Overview
Lobbying Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Financial year: Mar 2020 - Feb 2021
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.3 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
0
High-level Commission meetings
3
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
National Retail Federation (NRF)
EU Transparency Register
441333332953-73 First registered on 19 Oct 2018
Goals / Remit
Our mission is to advance the interests of the retail industry through advocacy, communications and education. The National Retail Federation ("NRF") is the world’s largest retail trade association. Based in Washington, D.C., NRF represents 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.
Main EU files targeted
International data flows, implementation of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), Regulation on Privacy and Electronic Communications (ePrivacy), EU - U.S. trade relations
Address
Head Office
1101 New York Ave NW Suite 1200
Washington, D.C. 20005
UNITED STATESEU Office
1101 New York Ave NW Suite 1200
Washington, D.C. 20005
UNITED STATESWebsite
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People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 10% 3 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
0.3
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
No lobbyists with EP accreditations
Complementary Information
While the NRF has three people engaged in activities falling under the register, two spend significantly less than one percent of their working time on such activities and one spends under 10 percent. The FTE should therefore be less than 0.3. However, 10 percent is the minimum that can be chosen for each person involved from the organisation expressed in percentage of working time.
Person in charge of EU relations
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
Person with legal responsibility
Data not provided by Register Secretariat due to GDPR
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Categories
Category
Trade and business associations
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
The 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. Its membership is therefore diverse and dynamic. To give an indication of the companies that the NRF represents, below is a partial list of members as of October 2020:
Abercrombie & Fitch
Ahold Delhaize
Albertsons
Amazon
American Eagle Outfitters
Army & Air Force Exchange
Ascena Retail Group Inc.
Barnes & Noble
Beall’s
Bed Bath & Beyond
Belk
Big 5 Sporting Goods
Big Lots
BJ’s Wholesale Club
Bloomin’ Brands
Brinker International
Brooks Brothers Group, Inc.
Build-A-Bear Workshop
Carter’s
Chick-fil-A, Inc.
Children’s Place Retail Stores
Christopher & Banks
Church’s Chicken
Claire’s Stores
Cracker Barrel
Old Country
Crate and Barrel
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
David’s Bridal
Denny’s
Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.
Dillard’s
Dine Brands Global Inc.
Disney
Domino’s Pizza
Dunkin Brands
EXPRESS
GAP
General Nutrition Companies
Genesco Inc.
Giorgio Armani Corporation
Godiva Chocolatier
Haverty’s Furniture
H & M Hennes & Mauritz L.P
Hobby Lobby Stores Inc.
Hot Topic, Inc.
Hudson’s Bay
IKEA
International Dairy Queen
In-N-Out Burger
Jack In The Box
J Brands
J. C. Penney
J. Crew Group
Kohl’s
Kroger
Lands’ End
L Brands, Inc.
Little Caesars
LVMH, Inc.
Macy’s
McDonald’s
MEIJER
Michaels Stores
Modell’s Sporting Goods
Neiman Marcus Group
Nordstrom
Northern Tool + Equipment Co.
Papa John’s International
PETCO Animal Supplies
Pilot Flying J
Ralph Lauren Corporation
REI, Inc.
Restoration Hardware
Ross Stores
Sonic Corp.
Spencer Gifts
Starbucks Coffee Company
Stein Mart
Sur La Table
Tailored Brands
Talbots
Tapestry, Inc.
Texas Roadhouse
The Cheesecake Factory
The Container Store
Tiffany & Company
TJX Companies
Tractor Supply Company
ULTA Beauty
Under Armour UNIQLO
Urban Outfitters
Waffle House
Walmart
Whataburger Restaurants
Williams-Sonoma Inc. -
Financial Data
Interests represented
Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Closed financial year
Mar 2020 - Feb 2021
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
25,000€ - 49,999€
Major contributions in closed year
None declared
Intermediaries for closed year
Name Amount freshfields bruckhaus deringer llp 10,000€ - 24,999€ Intermediaries for current year
Name freshfields bruckhaus deringer llp Closed year Costs
25,000€ - 49,999€
Other financial info
While the NRF has three people engaged in activities falling under the register, two spend significantly less than one percent of their working time on such activities and one spends under 10 percent. The FTE should therefore be less than 0.3. However, 10 percent is the minimum that can be chosen for each person involved from the organisation expressed in percentage of working time.
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
N/A
Communication activities
The NRF planned a member delegation in Brussels in March 2020, which would have included meetings with EU officials, but this had to be cancelled due to COVID-19. We subsequently held a virtual meeting with EU officials in October 2020.
Other activities
None declared
Meetings
Meetings
3 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 14 Nov 2023 Location Brussels Subject GDPR, EU-U.S. relations, digital and data protection policy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Wojtek Talko (Cabinet member)
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Date 15 Oct 2020 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject To discuss EU initiatives of relevance for the global retail industry Cabinet Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager Portfolio Europe Fit for Digital Age Attending - Werner Stengg (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists -
Date 15 Oct 2020 Location Video conference Subject GDPR, data protection Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Didier Reynders Portfolio Justice Attending - Lucrezia Busa (Cabinet member)
- Didier Reynders (Commissioner)
Other Lobbyists