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Boston Retail Partners 2016 Merchandise Planning Survey

Survey of Leading Retailers Reveal that Planning Organizations are not Ready for Unified Commerce

Boston, MA, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — According to a new report from Boston Retail Partners (BRP), savvy retailers know their current planning tools are not capable of supporting the unified commerce environment necessary to satisfy today’s customers. According to the BRP 2016 Merchandise Planning Survey, retailers understand that merchandise needs to be available across channels, however, this makes planning exponentially more complex and challenging.

Today’s retailers wrestle with a myriad of business and IT issues as they strive for an efficient and effective omni-channel environment. The common issues include: current organization structure is not set up to plan and support an omni-channel environment, planning applications are ineffective and not integrated, and the current environment can’t support the complex analysis of the high volume of data required to optimize planning decisions and meet customer demand.

“While unified commerce is the desired model to which most retailers strive, planning organizations are struggling with the current lack of system, process and organization integration to support the necessary model,” said Gene Bornac, vice president at BRP. “The good news is that retailers recognize that there is a problem and there are a number of very good tools available to address the current planning needs. The bad news is that getting the budget and resource commitments to upgrade systems is a huge challenge.”

BRP’s 2016 Merchandise Planning Survey of top North American retailers offers insights into retailers’ current state of merchandise planning and their priorities and challenges as they strive to meet the needs of today’s omni-channel customer. Key findings from the survey include:

What are retailers doing today?

  • 71% do not have formal omni-channel demand planning processes
  • 38% plan brick-and-mortar as an individual channel
  • 44% have integrated planning teams but 86% need improvement

How can retailers overcome today’s obstacles?

  • 44% indicate that improving analytics is a top priority
  • 21% indicate that disparate systems and process challenges are the biggest planning obstacles
  • 41% plan to upgrade their omni-channel demand planning systems within two years

What integration issues are retailers facing?

  • 63% have integrated the planning organization across channels but 75% need improvement
  • 70% have integrated planning business processes across channels but 83% need improvement
  • 53% have integrated planning systems across channels but 77% need improvement

The 2016 Merchandise Planning Survey report provides retailers the following insights:

  • Understand key industry trends in merchandise planning
  • Identify how your merchandise planning capabilities and processes compare to your competition
  • Discover practical ideas and opportunities to improve your planning

To download the complete 2016 Merchandise Planning Survey, visit: https://bostonretailpartners.com/2016-merchandise-planning-survey.

The 2016 Merchandise Planning Survey sponsors include: Logility (platinum), ANT USA (gold), JustEnough (gold), TXT Retail (gold) and Island Pacific (silver).

About BRP

BRP is an innovative and independent retail management consulting firm dedicated to providing superior service and enduring value to our clients. BRP combines its consultants’ deep retail business knowledge and cross-functional capabilities to deliver superior design and implementation of strategy, technology, and process solutions. The firm’s unique combination of industry focus, knowledge-based approach, and rapid, end-to-end solution deployment helps clients to achieve their business potential. BRP’s consulting services include:

For more information on BRP, visit www.bostonretailpartners.com.

Media Inquiries:

David Naumann
916-673-7757

Source: Boston Retail Partners

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EROSKI apoya la empleabilidad de los jóvenes navarros

EROSKI apoya la empleabilidad de los jóvenes navarros
EROSKI apoya la empleabilidad de los jóvenes navarros

 

  • EROSKI ha formado, en colaboración con Fundación Nueva Gestión, a 15 jóvenes menores de 30 años del área de Pamplona y comarca como auxiliares de comercio y dependientes de carnicería y charcutería
  • La cooperativa se compromete a contratar a 13 de los participantes, dentro de su apuesta por la promoción del empleo en Navarra

ELORRIO,España, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — La Fundación Nueva Gestión y EROSKI han entregado hoy los diplomas de la Escuela Taller de Empleo DENDALAN a los 15 jóvenes participantes, que han recibido formación teórica y práctica como auxiliares de comercio y dependientes de carnicería y charcutería. EROSKI se ha comprometido a contratar a 13 de los participantes, dentro de su apuesta por la promoción del empleo en Navarra. El acto se ha celebrado esta mañana en Pamplona y ha contado con la presencia de la directora gerente del Servicio Navarro de Empleo – Nafar Lansare, Paz Fernández.

La Escuela Taller de Empleo DENDALAN tiene como objetivo mejorar la empleabilidad de los jóvenes menores de 30 años participantes, pertenecientes al área de Pamplona y comarca. La formación está basada en el método “aprender trabajando” y alterna el aprendizaje teórico con la cualificación en el trabajo con prácticas en puestos de auxiliar de comercio.

La directora de la Escuela Taller de Empleo DENDALAN, Katherine Oyarce Godoy, en nombre de Fundación Nueva Gestión ha agradecido en el acto de entrega de los diplomas la implicación de EROSKI en el programa: “Desde Fundación Nueva Gestión desarrollamos acciones con el objetivo de mejorar las posibilidades de empleabilidad de las personas con mayores dificultades de inserción laboral. La colaboración con las empresas, en este sentido, es esencial. Empresas tan relevantes en Navarra como EROSKI constituyen un apoyo que valoramos enormemente”.

“EROSKI, como cooperativa de consumo, es un proyecto colectivo volcado al consumidor y a la sociedad. Por ello, estamos comprometidos con la integración laboral de aquellos que, como los jóvenes, lo tienen más difícil. Gracias a proyectos como Dendalan avanzamos en este compromiso al tiempo que nos dotamos de personal cualificado y acreditado”, ha declarado la directora regional de Hipermercados Eroski, Anabel Zariquiegui durante la entrega de diplomas.

La Escuela Taller de Empleo Dendalan dio comienzo el pasado 1 de junio y finalizará el 30 de noviembre. La formación se ha dividido en dos grandes bloques. El primero de ellos, de tres meses de duración, y de carácter teórico y el segundo, durante los tres últimos meses, con formación práctica en centros EROSKI.

Sobre Fundación Nueva Gestión

Fundación Nueva Gestión es una entidad sin ánimo de lucro, especializada en la investigación y el análisis y que tiene como objetivo fundamental aportar conocimiento y herramientas informativas destinadas a ayudar en su actividad a las empresas, organizaciones e instituciones implicadas en el desarrollo social y económico de Navarra.

EROSKI, 45 años en Navarra

Este mes de noviembre se cumple el 45 aniversario de EROSKI en Navarra. Fue en 1971 cuando la cooperativa abrió su primer supermercado en Alsasua. Desde su llegada a Navarra EROSKI ha crecido hasta convertirse en un socio fundamental para la sostenibilidad del sector agroalimentario de la región, superando los 1.000 millones de euros en compras a proveedores navarros en los últimos cinco años.

EROSKI cuenta en Navarra con 130 establecimientos: 83 supermercados, 2 hipermercados, 17 oficinas de viajes, 3 gasolineras, 1 óptica, 2 tiendas FORUM SPORT y 21 Perfumerías iF, además del supermercado online, con servicio a domicilio en el 100% del territorio. Forman parte de la cooperativa 148.00 Socios  Cliente. EROSKI en Navarra alcanza los 1.922 trabajadores, de los que 1.077 son socios, lo que otorga a Navarra un peso muy importante dentro de la estructura cooperativa, siendo navarro una de cada ocho socios de la cooperativa matriz.

La cooperativa mantiene acuerdos de colaboración con 431 proveedores navarros, 50 de los cuales son fabricantes de marcas propias. EROSKI colabora con el Instituto Navarro de Tecnologías e Infraestructuras Agroalimentarias (INTIA) para la promoción de los productos regionales navarros bajo la marca Reyno Gourmet.

