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Environment Management Retail Retailer

Best Buy introduceS changes in its in-store recycling program

Richfield, MN, 2016-Feb-03 — /EPR Retail News/ — This week we introduced changes in our in-store recycling program that allow us to continue to provide this service for our customers. We are now charging customers $25 for each TV and computer monitor they recycle at our stores. And in two states – Illinois and Pennsylvania – we…
February 3, 20160Comments

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Business Management Retail Retailer

Co-op Food strengthens its acquisitions team with three senior appointments

MANCHESTER, England, 2016-Feb-03 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Co-op Food’s Property team has stepped up its recruitment drive, making three senior appointments to support its ambitious plans for growth in 2016 and beyond. The new Lead Regional Acquisitions Managers – James Harrison, David McQuaker and Simon Finlay – join the Co-op’s 20-strong Acquisitions team, and will…
February 3, 20160Comments

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Food & Beverage Management Philanthropy Retail Retailer

Harris Teeter to kick-off 2016 Scouting for Food drive to benefit Loaves & Fishes, from Feb. 6, through 14, 2016

Matthews, N.C., 2016-Feb-03 — /EPR Retail News/ — Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016 through Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016, Harris Teeter will be collecting non-perishable food items in all of its Mecklenburg County stores to benefit Loaves & Fishes, a food pantry program which provides a week’s worth of nutritious groceries at no cost to individuals and families…
February 3, 20160Comments

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Business Management Retail Retailer

Stina Honkamaa Bergfors and Erica Wiking Häger proposed to be elected as new members of H&M’s board of directors

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 2016-Feb-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — H&M’s nomination committee has now completed its work on proposals to the annual general meeting on 3 May 2016. The nomination committee proposes that Stina Honkamaa Bergfors and Erica Wiking Häger be elected as new members of the board of directors and that the following present directors be re-elected:…
February 2, 20160Comments

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Apparel Fashion Management Marketing Retail Retailer

H&M campaign 2015 highlights David Beckham’s role as a style leader to millions of men around the world

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 2016-Feb-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — Style icon David Beckham has shot his latest H&M campaign for the launch of the spring 2016 Modern Essentials selected by David Beckham collection. The commercial was shot on the streets of Lisbon, where David realises that everyone wants to dress just like him. The new Modern Essentials…
February 2, 20160Comments

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Awards Environment Management Retail Retailer

H&M Conscious Foundation: The five winners of the first ever Global Change Award have been selected

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 2016-Feb-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — The five winners of the first ever Global Change Award have been selected by the expert jury. The ideas range from creating new textile out of citrus juice by-products and an online marketplace for recycling of textile leftovers to using microbes to recycle waste polyester. Now, the global…
February 2, 20160Comments

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Business Management Retail Retailer

H & M CEO Karl-Johan Persson: 2015 has been a very expansive year for the H&M group

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, 2016-Feb-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — Full-year (1 December 2014 — 30 Nov 2015) Well-received collections for all brands in the H&M group resulted in good sales of SEK 210 billion including VAT and increased market share. The H&M group’s sales excluding VAT increased by 19 percent to SEK 180,861 m (151,419) during the financial…
February 2, 20160Comments

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Business Human Resources Management Retail Retailer

Tesco to take hourly rate of pay for all established colleagues to £7.62 per hour

CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Feb-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco has announced a pay increase of up to 3.1% for colleagues working in its stores across the UK, taking the hourly rate of pay for all established colleagues to £7.62 per hour. The two year deal includes an increase in the base rate of pay for all store…
February 2, 20160Comments

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Consumer Information Food & Beverage Marketing Retail Services

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issues food safety tips for this Super Bowl

WASHINGTON, 2016-Feb-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Super Bowl is already the most-watched television program in the United States, and this year’s 50th game is sure to take the experience to a whole new level. The game (or the ads) may be the main event, but the food usually steals the show. With more than…
February 2, 20160Comments

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Business Management Retail Retailer

Cabela’s Incorporated to release fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2015 financial results on Thursday, February 18, 2016

SIDNEY, Neb., 2016-Feb-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — Cabela's Incorporated (NYSE:CAB) announced today it is scheduled to release fourth quarter and full fiscal year 2015 financial results before the market opens on Thursday, February 18, 2016. A conference call to discuss the results will be held at11:00 a.m. ET that same morning. The call will be…
February 2, 20160Comments

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Business Management Retail Retailer

