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 [...]

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. [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

“I have fallen in love with retail” and “Opened the door to a plethora of opportunities” – these were a few of the lines that struck me when reading about University of Florida’s students’ internship experiences. UF’s David F. Miller Center for Retailing Education and Research works to prepare students for retail careers by providing [...]