https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/national-retail-federation/ Ecommerce Industry News Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:29:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/EB_site_icon-150x150.gif https://www.ecommercebytes.com/tag/national-retail-federation/ 32 32 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2023/11/03/online-holiday-sales-to-grow-7-as-consumers-look-for-deals/ Fri, 03 Nov 2023 18:27:20 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=230054 Online holiday spending will rise 7% this holiday season according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), which released its numbers on November 2, 2023. The NRF expects holiday total spending (online and offline) to grow between 3% – 4% during Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/12/05/holiday-shopping-milestones-with-weeks-left-to-go/ Mon, 06 Dec 2021 02:01:50 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=226737 The Thanksgiving holiday kicks off a big weekend of holiday shopping, including Black Friday and Cyber Monday. But the National Retail Federation (NRF) said that while Thanksgiving weekend remains an extremely important milestone for retail sales, it does not necessarily Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2021/11/23/dont-shop-dumb-shop-safe/ Wed, 24 Nov 2021 00:59:05 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=226693 Retailers and merchants lose a lot of money due to cyber crime, and the National Retail Federation (NRF) wants to get the word out to consumers: shop safe. In a post this week, the NRF offered advice on how consumers Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2020/11/23/the-psychological-factor-in-nrfs-holiday-sales-prediction/ Mon, 23 Nov 2020 18:03:01 +0000 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=17058 The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts online holiday sales will see strong growth in 2020 over last year, and among the many factors it considered in its estimates was consumer psychology. “NRF expects that online and other non-store sales, which Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/10/03/retail-groups-mixed-messages-in-holiday-sales-prediction/ Fri, 04 Oct 2019 00:21:09 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=14646 The National Retail Federation forecasts 2019 holiday sales will grow between 3.8 and 4.2 percent. There is more money in families’ pockets. However, uncertainty around issues including trade, interest rates, global risk factors and political rhetoric – what it called Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/06/14/retailers-tell-president-trump-they-pay-tariffs-not-the-chinese/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/06/14/retailers-tell-president-trump-they-pay-tariffs-not-the-chinese/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2019 15:45:07 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=13956 Retailers and manufacturers sent a letter to President Trump on Thursday asking him to end what they called the escalation of tit-for-tat tariffs. “Broadly applied tariffs are not an effective tool to change China’s unfair trade practices. Tariffs are taxes Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/06/14/retailers-tell-president-trump-they-pay-tariffs-not-the-chinese/feed/ 5 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2019/02/19/government-shutdown-impacts-holiday-retail-numbers/ Tue, 19 Feb 2019 16:06:34 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=13136 The National Retail Federation weighed in on some perplexing holiday-shopping sales figures. The US Commerce Department released data last week that showed a lower-than-expected growth rate for the fourth quarter of 2018. The numbers were delayed due to the government Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/11/27/returns-fraud-remains-a-serious-threat-to-retail/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/11/27/returns-fraud-remains-a-serious-threat-to-retail/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2018 04:14:21 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=12037 Returns fraud continues to pose a serious threat to the retail industry, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). According to a recent study, 11% of retailers’ annual sales will be returned this year, and 8% of those returns are Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/11/27/returns-fraud-remains-a-serious-threat-to-retail/feed/ 2 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/09/30/halloween-represents-scary-amount-of-online-sales/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/09/30/halloween-represents-scary-amount-of-online-sales/#comments Sun, 30 Sep 2018 23:54:07 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=11379 Break out the candy corn, Halloween spending is expected to reach $9 billion online and offline, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF). And when it comes to buying costumes and other Halloween supplies, 24 percent will buy online. NRF’s Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/09/30/halloween-represents-scary-amount-of-online-sales/feed/ 1 https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/06/21/nrf-says-supreme-court-sales-tax-ruling-levels-the-playing-field/ https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/06/21/nrf-says-supreme-court-sales-tax-ruling-levels-the-playing-field/#comments Fri, 22 Jun 2018 02:53:08 +0000 http://www.ecommercebytes.com/?p=10424 The National Retail Federation (NRF) hailed today’s Supreme Court ruling on sales tax in South Dakota v. Wayfair. While online marketplaces eBay and Etsy see the issue as a big retailer versus small seller issue, the NRF says today’s ruling Read more]]> https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/06/21/nrf-says-supreme-court-sales-tax-ruling-levels-the-playing-field/feed/ 8