Tag Archives: NRF Big Show 2011

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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Jan15

Introducing our Collegiate Blogging Team at NRF’s BIG Show

By Angela Elder, Sr. Director of Career Development Programs, NRF Foundation | Published: January 15, 2012
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There are nearly 100 college students in attendance at NRF’s Annual Convention in New York City. We’ve enlisted a few of them to help us recap the educational sessions, share convention experiences, and provide a glimpse of the conference from a student’s (and future retailer’s!) perspective. We’re thrilled to introduce the following students, who you’ll [...]

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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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Jan21

Why Retail Needs Social Commerce

By Maria Roberts, Student Blogger, Fashion Institute of Technology | Published: January 21, 2011
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The Javits Convention Center remained jam-packed full of retailers on the third day of NRF’s Big Show. I decided to try and catch one of the B!G Ideas sessions before I had to go and work the FIT booth in the Expo Hall. By the time the session began at 11:30, there was standing room [...]

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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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