Datos de contacto con el Departamento de Comunicación:
944 158 642
comunicacion@eroski.es

Source: Eroski

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“El cliente está dispuesto a compartir información a cambio de mejores soluciones para su día a día”, Ana Cuevas, directora de Proyectos de Marketing de EROSKI

“El cliente está dispuesto a compartir información a cambio de mejores soluciones para su día a día”, Ana Cuevas, directora de Proyectos de Marketing de EROSKI
“El cliente está dispuesto a compartir información a cambio de mejores soluciones para su día a día”, Ana Cuevas, directora de Proyectos de Marketing de EROSKI

 

  • Grupo EROSKI cuenta actualmente con una base de siete millones de Socios Cliente, titulares de sus tarjetas EROSKI, CAPRABO, IF y FORUM, sumando 900.000 nuevos titulares durante el último año
  • La jornada ha explorado un nuevo marco de relación con los consumidores a partir del análisis de grandes cantidades de datos que permiten hoy las nuevas tecnologías

ELORRIO,España, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — La Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de Deusto y EROSKI han organizado esta mañana una jornada sobre las oportunidades que se abren para el sector del Gran Consumo a partir de la “inteligencia de cliente” generada por el análisis de datos compartidos con el consumidor. El acto se ha desarrollado en la sala Garate de la Universidad de Deusto.

“El procesamiento de grandes volúmenes de datos y su trasformación en conocimiento para ofrecer mejores respuestas a los clientes es hoy una importante fuente para construir nuevas ventajas competitivas en todos los sectores económicos. Estamos asistiendo a grandes avances, tanto tecnológicos como de marketing en la personalización de la relación con los clientes, lo que abre nuevas oportunidades para las empresas mejor preparadas”, ha señalado el vicedecano de Relaciones Externas y Formación Continua de la Facultad de Ingeniería y director de Programas Big Data, Alex Rayón, durante la presentación de la jornada.

“Las empresas que trabajamos en el sector del Gran Consumo, especialmente los distribuidores, tenemos ante nosotros el reto de consolidar toda la información interna y externa, la estructurada y la no estructurada y convertirla en mejores soluciones que podamos ofrecer a cada uno de nuestros clientes en su día a día”, ha indicado la directora Proyectos Estratégicos de Marketing de Grupo EROSKI, Ana Cuevas. “Hoy el cliente está dispuesto a compartir información si con ello obtiene valor, bien por un mayor ahorro en las compras que realiza, por una mejor adecuación del producto o servicio que adquiere o por una mayor identificación en valores intangibles” concreta Cuevas, y añade “A cambio nos exige cumplir un estricto código ético, más allá incluso de la sólida regulación legislativa existente, con el que en EROSKI, como cooperativa formada también por consumidores, estamos totalmente comprometidos.”

Grupo EROSKI cuenta actualmente con una base de siete millones de Socios Cliente, titulares de sus tarjetas EROSKI, CAPRABO, IF y FORUM, quienes suponen el 76% de las ventas. La elaboración de propuestas específicas para cada perfil de cliente permite a la cooperativa una mayor eficiencia y una mejor adecuación a las expectativas de sus clientes, lo que ha permitido aumentar el ahorro transferido al consumidor durante el último año hasta los 212 millones de euros.

“Las nuevas tecnologías nos permiten gestionar hoy más de 30.000 promociones cada quincena para distintos perfiles dentro de nuestra comunidad de Socios Cliente, con las marcas que cada uno prefiere y en las categorías de producto que busca. Tras el lanzamiento de EROSKI Club seguimos innovando para ofrecer nuevas propuestas de valor para nuestros Socios Cliente”, ha detallado la directora Proyectos Estratégicos de Marketing  de Grupo EROSKI.

“Científicos de los datos”, una profesión de futuro

Las oportunidades de recopilación y análisis de datos que ofrece la tecnología abren la puerta a una nueva profesión, “los científicos de los datos” en palabras del vicedecano de Relaciones Externas y Formación Continua de la Facultad de Ingeniería y director de Programas Big Data en DEUSTO.

“Una de las cuestiones clave hoy en las empresas es la gestión de talento. Más allá de las tareas de identificar, reclutar y capacitar, el reto para las empresas está en retener ese talento y cultivarlo, hacerlo crecer mediante la formación continua  porque estos perfiles son más valiosos cuando combinan el conocimiento del negocio con el dominio de la técnica”, ha explicado Alex Rayón.

En este sentido, EROSKI y la Facultad de Ingeniería de la Universidad de DEUSTO han firmado recientemente un convenio de colaboración, que promueve la transferencia de conocimiento entre ambas organizaciones. Para la cooperativa, la potenciación de las capacidades de sus equipos de personas es uno de los ejes estratégicos identificados para los próximos cuatro años. “Desde la Universidad de DEUSTO colaboramos activamente con las empresas. De hecho, contamos con un Vicedecanato para gestionar esta colaboración y apoyar el rol estratégico que está adquiriendo hoy la formación continua en las organizaciones”, ha explicado Alex Rayón.

En la jornada organizada por la Universidad de DEUSTO en colaboración con EROSKI han participado además el socio director de Dayntic Legal, Iñaki Pariente, la directora Comercial y de Marketing de Kaiku Corporación Alimentaria, Maider Ormaza, el CEO de Smartup, David Ruiz, y el director de Innovación de Grupo Versia, Félix Diez.

“Gestionar datos de clientes y elaborar perfiles de los mismos es posible siempre que tengamos en cuenta y apliquemos correctamente principios como privacy by design o privacy impact assessment” según ha puntualizado el socio director de DAYNTIC Legal, Iñaki Pariente.

“Veo un futuro fascinante para marcas y retail, y será labor de ambos conseguir que se convierta en una herramienta de alto valor añadido a largo plazo y no en una transacción a corto” ha vaticinado la directora Comercial y de Marketing de KAIKU Corporación Alimentaria, Maider Ormaza.

“La clave para sacar valor a los datos está en hacerles las preguntas correctas; si queremos extraer valor de los mismos para el retail, tendremos que diferenciarnos preguntando cómo aportarle valor al cliente de manera hipersegmentada, hasta llegar a la personalización” ha expuesto el CEO de SMARTUP, David Ruiz.

“La tecnología nos ayuda a anticiparnos a la demanda mediante las técnicas de Machine Learning. Si se nos permite la analogía: antes del Big Data conducíamos mirando al espejo retrovisor, hoy podemos anticiparnos a las sorpresas que nos depara el trazado de la realidad”, ha explicado el director de Innovación de Grupo VERSIA, Félix Diez.

Sobre la Universidad de Deusto

La Universidad de Deusto es un centro de iniciativa social con sedes en Bilbao y San Sebastián, con 130 años de experiencia y una enorme contribución al desarrollo económico, social y tecnológico.

A través de la Facultad de Ingeniería y Deustotech desarrolla investigación en áreas tecnológicas y su aplicación específica en áreas como la salud, la sostenibilidad, el transporte, la fabricación o la seguridad, contribuyendo igualmente a la promoción de nuevas empresas de base tecnológica.

La proyección internacional tanto en cuanto a proyectos como la presencia de un 15% de alumnos procedentes de más de 60 países de todo el mundo constituye otra de sus señas de identidad.

Sobre EROSKI

EROSKI es el primer grupo de distribución de carácter cooperativo de España y operador de referencia en las regiones de Galicia, País Vasco, Navarra, Cataluña y Baleares. Cuenta con una red comercial de 1.877 establecimientos, entre supermercados hipermercados y cash&carry, además de gasolineras, ópticas, oficinas de viajes, perfumerías y tiendas de equipamiento deportivo. Cuenta más de 7 millones de Socios Clientes y 33.870 socios cooperativistas y trabajadores

Aborda actualmente la definición de un nuevo plan estratégico para los próximos cuatro años en el que se marca como objetivo prioritario competir en cada uno de los mercados donde está presente, situar al Socio-Cliente en el centro de su estrategia y potenciar las capacidades de sus equipos de personas

Datos de contacto con el Departamento de Comunicación:
944 158 642
comunicacion@eroski.es

Source: Eroski

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Produce Marketing Association (PMA) and Food Marketing Institute (FMI) report “Trends in Mass-Market Floral”

Newark, Del. and Arlington, Va., 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — The mass-market floral supply chain should continue to focus on impulse floral sales and holiday floral sales, while looking to grow website, wedding and sympathy sales, according to new research commissioned by Produce Marketing Association (PMA) and Food Marketing Institute (FMI).

