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Retail Horizons: Benchmarks for 2009, Forecasts for 2010
Findings from this year's Retail Horizons survey will be released and presented at NRF's BIG Show in January 2010. Details on the session.
Retail Horizons: Benchmarks 2009, Forecasts 2010, is sponsored by KPMG, and in partnership with BIGresearch. Respondents’ data will be collected and analyzed by BIGresearch for NRF Foundation and KPMG and individual responses will not be shared with NRFF, KPMG or any outside parties.
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Retail Horizons, created in 2002, is an annual benchmarking survey of retailers in all segments and formats that examines nine functional areas, and reports trends and intentions of retail companies for the coming year. This work is widely sought by retailers, industry business partners, and suppliers as the definitive annual state of the industry report.
Retail Horizons offers a detailed overview of a dynamic industry, providing a snapshot of where retailing stands today as well as a glimpse at retailers' plans for the year ahead across multiple industry functions. The full report provides deep insights into the strategic and tactical decisions that inform the future direction of their enterprise.
For more information on previous editions, see the Table of Contents and study scope. To order previous editions, visit the NRF Bookstore. If you have questions, please contact Kathy Mance, VP, NRF Foundation at (202) 626-8111 or mancek@nrf.com.
Retail Industry Indicators 2008
Published by NRF Foundation, 2008
Retail Industry Indicators, initiated in 1991, has become a valuable annual report providing comprehensive demographic data about retailing that serves as an excellent statistical resource for anyone interested in the retail industry. This work is widely used by government officials, members of the press and other
opinion makers as the definitive source for information on the impact of retailing on the economy,
the supply chain, and on the nation's employment makeup.
In its 18th edition, Retail Industry Indicators is a one-stop, comprehensive
annual compilation of charts and tables, which includes general and
specific-to-sector statistics describing U.S. retail industry economic and
business indicators. It uses, where available, historical information
for comparison purposes. Data on sales, compensation and employment,
profitability, business bankruptcies, shrinkage and other data
are reported in national figures. Additional tables report sales, compensation,
employment and number of retail establishments in the United States.
This edition reports data using NAICS classifications systems,
when available, as well as the former SIC systems.
For more information, see the Table of Contents. To order, visit the NRF Bookstore.
Additional Research
- Retail Industry Indicators: Previous Editions
- Retail Horizons: Previous Editions
- NRF Retailer Compensation & Benefits Survey - a comprehensive retail-only wage and benefit survey filled with employee relations and store operations data
- eCommerce research and resources available from Shop.org
