The National Retail Federation is pleased to announce that Amazon,Crocs,Kohl's and lululemon are the recipients of its prestigious annual awards.The award winners are selected each year by select members of the NRF Board who comprise its ...
A major shipping logistics firm says"the likelihood of a strike is high"after contract negotiations broke down this week between the longshoreman's union and East Coast port operators. This fall both sides agreed to extend their contract ...
Here in the states we’re entering the final week until Christmas and so far jewellery sales have been strong in all markets, according to a couple of surveys. Two surveys of independent retail jewellers reported that business got ...
Tags: Jewellery, Jewellery Sales, Christmas, Crafts
By 9:30 a.m. Friday, Santa was in his green chair at Yorktown Center and three sisters, surrounded by shopping bags, were taking a break before heading to the next mall. Patricia Baker, 54, of Maywood, Donna Holliday, 48, of Bellwood, and ...
Tags: Toys, shopping, holiday season, shopping levels
Retail sales in November, which are typically viewed as the beginning of the holiday shopping season, showed a solid performance with annual and sequential gains, according to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce ...
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Hershey and US baker Flowers Foods have teamed up to develop cakes for Hallowe'en in the US. The companies have launched Kandy Bar Kakes, a product they describe as "the perfect blend of cake and candy". Lines include S'mores Kandy Bar ...
Tags: Cakes, Kandy Bar Kakes, peanut butter
ecVision,the leading supply chain collaboration platform provider for retail,announced today its plans to exhibit and demonstrate supply chain collaboration platform functionality for retailers and manufacturers at the National Retail ...
The National Retail Federation issued a letter to the International Longshoremen's Association and United States Maritime Alliance,Ltd.,urging both sides to reach an immediate contract agreement before the December 29 deadline to ensure a ...
Tags: National Retail Federation, ILA, USMX, retail
The National Retail Federation today issued the following statement from President and CEO Matthew Shay on the negotiated settlement between The International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office Clerical Unit and the Harbor ...
Tags: contract agreement, strike, Los Angeles
Soon after federal mediators were brought in to help reach an agreement between teams representing employers at the ports of Los Angeles (POLA) and Long Beach (POLB) and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office ...
Tags: strike, Longshore, Warehouse, POLA, shipping line
The National Retail Federation and a diverse coalition of manufacturers,farmers,wholesalers,retailers and transportation organizations today sent a letter to President Obama to express their concern about the ongoing labor disruption at the ...
Tags: labor situation, Obama, Port Dispute
The National Retail Federation today urged President Obama to immediately engage in the stalled contract negotiations between management and striking union workers at the nation's largest ports. The International Longshore and Warehouse ...
Tags: prolonged strike, economy, directly engage, ongoing labor dispute
October retail sales data released this week by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF) were down sequentially and up annually. The Department of Commerce reported that October retail sales at ...
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Not waiting until Cyber Monday,online shoppers made Black Friday the biggest online spending day of the year so far. On Black Friday--the marketing term given for the day after Thanksgiving,generally one of the biggest shopping days of ...
Tags: Black Friday, Online Sales, marketing term, ComScore
Two of the leading jewellers in the U.S. posted solid growth Tuesday as the economy is beginning show actual long-term positive gains, even though it is still much too sluggish. The reports indicate that heading into the all-important ...