LONDON, 2015-4-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Helen Dickinson, Director General, British Retail Consortium, said: "The latest BRC-Google figures show that UK consumers are making greater use than ever of handheld devices to shop online, particularly where it comes to buying clothes. The number of people using their smartphone to search for apparel is up…
Moscow, 2015-4-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — X5 Retail Group, a leading Russian food retailer, is honoured to announce the opening of the 5000th store of the Pyaterochka national retail chain in Russia.
A ceremony to mark the opening of the store was attended by Alexei Nemeryuk, Head of the Department of Trade and Services of Moscow,…
FORT LEE, Va., 2015-4-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — There's no shortage of savings or "M's" for commissary promotions in May featuring a lineup of themes such as Military Appreciation Month, Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Day and Memorial Day.
The majority of stateside commissaries hold their popular Commissary Appreciation Month Case Lot Sale sometime in May, but some…
QVC for Apple Watch® is now available in the US, UK and Germany
WEST CHESTER, Pa., 2015-4-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Starting today, QVC, the global leader in video and ecommerce retail, will allow consumers to engage with QVC content via real-time updates and notifications within the Apple Watch® app. Initially available in the U.S., U.K.…
ROCHESTER, NY, 2015-4-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — During the winter 2015 checkout scanning campaign at 26 Wegmans stores in Massachusetts, Buffalo and the Southern Tier of New York, and parts of Pennsylvania, hunger relief donations rose to $1,033,363, a 6% increase over the winter 2014 total. Check Out Hunger allows customers to donate $2 $3,…
PLANO, TX, 2015-4-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — JCPenney and its newest brand partner, actress Eva Longoria, have teamed up this spring to launch an exclusive new bedding collection in over 100 JCPenney stores and on jcpenney.com starting today. Eva Longoria Home™ offers a line of comforter sets, decorative pillows and window treatments featuring an elegant mix…
Retailer is the first supercenter to work with the national brand for Garden Marketplace project
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., 2015-4-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — Meijer announced today that it is the first supercenter to partner with national lawn care and garden brand, Scotts-MiracleGro, to create a Garden Marketplace inside 27 Meijer stores across the Midwest as…
AUSTIN, Texas, 2015-4-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — From concerts to craft fairs, shoppers took part in thousands of Whole Foods Market events to raise more than $4.6 million for global poverty alleviation. The events were all part of Whole Planet Foundation’s 2015 Prosperity Campaign to boost awareness and support for microlending projects worldwide.
“Microcredit offers low-income individuals…
Kesko has chosen Haahtela-rakennuttaminen Oy as its partner to implement the construction project of the new commercial centre in Itäkeskus, Helsinki.
HELSINKI, Finland, 2015-4-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — In the project, Haahtela will be responsible for the project management of building work, which includes planning control, purchases, management of contracted-out construction work, rental support functions…
Sainsbury’s has teamed up with one of the biggest names in motor sport to give its store fridges a turbo boost.
LONDON, 2015-4-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — Thanks to the technology of Williams Advanced Engineering, Sainsbury’s fridge systems are being fitted with aerofoils – the same technology that helps to improve the performance of…
Comp Store Sales Rise 7% Globally; 7% in the Americas and 12% in CAP; Global Traffic Up 3%
Net Revenues Rise 18% to a Q2 Record $4.6 Billion
GAAP Operating Income Up 21% to a Q2 Record $778 Million; Non-GAAP Operating Income Up 23% to $789 Million
Channel Development Revenues Up 16% and Operating Income…
Around €450 million impairment of goodwill from the takeover of Allkauf and Kriegbaum stores in 1998
No effect on Group guidance before special items
Major investments into stores and services intended
Düsseldorf, Germany, 2015-4-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — As part of a sustainable repositioning of the hypermarket chain Real, METRO GROUP will adjust the goodwill resulting…
LONDON, 2015-4-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — BRC Global Standards, the world’s biggest provider of safety and quality Standards for the manufacture of safe, legal and quality products, today announced it has published the second edition of its annual report titled Food Safety – A Global View.
Each year, BRC Global Standards collects vast amounts of…
ALEXANDRIA, VA, 2015-4-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — NACS has published a new Site Approval Toolkit to share strategies for retailers seeking zoning approvals.
