Tag Archives: Intercollegiate Retail Challenge

Jan10

Future Face of Retail: Rachel Wakefield, Georgia Southern University

By Ryan Cliche, Director Student Programs, NRF Foundation | Published: January 10, 2012
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In late December, we interviewed Lindsay Godbout, a junior at University of Arizona, and one of retail’s “Future Faces.” We continue our features on retail’s emerging talent with Rachel Wakefield, a marketing major at Georgia Southern University. Rachel’s business skills and love of fashion not only make her a good fit for the retail industry, [...]

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Jan19

Mobile Retailing: New Ideas from Retail’s Future

By Nekiya Covington, Student Blogger, Florida State University | Published: January 19, 2011
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The winning team of the 4th annual aspire2retail Intercollegiate Retail Challenge presented on Monday afternoon during the “Madame, Your Phone is Shopping” breakout session at NRF’s BIG Show. As a fellow participant in this challenge (on another team), I know firsthand that the six students had a lot of work to do and little time [...]

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Feb09

Junior at University of Michigan Hopes to Become a Buyer For a Major Department Store

By Molly McKenna, Student Blogger, University of Michigan | Published: February 9, 2010
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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 [...]

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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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Jan04

NRF Foundation at NRF’s BIG Show!

By Angela Elder, Sr. Director of Career Development Programs, NRF Foundation | Published: January 4, 2010
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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. [...]

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