Tierschutz: PENNY führt bundesweit Eier von Hennen mit ungekürzten Schnäbeln ein

PENNY setzt bundesweit ein klares Zeichen für mehr Tierschutz. Ab Montag (01.02.) führen die 2.200 Märkte Eier aus Bodenhaltung von Legehennen ohne gekürzte Schnäbel. Der 6er Pack kostet derzeit 1,29 Euro. Damit ist PENNY der erste Discounter, der solche Eier bundesweit anbietet. Die Branche hatte sich darauf verständigt, dass erst ab dem 1. Januar 2017…
February 2, 20160Comments

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Awards Business Management Retail Retailer

DFS, Singapore Changi Airport the first travel retail venue worldwide to receive The Whisky Ambassador’s Venue Accreditation

SINGAPORE, 2016-Feb-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — DFS Group, the world’s leading luxury travel retailer, announced today in partnership with The Whisky Ambassador and 15PL Limited that DFS, Singapore Changi Airport is the first travel retail venue worldwide to receive The Whisky Ambassador’s Venue Accreditation. The Whisky Ambassador program is the UK’s only accredited training course…
February 2, 20160Comments

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Business Convenience Stores Management Retail Retailer

U.S. convenience store count increased to 154,195 stores as of December 31, 2015

ALEXANDRIA, VA, 2016-Feb-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — The U.S. convenience store count increased to 154,195 stores as of December 31, 2015, a 0.9% increase (1,401 stores) from the year prior, according to the 2016 NACS/Nielsen Convenience Industry Store Count. [infographic] Within the retail universe that Nielsen tracks, convenience stores account for 34.2% of all outlets in…
February 2, 20160Comments

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Business Management Retail Retailer

Wegmans Food Markets alerts of fraudulent Facebook post bearing the company’s name

ROCHESTER, NY, 2016-Feb-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — Wegmans Food Markets, Inc. is alerting consumers to a scam that involves a fraudulent Facebook post bearing the company’s name. The company became aware of the scam earlier today when an employee questioned the validity of the post. The Facebook post shows the image of a Wegmans storefront with…
February 2, 20160Comments

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Management Philanthropy Retail Retailer

Fred & Lena Meijer Scholarship to increase its scholarship awards from $2,500 to $3,000 this year

Applications open for competitive scholarship now through April 1 RAND RAPIDS, Mich., 2016-Feb-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Fred & Lena Meijer Scholarship is increasing its scholarship awards from $2,500 to $3,000 this year, giving Meijer team members and their children an opportunity to put even more money toward their college education. Applications are being accepted…
February 2, 20160Comments

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Business Convenience Stores Management Retail Retailer

Russia’s largest food retailer Magnit now with 12,089 stores

Krasnodar, RUSSIA, 2016-Feb-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — PJSC “Magnit”, Russia’s largest food retailer (the “Company”; MOEX and LSE: MGNT) announces its unaudited FY 2015 results prepared in accordance with IFRS1. During 2015 the Company added (net) 2,378 stores (1,250 convenience stores, 29 hypermarkets, 58 “Magnit Family” stores and 1,041 drogerie stores) and increased its selling…
February 2, 20160Comments

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Business Financial Management Retail Retailer

Starbucks Corporation priced $500 million of 2.100% Senior Notes due 2021

SEATTLE, 2016-Feb-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) today announced that it has priced an underwritten public offering of senior notes.  The company plans to use the net proceeds from the offering of $500 million of 2.100% Senior Notes due 2021 for general corporate purposes, which may include repurchases of Starbucks common stock…
February 2, 20160Comments

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Business Food & Beverage Restaurants Retail Retailer

Starbucks to open in Trinidad and Tobago in 2016

SEATTLE, 2016-Feb-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — Starbucks Coffee Company (NASDAQ: SBUX) has announced plans to open its first location in Trinidad and Tobago in 2016, representing the company’s 16th market in the Latin America and Caribbean region. “We are proud to bring the Starbucks Experience to Trinidad and Tobago, marking a key milestone in our continued efforts…
February 2, 20160Comments

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Financial Management Retail Retailer

Co-operative Retailing System to provide start-up funding for non-profit organization Co-operatives First

Saskatoon, CANADA, 2016-Feb-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — A five-year, $5 million commitment from the Co-operative Retailing System (CRS) will provide critical start-up funding for Co-operatives First, an organization that will facilitate a new wave of co-operative development in Western Canada. As a non-profit, the newly formed Co-operatives First will work with small- to mid-size rural communities…
February 1, 20160Comments

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Business Management Retail Retailer

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) to hold extraordinary general meeting on Tuesday 8 March

