Wiener Neudorf / Graz, 2015-9-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Im Zuge der österreichweiten BILLA Nachhaltigkeitsinitiative wurde in insgesamt neun BILLA Filialen in Graz eine Spielzeug-Sammelaktion gestartet. BILLA Mitarbeiter wie Kunden konnte dabei neue Spielwaren und Bastelutensilien in den teilnehmenden Filialen für den guten Zweck abgeben. Durch das erfolgreiche Projekt konnten gestern schließlich 50 Kartons voll Spielsachen…
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 2015-9-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Alana Empson from New World Hillcrest has won the Alto Young Butcher of the Year.
Last night, following months of refining her skills, she had two hours to turn a beef rump, pork loin, size 20 chicken and a mystery cut into a display of value-added cuts.
She…
Lippo Village, Tangerang, Indonesia, 2015-9-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — SWA-Business Digest Magazine and Telkom University hold the Indonesia Best eMark Award 2015 to celebrate the 2nd Anniversary of Telkom University on September 10, 2015. During the ceremony, Hypermart as the core modern retail business of PT Matahari Putra Prima Tbk, received the prestigious award at the main event…
PITTSBURGH, 2015-9-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS), the largest U.S.-based, full-line omni-channel sporting goods retailer, will be opening its 40th store in Ohio and 630thstore nationwide on Friday, September 25th at Wayne Towne Center in Wooster, OH (4027 Burbank Road).
DICK'S three-day grand opening celebration will run through Sunday, September 27th.…
PITTSBURGH, 2015-9-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — DICK'S Sporting Goods (NYSE: DKS), the largest U.S.-based, full-line omni-channel sporting goods retailer, will be opening its 39th store in Ohio and 629thstore nationwide on Friday, September 25th at Guernsey Crossing in Chillicothe, OH (1251 North Bridge Street).
DICK'S three-day grand opening celebration will run through Sunday, September 27th.…
FORT LEE, Va., 2015-9-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Gambling with food safety is a bet you cannot afford to lose. According to Foodsafety.gov, one in six Americans will fall ill this year from food poisoning, with 100,000 going to the hospital and 3,000 people dying each year.
Commissaries have layers of food safety protection to help keep…
Westminster, UK, 2015-9-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Kingfisher plc, the international home improvement company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Emily Lawson as Chief People Officer. She will join the business in October. The appointment completes the international leadership team put together by Kingfisher CEO Véronique Laury.
Emily was previously Group HR Director at…
Westminster, UK, 2015-9-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Kingfisher, the international home improvement company, has today donated £50,000 to UNICEF’s ‘Syria Children’s emergency appeal’ to support their vital work to save and protect Syrian Children.
Kingfisher believes that homes are central to people’s lives and with almost two million Syrian children having been forced to flee…
Austral Trade in Romania and Complete Supplies in Malta are now official Office Depot selling partners
BOCA RATON, Fla., 2015-9-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Office Depot, Inc. (NASDAQ: ODP), a leading global provider of office products, services and solutions and parent company of Office Depot and OfficeMax, today announced new partnerships in Romania and Malta to expand…
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. , 2015-9-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Kmart today revealed its Fab 15 list of the hottest toys for the 2015 holiday season and announced its first-ever Kid Toy Advisory Board – a select group of kids of Kmart associates who will serve as toy experts and holiday toy consultants.
Kmart's annual Fab 15…
ST. LOUIS, 2015-9-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — To mark National Diaper Need Awareness Week (Monday, Sept. 28 – Sunday, Oct. 4), Schnucks Markets, Inc. and the St. Louis Area Diaper Bank are teaming up to bring diapers to St. Louis area families in need. Beginning Wednesday, Sept. 23 through Sunday, Oct. 4, most Missouri metro area…
Company enhances relief efforts by offering shoppers the ability to donate money at checkout
Modesto, Calif., 2015-9-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Save Mart announced today that its Save Mart and Lucky stores are collecting monetary donations for the American Red Cross fire relief efforts in Northern California. Shoppers can donate any amount they choose at checkout. The…
MINNEAPOLIS, 2015-9-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Best Buy Co., Inc. announced today the appointment of Karen McLoughlin to its Board of Directors. McLoughlin is the chief financial officer at Cognizant Technology Solutions (Nasdaq: CTSH), a Fortune 500 company and leading provider of information technology, business process and consulting services.
McLoughlin, 50, joined Cognizant in 2003 and has…