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Jeff Lotman, Founder & CEO of Global Icons, on retail brand licensing careers 10 Jul 2012 | 12:12 am
Jeff Lotman, the Founder and CEO of Global Icons, was recently interviewed by NRF’s STORES Media. The NRF Foundation tacked on a few questions in this interview to explore the career side of of brandi...
Ray Greenly Scholarship Winner and Future Online Retailing Superstar: Melissa Homa 16 May 2012 | 07:38 am
Careers in e-commerce and online retailing are on the rise! As a way to encourage career paths in this exciting sector of the industry, Shop.org, NRF’s digital division, established the Ray M. Greenly...
Vice President of Visual Merchandising at OfficeMax on a career in retail: time flies when you’re having fun 11 Apr 2012 | 03:47 am
Chuck Luckenbill, Vice President of Visual Merchandising at OfficeMax, has had a rich career in retail. Luckenbill has held senior leadership positions in visual merchandising and store design with Ko...
Career Readiness Series: 5 things new grads should know about job hunting 24 Mar 2012 | 12:00 am
CareerBuilder.com, our Retail Careers partner, has put together an excellent series of career articles that we’ll share on our blog to help you land the job of your dreams. This Career Readiness serie...
“Aspire2Retail Challenge” offers lifelong lessons for student participants 20 Mar 2012 | 04:03 am
Top retail students from across the country are nominated to participate in the American Express-NRF Foundation “Aspire2Retail” Intercollegiate Challenge by their college or university’s program direc...
Measuring “The American Dream” helped retailers find the right employees 8 Mar 2012 | 02:00 am
From left: Chris Manolis, Amit Sen, Greg Smith Measuring the “American Dream” wasn’t quite possible — until professors Amit Sen, Greg Smith, and Chris Manolis put together the American Dream Composit...
Merchandising offers endless career options at the TJX Companies 3 Mar 2012 | 04:00 am
Almost every item that’s for sale in any retail store shares one common trait — it had a long arduous process to reach its final in-store destination. A merchandiser is responsible for the planning, b...
Supply chain operations careers are valuable to companies like Starbucks 25 Feb 2012 | 06:32 am
Does finding the best possible product for a company excite you? Are you constantly on the hunt for the most cost-effective way to complete a task? If you found yourself getting excited about those qu...
Economist, Author & Historian Marc Levinson shares retail lessons learned from A&P 18 Feb 2012 | 08:00 am
Marc Levinson is a jack of many trades — he’s an author, economist, and historian. In our joint interview with STORES, Marc shares his passion for small businesses, the changing environment of grocery...
Customers’ Choice top ten recipients offering diverse retail job opportunities 14 Feb 2012 | 12:03 pm
Want to work for a company voted as one of the top ten in the nation for their exemplary customer service? Sounds amazing, right? Don’t fret, we’ve complied a list of the top ten recipients of the 201...
