Tesco starts online grocery home delivery service in Shetland
Customers welcome savings in time and petrol New service creates 30 new jobs Click & Collect to launch on June
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Month: May 2014
Tesco forms Joint Venture with China Resources Enterprise Limited to create the leading multi-format retailer in China
Cheshunt, England, 2014-5-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Following its previous announcement and subsequent confirmation of the satisfaction of all conditions, Tesco has
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Sainsbury’s opened its 200th convenience store in Shepherd’s Bush Road in Hammersmith London
LONDON, 2014-5-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sainsbury’s opened its 200th convenience store in London today, creating 25 local jobs. Shepherd’s Bush
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Belk, Inc. announces operating results for fiscal first quarter ended May 3, 2014
Online sales grow 42 percent Company repurchases $94.3 million in stock CHARLOTTE, N.C., 2014-5-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Belk, Inc., the
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IKEA in Merriam to install largest rooftop solar array in Kansas before the store’s opening in Fall 2014
MERRIAM, KS, 2014-5-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today announced solar energy plans for its
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Sigma: Amcal Pharmacy honored with Canstar Blue Most Satisfied Customers Award – Pharmacy for 2014
Victoria, Australia, 2014-5-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amcal Pharmacy has won the prestigious Canstar Blue Most Satisfied Customers Award – Pharmacy
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Canada: Sherwood Co-op opens new store in Regina
Regina, Canada, 2014-5-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sherwood Co-op’s new south Albert Street location was one of the last stores
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General Growth Properties, Inc. released its 2014 Sustainability Report
Chicago, Illinois, 2014-5-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — General Growth Properties, Inc. (“GGP”) (NYSE: GGP) today released its 2014 Sustainability Report. The
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Gap Inc’s Growth, Innovation and Digital division president Art Peck to present at Goldman Sachs’ Fifth Annual dotCommerce Day on June 4, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO, 2014-5-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) today announced that Art Peck, president of the company’s Growth, Innovation
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Banana Republic’s give-back program ONE+ALL invites customers to shop in support of Community-Focused Organizations
New York, NY, 2014-5-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Banana Republic is proud to announce the expansion of its ONE+ALL program that
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ICSC and Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index: Retail sales slipped by 1.2% for the week ending May 24, 2014
NEW YORK, 2014-5-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — A combination of one-off factors, adverse weather and consumers’ willingness to travel over
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Babies“R”Us® and Disney Baby partner to bring more options to expecting parents through combined offerings of products and services
Two of the Biggest Names in Baby Products Join Forces to Bring More Options to Parents Through Babies“R”Us Registry and
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Wegmans Employee Scholarship Program to award college tuition assistance to 1,766 new recipients for the upcoming academic year
ROCHESTER, NY, 2014-5-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Wegmans Food Markets has announced that the Wegmans Employee Scholarship Program will award college tuition
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Rite Aid supports The Skin Cancer Foundation’s annual Road to Healthy Skin Tour
7th Annual Coast-to-Coast Tour Brings Free Skin Cancer Screenings to 53 Rite Aid Pharmacies Nationwide CAMP HILL, Pa., 2014-5-28 —
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Meijer Style Team shares some style tips to highlight the versatility of soft pant dressing
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., 2014-5-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — One of this season’s most popular trends is the addition of soft
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Target forms Digital Advisory Council to accelerate its digital transformation
Company also hiring additional engineers for Target.com and Mobile product teams — all part of digital transformation MINNEAPOLIS, 2014-5-28 — /EPR
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CBRE’s global corporate headquarters honored by the International Interior Design Associated (IIDA) at the 26th Annual Calibre Awards
Los Angeles, CA, 2014-5-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — CBRE’s global corporate headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles was honored by the International
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CBRE’s “How Global is the Business of Retail?” report: Paris is the world’s hottest global retail market with 50 new brands attracted last year
Global Retailers Focus on More Mature Markets – – U.S. Retailers Dominate Cross-Border Expansion – – Luxury Brands Account for
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Commissaries announced series of savings and sales events for the whole family in June and July
FORT LEE, Va., 2014-5-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Whether it’s fruit and veggies at farmers markets, meat for outdoor grilling, ingredients
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Carrefour partner and franchisee Label’Vie opens 40th supermarket and 4th hypermarket under the Carrefour brand in Morocco
PARIS, 2014-5-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Label’Vie, a Carrefour partner and franchisee, is opening its fortieth supermarket and fourth
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Kesko Corporation appoints Mikko Helander new Managing Director
Mikko Helander to be Kesko Corporation’s new Managing Director Helsinki, Finland, 2014-5-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Kesko Corporation’s Board of Directors has
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John Lewis reveals five startups who made it to the final stage of its JLAB technology incubator
LONDON, 2014-5-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — John Lewis today reveals the five startup businesses who have made it to the final
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Delhaize Group’s 2013 accomplishments underscored in its Sustainability Progress Report
Delhaize Group’s 2013 accomplishments underscore progress toward Company’s 2020 ambition – to be ”Supergood” sustainability leaders. Brussels, Belgium, 2014-5-27 —
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Tengelmann E-Stores GmbH succeeds with its GartenXXL.de on Intershop’s omni-channel commerce platform
An especially fast rollout and solid customer orientation quickly turn an online garden supply store into an award-winning model for
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Immochan released its 2013 Annual and Sustainable Development Report
Croix, France, 2014-5-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Throught this document, you will find the 2013 key events of the firm, in
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AHOLD REPURCHASED 2,285,504 AHOLD COMMON SHARES FOR € 32.26 million BETWEEN MAY 19 AND 23, 2014
Zaandam, the Netherlands, 2014-5-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Ahold has repurchased 2,285,504 Ahold common shares in the period from May
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National Association of Convenience Stores welcomes Palak Patel as analyst-programmer
ALEXANDRIA, VA, 2014-5-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Palak Patel has joined NACS as an analyst-programmer. Before coming to NACS, Patel interned
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Giant Eagle Inc.® opens its second Giant Eagle Express neighborhood grocery store in Indiana
New 24-hour neighborhood grocery store opens featuring fresh prepared foods, full-service deli and a broad selection of grocery items in
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Russian retailer Magnit opens its 51st Magnit Family store
Krasnodar, Russia, 2014-5-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — OJSC “Magnit”, Russia’s largest food retailer (the “Company”; MICEX and LSE: MGNT),
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Hy-Vee’s seafood sustainability efforts ranked fifth among the country’s top 26 retailers according to Greenpeace USA report
Hy-Vee’s Seafood Procurement Policy and Responsible Choice program lauded as ‘remarkable’ and efforts debut as fifth best in U.S. WEST
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