On the heels of an industry merger between the National Retail Federation and Retail Industry Leaders Association, NRF CEO Tracy Mullin has also announced she will retire by the end of the year. The announcement and Mullin’s retirement are tied to her contract ending by the end of 2009, said Scott Krugman, NRF’s vice president of industry public relations. “She told leadership last year she would be considering retirement and given that the new entity is about to be established, it’s a given that we would be filling that leadership void with some new blood,” Krugman said. “After 30 years of service, she gets a well-deserved break.” The merger still faces approval from the… Read More