The report, “Trends in Mass-Market Floral,” provides a comprehensive snapshot of the U.S. mass-market floral retail business, to help companies assess their current positions and to plan their futures. The report identifies trends relating to store operations, floral offerings and services, sourcing practices and corporate floral buyer priorities. Based on that benchmarking snapshot, the report outlines a number of business growth opportunities for the next 3-5 years.

As the leading associations for food retail and global fresh produce and floral supply chain, respectively, FMI and PMA harnessed an opportunity to benefit the associations’ members across the mass-market floral supply chain.

“PMA’s Floral Council identified the need for this type of business information as a priority, to help our mass-market floral industry to be more competitive,” said PMA Floral Director Becky Roberts. “This report contains information that is useful for every link in the supply chain, from data on shrink to insight on where retailers will focus over the next 3-5 years.”

“When grocery shoppers think ‘fresh,’ they consider all the tastes and aromas associated with the meal they’re ultimately shopping for as well as the experience they’re hoping to create in their homes,” said FMI Vice President of Fresh Foods Rick Stein. “This research can help companies set the tone for the shopping trip and grow their businesses across the entire mass-market floral supply chain.”

Prince & Prince, Inc., a recognized leader in floral market research, conducted the study for PMA and FMI. The mass-market retail floral industry was last benchmarked in 2003; the mass-market floral retail industry has grown and changed considerably since then.

The report is available only to association members (member log-in required). PMA members can download the report at: www.pma.com/floral. FMI members can download the report here:  www.fmi.org/FreshFoods.

Food Marketing Institute proudly advocates on behalf of the food retail industry. FMI’s U.S. members operate nearly 40,000 retail food stores and 25,000 pharmacies, representing a combined annual sales volume of almost $770 billion. Through programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations, FMI offers resources and provides valuable benefits to more than 1,225 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world. FMI membership covers the spectrum of diverse venues where food is sold, including single owner grocery stores, large multi-store supermarket chains and mixed retail stores. For more information, visit www.fmi.org and for information regarding the FMI foundation, visit www.fmifoundation.org.

Contact:

Tel: 202-452-8444
Fax: 202-429-4519

Source: FMI

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MIGROS RUFT QUORN MOZZARELLA & PESTO SCHNITZEL ZURÜCK

Zurich, Switzerland, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Die Migros ruft das Produkt “Quorn Mozzarella & Pesto Schnitzel” (Art. Nr. 1309.038) zurück. Es befinden sich möglicherweise Glassplitter im Produkt.

Es  kann nicht ausgeschlossen werden, dass Glassplitter in das Produkt  Quorn Mozzarella & Pesto Schnitzel gelangt sind. Aus Sicherheitsgründen werden die Kunden gebeten, dieses Produkt nicht zu konsumieren. Dieser Rückruf betrifft alle Quorn Mozzarella & Pesto Schnitzel mit den Verbrauchsdaten zwischen dem 04.11.2016 und dem 30.11.2016.

Nachfolgend die detaillierten Produktinformationen:
„Quorn Mozzarella & Pesto Schnitzel“, Art. Nr. 1309.038, Preis CHF 6.50

Das Produkt kann gegen Rückerstattung des Verkaufspreises  in alle Migros-Filialen zurück gebracht werden.

Contact:
Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund
Monika Weibel
Migros-Genossenschafts-Bund
Mediensprecherin Migros
TEL: 044 277 20 63
E-MAIL: monika.weibel@mgb.ch

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MIGROS RUFT QUORN MOZZARELLA & PESTO SCHNITZEL ZURÜCK
MIGROS RUFT QUORN MOZZARELLA & PESTO SCHNITZEL ZURÜCK

 

Source: Migros

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DIE MIGROS-FACHMÄRKTE KALCHBÜHL FEIERN GEBURTSTAG

DIE MIGROS-FACHMÄRKTE KALCHBÜHL FEIERN GEBURTSTAG
DIE MIGROS-FACHMÄRKTE KALCHBÜHL FEIERN GEBURTSTAG

 

Gossau, Switzerland, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ —  Vom 24. bis 26. November feiern die Migros-Fachmärkte Chur Kalchbühl ihren 25. Geburtstag. Kundinnen und Kunden profitieren von zahlreichen attraktiven Angeboten.

Vom 24. bis 26. November herrscht im Zentrum Kalchbühl Feststimmung. Micasa, SportXX und Do it + Garden Migros begehen ihren Geburtstag mit zahlreichen Aktivitäten für die Kundschaft. Seit 25 Jahren bieten die Fachmärkte auf 3500 Quadratmetern Produkte zum Wohnen, Werken und Sport für drinnen und draussen. Über 130‘000 Kundinnen und Kunden durften die 26 Mitarbeitenden des Zentrums Kalchbühl, davon sechs Lernende, im vergangenen Jahr begrüssen. „Unsere Kundschaft schätzt, dass das Kalchbühl mit dem nahegelegenen Autobahnanschluss gut erreichbar ist und zudem ausreichend Parkplätze bietet. Ein Besuch bei uns ist auch für Kinder ein Erlebnis: Häuschen, Rutschen und Schaukeln können im Gartencenter ausprobiert werden, genau wie diverse Spielsachen in der Kinderabteilung bei Micasa“, hebt Leiter Christian Ryser die Vorzüge der Fachmärkte im Westen Churs hervor. Der 52-Jährige führt diese seit Anfang Jahr. Bei der Migros Ostschweiz ist er schon seit 35 Jahren in verschiedenen Funktionen tätig. Mit den Produkten, die im Kalchbühl angeboten werden, kann er sich auch privat identifizieren. So gehören Gartenarbeit und Fitnesstraining zu den Hobbys des Vaters zweier Kinder.

Regional verankertes Leitungsteam
Seit einem halben Jahr ist Tiziana Rothenbühler Fachleiterin im Micasa Kalchbühl. Trotz ihres jungen Alters, kennt die 25-Jährige die Migros bestens. Schon ihre Lehre absolvierte sie beim orangen M – genauer gesagt im Micasa Kalchbühl. Nach verschiedenen Stationen zwischen St.Gallen und Chur kehrte sie 2014 ins Kalchbühl zurück.
Für den SportXX und den Do it + Garden Migros im Kalchbühl ist Adrian Bernet verantwortlich. Mit ihm ist im Westen Churs ein weiterer Fachleiter an Bord, der dort schon seine Lehre absolvierte. Seit mittlerweile 23 Jahren ist er für die Migros Ostschweiz tätig, 21 davon im Kalchbühl. Der 40-jährige Detailhandelsspezialist ist auch privat gerne sportlich unterwegs. Besonders das Mountainbiking hat es ihm angetan.

