To: RETAILING EDITORS
Contact: J. Craig Shearman of National Retail Federation, +1-202-626-8134, shearmanc@nrf.com
WASHINGTON, May 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Commerce SecretaryCarlos Gutierrez will discuss "The Economics of Immigration" when thenation's major retail companies gather in Washington next week forthe National Retail Federation's 72nd annual Washington LeadershipConference.
Gutierrez is scheduled to speak at 11:45 a.m., Tuesday, May 15, inthe main ballroom of the National Press Club, 13th Floor, 529 14thSt. NW, Washington. Gutierrez will update retailers about progressthat is being made to pass immigration reform and discuss theeconomics of immigration. The event is open to the news media andcoverage is invited. Media should check in beginning at 11:15 a.m.
"We're very pleased to have Secretary Gutierrez speaking at theWashington Leadership Conference," NRF Senior Vice President forGovernment Relations Steve Pfister said. "This is the premierelegislative event for the nation's retailers each year, and animportant venue to discuss issues affecting an industry that employsone out of every five U.S. workers."
More than 150 government affairs executives from major retailcompanies, owners of independent Main Street stores andrepresentatives of state retail associations are scheduled to attendthe conference. In addition to hearing from Gutierrez, participantswill lobby Congress on a variety of issues important to the retailindustry including employee health insurance, international trade,credit card interchange, minimum wage, tax policy, immigrationreform, data security, organized retail theft, paid worker leave andother topics.
The National Retail Federation is the world's largest retail tradeassociation, with membership that comprises all retail formats andchannels of distribution including department, specialty, discount,catalog, Internet, independent stores, chain restaurants, drug storesand grocery stores as well as the industry's key trading partners ofretail goods and services. NRF represents an industry with more than1.6 million U.S. retail establishments, more than 24 millionemployees -- about one in five American workers -- and 2006 sales of$4.7 trillion. As the industry umbrella group, NRF also representsmore than 100 state, national and international retail associations.http://www.nrf.com.
SOURCE National Retail Federation
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