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Retailers and consumer products companies are on charging downfield toward a touchdown on Super Bowl Sunday. Consumer spending related to the big game is expected to reach an all-time high this year, with the average watcher projected to shell out $63.87 on Super Bowl-related merchandise.

Former President Bill Clinton offered up some wide-ranging prescriptions for curing the nation's ailing economy in a speech at the National Retail Federation's annual convention Monday, from investing in new sectors for job growth to cutting taxes on business.

The National Retail Federation is forecasting a less cheerful holiday season for America's stores, which means shoppers can expect to scoop up big discounts as retailers work harder to get cash registers ringing. But if you want the hottest gifts, you might want to buy early.

With the 2012 election season looming, the retail sector is getting vocally political for the first time. The National Retail Federation has launched "Retail Means Jobs," a year-long, $10 million advocacy campaign designed to push for retail-friendly policies in Washington.

Class, today's lesson in back-to-school shopping is what grownups call a good news/bad news situation. First, the goods news: Back-to-school spending is expected to increase over last year, according to the retail analyzer ShopperTrak. The bad news: Shoppers won't be coming to the store as much.

U.S. retailers are planning store expansions and increased initiatives to monitor and serve their customers -- with a heavy focus on the Web and social media -- as they work to accelerate their growth in 2011.

We haven't even hit the stores for Black Friday yet, but the predictions about just how big of a day it will be are rolling in. "138 Million Shoppers Expected ... Up from 2009" screams one headline and "Fewer Americans Plan to Hit the Stores" declares another.

Black Friday may be among the most anticipated shopping events of the year for deal hunters, but it's also the most treacherous. Crowds of over-excited shoppers hungry for a doorbuster sales can quickly become a stampeding mass. Now, a government agency is encouraging retailers to take proper...

EBay and the National Retail Federation are teaming up to eradicate crime! Sounds sexy until you realize the crimefighters are taking on the growing problem of shrink, or people stealing items from retail stores and the posting them for sale on eBay. Less glamorous, but a very significant problem...

CIT Group (CIT), which is facing likely bankruptcy, paid retention bonuses to 40 executives and key employees -- including two named officers in January -- that vest 100 percent after two years, according to the New York-based company's latest proxy statement. "Going into 2009, our guiding...