Die Kundschaft profitiert
Von Freitag bis Samstag, 24. bis 26. November, wird das Jubiläum im Kalchbühl gefeiert. Die Kundinnen und Kunden dürfen sich auf folgende Aktionen und Aktivitäten der Migros-Fachmärkte freuen:

    • Fünffache Cumulus-Punkte bei Micasa, SportXX und Do it + Garden Migros
    • 10% auf das gesamte Weihnachtssortiment bei Do it + Garden Migros
    • 20% auf Beleuchtung, 10% auf alle Stühle und Tische bei Micasa
    • Ski-Aktionen von Völkl und Rossignol bei SportXX

Contact:
Migros Genossenschaft Ostschweiz
Nico Canori
Migros Genossenschaft Ostschweiz, Kommunikation / Kulturprozent / Sponsoring
Industriestrasse 47
9201 Gossau
TEL: 071 493 24 54
FAX: 071 493 27 89
E-MAIL: nico.canori@gmos.ch

Source: Migros

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Survey: 71 percent of food retailers aggressively investing in areas to improve food donations

Barriers Remain that Limit their Ability to both Donate Unsaleable Food and Recycle Food Waste 

ARLINGTON, VA, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Food Marketing Institute (FMI), a member of the Food Waste Reduction Alliance (FWRA), is proud to join with its collaborative partners in the release of the 2016 assessment of the industry’s contributions to combatting food waste.

The Analysis of U.S. Food Waste among Food Manufacturers, Retailers, and Restaurants highlights the most opportune areas for investment in the reduction, repurposing and recycling of uneaten food.  The majority of food retailers responding to the survey, 71 percent, indicated that they are aggressively investing in areas to improve food donations.

In addition to feeding hungry people, food retail respondents said they are also investing in areas related to food waste recycling (67%), food waste reduction (63%), and food waste disposal (58%). Within these investment areas, many companies noted devoting capital and employee time into improving their food waste measurement and tracking.

FMI Senior Director of Sustainability, Tax & Trade Andrew Harig said, “The assessment is a snapshot of a broader supply chain effort to mitigate the instances of waste and ultimately get more uneaten food safely into the mouths of people and animals; the analysis serves as a guidepost for the broader supply chain to divert from landfill.

“Grocery survey respondents noted that they donate 25 percent of uneaten food for human consumption; recycle 24 percent of their food waste via compositing and another 24 percent to animal feed.  We hope our industry can continue to set an example for the nation’s grocery shoppers to do their part to waste less food at home.”

FWRA has been conducting a food waste operations survey every other year since 2012 to collect information on food waste for manufacturers, retailers and wholesalers, and restaurants. The research findings help companies better understand their efforts to reduce, donate or divert food that otherwise would go to waste.

For Media:

  • Analysis of U.S. Food Waste among Food Manufacturers, Retailers, and Restaurants can be accessed here.
  • Learn more about industry solutions and best practices on food waste here

Food Marketing Institute proudly advocates on behalf of the food retail industry. FMI’s U.S. members operate nearly 40,000 retail food stores and 25,000 pharmacies, representing a combined annual sales volume of almost $770 billion. Through programs in public affairs, food safety, research, education and industry relations, FMI offers resources and provides valuable benefits to more than 1,225 food retail and wholesale member companies in the United States and around the world. FMI membership covers the spectrum of diverse venues where food is sold, including single owner grocery stores, large multi-store supermarket chains and mixed retail stores. For more information, visit www.fmi.org and for information regarding the FMI foundation, visit www.fmifoundation.org.

Contact:

Tel: 202-452-8444
Fax: 202-429-4519

Source: FMI

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State parks join organizations in helping people spend more time outdoors as they waive fees on Black Friday

Outdoor adventurers can visit park systems in 22 states for free on November 25

SEATTLE, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — As millions of adventurers choose to #OptOutside on Black Friday, several states across the country have announced their plans to waive fees to park systems on November 25. State parks join a growing number (475 to date) of corporate, nonprofit and public sector organizations that are helping people spend more time in the outdoors this holiday season, and several state, local and federal parks that are always free.

“More than 1.8 million people are planning to #OptOutside with us on Black Friday. It’s amazing to see so many park systems join in the movement to give Americans even more ways to connect with our country’s inspiring outdoor places. We are grateful for the park stewards and professionals who make the outdoor American experience so vibrant,” said Jerry Stritzke, REI’s CEO and president.

“America’s state parks are a tonic for the mind, body and spirit,” said Lewis Ledford, executive director of the National Association of State Park Directors. “These experiences can be enjoyed within a short drive from home virtually anywhere in the country.”

State park systems that are waiving fees on Black Friday include:

  • Arizona*
  • Kansas
  • Oregon
  • California*
  • Michigan
  • Vermont
  • Colorado
  • Minnesota
  • Virginia*
  • Delaware
  • Nevada*
  • Indiana
  • New Mexico

State park systems that have free basic admission every day include:

  • Arkansas
  • Missouri
  • Ohio
  • Illinois
  • Montana*
  • Pennsylvania
  • Iowa
  • North Carolina
  • Tennessee

For the past three weeks, REI has helped promote different leaders discussing the importance of building and sustaining local, state and national outdoor places. Two of these perspectives, which were featured on REI’s Co-op Journal, include:

  • Will Rogers, President and CEO of the Trust for Public Land, recently noted that in 25 of the country’s largest cities, “more than half of residents under age nineteen don’t have a place to play outdoors close to home.”
  • Martha Roskowski, vice president of Innovation at People for Bikes, also recently highlighted the importance of building cycling networks within our towns and cities, so commuting to nearby places to play outdoors is easier.

Additional information on #OptOutside, the co-op’s partners and how to join the movement is available at REI.com/opt-outside.

That National Association of State Park Directors promotes and advances the state park systems of America for their own significance, as well as for their important contributions to the nation’s environment, heritage, health and economy. Additional details are available at www.naspd.org.

*Some restrictions. Contact your state park.

About REI
REI is a specialty outdoor retailer, headquartered near Seattle. The nation’s largest consumer co-op, REI is a growing community of more than 6 million active members who expect and love the best quality gear, inspiring expert classes and trips, and outstanding customer service. REI has 149 stores in 36 states. If you can’t visit a store, you can shop at REI.com, REI.com/REI-Garage or the free REI shopping app. REI isn’t just about gear. You can take the trip of a lifetime with REI Adventures, a global leader in active adventure travel that runs 170 custom-designed itineraries on every continent. REI’s Outdoor School is run by professionally-trained, expert-instructors who teach beginner- to advanced-level courses about a wide range of activities. To build on the infrastructure that makes life outside possible, REI invests millions annually in hundreds of local and national nonprofits that create access to–and steward–the outdoor places that inspire us.

Contact:
REI Public Affairs
(253) 395-5958
prrequests@rei.com

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Starbucks® Mobile App debuts in Indonesia

Starbucks® Mobile App debuts in Indonesia
Starbucks® Mobile App debuts in Indonesia

 

  • Customers can conveniently pay for purchases, earn Stars and find nearby stores
  • The Starbucks mobile payment experience builds on a rapidly-expanding portfolio of digital innovations across the China and Asia Pacific region

JAKARTA, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Starbucks Indonesia today (November 18, 2016) announced the expansion of the company’s industry-leading digital ecosystem with the launch of Starbucks® Mobile App in Indonesia, providing a fast and convenient way for customers to pay for in-store purchases at the more than 260 stores across the market.

Building on the cashless payment system Starbucks Indonesia introduced in 2013 with Starbucks Card, Starbucks® Indonesia Mobile App for iPhone® and Android™ enables customers to quickly pay for in-store purchases by scanning the barcode linked to a registered Starbucks Card. Customers can register multiple Starbucks Cards onto their account, all of which are seamlessly linked to the Starbucks mobile app. In addition to mobile payment, the Starbucks® Indonesia Mobile App puts the latest information on Starbucks products at customers’ fingertips with an easy-to-browse menu of beverage, food and merchandise, as well as a convenient store locator.

From November 18-30, customers can celebrate the app by enjoying a complimentary Earl Grey Jelly Frappuccino® blended beverage with any beverage purchased using Starbucks® Indonesia Mobile App.

“We are pleased to introduce the Starbucks® Indonesia Mobile App to our customers, offering a fast and convenient way to pay for purchases, earn Stars, and much more,” said Roger van Tongeren, vice president, Marketing and Operations, Starbucks Indonesia. “This is the latest Starbucks innovation which aims to provide an enhanced experience and meet customers’ needs in the digital space, while continuing to provide an exceptional experience in our stores.”

