Big Doings in the Big Apple
NRF Annual Convention Wrap-Up
Is retail poised to emerge from its economy-imposed doldrums? Visitors to the NRF 99th Annual Convention & EXPO – Retail’s BIG Show – in New York City last month would likely offer a qualified “yes.”
Overall attendance at the BIG Show matched the 2008 record of 18,500, and the number of retailers in attendance rose 20 percent from 2009.
While not all speakers and presenters are ready to declare the “consumer recession” officially over, the general sense is that merchants and vendors are much more optimistic and encouraged than they were mere months ago.
