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National Retail Federation Forecasts 3.4% Increase in Retail Sales for 2013

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National Retail Federation Forecasts 3.4% Increase in Retail Sales for 2013

Social-Media, Mobile Shopping Becoming the Norm

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Shoppers’ use of Pinterest to connect to retailers has exceeded both their Facebook and Twitter use, according to the 2012 “Social and Mobile Commerce Study”—a joint research project by the National Retail Federation’s Shop.org division, digital business-analytics firm comScore and global-strategy and management consulting firm T

NRF Addresses Mobile-Payment Regulation

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The National Retail Federation has urged the Federal Trade Commission to move cautiously in establishing regulations for mobile payments, and said any rules that are adopted should parallel those for the underlying form of payment and not be specific to the technology.

NRF Announces Retail Video Contest Finalists

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The National Retail Federation has announced the top 10 finalists of its “This is Retail” video contest, which were determined after a week of public voting through NRF’s Retail Means Jobs website. More than 245,000 votes were cast for the Top 20 finalists between April 3 and April 8.

Retail Sales Get a Boost in January

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January retail-industry sales—excluding automobiles, gasoline stations and restaurants—increased 0.9% from December and 4% over last year, according to the National Retail Federation.

Increased Valentine’s Day Spending Expected

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Total Valentine’s Day spending is expected to reach $17.6 billion, according to the National Retail Federation’s 2012 Valentine’s Day Consumer Intentions and Actions survey conducted by consumer-intelligence provider BIGinsight.

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