Starbucks will continue to unlock business opportunities and explore new ways to connect with our customers through digital experiences such as the Starbucks® Indonesia mobile app and social media.

Key features of Starbucks Indonesia Mobile App

Starbucks Card: Conveniently pay using the virtual card with ‘Shake to Pay’ feature, top up from credit card, and track Starbucks Rewards Stars. A complete Starbucks Card management system with card registration feature, balance transfer from one card to another and view past transactions.

Store Locator: An easy way to locate the nearest Starbucks store, complete with store opening hours and amenities.

Product Information: Explore the range of beverage, food, whole bean, VIA and merchandise from the menu. Discover the latest seasonal beverages and promotions.

About PT. Sari Coffee Indonesia

PT. Sari Coffee Indonesia is made possible through the relationship between Starbucks® Coffee International and PT Mitra Adiperkasa, one of the most renowned department store and branded goods companies in the country. It is also the sole company exclusively licensed to set up and operate Starbucks® in Indonesia.

Media contact:

Global
Phone: 206 318 7100
Email: press@starbucks.com

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Rakuten becomes main sponsor of FC Barcelona from the 2017-2018 season

Rakuten becomes main sponsor of FC Barcelona from the 2017-2018 season
Rakuten becomes main sponsor of FC Barcelona from the 2017-2018 season

 

Rakuten will appear on the front of the team jersey and become the Global Innovation and Entertainment Partner for the next four seasons, starting July 1, 2017

Tokyo, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Rakuten, Inc. (TSE: 4755) today (November 16, 2016) announced it has agreed to a four-year partnership with one of the world’s most esteemed soccer clubs, FC Barcelona. The agreement will see Rakuten become FC Barcelona’s Main Global Partner and its first-ever Global Innovation and Entertainment Partner from the 2017-2018 season, with its name appearing on match-day jerseys.

The partnership will bring together one of the world’s most beloved sporting franchises with a dynamic global company leading the way in e-commerce, communications, digital content and FinTech services for consumers and businesses around the world.

The terms of the agreement were formalized today, in a ceremony at Auditorium 1899 attended by Chairman and CEO of Rakuten, Inc. Mr Hiroshi Mikitani, the President of FC Barcelona, Mr. Josep Maria Bartomeu and Vicepresident of Marketing and Media, Mr. Manel Arroyo. It will be ratified at the Club’s Extraordinary meeting of the club members to be held in the coming weeks. The contract term will start from the 2017-2018 season and extend four seasons with an option for an additional fifth season, representing a value of 55 million euros per season.

“As FC Barcelona’s Main Global Partner, Rakuten is set to power our global brand strategy and, as FCB’s first-ever Global Innovation and Entertainment Partner, we are looking to bring the collective power of our brands like Viber, Wuaki, Ebates, Kobo and PriceMinister to build an innovation framework that will deliver innovative solutions and services to fans, members and players,” said Hiroshi Mikitani, Chairman and CEO of Rakuten, Inc. “I am very excited about joining the Barça community as I have personally followed the team for decades and have long admired their unique playing style and professionalism, their commitment to success and their culture of nurturing young talent – all values we share at Rakuten.”

Josep Maria Bartomeu, President of FC Barcelona, said, “We are delighted with our agreement with Rakuten, a global brand in innovation whose experience and know-how in the fields of big data, communications and e-commerce will contribute to the future success of FC Barcelona. “This agreement puts us at the forefront of sports club sponsorships, which have always been an objective for the current Board of Directors. We hope this partnership between Rakuten and FC Barcelona brings unparalleled sporting and commercial success, and helps the club achieve its goal of being a reference point worldwide.”

As the Global Innovation and Entertainment Partner, Rakuten will support the players and delight FC Barcelona fans and members with new initiatives showcasing the company’s technological prowess in messaging, drones, e-commerce, AI and much more. These initiatives will draw on Rakuten’s global resources, including strengths in Europe across companies such as Viber, the mobile messaging and calling app; Wuaki, the video-streaming service established in Barcelona and now available in 12 countries; PriceMinister, one of France’s leading e-commerce sites; and Kobo, a global digital e-reading service now available in 12 European countries. Across the globe, Rakuten companies in Japan and the US, including the Rakuten Ichiba e-commerce marketplace, the US-based shopping cashback service Ebates and OverDrive, a distributor of eBooks to libraries, will also provide invaluable support to the partnership.

Rakuten’s Viber, the global mobile messaging and calling app, will also become FC Barcelona’s Official Communications Channel.

Rakuten’s support of professional sports teams in Japan has led to impressive results. Rakuten owns the Vissel Kobe football club, one of the leading teams in Japan’s professional J-League, and in 2004, established Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, a professional baseball team that went on to win the Japan Series in 2013.

About Rakuten
Rakuten, Inc. (TSE: 4755) is one of the world’s leading internet services companies, offering a wide variety of services for consumers and businesses with a focus on e-commerce, finance, and digital content. Since 2012, Rakuten has been ranked among the world’s ‘Top 20 Most Innovative Companies’ in Forbes magazine’s annual list. Rakuten is expanding worldwide and currently operates throughout Asia, Europe, the Americas and Oceania. Founded in 1997, Rakuten is headquartered in Tokyo, with over 12,000 employees worldwide.
For more information visit http://global.rakuten.com/corp/

About FC Barcelona
Established in 1899, FC Barcelona is one of the world’s leading football clubs, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The club has won the Spanish professional football league, La Liga, 24 times and the UEFA Champions League five times. Known affectionately as Barça, the club is owned by an association of some 145,000 supporters.

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Customers can now pickup purchases from Rakuten’s online bookstore at Lawson stores across Japan

Tokyo, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Rakuten, Inc. today (November 17, 2016) announced that it is collaborating with Lawson, Inc. on a pickup service that will allow customers to receive books, CDs, DVDs and other products purchased from Rakuten’s online bookstore, Rakuten Books, at Lawson convenience stores around Japan (11,922 stores as of the end of October 2016, excluding “Lawson Store 100” stores).

Customers who purchase products from Rakuten Books and select the convenience store pickup service as their chosen method of delivery will be able to pick up their products from their Lawson store of choice, such as a store close to their home or place of work, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with free shipping*1. Additionally, customers can also pay for their goods at the store counter*2.

Rakuten Books has been offering a convenience store pickup service known as Rakuten Books @ Convenience Store Pickup since 2008, with the goal of broadening the product delivery methods available to customers and allowing them to use Rakuten Books’ services more conveniently*3. In response to customers’ diverse pickup requirements, in 2013 Rakuten Books began offering “Asu Raku,” a next-day delivery service for certain products and regions, and in 2015 it began offering an “Asu Raku” same-day delivery service. Now, by adding Lawson stores to the coverage of the Rakuten Books @ Convenience Store Pickup service, it will be even more convenient for customers nationwide to receive their goods.

Rakuten Books will continue to strive to enhance its services in order to provide its customers with ever more convenient services.

*1 In some cases there are size and weight restrictions. It is not possible to designate the date or the time.

*2 When using a payment-on-delivery method, a 265 yen (including tax) fee will also be applied to each order.

*3 Applications to pick up goods at Circle K and Sunkus stores stopped being accepted on September 28, 2016.

