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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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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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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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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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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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