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Starbucks marks 20 years since Frappuccino was introduced

SEATTLE, 2015-3-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — It’s hard to imagine summer at Starbucks without thinking of a cold Starbucks Frappuccino® blended beverage and the green straw. Take a trip back two decades to the birth of the iconic summer beverage. In 1993, Starbucks had just a handful of stores in Los Angeles and fewer than…
March 30, 20150Comments

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Starbucks opens news store at a Los Angeles Historical Cultural Monument

Los Angeles, CA, 2015-3-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Nearly two years ago, Starbucks senior store design manager Jonathan Alpert and his team learned of a potential new Starbucks site in Los Angeles. It was an unusual location – an empty old gas station on a fenced-off corner of Highland and Willoughby. “At the very beginning we knew…
March 30, 20150Comments

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Starbucks the first major company to support Pike Place MarketFront Expansion Project

SEATTLE, 2015-3-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Lillian Hochstein leaves the bustle of Seattle’s historic Park Place Market behind her and steps outside. She surveys Elliott Bay in the distance, raising her voice to be heard above traffic racing north and south on the double-deck Alaskan Way Viaduct that impedes the view of the waterfront. The…
March 30, 20150Comments

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Starbucks introduces Thai-Style Peanut Chicken Wrap and Edamame Hummus Wrap beginning March 31

SEATTLE, 2015-3-30 — /EPR Retail News/ — Starbucks customers want wholesome and convenient food choices for their busy lifestyles. Beginning March 31, they'll have two new options - a Thai-Style Peanut Chicken Wrap and an Edamame Hummus Wrap – available at participating U.S. company-operated and licensed stores nationwide. The two new wraps are a medley of ingredients comprised of protein,…
March 30, 20150Comments

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Macmillan Cancer Support announces new partnership with Home Retail Group to raise £3M by March 2017 through fundraising activities and events

Partnership aims to raise £3million for people affected by cancer over two years Milton Keynes, UK, 2015-3-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Macmillan Cancer Support has today announced a brand new partnership with the UK’s leading home and general merchandise retailer, Home Retail Group, owner of Argos, Homebase and Habitat. The partnership will engage Home Retail Group…
March 28, 20150Comments

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CHI&Partners unveils ”Ballooniverse” – the fifth TV spot in the GET SET GO ARGOS campaign

New ‘Ballooniverse’ campaign spotlights home brands & products available from Argos Milton Keynes, UK, 2015-3-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — CHI&Partners will today (27th March 2015) unveil ‘Ballooniverse’ – the fifth TV spot in the GET SET GO ARGOS campaign, which launched in October 2014. Set in the white ‘third space’ which provides the backdrop for all the…
March 28, 20150Comments

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H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB releases its Annual Report for the financial year 2014

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN,  2015-3-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB’s Annual Report for the financial year 2014 is available starting today on the company’s website, www.hm.com and will be sent out by post to shareholders that have so requested and will also be available at the company’s head office. Contact persons: Nils…
March 27, 20150Comments

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IKEA begins demolition on the site where it will construct new, larger store in Burbank, CA

BURBANK, CA, 2015-3-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today began demolishing 19 buildings totaling 455,000 square-feet on the site where it will construct a new, larger store in Burbank, CA, less than one mile away from the company’s oldest store in the Western United States. Razing the buildings will make…
March 27, 20150Comments

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IKEA to install fuel cell system manufactured by Bloom Energy at its location in Emeryville, CA

CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, 2015-3-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today announced plans to install a fuel cell system manufactured by Bloom Energy at its location in Emeryville, CA – one of two San Francisco-area stores for the Swedish company. Consistent with the IKEA focus on emerging energy technologies, this project represents…
March 27, 20150Comments

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Delhaize Group completes the sale of its Bottom Dollar Food store locations to ALDI Inc

BRUSSELS, Belgium, 2015-3-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Delhaize Group announces that it has completed the sale of its Bottom Dollar Food store locations to ALDI Inc. » Delhaize Group  Delhaize Group is a Belgian international food retailer present in seven countries on three continents. At the end of 2014, Delhaize Group’s sales network consisted of 3 402…
March 27, 20150Comments

