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#DOLFail

How the Department of Labor’s overtime rules negatively impact workers
Overtime:
Learn more about the issue
Public Policy
The Department of Labor failed in its mission to “modernize and streamline.”
Public Policy
Rethinking Overtime study commissioned by NRF

Rethinking Overtime

A study by Oxford Economics shows how increasing overtime exemption thresholds will affect the retail and restaurant industries.

Public Policy
TPP would lower costs, enhance safety and empower e-commerce growth.
Retail Trends
Graduation

According to NRF’s 2016 Graduation Spending Survey conducted by Prosper Insights and Analytics, the average person buying graduation gifts will spend $106.45, up 3.9 percent from last year for a total of $5.4 billion, an all-time high in the survey’s 10-year history. 

Events
May
19

Press Release

NRF Calls New Overtime Rules a ‘Career Killer’

Retailers Appeal to Congress to Block Overtime Expansion
Retail Trends
Tractor Supply Company CEO Greg Sandfort

Retailers face many challenges, but at NRF’s inaugural Councils Forum last month, C-level executives left decidedly optimistic. Here’s why retail leaders are feeling good about the future.

Economy
Retail sales surged in April, allaying fears of a consumer fall-off.
Technology
A conversation with Brookshire Grocery Company's CSO John D’Anna.
Public Policy
TPP Matters report

Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Holds Potential for Retailers and American Families

This report, prepared for NRF by The Trade Partnership, explains how the TPP will have a significant positive impact on American families, workers and the retailers who seek to provide them with a wide range of goods at affordable prices. 

Public Policy
Examining the importance of small retailers and the issues they face.
Small Business
Small Business Retail in America

Overregulation: Burdening America's Small Retailers

NRF commissioned a survey of small businesses to find out what retail entrepreneurs think about how government regulations impact their businesses and the economy.

Economy
The retail industry showed a decline of 4,900 jobs.
Social Responsibility
An interview with Daily Table's Doug Rauch.

Press Release

Chain Restaurants Call New Overtime Rules ‘Outrageous’

NCCR comments on DOL's new overtime rule
Retail Trends
Retail trends

A quick look at industry stories from the past month — the latest, the greatest and the just plain news-worthy.

Small Business
This small business has become a big part of the Norman, Okla., community.