Tag Archives: University of Florida

Oct14

15 Colleges commit to NRF Student Association; 3 ways Students can get involved

By Angela Elder, Sr. Director of Career Development Programs, NRF Foundation | Published: October 14, 2011
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Last week, NRF Foundation announced the launch of the National Retail Federation Student Association (NRFSA). The vision of the NRFSA is to foster and recruit talented students into the retailing industry, enhance their educational experience and help them build an early network of peers who will become leaders within the industry. “NRF’s Student Association will [...]

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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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Dec29

Student team wins challenge and heads to NYC

By Corinne Hirsch, NRF Foundation | Published: December 29, 2009
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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. [...]

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Oct30

The Spotlight is on Univ. of Florida’s Retail Management Internships (part three)

By Angela Elder, Sr. Director of Career Development Programs, NRF Foundation | Published: October 30, 2009
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Over the past few weeks, we’ve shared students’ internship experiences, from University of Florida’s David F. Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research program. Part one highlighted students who interned for Toys “R” Us, Brown Shoe Company, Beall’s Department Stores, Firestone Complete Auto Care and Winn-Dixie. Part two featured students who interned for JC Penney, [...]

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Oct21

The Spotlight is on Univ. of Florida’s Retail Management Internships (part two)

By Angela Elder, Sr. Director of Career Development Programs, NRF Foundation | Published: October 21, 2009
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Last week we shared internship experiences from University of Florida’s David F. Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research program. Part one (of our three-part series), highlighted students who interned for Toys “R” Us, Brown Shoe Company, Beall’s Department Stores, Firestone Complete Auto Care and Winn-Dixie. Part two features students who had internships at JC [...]

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