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		<title><![CDATA[Retailers Urge Federal Action on ORC]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON ? Executives from Safeway, Walgreen, the National Retail Federation and the Retail Industry Leaders Association yesterday urged federal lawmakers to pass legislation making organized retail crime ORC a federal crime, and to step up restrictions on online auction sites used to fence stolen retail goods. The executives addressed three...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:47:05 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[FYI.(consumer survey on their satisfaction)]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staff     Briefly.....     The New Year brings both challenges and new opportunities. If  forecasts are correct, there will be plenty of both for retailers.     The National Retail Federation's Susan Reda noted,  "satisfying shoppers in 2009 will come...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Wal-Mart and Its Rivals Have Left Black Friday Behind]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[We're about to be inundated with news about Black Friday, the big shopping day after Thanksgiving. But feel free to ignore it, since retailers actually launched the holiday season weeks ago.    Back on Aug. 14, for instance, Sam's Club fired the first shot when it said it...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:56:55 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gift cards aren't going away. Rite Aid stores were offering holiday-themed plush gift card holders/toys in October, and the National Retail Federation affirmed that this trend will continue.  In an NRF study, 54.9 percent of consumers said they would like to receive a gift card this holiday season, up...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Economic storm to last into '09]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- The tight consumer-spending environment that drug chains and other mass retailers are girding for this holiday season is likely to linger well into the new year as clouds continue to gather over the nation's economy.  Through 2009 consumers will grapple with rising unemployment, low income growth,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:59:59 -0800</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Staff     Briefly.....     The National Retail Federation forecasts a modest 2.2% increase  over last year's holiday spending, about one-half the increase  we've been seeing the last few years. Total holiday spending in the  November-December holiday period is expected to hit...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Opposing Views of Holiday Retail]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA['Tis the season to read the tea leaves and wonder how fourth quarter will look in a year in which even investment bankers may find themselves shy a few bucks come December. The National Retail Federation takes the view you'd expect: Brace yourself. by Lisa Everitt]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:45:11 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Back to school]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]  Volunteer Kristy Williams helps student Kendall Winfield with a class project at St. Margaret of Scotland School in Chicago earlier this year. Back-to-school shopping, the second-biggest shopping season after Christmas, is expected this year to run about $594 per family including electronics and clothing, up from last...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Credit Card Issuers Kicked Around on Capitol Hill]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Antitrust Task Force of the House Judiciary Committee held hearings this week on legislation that sheds a little light on the interchange and transaction fees merchants pay to accept credit cards -- and the underlying cost of our national obsession with plastic.    The Credit Card Fair...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 15:39:19 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Media Advisory: CPSC Chairwoman to Address National Retail Federation Washington Leadership Conference]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Consumer Product Safety Commission Acting Chairwoman Nancy Nord will be the keynote speaker when the nation's major retail companies gather in Washington this week for the National Retail Federation's 73rd annual Washington Leadership Conference.  Nord is scheduled to speak at 12:45 p.m., Tuesday, May 13, in the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 23:59:59 -0700</pubDate>
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