Solna, Sweden, 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — HUI has revised its Retail Sales Index (Detaljhandelsindex – DHI) for the second and third quarters of this year. The Retail Sales Index is used by ICA Gruppen to assess the performance of ICA stores compared to the market in general. The new figures show that sales in…
UK’s largest electrical retailer reporting eight sales per second
30 TVs per minute selling online
LONDON, 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — With yesterday’s website traffic almost as high as Boxing Day last year, Currys PC World is today reporting its biggest ever start to Black Friday, with seven million visitors to the site this…
Bonmarché has won a coveted Drapers Award.
Wakefield, England, 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Now celebrating its 25th year, the results of the Drapers Awards 2015 were revealed on 26th November at the prestigious Old Billingsgate, London where the fashion industry elite came together for a night of recognition and celebration of the sector’s achievements.
Bonmarché CEO…
Peppermint, Chocolate and Gingerbread Create the Perfect Winter Treats
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — It’s beginning to look a lot like the holidays at Cold Stone Creamery® (www.ColdStoneCreamery.com). Our seasonal flavors are back and will be in stores November 27, 2015 through January 5, 2016. Dark Chocolate Peppermint Ice Cream and Gingerbread Ice Cream,…
The firm heads the list of brands which have adapted their content to the new platform
Barcelona, SPAIN, 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — The future of television is changing and MANGO is already part of it. The fashion firm launches the MANGO app for Apple TV. From today, users of this new platform will be able to…
ALTOONA, Pa. , 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sheetz is honored to announce that after surveying more than 45,000 employees in the retail sector, Great Place to Work® and Fortune have recognized Sheetz as one of the 20 Best Workplaces in Retail. We consider this honor exceptionally notable because the recognition is based on our…
Halle, Belgium, 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — New step in CO2 reduction plan: a 20% decrease in relative emissions by 2020
Colruyt Group is switching to cooling installations that operate on natural propane gas and that emit as much as 90% fewer greenhouse gases than the current ones. The group will eventually outfit all 360 Colruyt,…
Halle, Belgium, 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — On Wednesday 25 November the renovated Colruyt store in Liedekerke will open its doors after a few months of renovation work. The store has been expanded and restyled into a new-generation Colruyt store.
Store manager Arvid Luchtens: "Colruyt regularly renovates its stores to make them more efficient and to…
Halle, Belgium, 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — On Wednesday 25 November the renovated Colruyt Sint-Pieters-Woluwe will open its doors after months of renovation work. The store has been expanded and restyled into a new-generation Colruyt store.
Store manager Sebastien François: "Colruyt regularly renovates its stores to make them more efficient and to make shopping for customers…
Halle, Belgium, 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — On Thursday, October 29, the first new generation of Colruyt Group’s Spar supermarkets opened in Kessel. Spar wants to combine the joy of grocery shopping with the authenticity of a local supermarket. To this end, the Kessel store was completely renovated. Retail Partners Colruyt Group developed the new…
ABU DHABI, 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — LuLu Group is in the final stages of starting its operations in Malaysia with its first hypermarket set to open in February 2016 in the capital Kuala Lumpur.
Elaborating on the group's expansion plans during an official luncheon hosted by Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak in honour…
LONDON, 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — SSP Group, a leading operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations worldwide, announces its financial results for year ended 30 September 2015.
Highlights:
• Strong results with good progress on last year
• Operating profit1 of £97.4m: up 17.6% in constant currency, and 10.1% at actual exchange rates
• Like-for-like…
Supermarket gives customers a helping hand with the most frustrating Christmas job
Anya Mugridge, originally from Nottingham and at university in Wrexham, has been hired as the UK’s first dedicated Christmas Tree Lights Untangler at Tesco Extra in Wrexham
Anya was hired for her ability to untangle three metres of Christmas lights in under a minute…
39 major French companies take concrete action to combat climate change
Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — In the lead-up to the Paris climate summit (COP 21), 39 major French companies, employing a total of 4.4 million people worldwide and generating sales of 1,200 billion euros, have made a firm commitment to combat climate change.…
LONDON, 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — The SRC has set out its recommendations to the Scottish Government on its tax and spending plans for the coming year. The submission outlines the current challenging trading conditions for Scottish retailers and proposes the creation of a Retail Industry Strategy as well as improvements to business rates.…
EROSKI es la empresa de distribución con más mujeres en puestos de responsabilidad
La igualdad de género está presente en EROSKI desde sus estatutos fundacionales como cooperativa
ELORRIO, SPAIN, 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — EROSKI celebra hoy el encuentro ‘Un paseo por el tiempo’ en su sede social de Elorrio, en el marco del Foro para…
Fundación EROSKI: ‘Estudio sobre Hábitos Alimentarios y Estado Nutricional de la Población Española’
Entre los factores determinantes del incremento de la obesidad se encuentran el bajo consumo de frutas, verduras y hortalizas
La prevalencia de obesidad es superior en hombres que en mujeres hasta los 65 años, donde se invierte la tendencia
Es el estudio científico más completo sobre hábitos alimentarios que se ha realizado a día de…
Outsourcing to Interoute’s secure network and colocation data centre reduces costs and saves time for Mister Minit in-house IT team
Brussels, BELGIUM, 2015-11-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Minit Group, a European leader in the field of fast repair services including shoes, watches and smartphones, has chosen to house the main part of its IT-infrastructure…