Author Archives: Kelley Hundahl Zocks, Manager of Program and Outreach Services, NRF Foundation

Sep21

Rising Retail Star: University of Arizona student talks about his summer internship at Five Below

By Kelley Hundahl Zocks, Manager of Program and Outreach Services, NRF Foundation | Published: September 21, 2011
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It comes as no surprise that students who’ve participated in an internship program are in higher demand for jobs after graduation. David Shapiro, a senior at the University of Arizona, spent his summer interning at Five Below in their buying and merchandising department, and is clearly a rising retail star. We reached out to David [...]

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Sep16

Jobs from Favorite E-Retailers

By Kelley Hundahl Zocks, Manager of Program and Outreach Services, NRF Foundation | Published: September 16, 2011
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Interested in a job in e-retail? We recommend you check out the recently released NRF STORES  Magazine’s “Favorite 50″. For the fifth year in a row, STORES released their ranking of the industry’s top online retailers. This year the top five e-retail heavyweights — Amazon.com, Walmart.com, eBay.com, BestBuy.com and JCPenney.com — retained their respective positions [...]

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Aug09

Red Hot Retail Jobs

By Kelley Hundahl Zocks, Manager of Program and Outreach Services, NRF Foundation | Published: August 9, 2011
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Where can you find retail’s hottest jobs? A great place to start would be the recently released 2011 edition of NRF STORES Magazine’s “Hot 100 Retailers”. Every year, STORES ranks the top 100 fastest growing U.S. retail companies based on their annual sales growth. Among the highest-ranked this year are companies that continued to add [...]

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Jul11

Retail: an Inside Look from Exec. Director of Planning and Allocation at Urban Outfitters

By Kelley Hundahl Zocks, Manager of Program and Outreach Services, NRF Foundation | Published: July 11, 2011
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Have you ever wanted to know what a typical day is like for someone working in planning and allocation? Watch the latest installment of our Retail: an Inside Look video blog series featuring Kelly Walker, Executive Director of Planning and Allocation at Urban Outfitters.  In addition to describing his typical work day, Kelly discusses the [...]

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May25

Retail: an Inside Look from Customer Service Associate Coordinator for Whole Foods Market

By Kelley Hundahl Zocks, Manager of Program and Outreach Services, NRF Foundation | Published: May 25, 2011
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Lisa Ohashi started off as a part-time cashier at Whole Foods Market and worked her way up to Customer Service Associate Coordinator, overseeing 22 stores.  Want to know some of the skills Lisa used to help climb up the career ladder?  Check out the latest installment of our Retail: an Inside Look video blog series [...]

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