Auckland, New Zealand, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today, the New World team, under the close supervision of Xanthe White, got their gardening gloves on and worked with the team at Starship to bring a petunia garden to life at the national children’s hospital.
Designed by top New Zealand landscape gardener, Xanthe White and author…
Pasay City, Philippines, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — SM Investments Corporation announced that the Philippine Rating Services Corporation (PhilRatings) assigned a rating of PRS Aaa to SMIC’s proposed bond issue of P15.0 Billion, with an over subscription option of P5.0 Billion, for a maximum aggregate amount of P20.0 Billion. The bonds are part of the…
Kum & Go announces E-15 fuel for $1.15 per gallon at four Sioux Falls-area locations on September 28
Sioux Falls, SD, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Kum & Go will offer E-15 fuel for $1.15 per gallon at four Sioux Falls-area Kum & Go locations from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday, September 28, including the following locations:
Store 620 – 412 N Sycamore Ave
Store 625 – 7100 W…
SAN FRANCISCO, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today (September 27, 2016) Levi Strauss & Co. (LS&Co.) announced it is partnering with Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, and the Project WET Foundation to provide water impact education to an estimated 1.5 million elementary school children across the U.S.
Scholastic adapted an educational program…
St. Petersburg, Russia, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Lenta, (LSE, MOEX: LNTA) one of the largest retail chains in Russia, is pleased to announce the opening of its fourth hypermarket in Volgograd.
The new store is a Lenta compact format hypermarket located at 1 Universitetskiy av., Volgograd. The store has a total area of 9,221sq.m, with…
ARLINGTON, VA, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Food Marketing Institute (FMI) earned status as an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Accredited Program Certificate Issuer for its SafeMark® Quick Reference: Food Safety for Food Handlers Certificate Program.
FMI offers SafeMark as a unique, retail-specific, food safety training program for the food retail industry and it is designed…
Toronto, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Kantar Retail, the global Retail and Shopper Specialists, in partnership with Kantar TNS, has introduced Canadian ShopperSpective, an insights solution created to provide perspective into shopper behavior and preferences in the Canadian retail market.
The platform will enable retailers and suppliers to better navigate a rapidly changing Canadian retail environment that…
BOSTON, Mass., 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Wayfair, (NYSE: W), one of the world's largest online destinations for home furnishings and décor, today (September 27, 2016) unveiled Wayfair Registry, the first wedding registry to offer endless options for every room of the house across all styles and price points. Wayfair Registry makes it easier than…
LONDON, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Pets at Home Group Plc, the UK's leading specialist retailer of pet food, accessories and services, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mike Iddon as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective from 17th October 2016. On joining the Group Mike will become an Executive Director of the…
NORTH CANTON, Ohio and PADERBORN, Germany, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Diebold Nixdorf has launched an innovative crowd storming program to help create radically new consumer services for financial institutions that want to shift the paradigm in an increasingly digital environment and reshape how they might interact with customers 10 years from now and…
Dunkin’ Donuts introduces new OREO® flavored Hot Chocolate
CANTON, MA, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — With October around the corner and thoughts turning to cooler, crisper days in many parts of the country, Dunkin’ Donuts has introduced a new hot chocolate flavor for fall sure to help sweeten the season. Beginning today and continuing through the…
MUMBAI, India, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), the global leader in omni-channel solutions, today (September 27, 2016 ) announced that it is now the first financial technology company to achieve the milestone of installing 100,000 ATM machines in India. The 100,000th NCR ATM is located at State Bank of India’s (SBI)…
WASHINGTON, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tyson Foods Inc., a Sedalia, Mo. establishment, is recalling approximately 132,520 pounds of fully cooked chicken nugget products that may be contaminated with hard plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today (Sept. 27, 2016).
The fully cooked Panko Chicken Nuggets items were…
Caviness Beef Packers recalls boneless beef trim products that may be contaminated with E. coli O103
Caviness Beef Packers recalls boneless beef trim products that may be contaminated withE. coli O103
WASHINGTON, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Caviness Beef Packers, a Hereford, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 2,100 pounds of boneless beef trim products that may be contaminated withE. coli O103, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service…
Solna, Sweden, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — ICA Gruppen’s nomination committee for the 2017 Annual General Meeting has been appointed. The Nomination Committee’s members are Claes Ottosson and Anna-Karin Liljeholm, both representing ICA-handlarnas Förbund, Annika Lundius, representing Industrivärden, and Hans Ek, representing SEB Investment Management.
