Continuing with NRF Foundation’s Collegiate Blogging series about the BIG Show, Molly McKenna, a junior at the University of Michigan describes her experience in the following profile.

Name: Molly McKenna
College/University: University of Michigan Stephen M. Ross School of Business
Graduation Year: 2011
Degree: Bachelors of Business Administration
Why did you attend NRF’s BIG Show?
I learned about NRF’s BIG Show through competing in the NRF [...]

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 [...]

The NRF Foundation team has been busy, busy, busy, preparing for NRF’s BIG Show in January. There are a number of exciting activities — and opportunities — taking place at the 99th Annual Convention & Expo, at the Javits Center, in New York City. I think it will be convention you don’t want to miss.
NRF’s [...]

Congratulations to Global Furnishings, winners of the third annual Intercollegiate Retail Challenge hosted by NRF Foundation and American Express.  During this year’s challenge, students evaluated the risks and rewards of expanding operations of a well established, modestly-priced furniture store into China in order to test how the company’s brand and product line would be received.
As [...]

Below is the “RetailNet Consulting” Aspire2Retail Challenge Winning Team together at last!

Starting from left:  Ashley Cline (Florida State Univeristy), Sarah Losse (University of Arizona),Samantha Weaver (University of Florida), Alex West (Univeristy of Michigan), and Kyle Bender (University of Wisconsin)
This fabulous weekend in New York City was extravagant! Along with meeting and networking with some [...]