Sep 28, 2017

National Retail Federation president and CEO to host media briefing on 2017 holiday forecast

WHAT: Following the release of NRF’s annual holiday forecast on Tuesday, October 3, National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay will host a special media briefing to provide an in-depth analysis of NRF’s holiday forecast and the factors surrounding it.

After Shay’s comments, NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz will discuss various economic indicators as they relate to expected 2017 holiday retail sales. NRF Vice President of Communications and Public Affairs Katie McBreen will lead the call. Q & A session will follow.

WHO:   Matthew Shay, president and CEO, National Retail Federation
Jack Kleinhenz, chief economist, National Retail Federation
Katie McBreen, vice president, communications and public affairs, National Retail Federation

WHEN: Tuesday, October 3, 2017
10:00 a.m. ET
Media conference call

RSVP: To RSVP, please email press@nrf.com . This call will be recorded; call audio will be posted online one hour after the call ends.

ABOUT: NRF is the world’s largest retail trade association, representing discount and department stores, home goods and specialty stores, Main Street merchants, grocers, wholesalers, chain restaurants and internet retailers from the United States and more than 45 countries. Retail is the nation’s largest private sector employer, supporting one in four U.S. jobs – 42 million working Americans. Contributing $2.6 trillion to annual GDP, retail is a daily barometer for the nation’s economy.