Back-to-school may look different in 2020, but that doesn’t mean that parents and teachers won’t be shopping. According to the National Retail Federation, consumers could spend a record amount in 2020 to prepare students for school and college as they buy more laptops and computer accessories for online and hybrid schools. “By any measure, this is…
Even though it’s the middle of summer, the back to school catalogs have arrived at my house: they’ve been dutifully dog-eared and starred. And yes, while I was shopping for a router this weekend, my kids were already begging for notebooks and planners. Despite the fact that school doesn’t start in our county for another…
Yesterday, the National Retail Federation made news for its economic analysis of a Value Added Tax (VAT). The study considered the addition of a VAT to the existing tax structure, something that just won’t happen. But assuming that the existing tax structure was somehow tweaked, there is likely some limited support for a VAT (click…
The Washington Post ran a piece today about an “economic analysis” commissioned by the National Retail Federation (NRF) that seems to indicate that a VAT (a value added tax) would crush our economy. Oh wait. That’s the spin. The important bit is that the premise of the study was that a VAT would be added…
I don’t get folks some times. All you hear anymore is how we don’t want more government… And then the National Retail Federation, which claims to be the world’s largest retail organization, goes and asks for more government. Let me back up. The NRF has asked President Elect Barack Obama to include a national sales…