Overview of Rakuten Books’ product pickup service at Lawson stores

Details of service:
– When books, CDs and DVDs are purchased at Rakuten Books, the goods can be received and paid for (265 yen fee applies, including tax) at Lawson stores nationwide
– Goods can be picked up from the store from the evening of the second day after placing the order at the earliest (one day longer than express home delivery )
– Goods will be held in-store for one week

Utilization method:
1. Order an eligible product at Rakuten Books
2. When selecting the delivery (pickup) method, specify the Lawson store where you would like to pick up your goods
3. Present the printed ticket that can be acquired by inputting the inquiry number and authentication number included in the pickup e-mail from Rakuten Books into a Loppi multimedia terminal located in a Lawson store, or display the barcode that can be acquired from the pickup e-mail at the counter in the Lawson store
4. Receive your product

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Black Friday Signed Editions offering returns to Barnes & Noble

  • Over a Half-Million Books Signed by More Than 100 Acclaimed Authors including David Baldacci, Tony Bennett, Ina Garten, Taraji P. Henson, S.E. Hinton, Megyn Kelly, Anna Kendrick, Jeff Kinney, Carli Lloyd, Jodi Picoult, Amy Schumer, Mo Willems, and Many More
  • Autographed Books Available at All Barnes & Noble Stores Beginning Black Friday, November 25

New York, New York, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today (November 16, 2016) announced the return of its customer-favorite and largest-of-its-kind Black Friday Signed Editions offering. Starting on Black Friday, November 25, every Barnes & Noble store in the country will feature a selection of autographed copies of books by more than 100 acclaimed authors, available while supplies last. More than a half-million books were signed for Barnes & Noble customers by highly acclaimed authors across many genres and interests. For more information, customers should visit www.BN.com/SignedEditions or contact their local Barnes & Noble.

“Barnes & Noble is proud to announce the return of our popular Black Friday Signed Editions program, which has grown into one of the cornerstones of our holiday offering and something our customers tell us they really love,” said Mary Amicucci, Chief Merchandising Officer at Barnes & Noble. “This is truly a combined effort between an amazing group of leading authors, the publishing community, and Barnes & Noble booksellers to give readers across the country the chance to discover a very special copy of a book by their favorite author, or to find that perfect holiday gift for a loved one.”

Barnes & Noble has been working together with authors and publishers for many months to bring this amazing Black Friday offering to customers. Top authors across a huge variety of genres and for readers of all ages have taken the time to autograph thousands of copies of their popular books to once again deliver this unique collection to Barnes & Noble readers. The list includes some of the biggest and bestselling authors across Adult, Kids, and Teen Books along with award-winning actors and TV personalities, celebrity chefs, sports stars, YouTube celebrities and more. Signed Editions will be featured on a special front-of-store display and in the Children’s Department.

The Complete List of Signed Editions at Barnes & Noble on Black Friday

Following are lists of all the Adult, Teen, Young Readers and Kids Signed Edition titles and participating authors available at Barnes & Noble on Black Friday:

Adult Fiction Signed Editions

  • The Black Prism (Lightbringer Series #1) by Brent Weeks
  • Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
  • Escape Clause (Virgil Flowers Series #9) by John Sandford
  • Faithful: A Novel by Alice Hoffman
  • A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
  • Here I Am by Jonathan Safran Foer
  • Home (Myron Bolitar Series #11) by Harlan Coben
  • I’ll Take You There by Wally Lamb
  • Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
  • The Mistletoe Secret by Richard Paul Evans
  • The Nest by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
  • Night School (Jack Reacher Series #21) by Lee Child
  • The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah
  • No Man’s Land (John Puller Series #4) by David Baldacci
  • The Obsidian Chamber (Special Agent Pendergast Series #16) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
  • Odessa Sea by Clive Cussler
  • The One Man by Andrew Gross
  • One with You (Crossfire Series #5) by Sylvia Day
  • The Rain in Portugal by Billy Collins
  • Razor Girl by Carl Hiaasen
  • Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
  • The Spy by Paulo Coelho
  • This Was a Man (Clifton Chronicles Series #7) by Jeffrey Archer
  • Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple
  • The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
  • The Universe of Us by Lang Leav
  • Winter Storms by Elin Hilderbrand
  • The Wrong Side of Goodbye (Harry Bosch Series #21) by Michael Connelly

Adult Nonfiction Signed Editions

  • 404 Not Found: A Coloring Book by The Oatmeal and Matthew Inman
  • Alton Brown: EveryDayCook by Alton Brown
  • Appetites: A Cookbook by Anthony Bourdain
  • Around the Way Girl: A Memoir by Taraji P. Henson
  • Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
  • The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown
  • The Broken Way: A Daring Path into the Abundant Life by Ann Voskamp
  • Cooking for Jeffrey: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten
  • Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance by Simone Biles
  • Danielle Walker’s Against All Grain Celebrations: A Year of Gluten-Free, Dairy-Free, and Paleo Recipes for Every Occasion by Danielle Walker
  • The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed Americaby Erik Larson
  • Forward: A Memoir by Abby Wambach
  • Franklin Barbecue: A Meat-Smoking Manifesto by Aaron Franklin, Jordan Mackay
  • The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer
  • Good Clean Fun: Misadventures in Sawdust at Offerman Woodshop by Nick Offerman
  • Good Vibrations: My Life as a Beach Boy by Mike Love with James S. Hirsch
  • Guy Fieri Family Food: 125 Real-Deal Recipes–Kitchen Tested, Home Approved by Guy Fieri
  • Hero of the Empire: The Boer War, a Daring Escape, and the Making of Winston Churchill by Candice Millard
  • In Such Good Company: Eleven Years of Laughter, Mayhem, and Fun in the Sandbox by Carol Burnett
  • Just Getting Started by Tony Bennett
  • The Keys by DJ Khaled
  • Let Me Tell You about Jasper . . .: How My Best Friend Became America’s Dog by Dana Perino
  • Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris
  • Lucky Bastard: My Life, My Dad, and the Things I’m Not Allowed to Say on TV by Joe Buck
  • Mario Batali–Big American Cookbook: 250 Favorite Recipes from Across the USA by Mario Batali
  • Nasty Galaxy by Sophia Amoruso
  • Present Over Perfect: Leaving Behind Frantic for a Simpler, More Soulful Way of Living by Shauna Niequist
  • Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
  • Settle for More by Megyn Kelly
  • Shaken: Discovering Your True Identity in the Midst of Life’s Storms by Tim Tebow, A. J. Gregory (With)
  • Si-renity: How I Stay Calm and Keep the Faith by Si Robertson
  • Skinnytaste Fast and Slow: Knockout Quick-Fix and Slow Cooker Recipes by Gina Homolkawith Heather K. Jones
  • Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries by Andy Cohen
  • Thanks for the Money: How to Use My Life Story to Become the Best Joel McHale You Can Beby Joel McHale
  • Think Better, Live Better: A Victorious Life Begins in Your Mind by Joel Osteen
  • Tippi: A Memoir by Tippi Hedren
  • Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger
  • Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick
  • What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions by Randall Munroe
  • When Nobody Was Watching: My Hard-Fought Journey to the Top of the Soccer Worldby Carli Lloyd, Wayne Coffey
  • You Gotta Want It by Jake Paul

Signed Editions for Teens

  • The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie and illustrated by Ellen Forney
  • The Book Thief (10th Anniversary Edition) by Markus Zusak
  • Calamity (Reckoners Series #3) by Brandon Sanderson
  • Children of Eden by Joey Graceffa
  • Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass Series #5) B&N Exclusive Edition by Sarah J. Maas
  • The Fever Code (Maze Runner Series #5) by James Dashner
  • Heartless by Marissa Meyer
  • Jack & Jack: You Don’t Know Jacks by Jack Gilinsky and Jack Johnson
  • The Last Star (Fifth Wave Series #3) by Rick Yancey
  • The Midnight Star (Young Elites Series #3) by Marie Lu
  • The Outsiders 50th Anniversary Edition B&N Exclusive Edition by S. E. Hinton
  • Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
  • Tales of the Peculiar by Ransom Riggs and illustrated by Andrew Davidson
  • Time of the Twins: The Story of Lex and Livia by Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner with Elizabeth Killmond-Roman and Katherine Killmond
  • A Torch Against the Night (Ember in the Ashes Series #2) by Sabaa Tahir
  • What Light by Jay Asher

