NRF expects 3.6% sales increase in November and December
WASHINGTON, 2016-Oct-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — The National Retail Federation announced today it expects sales in November and December, excluding autos, gas and restaurant sales, to increase a solid 3.6 percent to $655.8 billion — significantly higher than the 10-year average of 2.5 percent and above the seven-year average of 3.4 percent since recovery began in 2009.…
Düsseldorf, Germany, 2016-Oct-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — EuroShop, The World's Leading Retail Trade Fair, from 5 to 9 March 2017 in Düsseldorf, is in as high a demand as ever among exhibitors. Especially the interest shown from abroad is very high. Even at this early stage, a good five months before the beginning of the…
ALEXANDRIA, Va., 2016-Oct-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — Convenience retailer optimism picked up sharply as sales of both in-store items and motor fuels remained strong for the first nine months of the year, according to a survey of retailers released today (10/4/2016) by the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS).
More than two in three convenience…
DUBLIN, IRELAND, 2016-Oct-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — Topaz announced it is set to invest €33 million in its retail network in 2017 creating over 200 jobs in the process.
Niall Anderton MD of Topaz and Jørn Madsen, Executive Vice-President, Central Eastern Europe and Ireland, Couche-Tard pictured at the Topaz Dealer Summit at The Lyrath Estate…
Starbucks announces the opening of its 1,000th LEED-certified store
Seattle, 2016-Oct-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — Starbucks reached a milestone with the opening of the company’s 1,000th LEED-certified store today (October 4).
In 2008, Starbucks made a commitment to build company-owned stores to meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards – a rating system that evaluates a building’s…
Brussels, Belgium, 2016-Oct-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — For many years, residents of Brussels' town centre wanted to be able to shop in a supermarket. The Saint-Honoré Carrefour Market is in the Marché aux Poulets pedestrianised area and features 800 m² of sales area over two floors. The ground floor has a large fresh produce market…
Gossau, Switzerland, 2016-Oct-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — Die Migros Ostschweiz plant, ihre Filiale Stadtbühlpark in Gossau zu modernisieren. Einen planmässigen Verlauf der Verfahren vorausgesetzt, werden die Bauarbeiten im Frühling 2017 durchgeführt.
Ziel der geplanten Umbauarbeiten in der Migros Stadtbühlpark in Gossau ist es, die Warenpräsentation zu optimieren und den Einkauf für die Kundinnen und Kunden komfortabler…