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GQ Partners with Gap and Selects Young Designers to Create Fourth Limited-Edition Collection

SAN FRANCISCO, 2015-3-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — GQ announced today the return of the Best New Menswear Designers in America program. The project, established in 2007, recognizes the best young menswear designers in the country and works to advance the talented up-and-comers. The designers were selected by GQ editor-in-chief Jim Nelson and creative director…
March 27, 20150Comments

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Toys“R”Us, Inc. provides an update on its strategy to improve the company’s operational performance

Leadership Team Outlines Next Phase of Company’s Strategic Plan, Focusing on Further Transforming the Customer Experience, Optimizing e-Commerce, Growing Internationally and Leveraging Its Global Scale to Drive Category Leadership and Differentiation; Company Plans to Take an Aggressive Approach to Right-Sizing the Cost Structure of the Business and Designing a More Streamlined, Efficient Organization WAYNE, NJ, 2015-3-26 —…
March 26, 20150Comments

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Wegmans Food Market to contribute $250,000 in scholarship opportunities over the next five years at Johnson & Wales University

PROVIDENCE, RI, 2015-3-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Wegmans Food Market, a family-owned, 85-store supermarket chain, recently pledged to contribute $250,000 in scholarship opportunities over the next five years at Johnson & Wales University (JWU). Full-time students enrolled in the JWU College of Culinary Arts at the Providence, R.I. campus will be eligible for a Wegmans Scholarship…
March 26, 20150Comments

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Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. announced the promotion of Jack Clare to the newly created position of Chief Information and Strategy Officer

CANTON, MA, 2015-3-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Dunkin' Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN), the parent company of Dunkin' Donuts and Baskin-Robbins, today announced that Jack Clare, 44, has been promoted to the newly created position of Chief Information and Strategy Officer. Mr. Clare, who has served as the Company’s CIO for the past three years, will be…
March 26, 20150Comments

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Ahold repurchased 394,244 Ahold common shares in the period from March 16, 2015 up to and including March 20, 2015

Zaandam, the Netherlands, 2015-3-26 — /EPR Retail News/ —Ahold has repurchased 394,244 Ahold common shares in the period from March 16, 2015 up to and including March 20, 2015. The shares were repurchased at an average price of €18.2141 per share for a total consideration of €7.18 million. These repurchases were made as part of the €500…
March 26, 20150Comments

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Morrisons announces changes to reshape its Management Board

Morrisons today (24th March 2015) announces a number of changes to reshape its Management Board. Bradford, England, 2015-3-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Group Customer Marketing & Digital Director Nick Collard, Group Retail Director Martyn Fletcher, Group Property and Strategy Director Gordon Mowat, Group Logistics Director Neal Austin and Convenience Managing Director Nigel Robertson will step down…
March 26, 20150Comments

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Auchan expresses its total disagreement with Hungarian Competition Office’s EUR 3.5 million fine

The Hungarian Competition Office (GVH) fined Auchan Hungary nearly €3.5 million for abuse of its market position. An accusation that strongly denies the firm. Budapest, Hungary, 2015-3-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Auchan Hungary was informed on March, 23 of the Hungarian Competition Office (GVH) to be fined HUF1.061 billion (i.e. nearly €3.5 million). "Auchan expresses its total disagreement with the arguments used by this Office…
March 26, 20150Comments

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Best Buy teams up with youth science and technology education nonprofit FIRST to help low-income teens around US compete in robotics competitions

Richfield, MN, 2015-3-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Best Buy was among the contributors named by the White House yesterday committing to a $240 million effort to prepare students to excel in the fields of science and technology. Best Buy is teaming up with FIRST, a youth science and technology education nonprofit, to  help low-income teens around…
March 26, 20150Comments

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The Co-operative Food and their Hereford beef supplier, Dunbia honoured with Supply Chain Excellence Award at the biannual Northern Ireland Food and Drinks Awards (NIFDA) 2015

