RICHMOND, Virginia, 2016-Jun-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — CarMax, Inc. (NYSE: KMX), the nation’s largest retailer of used cars, today celebrated the grand opening of its first store in El Paso, located at 1300 Pendale Road. The El Paso store will stock between 200-400 used vehicles of nearly every make and model, and has brought approximately…
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CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Jun-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco has today confirmed the sale of its Dobbies Garden Centres business to an investor group led by Midlothian Capital Partners and Hattington Capital. The sale represents the entire share capital of Dobbies Garden Centres Ltd. Tesco will receive £217m in cash, which will be used for general…
WOONSOCKET, R.I., 2016-Jun-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) President and Chief Executive Officer Larry Merlo and Chief Medical Officer Troyen A. Brennan, M.D., will deliver remarks about the major public health challenges facing our country at this week's annual America's Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) Institute and Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada . CVS Health's executives will…
Quick-Service Chicken Chain Known for Fresh Food and Industry-Leading Service Set to Open Three Restaurants in 2017
HENDERSON, Nev., 2016-Jun-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A, Inc. broke ground today at the future site of its first stand-alone location in Nevada, with the second to follow next week. The restaurants, named Chick-fil-A at Diamond Summit Plaza…
HELSINKI, 2016-Jun-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — Kesko’s building and technical trade division is strengthening the development of ecommerce and digital services by building an international digital team of 50 people based in Helsinki, Stockholm and Vilnius.
“The K-Group’s strategic objective is to provide its customers with the best omnichannel customer experience, best digital services and wide…
Changing the buying experience for millions of consumers with one single touch
SAN FRANCISCO, 2016-Jun-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today (June 13, 2016) at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), Apple announced that Apple Pay will come to the web this fall, and Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP)(TSX:SH), the leading cloud-based, multichannel commerce platform designed for small…
Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2016-Jun-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — Smartphones are now part of our everyday lives. Three in every four mobiles are smartphones and 35 million people in France have one. Our consumer habits are changing as new services become available, made possible thanks to the new technologies available to us.
The mobile payment market is also…
Company Signs Lease at 1045 W. Randolph in Chicago's West Loop and Will Relocate Its Headquarters by Spring of 2018
OAK BROOK, IL, 2016-Jun-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — McDonald's Corp. (NYSE: MCD) today announced the move of its corporate headquarters to downtown Chicago by the spring of 2018.
The company signed a lease at 1045 W. Randolph…
Fourth new market expansion in the last nine months
Fair Oaks, CA, 2016-Jun-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — Raley’s is proud to announce a new store in in the Town of Truckee in Nevada County. Raley’s, in partnership with JMA Ventures LLC, plans to develop a new retail center at the corner of Highway 267 and Soaring…
Store café is open for business
SUNBURY, PA and ALTOONA, 2016-Jun-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — Weis Markets today received final Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) approval on Friday morning to open a beer café in its Altoona store located in the Park Hill Plaza. Associates began stocking shelves and coolers after receiving the approval and the…
ALTONA, Pa., 2016-Jun-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sheetz Convenience Stores are ready to move Pennsylvania stores into the 21st century by giving their customers one more convenience, the convenience of buying beer and wine in Sheetz stores.
The modernized bill, PA-HB 1690 will change the way liquor is sold inPennsylvania today. It will improve…
Orders on Staples.com to be Delivered by 7:00 p.m. in Eight Major U.S. Cities
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., 2016-Jun-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Staples, Inc. (Nasdaq: SPLS) announced today it will be launching “Staples Rush,” its same-day delivery service to Staples.com customers in major metropolitan areas across the U.S., bringing businesses the products and services they need to…
Call for Entries Now Open; Staples Business Advantage to Award $10,000 for Winning Designs
FRAMINGHAM, Mass., 2016-Jun-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Imagine how your workplace might change in the next five years. Will it be entirely open to promote collaboration? Will natural light, exercise desks and rooftop gardens hit the mainstream? Will virtual teams render…
eBay Korea has joined forces with nationwide convenience store chain GS25 to offer consumers a combined online-offline sales service.
San Jose, California, 2016-Jun-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — The partnership will see the launch of the “Smile Box” service, in which deliveries are made to an unmanned box for single-person households and female customers. The service is…
Edinburgh, Scotland, 2016-Jun-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Ediston Property Investment Company plc has exchanged contracts to let the entire lower ground floor accommodation at St Philips Point, Birmingham, to the US retailer David’s Bridal.
The destination retailer will open a flagship store of 15,000 sq. ft., which will transform the shopping mall, which was predominantly…
Edinburgh, 2016-Jun-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Ediston Real Estate and Europa Capital acquire Buildings 1000, 2000 and 3000, Cathedral Hill, Guildford for a combined purchase price of £54 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 7.63%.
