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NRF Research Foundation Retail Insight Center
The Retail Insight Center is an easy-to-use tool for exploring and gathering retail industry data. Data in the Retail Insight Center comes from public government sources, such as the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the US Census, from NRF’s consumer research conducted by Prosper, and additional consumer data from the Monthly Consumer Survey.

Retail TouchPoints
Retail TouchPoints (RTP) is an online publishing network for retail executives, offering content focused on optimizing the customer experience across all channels. RTP provides an array of editorial opportunities and content designed to guide the retail companies in their quest for long-term success. Focusing on the importance of thinking innovatively in a new media climate, we provide optimal vehicles to share industry insights and announcements, such as digital newsletters, video and audio podcasts.

State of Retailing Online (SORO)
Produced annually in partnership between Shop.org and Forrester Research, The State of Retailing Online (SORO) study is the highly anticipated research that brings details of all aspects of eCommerce — from marketing, social media and mobile to KPIs and profitability — to the online retail community.

Internet Retailer
Internet Retailer: Portal to E-Commerce Intelligence. Its mission is to be the largest and most credible provider of objective business information on the market trends, technology, competitive practices and people that are shaping the e-commerce industry.

NRF Stores
STORES products report on the broad spectrum of strategic issues facing senior retail executives, including: retail technology; supply chain and logistics; credit and payment systems; loss prevention; human resources; online and mobile retailing; communications and marketing; merchandising; and other vital store operations.

McKinsey & Company
McKinsey & Company is a global management consulting firm. They help clients increase efficiency and drive growth by refining the commercial offer and developing new organizational and technological capabilities.

Retailing Today
Retailing Today is the trusted news source for the decision-makers at America’s Top 150 retailers. They offer unbiased coverage of the $1.62 trillion retail industry across all channels, with the latest news, trends and research, to more than 30,000 subscribers.

Internet Retailing
Internet Retailing provides analysis, insight and stimulus for Europe’s multichannel retailers. Activities span print, digital publishing and video, live events, skills development and confidential briefing and discussion formats.

Retail Customer Experience
It’s a Web portal devoted to helping retailers differentiate on experience, rather than on price. It is founded on the understanding that retail today is fundamentally different than any other time in its history, and staying competitive requires a new, holistic understanding of customers and how they want to shop.