Resources

Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS) 
ARTS is an international membership organization dedicated to reducing the costs of retail technology through standards. 

Archived Webinars
This is where you can find on-demand webinars on a variety of topics related to Retail Information Technology.

Annual Retail IT Budget Benchmarking Study
An annual comprehensive survey to report on retail specific IT budgets and capital expenditures

Fair Factories Clearinghouse 
A global database of factory information and social compliance audit reports

NRF e-newsletters & Publications
The latest in public policy activity, international trade, industry forecasting, technology and trends

NRF Retail Reference Center
A library of our own research along with the insights and resources of our associate members

NRF Standard Color and Size Codes 
A  common language for product color and size identification for use in EDI to supplement information conveyed by UPC codes

PCI Resource Library
PCI Best Practices Library offers resources for implementing PCI Data Security Standard (DSS).

Read the FTC Business Alert
See if your company is properly complying with regulations to truncate credit card account numbers on receipts

Read the RFID in Retail Handbook
This publication from the RFID Business Association also references results from the RFID in Retail Survey conducted at NRF's Big Show in January

Standard Requests for Proposal
A library of standard RFPs to help retailers select the “right” software applications