Category Archives: Colleges & Universities

May15

Ray Greenly Scholarship Winner and Future Online Retailing Superstar: Melissa Homa

By Ryan Cliche, Director Student Programs, NRF Foundation | Published: May 15, 2012
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Careers in e-commerce and online retailing are on the rise! As a way to encourage career paths in this exciting sector of the industry, Shop.org, NRF’s digital division, established the Ray M. Greenly Scholarship, in honor of a long-time staff member. Melissa Homa, a student at University of Arizona’s Lundgren Center for Retailing, was one [...]

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Mar19

“Aspire2Retail Challenge” offers lifelong lessons for student participants

By Lanae Spruce, Guest Blogger, NRF Foundation | Published: March 19, 2012
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Top retail students from across the country are nominated to participate in the American Express-NRF Foundation “Aspire2Retail” Intercollegiate Challenge by their college or university’s program director.  Selected students are then assigned to one area of study in a retail case study problem — ranging from sourcing to merchandising. Team members must work together remotely and [...]

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Mar07

Measuring “The American Dream” helped retailers find the right employees

By Lanae Spruce, Guest Blogger, NRF Foundation | Published: March 7, 2012
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Measuring the “American Dream” wasn’t quite possible — until professors Amit Sen, Greg Smith, and Chris Manolis put together the American Dream Composite Index (ADCI) at Xavier University’s Center for the Study of The American Dream in Cincinnati, Ohio.  Read our joint interview with STORES to find out how employees define job satisfaction and job [...]

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Feb09

Future Face of Retail: Tamara Smith, Florida State University

By Angela Elder, Sr. Director of Career Development Programs, NRF Foundation | Published: February 9, 2012
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The NRF Student Association is making sure to keep the best and the brightest students. A member of the  ”Aspire 2 Retail” Intercollegiate Challenge team, Florida State University‘s Tamara Smith is focused on her next goal — a career in retail. Read more to learn about Tamara’s experience and her dream job. Why do you [...]

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Jan26

Students’ (and a Retailer’s) Impressions of NRF’s BIG Show

By Elisabeth Greenberg, Student Blogger, Fashion Institute of Technology | Published: January 26, 2012
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While waiting for a session to begin, I took the opportunity to interview Elizabeth Gurtowski and Alicia Crasto, fellow NFSA members of mine from Fashion Institute of Technology. They were happy to share their first experience of the Big Show. What is your best experience at the Big Show? Elizabeth: “I enjoyed the networking lunch. [...]

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