Event Details
  • Oct. 8, 5 p.m.-9:30 p.m. ET
  • Oct. 9, 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ET
  • NRF Headquarters
  • Washington
  • D.C.

NRF’s 2025 Retail Communicators’ Network meeting will bring together senior retail communications professionals for networking and discussions about current and emerging issues facing the industry. Attendees will gain insights and strategies to better navigate communication challenges and opportunities for their brands and the industry.


Agenda

Wednesday, Oct. 8

  • 5:00 p.m. ET – 7:00 p.m. ET: Welcome reception and dinner at Old Ebbitt Grill (675 15th St NW, Washington, D.C. 20005)
  • 7:30 p.m. ET – 9:30 p.m. ET: Washington Capitals home opener vs. Boston Bruins at Capital One Arena (601 F St NW, Washington, DC 20004)

Thursday, Oct. 9

  • 8:00 a.m. ET – 3:30 p.m. ET: Meeting at NRF Office (1101 New York Avenue NW, Suite 1200, Washington, D.C. 20005)


Hotel

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Featured Speakers
  • David French
  • Executive Vice President of Government Relations, NRF
  • Policy Update
  • Eugene Kang
  • Senior Managing Director, Teneo
  • Crisis Communications
  • Adam Lukoskie
  • Executive Director, NRF Foundation
  • NRF Foundation Update
  • Mark Mathews
  • Chief Economist and Executive Director of Research, NRF
  • State of the U.S. Economy and the Consumer
  • Mary McGinty
  • VP, Communications & Public Affairs, NRF
  • Co-host
  • Elizabeth Moderski
  • Director, Corporate Communications, BJ's Wholesale Club
  • Co-host
  • Bryan Riley
  • Director, Free Trade Initiative, National Taxpayers Union
  • Tariffs Update
  • Elizabeth Stein
  • Managing Director, One Strategy Group
  • Communications in the Age of AI