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GAO: Cutting Credit-Card Fees Hard To Implement
Nov 19th, 2009 - Wall Street Journal
(Adds comment from National Retail Federation/Merchants Payment Coalition, detail on legislative proposals.) WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--Proposals to cut certain fees that credit-card issuers charge merchants would be challenging to implement...
U.S. gift card spending to drop this holiday: survey
Nov 19th, 2009 - Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) - While gift cards remain the most requested holiday item, U.S. shoppers are expected to pull back on buying them this year because of the weak economy...
Credit card usage to drop this holiday season: NRF
Nov 17th, 2009 - Reuters
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The appeal of using credit cards this holiday shopping season will be lower as issuers slash credit limits and a growing number of consumers choose to pay for gifts with cash or debit cards. The number of U.S...
Mixed Signals Come From Retail Sector as Holidays Draw Near
Nov 16th, 2009 - CNBC
The retail sector continues to send mixed signals heading into the holiday season. Although the latest figures from the U.S. Commerce Department on retail sales topped analysts' expectations...
Retailers 'Dodge Bullet' With CIT's November Bankruptcy Filing
Nov 3rd, 2009 - Bloomberg
Nov. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The timing of CIT Group Inc.’sbankruptcy filing may have helped U.S. retailers avoid a holidayseason with empty shelves. “Most retailers have dodged a bullet,” said CraigShearman...

National Retail Federation videos from YouTube:

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NCR and the National Retail Federation's 2009 Convention
An overview of NCR's presence at the National Retail Federation's 2009 Convention, in January in New York City. Includes interviews of NCR Retail Solutions executives, customers and industry analysts.
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Mocapay Demonstration with VeriFone-National Retail Federation 2009
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Go Retail!
Go Retail is a video produced by the National Retail Federation Foundation (NRFF) detailing the exciting career opportunities in Retail today.
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Credit Card Companies in Arms Race to Raise Swipe Fees
National Retail Federation Senior Vice President and General Counsel Mallory Duncan discusses his October 8, 2009, testimony before the House Financial Services Committee and explains how the credit card industry is in an "arms race" to raise "swipe" fees ...

National Retail Federation from WikiPedia:

The National Retail Federation is the world's largest retail trade association. Its members include department store, specialty, discount, catalog, Internet, and independent retailers, and chain restaurants and grocery stores. Members also include businesses that provide goods and services to retailers. NRF represents an industry that contains over 1.6 million U.S. retail establishments with more than 24 million employees and (2005) sales of $4.4 trillion. NRF is also an umbrella group that represents more than 100 associations of state, national and international retailers.

Major divisions of NRF include:

Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS), an organization with international membership, which works to reduce the costs of technology by helping the implementation of technology standards.