Signed Editions for Young Readers

  • The Bad Beginning: Book the First (A Series of Unfortunate Events) by Lemony Snicket
  • Breakaway: Beyond the Goal by Alex Morgan
  • Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson
  • Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid Series #11) by Jeff Kinney
  • Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library (Mr. Lemoncello Series #1) by Chris Grabenstein
  • The Giver by Lois Lowry
  • The Hammer of Thor (Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard Series #2) B&N Exclusive Edition by Rick Riordan
  • Hatchet (Brian’s Saga Series #1) by Gary Paulsen
  • The Hidden Oracle (The Trials of Apollo Series #1) B&N Exclusive Edition by Rick Riordan
  • The Land of Stories: A Treasury of Classic Fairy Tales by Chris Colfer and illustrated by Brandon Dorman
  • The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster and illustrated by Jules Feiffer
  • Return to the Isle of the Lost (Descendants Series #2) B&N Exclusive Edition by Melissa de la Cruz
  • Scythe (Arc of a Scythe Series #1) by Neal Shusterman
  • Wonder B&N Exclusive Edition by R. J. Palacio

Signed Editions for Kids

  • Cara’s Kindness by Kristi Yamaguchi and illustrated by John Lee
  • If You Give a Mouse a Brownie by Laura Numeroff and illustrated by Felicia Bond
  • Naughty Mabel Sees It All by Nathan Lane, Devlin Elliot, and illustrated by Dan Krall
  • The Night Before Christmas by Jan Brett, with music by the Boston Pops, and narrated by Jim Dale
  • The Polar Express 30th Anniversary Edition by Chris Van Allsburg
  • River Rose and the Magical Lullaby by Kelly Clarkson and illustrated by Laura Hughes
  • Take Heart, My Child: A Mother’s Dream by Ainsley Earhardt and illustrated by Jaime Kim
  • Waiting Is Not Easy! (An Elephant and Piggie Book) by Mo Willems
  • We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen
  • The Wonderful Things You Will Be by Emily Winfield Martin

Behind the Scenes and More Surprises

Customers who have wondered what it’s like for an author to sign thousands of books can check out Barnes & Noble on Twitter and Instagram, and like Barnes & Noble on Facebook, or search #BNSignedEditions, to experience exclusive behind-the-scenes photos and videos of authors signing. In addition, customers can view personal video messages from select authors between now and the launch of the program on November 25. The featured behind-the-scenes authors are:

  • Anthony Bourdain (Appetites: A Cookbook)
  • Kelly Clarkson (River Rose and the Magical Lullaby)
  • Andy Cohen (Superficial: More Adventures from the Andy Cohen Diaries)
  • Jack Gilinsky and Jack Johnson (Jack & Jack: You Don’t Know Jacks)
  • Laura Numeroff (If You Give a Mouse a Brownie)
  • Mo Willems (Waiting Is Not Easy! — An Elephant and Piggie Book)

Pricing and Availability

Barnes & Noble Members save 40 percent off hardcover bestsellers (including Signed Editions of current hardcover bestsellers) and 10 percent off virtually everything else in Barnes & Noble stores throughout the year. Signed Editions will be featured on a special front-of-store display when customers walk through the doors of their local Barnes & Noble on Black Friday. For more information on the Signed Editions program, customers can visit BN.com/SignedEditions. Customers can also join the conversation on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by using the hashtag #BNSignedEditions to share recommendations, photos, wishlists and more.

About Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is a Fortune 500 company, the nation’s largest retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products.  The Company operates 638 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com).  The Nook Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store®. The NOOK Store features more than 4.5 million digital books in the US (www.nook.com), plus periodicals and comics, and offers the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through Free NOOK Reading Apps™ available for Android™, iOS® and Windows®.

General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained by visiting the Company’s corporate website at www.barnesandnobleinc.com.

Barnes & Noble®, Barnes & Noble Booksellers® and Barnes & Noble.com® are trademarks of Barnes & Noble, Inc. or its affiliates. NOOK® and the NOOK logos are trademarks of Nook Digital, LLC or its affiliates.

For more information on Barnes & Noble, follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr, and like us on Facebook. For more information on NOOK, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook.

Contacts:

Mary Ellen Keating
Senior Vice President
Corporate Communications
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Senior Director
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amcnamara@bn.com

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Barnes & Noble announces its 2016 holiday lineup of best gifts for everyone in the family

  • Stores Nationwide to Feature Special Genres and Themes for Finding the Perfect Gift for Everyone in the Family
  • Customer Favorite Black Friday Signed Editions Program Is Back and Better Than Ever with More Than 100 Participating Authors
  • Barnes & Noble Presents a Unique Assortment of Books, Toys & Games, and Gifts from the Worlds of Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

New York, New York, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today ( November 16, 2016) announced its holiday lineup of the very best gifts for everyone in the family this holiday season. Barnes & Noble stores nationwide have been specially curated to feature a selection of genres and themes to help customers discover the perfect gift for everyone on their shopping list. These categories include books in thoughtfully selected groupings such as “The People Who Entertain Us,” “Celebrated Chefs & Kitchens,” “History Makers” and many more categories that make browsing Barnes & Noble’s broad selection even easier this holiday season.

“Barnes & Noble customers are very specific in what they’re looking for, so we’ve organized our stores this holiday season to focus on key genres and themes that we know they’ll love,” said Mary Amicucci, Chief Merchandising Officer at Barnes & Noble. “The focus of our promotions is interest driven, and whether our customers are looking for a new bestseller or a book in a specific genre, our stores are set up so they can easily discover everything they’re looking for. And, of course, our expert booksellers are standing by to make sure that everyone leaves our stores with the perfect gifts this holiday season.”

The list of special genres and themes being featured in the stores include:

  • Thrillers: If you know someone with a penchant for nail-biting stories, these page-turning thrillers from David Baldacci, James Patterson, John Grisham, and more will keep them on the edge of their seats.
  • Celebrated Chefs & Kitchens: For those who can’t get enough of the kitchen, these incredible cookbooks from Ina Garten, Alton Brown, Anthony Bourdain and more will tantalize their taste buds.
  • History Makers: The past, present, and future get their due reflection with these nonfiction bestsellers, including new releases from Megyn Kelly, Bernie Sanders and Bill O’Reilly.
  • Most Entertaining Stories for Young Readers: This year’s top books for kids will be filled with exploration, possibilities, and laughter with the latest in Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series and Rick Riordan’s Magnus Chase series, a new graphic novel from bestselling author Raina Telgemeier, and a new Gravity Falls journal, brimming with secrets on every page.
  • Books Teens Want: No need to ask what teens are looking for: it’s adrenaline-fueled adventures from bestselling authors such as James Dashner and Marissa Meyer, and engrossing and unrelenting realistic tales from debut authors such as Marieke Nijkamp.
  • The People Who Entertain Us: From famed musicians Bruce Springsteen and Tony Bennett to America’s new best friends and the stars of Fixer Upper Chip and Joanna Gaines, some of the nation’s top entertainers have put pen to paper in these must-read books.
  • Stories Every Kids Should Own:  Favorite characters and new friends meet in this collection of stories sure to delight families for years to come including the return of Laura Numeroff’s Mouse in If You Give a Mouse a Brownie and the introduction of Ada Twist, Scientist, a curious child on a mission from creators Andrea Beaty and David Roberts.
  • Books That Make You Laugh Out Loud: You’ll literally LOL with these hilarious takes on everyday life from Abbi Jacobson, Nick Offerman, and other favorite comedians.
  • Sports Stories for Every Fan: Legacies, as told by the legends who lived them… works by Carli Lloyd, Muhammad Ali, Wayne Gretzky and more tell the stories behind iconic moments in sports.
  • Find Inspiration to Claim Your Destiny: Books can inspire you to be your best self and fulfill your dreams, with new titles from Joel Osteen, Steve Harvey, and many more, leading the way.
  • The Most Talked About Fandoms: Whether you already belong to a fandom or are looking for a new one to join, these featured fandoms are sure to enchant, from the worlds of Star Wars®, Marvel®, DC Comics® and more.
  • From Page to Screen: So many movies and TV shows on screen today have come from books, and the most popular ones are featured including Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them, The Girl on the Train and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.

