All NRF Retail's Big Show articles – Page 5
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NewsNRF: Coles calls for grocers to study store cupboards
Grocers should operate their supply chains based on what is in their customer’s pantry in the future, says Coles general manager, merchandise and logistics, Dimitrios Bairaktaris.
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NewsNRF: Walmart boss Bill Simon says retailers need to lead economic renewal
Retailers need to play a central role in leading an economic renewal, Walmart chief executive Bill Simon said at the NRF conference in New York today.
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OpinionBlog: Themes at NRF conference highlight diversity of retail industry
Many of the themes at NRF are familiar to most – omnichannel is everywhere, international expansion is the holy grail, shrinking store estates and the effects on the high street are on retailers’ minds.
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NewsNRF: Amazon's success down to luck and timing, says founder Jeff Bezos
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has said the company’s phenomenal success over the past two decades is partly down to “a tremendous amount of luck and a lot of great timing”.
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NewsNRF: Retail in midst of 'seismic change', says Starbucks chief
Retail is in the midst of a “seismic change” caused by technology that is making mobile “mission critical”, Starbucks chief executive Howard Schultz said at the NRF conference on Monday.
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NewsNRF: Macys.com plans Amazon-style internal data-driven testing
US department store chain Macy’s is planning to develop an internal testing capability that will enable it to use data analytics in a similar way to online giant Amazon.
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NewsNRF: Uggs-owner Deckers Outdoor invests in technology before expansion
Deckers Outdoor, the parent of footwear retailers including Ugg, has invested in technology to enable it to glean real-time insight into item and store sales as it ramps up global expansion.
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NewsNRF: Kofi Annan calls for retailers to engage small scale farmers
Retailers need to incorporate more small scale farmers into their supply chains, former UN secretary general Kofi Annan said at the NRF conference in New York today.
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NewsNRF: US retailers urged to challenge industry perceptions
Retailers need to challenge the US government’s perspective of the industry, the president of the National Retail Federation Matthew Shay said today.
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OpinionComment: Are iPads the future of store design?
Remember the time when retailers seemed to think that if it moved then an iPad should be attached to it? It wasn’t actually that long ago.
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Opinion
NRF 2012 sets out retail’s new rules
New York’s National Retail Federation (NRF ) 2012 conference theme was Retail’s New Rules, and it focused on how retailers and innovators are reshaping the conventional rules of the game.
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AnalysisNRF: Why technology matters to retail
2012 will be a key year for retailers, with spending constrained and structural changes hitting hard. Retailers at this year’s NRF conference showed they’re tackling the hurdles head on, finds Rebecca Thomson.
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NewsClinton speaks at NRF conference
Former US president Bill Clinton was a big draw when he spoke at this week’s NRF conference in New York.
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AnalysisNRF: Polar opposites
The big topic at this year’s NRF convention was the polarisation of global retail. Joanna Perry reviews the key themes, while on page 24, Rebecca Thomson examines the top technological innovations on show
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Opinion
NRF: Mobile's moment
If social media was the hot topic at last year’s meeting of retail minds in New York, then this year the buzz was all about mobile.
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NewsNRF releases m-commerce guide
The National Retail Federation has revealed the first version of its Mobile Retailing Blueprint.
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AnalysisNRF: US retail IT leaders follow the consumer
The technology show at NRF had all the normal high-tech gadgets, but US retail’s IT leaders are increasingly focused first and foremost on the customer, finds Joanna Perry
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OpinionNRF: New York welcomes back the big boys of retail IT
The IT bosses of three of the fourbiggest retailers in the world have been spotted at the National Retail Federation conference and show in New York this week; and that says something about the role technology will play in the industry’s recovery from recession.
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OpinionNRF lobbying on PCIDSS could be bad news for UK retailers
The US retail trade body the National Retail Federation has added its voice to the growing chorus of calls for the way the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard operates to be reassessed. But its recommendations may not be as helpful for retail in the UK as they first seem.
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Opinion
NRF accuses card companies over PCIDSS
While President Obama is in London for the G20 summit today, retailers’ eyes should also be on a little-publicised congressional panel back in the US that could impact the way credit card data is used in the future.