Buildings 1000 and 2000 were acquired from M&G in December 2015 for £40 million. The remaining office building at…
MONTREAL, QC, 2016-Jun-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Dollarama Inc. (TSX: DOL) (“Dollarama”) announced that the nominees listed in its management proxy circular dated April 13, 2016 were elected as directors of Dollarama at the annual meeting of shareholders held earlier today in Montreal. The detailed results of the vote for the election of directors are…
MONTREAL, QC, 2016-Jun-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Dollarama Inc. (TSX: DOL) (“Dollarama” or the “Corporation”) announced today that it received approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) to renew its normal course issuer bid in order to purchase for cancellation up to 5,975,854 of its common shares, representing 5.0% of the 119,517,081 common shares issued…
Bi-annual look at trends re-shaping the global retail industry analyzes evolving environment and changing nature of retailer and supplier work
Boston, MA, 2016-Jun-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Kantar Retail, the global retail and shopper specialist, today released the first of two Breakthrough Insights reports to be distributed in 2016.
“Changing What Matters,” a compilation of recent analysis…
Diebold software enables customized services to enhance consumer experience
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, 2016-Jun-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Diebold, Incorporated(NYSE: DBD) and Al Rajhi Bank have received the Best Technological Innovation Award at the 2016 Cards and Payments Conference and Exhibition. This award recognizes the most innovative technological contribution to a card or mobile payment launch…
LEADING COFFEE AND BAKERY CHAIN SEEKS FRANCHISEE CANDIDATES IN ROCHESTER
CANTON, MA, 2016-Jun-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Dunkin’ Donuts, America’s all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods, announced today the signing of a multi-unit store development agreement with new franchisees Oliver Schugel and David Schooff to develop three new restaurants in Mankato, Minnesota. The first…
Program to leverage Alliance Data's innovative mobile and digital capabilities and multi-channel account acquisition solutions to assist Bed Bath & Beyond
PLANO, Texas and UNION, N.J. , 2016-Jun-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Alliance Data Systems Corporation (NYSE: ADS), a leading global provider of data-driven marketing and loyalty solutions, and Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. (NASDAQ:…
Hangzhou, China, 2016-Jun-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Alibaba Group Holding Limited (NYSE: BABA) today announced that it will host an Investor Day on Tuesday, June 14, 2016 China Time at Alibaba Xixi Headquarters, Hangzhou, China.
Speakers will include Joe Tsai (Executive Vice Chairman), Daniel Zhang (CEO), Maggie Wu (CFO) and other members of our senior management…
Launches New Recruiting Website: www.kroger.com/livekt/
CINCINNATI, 2016-Jun-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) today announced that Kroger Technology has been named to Computerworld's Top 100 Best Places to Work in IT for 2016. This is the first time Kroger's technology department has been named to this annual list. Kroger ranks #45 among…
Financial institutions benefit from software that meets the latest industry standards
DULUTH, Ga., 2016-Jun-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), the global leader in consumer transaction technologies, announced today that its NCR Payment Suite, which includes the Authentic transaction processing and Fractals fraud detection software, has been accepted as compliant with the latest PA-DSS…
Croix Cedex, France, 2016-Jun-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Further to the questioning of the on the origin of soy entering the composition of the animal feed of meats and products sold by Auchan, the company is anxious to specify the following points:
First of all, we are not direct buyers of soy.
Furthermore, for the animal feed,…
Los Angeles, CA, 2016-Jun-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — CBRE Group, Inc. today announced that Tony Long has been appointed Global Director, Client Care, a new position.
Mr. Long previously led CBRE’s Asset Services business globally, while also overseeing its Client Care initiative. The appointment of Mr. Long to lead Client Care on a full-time basis reflects…
Lafitte to Focus on Business Lines and Clients; Frese to Focus on Geographies
Los Angeles, CA, 2016-Jun-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) today announced that Mike Lafitte and Cal Frese have been promoted to new positions as Global Group Presidents. These new positions represent the company’s senior-most global operating roles in its real…
Kimco Realty Corp. sells interests in 17-property Canadian portfolio to Anthem Properties Group Ltd.
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y., 2016-Jun-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE:KIM) today announced that it sold its interests in a 17-property Canadian portfolio totaling 1.8 million square feet to Anthem Properties Group Ltd. for a gross sales price of CAD $413.2 million (USD $324.0 million), including the assumption of CAD $205.0 million (USD…
LONDON, 2016-Jun-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — S-Group has won the 2016 NACS Insight European Technology Implementation Award, sponsored by Verifone, a world leader in payments and commerce solutions. The award was presented during the NACS Insight Convenience Summit – Europe in London on June 9 at this year’s International Convenience Retailer Awards gala.
The award recognizes…