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The NRF PROTECT Conference officially kicked off at the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine, Texas yesterday, June 5, and will continue through Wednesday, June 7.

Help quiet the naysayers by completing the National Retail Security Survey before the new June 16 deadline.

Retailers constantly face risks and challenges. This summer, NRF is convening over 250 retail brands with experts in LP to collaborate on solutions to critical issues.

Consumers plan to spend a total of $35.7 billion on Mother’s Day this year, up $4 billion from last year’s record high of $31.7 billion.

Organized retail crime (ORC) is growing in both scope and complexity, according to a new report released by the National Retail Federation, Organized Retail Crime: An Assessment of a Persistent and Growing Threat.

Retail sales slowed in March, but spending was still higher than the same time last year, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF).

With the Federal Reserve continuing to increase interest rates to fight inflation, the NRF doesn’t expect a recession but said the forecast assumes gross domestic product growth will slow from nearly 3 percent in the second half of 2022 to 1 percent in 2023.

The National Retail Federation (NRF) issued its annual forecast during the third State of Retail & the Consumer virtual presentation last week. 

Consumers plan to spend a collective $24 billion on Easter this year, up from $20.8 billion in 2022 and the previous record high of $21.7 billion in 2020, according to the annual survey released by the National Retail Federation and Prosper Insights & Analytics.

Overall retail sales dipped slightly in February, but core spending rose, the National Retail Federation said today.