MANCHESTER, UK, 2015-3-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Co-operative Food and their premium Hereford beef supplier, Dunbia have picked up the Supply Chain Excellence Award at the prestigious, biannual Northern Ireland Food and Drinks Awards (NIFDA) 2015. Dunbia supplies all of The Co-operative Food’s own-brand premium “Truly Irresistible” fresh beef, which is all British, as part…
March 26, 20150Comments

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The Dairy Farm Company acquired the Macau-based supermarket operator, San Miu Supermarket Limited

HONG KONG, 2015-3-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Dairy Farm Company, Limited, had acquired the Macau-based supermarket operator, San Miu Supermarket Limited. San Miu operates 15 mass-market supermarkets with an average gross store size of approximately 9,500 sq. ft. The acquisition of San Miu…
March 26, 20150Comments

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Donation: Harris Teeter presented eight Charlotte, NC schools each with a $5,000 check, for a total of $40,000

Part of Company’s $100K Donation toward Youth Wellness Programming Matthews, NC, 2015-3-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Monday, March 23, 2015, Store Director Bob Ramsey presented eight local schools each with a $5,000 check, for a total of $40,000, to support Harris Teeter’s commitment to both youth wellness and education.  All eight organizations are within the Charlotte-Mecklenburg school…
March 26, 20150Comments

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Kingfisher issues statement regarding Kingfisher’s potential acquisition of Mr Bricolage

LONDON, 2015-3-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Kingfisher notes the suspension of the shares of Mr Bricolage on the French stock exchange. Kingfisher has been working with the Board and major shareholders of Mr Bricolage in relation to the outstanding condition surrounding Kingfisher's potential acquisition of Mr Bricolage.  Kingfisher has been made aware that both the majority…
March 26, 20150Comments

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H&M group’s sales incl. VAT increased by 15 percent during the first quarter (1 December 2014 – 28 February 2015)

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 2015-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — First quarter (1 December 2014 — 28 February 2015) Well-received collections for all brands in the H&M group resulted in good sales and increased market share. The H&M group’s sales including VAT increased in local currencies by 15 percent during the first quarter. Converted into SEK, sales excluding VAT…
March 25, 20150Comments

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M&S calls on customers to join its employees, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and the Canal & River Trust to help clear litter from Britain’s beaches and canals

2015 Big Beach Clean-up to clear litter from 135 beaches and canals 8,000 M&S customers and employees to take par MCS survey shows litter on Britain’s beaches increased 6.4% last year LONDON, 2015-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — Marks & Spencer (M&S) is today calling on customers to join its team of employees, the Marine Conservation Society (MCS)…
March 25, 20150Comments

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Equity One, Inc. calls for redemption all of its 5.375% senior notes due October 2015 in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of $107.5 million

New York, NY, 2015-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — Equity One, Inc. (NYSE: EQY), an owner, developer, and operator of shopping centers, announced today that it is calling for redemption all of its 5.375% senior notes due October 2015 (the “5.375% Notes”), in an aggregate outstanding principal amount of $107.5 million, with a redemption date of…
March 25, 20150Comments

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Starbucks York plant in Pennsylvania achieved its target of being a “100% Landfill Diversion” facility

SEATTLE, 2015-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — One of the largest coffee roasting plants in the world has achieved its target of being a “100% Landfill Diversion” facility, due to Starbucks partners (employees) who led the effort. The accomplishment, certified by Underwriters Laboratories, means that all of the waste produced on site is either recycled…
March 25, 20150Comments

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Carrefour and TrialPanel staged the second “Preferred by Consumers” Awards

Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 2015-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — On 18 March 2015, Carrefour and TrialPanel staged the second "Preferred by Consumers" Awards. These are prizes that are awarded to products that are given the highest ratings by the consumer community active in the MonAvisLeRendGratuit.com forum that was launched by Carrefour in 2013. A product in stores for…
March 25, 20150Comments

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London Event: Groundbreaking political artist takes root at Imperial War Museum

Year-long exhibition of anti-war artists Peter Kennard opens in May. LONDON, 2015-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — London’s recently refurbished Imperial War Museum in Waterloo is opening a new exhibition in May celebrating the work of one of Britain’s most important political artists. Peter Kennard: Unofficial War Artist (14th May 2015 – 30th May 2016) will…
March 25, 20150Comments

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