today announced the additions of a veteran Washington lobbyist and the former manager of a major corporate political action committee to its growing government relations team.

NRF announces Tita Freeman as Senior Vice President for Communications and Public Affairs.