National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay and NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz issued a response to the organization's February jobs report. "While there are signs of modest momentum in the economy, now is not the time ...
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CONSHOHOCKEN, Pa. — Ikea plans to come to St. Louis with a 380,000-square-foot store that will open in the fall of 2015, the Swedish retailer announced Wednesday. Store officials said they have submitted plans to the city for the ...
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BRC announce the appointment of tax experts EY to support a rigorous process of examining the options for reform of the business rates system. The outcome will be recommendations for changes to business rates that will contribute to UK ...
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Editor's note: This blog post was written by Fred Clements, Executive Director of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. Clements' previous blogs can be read on bikedealerblog. Amazon recently announced it will add 5,000 jobs at ...
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A new study commissioned by the National Retail Federation and other trade associations shows that imported merchandise has considerably lowered the price of consumer goods for American families while creating millions of jobs for American ...
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The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from President and CEO Matthew Shay on President Obama’s State of the Union address: “We have repeatedly called on Congress and President Obama to make the economy ...
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Following disappointing jobs report and the news earlier this week that US fragile economic recovery has come to a virtual halt, it is imperative that the White House and Congress immediately make economic growth and job creation their top ...
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More than 118,000 Australian traditional retail jobs will be lost over the next three years because of a combination of factors, including as a direct result of the Federal Government's refusal to abolish a GST and import duty exemption ...
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