Notice is hereby given of an extraordinary general meeting of H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (publ) (556042-7220) which is to be held at 4.30 pm on Tuesday 8 March at H&M, Mäster Samuelsgatan 46A, Stockholm. STOCKHOLM, Sweden, 2016-Feb-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — The purpose of the extraordinary general meeting is to consider a resolution…
February 1, 20160Comments

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Business Food & Beverage Management Retail Retailer

SSP issues Interim Management Statement for the first quarter of its financial year ending 30 September 2016

LONDON, 2016-Feb-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — SSP (“SSP” or “the Group”), a leading operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations worldwide, issues an Interim Management Statement for the first quarter of its financial year ending 30 September 2016, covering the period from 1 October to 31 December 2015. Group SSP has had a good start…
February 1, 20160Comments

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Apparel Fashion Retail Retailer

Lindex launches TOMORROW by Josefine Runquist

Gothenburg, Sweden, 2016-Feb-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — In august 2015 Lindex announced the winner for best design idea and collection amongst the graduates from Swedish School of Textiles. Now TOMORROW is being launched – an urban and stylish capusle collection designed by the winner Josefin Runquist. ”Humans are mostly moving, and I’ve created garments for that.…
February 1, 20160Comments

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Food & Beverage Management Retail Retailer

BioMar, Blue Circle Foods and Whole Foods Market to create innovative farmed fish feed In the Blue for a greener farmed Salmon

Groundbreaking salmon feed reduces wild-caught fish inputs to earn ‘Good Alternative’ rating from Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch; removes environmental contaminants to make farmed salmon healthier OSLO, Norway, and AUSTIN, Texas, 2016-Feb-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — Pioneering Norwegian fish farmers Kvarøy and Selsøyvik worked together with importer Blue Circle Foods, leading feed company BioMar and Whole…
February 1, 20160Comments

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Grocery Retail Retailer

Whole Foods Market to open store in Fayetteville, Arkansas on March 2; creating more than 100 jobs in the community

Company’s first Northwest Arkansas store to open March 2 AUSTIN, Texas, 2016-Feb-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — Whole Foods Market’s Fayetteville, Arkansas, store, set to open in March, is creating more than 100 jobs in the community. The company held a local hiring event this week and will post additional job listings in the coming weeks. Area residents…
February 1, 20160Comments

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Healthcare Marketing Retail Retailer

Rite Aid provides wellness+ with Plenti members the opportunity to earn 5,000 Plenti points during its “Big Point Event”

wellness+ with Plenti Members Can Earn Up to 5,000 Plenti Points Worth at Least $50 in Savings After Spending Up to $200 on Participating Products Camp Hill, Pa., 2016-Feb-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — Beginning Jan. 31, Rite Aid is offering its wellness+ with Plenti members the opportunity to earn 5,000 Plenti points when they spend…
February 1, 20160Comments

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Business Healthcare Management Retail Retailer

Rite Aid Corporation announces January sales results of its retail pharmacy segment

CAMP HILL, Pa., 2016-Feb-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) today announced sales results of its retail pharmacy segment for January. Monthly Sales For the four weeks ended Jan. 23, 2016, same store sales decreased 1.4 percent over the prior-year period. January front-end same store sales decreased 1.9 percent. Pharmacy same store sales, which…
February 1, 20160Comments

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Children Healthcare Management Philanthropy Retail Retailer

Price Chopper marks 14 years of partnership with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

SCHENECTADY, NY, 2016-Feb-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — Price Chopper has raised more than $153,000 from its month-long pin-up campaign and the sale of more than 8,500 plush primates for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This celebrates the 14th year the regional supermarket chain has partnered with St. Jude. “We’re proud to partner with St. Jude, in…
February 1, 20160Comments

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Healthcare Management Retail Retailer

Price Chopper to offer access to board certified doctors for the treatment of non-emergency medical issues

In-store Health Stations now offer access to board certified doctors for the treatment of non-emergency medical issues SCHENECTADY, NY, 2016-Feb-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — Marking an advancement in public access to healthcare, five of Price Chopper’s 20 freestanding health stations will be testing a new telemedicine program that allows customers to get a live, private consultation…
February 1, 20160Comments

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Management Philanthropy Retail Retailer Toys

Price Chopper: 3,000 toys collected and distributed in communities throughout New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Vermont

Additional donation of $2,500 made to Make-A-Wish Foundation Schenectady, NY, 2016-Feb-01 — /EPR Retail News/ — As part of Price Chopper and Market 32 Supermarkets’ annual Holiday Toy Drive and in partnership with The Salvation Army, more than 3,000 toys were collected and distributed in communities throughout the company’s six-state footprint, including New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New…
February 1, 20160Comments

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