The 32-page NACS Site Approval Toolkit is designed to help convenience retailers — whether a one-store operator or chain looking to grow store count or modernize a site’s operations — better understand the planning…
LEADING COFFEE AND BAKERY CHAIN SEEKS FRANCHISEE CANDIDATES IN MINNEAPOLIS AND MANKATO
CANTON, MA, 2015-4-23 — /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 franchise group, Legacy Concepts, LLC, to develop 10 new restaurants in Minneapolis and the surrounding…
ROCHESTER, NY, 2015-4-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Every now and then, looking for a solution to one problem leads to better answers on several fronts. Eleven Wegmans stores in the Greater Rochester area are sending food waste to two dairy farms to be turned into energy and useful byproducts, thanks to a technology known as anaerobic…
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., 2015-4-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Meijer is pleased to announce that they have introduced the fashionable and fun style of Keds into their women’s shoe collection. Keds is an American brand of canvas shoe with rubber soles currently owned by Wolverine World Wide.
“Keds are a stylish lifestyle sneaker that appeals to women…
Whole Foods Market helps ‘Share the Buzz’ about pollinators and their important role in the global food supply
Austin, TX, 2015-4-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Without pollinating insects like honeybees, stingless bees and solitary bees, coffee production could drop by up to 40 percent–a potentially rude awakening for Americans, who consume 400 million cups…
Retailer to donate 5% of opening day sales to Fosterfields Living Historical Farm
Morristown, NJ, 2015-4-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Whole Foods Market (NASDAQ: WFM),America’s Healthiest Grocery Store®, will open the doors to its newest store in Morristown, NJ on Wednesday, April 22nd. This location marks the thirteenth New Jersey store, and second in Morris County.…
Paderborn, Germany, 2015-4-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — On presenting its results for the first half of the current fiscal year 2014/2015, Wincor Nixdorf AG outlined details of the restructuring program launched by the company. Prior to this, the company had already announced that it would fail to meet its original guidance issued for the current…
London, 2015-4-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Global shopping centre development continues to grow with a total of 11.4 million square metres (sq m) of new shopping centre space opened in 2014, compared with 10.6 million sq m in 2013.
Emerging markets, particularly in Asia, have continued to dominate the shopping centre development pipeline with over 39…
Richfield, Minnesota, 2015-4-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — This Earth Day, Best Buy and LG Electronics USA have joined forces to help the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) launch its “Flip Your Fridge” ENERGY STAR® campaign on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, encouraging consumers to responsibly recycle their aging fridges and upgrade to new, energy-efficient models.
The…
New joint venture to operate 20,000 square feet of prime specialty retail space at NYC’s busiest terminal
QUEENS, NEW YORK, 2015-4-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — With ambitions toward enhancing the shopping experience for the more than 18 million annual travelers passing through John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 4, LS travel retail North America, a Lagardère Services…
Agreement to open Starbucks stores at grocery locations owned by the Finnish retailer.
HELSINKI, Finland, 2015-4-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — Starbucks Coffee Company and Kesko Food have entered into a new licensing agreement to open Starbucks stores within K-stores throughout Finland. The first store will open in K-citymarket Sello in Espoo later this year, with…
In Starbucks 10th forum to discuss racial inequality in America, dozens of partners (employees) shared their personal stories and expressed gratitude for the company's willingness to hold conversations that foster better empathy and understanding of one another.
ATLANTA, 2015-4-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — An elderly white couple, who regularly visited a Colorado Starbucks store over the…
Morrisons vegetable buyers have predicted Britain could have the best crop of outdoor grown asparagus for nearly a decade.
Bradford, England, 2015-4-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — Intelligence on growing conditions from our farmers combined with a predicted three month heat wave would mean 2015’s asparagus crop could increase by up to 20%.
Morrisons Asparagus Buyer David Bartle…
Amsterdam, 2015-4-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — X5 Retail Group ("X5" or "the Company"), a leading Russian food retailer, announced today that the rating agency Moody’s Investors Service (“Moody’s”) upgraded the Company's credit rating (corporate family rating - CFR) to B1 from B2. The outlook on the rating is stable.
“The upgrade of X5’s ratings to B1…
CAMP HILL, PA, 2015-4-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) announced today that Steve Rempel, a highly experienced information technology executive, has been named Rite Aid's senior vice president and chief information officer.
In this position, Rempel will have responsibility for all aspects of the company's technology and information operations, including computer systems,…
Prestigious Industry Opportunity Returns to West Coast
NEW YORK, 2015-4-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC), in collaboration with the USC Lusk Center for Real Estate, is pleased to announce the second annual University of Shopping Centers West, the premier educational program serving the retail real estate and shopping center industry…
Pharmacies remain open during conversions
Bellingham, Wash. and Irvine, Calif., 2015-4-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — As West Coast regional grocer Haggen acquires and converts stores in Washington, Oregon, California, Nevada and Arizona during the first half of 2015, its pharmacy business is growing from 17 pharmacies to 106 pharmacies. To support this growth, Haggen is expanding its…