research study that brings details of marketing, merchandising and profitability to the online retail community. Additionally NRF produces an industry compensation study, economic outlooks, operations trends, and holiday sales information as well as resources.
Networking Events The National Retail Federation offers education and research through its conferences, including "Retail's BIG Show," NRF's Annual Convention & EXPO. Other events include: NRF's Loss Prevention Conference and EXPO; the Retail Innovation & Marketing Conference; and the NRF DecisionMaker Series, including: CEO Summit, CFO Summit, CMO Summit and NRFtech - The IT Leadership Summit. NRF also offers regional dinners geared toward networking and information sharing in addition to committee meetings.
As the world's largest retail trade association and the voice of retail worldwide, the National Retail Federation's global membership includes retailers of all sizes, formats and channels of distribution as well as chain restaurants and industry partners from the U.S. and more than 45 countries abroad. In the U.S., NRF represents the breadth and diversity of an industry with more than 1.6 million American companies that employ nearly 25 million workers and generated 2009 sales of $2.3 trillion.