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2016-2017 Student Challenge

Begin Accepting Applications Date: 08/05/2016
Deadline Date (EST Time Zone): 10/02/2016 1:00AM

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Description:
The Student Challenge is a business-case competition for NRF Student Association members to highlight their creativity and business acumen to retail executives. By participating, students could earn:

1. A trip to New York City for Retail’s BIG Show
2. Face-to-face interaction with some of retail’s biggest executives
3. A scholarship up to $5,000

STORY: Background
Set in a 2,000-square-foot store located on Manhattan’s 10th Avenue retail corridor, STORY is a retail concept that takes the point of view of a magazine, changes like a gallery and sells things like a store. That means every four to eight weeks, STORY completely reinvents itself — from the design to the merchandise — with the goal of bringing to light a new theme, trend or issue. STORY serves as a matchmaker between brands and consumers, integrating strategies of marketing, merchandising and business development. As part of its unique model, STORY uses merchandise as part of its editorial content, meaning each product and brand helps shape the editorial lens.

STORY launched in beta as a “Startup Store” in 2011, spotlighting emerging digital retailers, and has gone on to showcase concepts including Color, Making Things, Have Fun and Love, working with partners including American Express, Intel and Target. Constants of its ever-changing model: a view of retail that goes beyond the transaction and a permanent space where the experience is everything and collaboration tells a STORY.

THE SCENARIO:
Rachel Shechtman, the founder and CEO of STORY has asked for new STORY ideas, which will run for four weeks at any time of year. Choose two to four of the smartest, most creative people you know to collaborate on a 20-page pitch presentation, mock website and a 90-second pitch video to convince Rachel why and how your STORY should be produced. Your team must choose one of the following themes to focus on: Travel, Made in America or Sensory.

Please click on the 2016-2017 Student Challenge link above to see additional information about the competition, timeline and judging criteria.

2017 Next Generation Scholarship

Begin Accepting Applications Date: 05/03/2016
Deadline Date (EST Time Zone): 10/14/2016 11:59PM

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Scholarship Description:
As a part of National Retail Federation’s overall scholarship initiatives, the NRF Foundation created the Next Generation Scholarship to recognize outstanding students currently pursuing retail careers at a NRF Member school who have the skill, insights and interest to be successful in the retail industry. This scholarship program will be a pinnacle achievement for students who are interested in being recognized by the retail community.

Scholarship Eligibility Requirements:
Entry. Each student who fulfills all of the eligibility requirements applies for the Scholarship by having all components of the application—which includes two essays, a visual component, two letters of recommendation, transcript, and head shot—completed and submitted by a University Member as directed by the NRF Foundation.
University Members must have a current membership in NRF at the time when the student submits their application in order to nominate eligible students and to submit their application. Each University Member through its authorized representative may select up to two students to nominate for the Scholarship.

Course of Study. To be eligible, one of the students nominated by each University Member must be pursuing a major course of study or concentration in retail such as merchandising, digital retailing, visual merchandising, retailing, etc. The University Member’s other student nominee must be pursuing, alternatively, a major course of study that is relevant to retail such as marketing, business, engineering, communications, information technology, etc.

Appearances. Eligible students must be available to attend and participate in: (1) the 2017 NRF Annual Convention & EXPO Retail’s BIG Show in New York City January 13-17, 2017 (“Convention”) and (2) an interview with retail executives on Thursday, January 12, 2017.

Status. Any student eligible to earn a scholarship must be a sophomore, junior or senior enrolled full-time at a University Member school at the time when the scholarship is presented in January 2017.

One-time Scholarship Recipient. Eligible students must not be previous recipients of the Next Generation Scholarship.

Citizenship. Eligible students must be U.S. Citizens or legal U.S. residents eligible to work in the United States.

Grade Point Average. Eligible students must have a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 or above on a 4.0 scale.

Please click on the 2017 Next Generation Scholarship link above for additional details.

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