ICA-handlarnas Förbund is the largest owner of ICA Gruppen, followed…
Van Heusen launches men’s dress shirt designed with adaptive technology that eliminates traditional buttons
NEW YORK, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — PVH Corp. [NYSE:PVH], the owner of the Van Heusen brand, today (Sep. 27, 2016) announced the launch of the Van Heusen men’s dress shirt designed with MagnaClickTMadaptive technology from MagnaReady LLC that eliminates traditional buttons. Shirts…
AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Lider Aliment, the SPAR Spain Partner for the provinces of Seville, Badajoz, Cordoba, Caceres and Huelva, has opened four new SPAR stores in the space of just three months. All four stores, which together total more than 1,400m2 of retail selling space, are internationally renowned for…
ALTOONA, Pa., 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sheetz, one of America's fastest-growing family-owned and operated convenience retailers, is proud to announce the launch of its Cold Brew coffee offerings, available in all stores on National Coffee Day, September 29, 2016. The launch marks a major advancement in the convenience store industry's coffee portfolio, allowing Sheetz…
Stater Bros. Charities and Inland Women Fighting Cancer to host 9th Annual Believe Walk on Sunday, October 2, 2016
San Bernardino, California, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ —
WHAT: The 9th Annual Believe Walk will take place on Sunday, October 2, 2016 in historic downtown Redlands, rain or shine. Participants will walk along a family friendly…
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif., 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — BJ’s Restaurants, Inc.(NASDAQ:BJRI) today (Sept. 27, 2016) announced the opening of its restaurant in Valley Stream, New York. The new BJ’s Restaurant opened on Monday, September 26, 2016, on a free standing pad at the Green Acres Mall. The restaurant is approximately 7,300 square feet, seats approximately…
WASHINGTON D.C., 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — At the National Association of Specialty Pharmacy (NASP) Annual Meeting & Expo in Washington D.C. today (Sept. 27, 2016), Walgreens, in collaboration with NASP and ProCE Inc., a continuing pharmacy and medical education company, announced an accredited, web-based continuing education (CE) center customized specifically for Walgreens specialty pharmacists.
As…
Starbucks and Common Ground Foundation encourage voter registration and participation during National Voter Registration Day event
Seattle, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — During a Turn Up the Vote party in Jamaica, Queens, New York, today (September 27) tens of thousands of Facebook Live viewers watched Starbucks chairman and CEO Howard Schultz and Grammy- and Academy Award-winning performer…
Tesco to launch the UK’s first ever range of mushrooms enriched with vitamin D
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Brits will soon have an easy and delicious way to heed the advice of health experts and meet their recommended daily amount of vitamin D during the winter months.
This week Tesco will exclusively launch…
SEATTLE, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon Studios today (Sep. 27, 2016) announced I Love Dick, Jean-Claude Van Johnson and The Tick have been greenlit to become Amazon Original Series. The new series will premiere exclusively on Amazon Prime Video in 2017 in the US, UK,Germany, Austria, and Japan for Amazon Prime members to watch…
M&S to donate 10% of all women’s fitness clothing and sports bra sales to the charity Breast Cancer Now
London, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — WOMEN who are regularly active are helping to protect themselves against breast cancer according to charity Breast Cancer Now, with 30 minutes of activity a day reducing the risk by at…
OKLAHOMA CITY, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ:SONC), the nation's largest chain of drive-in restaurants, today (Sep 27, 2016) announced preliminary results for its fourth fiscal quarter ended August 31, 2016.
The company estimates that system-wide same-store sales for its fourth fiscal quarter decreased approximately 2.0%. Estimated same-store sales performance reflects a decrease of…
WASHINGTON, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — The NRF Foundation announced today (September 27, 2016) that Jessica Landzberg, a senior at Washington University in St. Louis is the top recipient of its 2016 Ray Greenly Scholarship. Landzberg, the top finalist of five, was awarded the $25,000 scholarship at Shop.org’s Retail’s Digital Summit in Dallas. Landzberg…
WASHINGTON, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — The National Retail Federation welcomed the announcement today (September 27, 2016) that the House of Representatives would vote this week on a six-month delay of the Labor Department’s extreme changes to the federal overtime rules, which are currently scheduled to go into effect on December 1. NRF also said…
Merenda 6000: Immochan Portugal opens new concept of food court in Alegro Castelo Branco shopping centre
Portugal, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — The new space, called Merenda 6000, has a unique style, where all the restaurants create a common and cosmopolitan area. This unique concept is the first in the region. Merenda 6000 intends to…
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 2016-Sep-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — INDI, a Dutch supplier of technical and industrial components, has chosen Intershop Commerce Suite as the basis for its new e-business. INDI is a newly formed subsidiary of Kramp Groep BV, one of the largest and fastest growing technical wholesalers in Europe. With a strategy of selling…