Monthly Archives: January 2010

Jan11

Overcoming Challenges Through Innovative Retail Design

By Molly McKenna, Student Blogger, University of Michigan | Published: January 11, 2010
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As anyone who’s been to school knows, during trying educational times you sometimes find yourself asking,  “When would I ever need to know this?!?”  It can be difficult to translate information you learn in the classroom to real world, on-the-job situations.  In my experience, this was not the case at the NRF BIG Show.  My [...]

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Jan11

Ben Sherman’s Power of Retail Design

By Kalie Kramer, Student Blogger, University Of Arizona | Published: January 11, 2010
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Being in New York City is reason enough to write this, but as an added bonus (or should I say main reason for coming) I am attending the NRF Big Show. As a college student, this is a glimpse into the world I hope to be fully submerged into within the next couple years.   [...]

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Jan11

Bringing Back the Buy

By Jena Glick, Student Blogger, LIM College | Published: January 11, 2010
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I am a retailer’s worst nightmare. I am a college student who does not have any household bills to pay, does not have children to support, does not have any regular monthly expenses. Period. I have a job, which means I have the money for the frivolous spending that my age group is so well [...]

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Jan11

Wisdom from Retail’s Top Talent Developers

By Corinne Hirsch, NRF Foundation | Published: January 11, 2010
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After the winning team of this year’s Intercollegiate Retail Challenge delivered their presentation at NRF’s BIG Show, a panel of retail’s top talent developers offered best practices when trying to break into the industry as a college student or recent graduate. Here are a few of their tips: Going abroad. Many companies will be looking [...]

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Jan07

Share Your Retail Career Story at NRF’s BIG Show

By Angela Elder, Sr. Director of Career Development Programs, NRF Foundation | Published: January 7, 2010
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The NRF Foundation works hard to help advance careers in retailing for high school and college-age students. Our goal is to help students understand that there are many facets to retail…marketing, merchandising, loss prevention, finance and architecture/design, etc. We want to increase awareness that retailing can be a very interesting — and rewarding — career [...]

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