NRF

National Retail Federation, founded in New York in 1990. It was created from the merger of the American Retail Federation, created in 1935, and the National Retail Merchants Association, founded in 1911 under the name of National Retail Dry Goods Association. It brought together 55,000 distributors of clothing and household furnishings, including chain department stores. It offers assistance, consultancy and a vast, widespread service, partly diffused through its in-house news bulletin.