Online Holiday Gift Guide

For a full list of featured books, and for even more great gifting options, visit Barnes & Noble’s just announced 2016 Holiday Gift Guide. It features an expansive list of books, toys, games, music, movies, unique gifts for the season, and much more that’s sure to please even the pickiest people on your list. Customers can get free shipping on orders of $25 or more placed on BN.com. In addition, Barnes & Noble Members also benefit from free express shipping on all online purchases at BN.com and receive exclusive savings offers throughout the year. The annual fee is only $25.

Customer-Favorite Black Friday Signed Editions Offering Is Back

For the third year in a row, Barnes & Noble is bringing back the fan-favorite Black Friday Signed Editions program, featuring an amazing list of acclaimed authors.  Barnes & Noble’s Black Friday Signed Editions program offers customers autographed copies of books from more than 100 celebrated authors representing a wide variety of genres and subjects, available only in Barnes & Noble stores nationwide starting on Black Friday, while supplies last. For the full list of this year’s participating authors, customers can visit www.BN.com/SignedEditions. All signed editions will be featured on a special front-of-store display when customers walk through the doors of their local Barnes & Noble on Black Friday.

Experience Harry Potter at Barnes & Noble

Fans of Harry Potter can continue to relive the magic at Barnes & Noble this holiday season with a dedicated Harry Potter experience inside all stores nationwide. Customers can shop a unique assortment of magical gifts, including the entire Harry Potter series, the new illustrated editions, apparel, accessories, toys, games, and so much more. For additional details, customers can visit their local Barnes & Noble today.

An Unbeatable Collection of Gifts at Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble features a uniquely curated gift offering this holiday season, including the hottest products in the following categories:

  • Leading Educational Toys & Games: Barnes & Noble has the hottest, must-have, high-quality educational toys and games of the season, arranged by age and interest, making it an unmatched resource for gifts to help children learn and grow.
  •  Top Tech Tools: The very best in design, making, creating and building comes to life at Barnes & Noble with products including Bloxels, Magformers, littleBits, BB-8 and more.
  • Zen & The Art of Mindfulness: Find some calm during the busy holiday season with customer-favorite gifts including Buddha Board, Lokai, and the leading selection of coloring books and artist supplies for all ages.
  • Tools for Healthy and Happy Living: Customers can stay, healthy, happy, and organized during the holidays with the hottest new tools including Garmin Fitness Trackers and the Moleskine® Smart Writing Set.
  • The Gift of Entertainment: Be the life of the party with the very best in movies, music and more. Barnes & Noble features an expanding assortment of vinyl records including new releases from Sting, Diana Krall and Sarah McLachlan, as well as the best in classic holiday movies and new blockbusters on DVD and Blu-ray.

Member Program Adds Extra Value This Holiday Season

For even greater value this holiday season, customers are invited to join the Barnes & Noble Member program. Designed for Barnes & Noble’s most loyal customers, the Barnes & Noble Membership program gives Members 40% off all hardcover bestsellers in stores every day and 10% off virtually everything else in Barnes & Noble stores throughout the year. Members also benefit from free express shipping on all online purchases at BN.com and receive exclusive savings offers throughout the year. The annual fee is only $25.

For more information on everything that’s happening at Barnes & Noble this holiday season, visit BN.com and the 2016 Holiday Gift Guide or speak with a bookseller at your local store.

About Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is a Fortune 500 company, the nation’s largest retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products.  The Company operates 638 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com).  The Nook Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store®. The NOOK Store features more than 4.5 million digital books in the US (www.nook.com), plus periodicals and comics, and offers the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through Free NOOK Reading Apps™ available for Android™, iOS® and Windows®.

General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained by visiting the Company’s corporate website at www.barnesandnobleinc.com.

Barnes & Noble®, Barnes & Noble Booksellers® and Barnes & Noble.com® are trademarks of Barnes & Noble, Inc. or its affiliates. NOOK® and the NOOK logos are trademarks of Nook Digital, LLC or its affiliates.

For more information on Barnes & Noble, follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr, and like us on Facebook. For more information on NOOK, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook.

Contacts:

Mary Ellen Keating
Senior Vice President
Corporate Communications
(212) 633-3323
mkeating@bn.com

Alan McNamara
Senior Director
Corporate Communications
(212) 633-3379
amcnamara@bn.com

Source: Barnes & Noble

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Barnes & Noble announces the most affordable NOOK ever at just $49.99

  • Full-Featured Android Tablet Offers Access to the Google Play Store, Rear and Front-Facing Cameras, Expandable Storage, NOOK Profiles, and So Much More
  • Available at Barnes & Noble Stores on Black Friday

New York, New York, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today (November 16, 2016) announced the new NOOK Tablet 7”, the Company’s most affordable NOOK ever at just $49.99. The sleek and lightweight new 7-inch device is a full-featured Android tablet with access to millions of NOOK Books®, thousands of NOOK Audiobooks®, magazines and newspapers through the NOOK Store®, as well as full access to the Google Play Store. NOOK Tablet 7” also features front and rear-facing cameras, expandable storage up to 128GB through a microSD card (sold separately), Bluetooth connectivity and a quad-core processor, all for less than $50, making it the perfect gift for everyone in the family this holiday season. The newest NOOK is available at Barnes & Noble stores starting on Black Friday, November 25.

“We’re extremely excited to introduce our most affordable NOOK ever, just in time for the holiday shopping season, so customers can give their loved ones the gift of reading forever for less,” said Fred Argir, Chief Digital Officer at Barnes & Noble. “NOOK Tablet 7” has everything that customers expect from a NOOK, but for less than $50. It truly is the perfect present for everyone in the family, providing access to millions of NOOK Books and a universe of content at an unbeatable price.”

Introducing the NOOK Tablet 7”

The NOOK Tablet 7” is Barnes & Noble’s most affordable NOOK yet, combining the NOOK experience readers love with all the tablet features they need, for the unbelievable price of just $49.99. It features front and rear-facing cameras, Bluetooth compatibility, a soft-touch back, a quad-core processor, and expandable storage space from 8GB to an additional 128GB via a microSD card (sold separately), including the ability to download most NOOK Books directly onto the microSD card. NOOK Tablet 7” runs Marshmallow (Android 6.0) and has full access to the Google Play Store, featuring millions of Android apps alongside a huge selection of games, movies and TV shows.

It also features an enhanced digital bookstore experience with B&N Readouts™, which brings the pleasures of bookstore browsing and discovery to the NOOK digital experience, and access to a growing library of NOOK Audiobooks and a huge selection of digital magazines and newspapers through the NOOK Newsstand®. NOOK Tablet 7” also supports NOOK Profiles®, enabling families to customize up to 6 profiles that turn the tablet into a personalized reading and entertainment center. Parents will appreciate the ease of setting up profiles for their children with lots of relevant kid-friendly NOOK content for them to enjoy, while managing appropriate content and access to the NOOK Store.

NOOK’s Extraordinary Reading & Entertainment Content

Customers who purchase NOOK Tablet 7” will find an impressive collection of digital content to explore from Barnes & Noble. The expansive NOOK Store’s reading and entertainment content offering includes:

  • Over 4.5 million books including bestsellers, new releases, classics and enhanced titles with special content, including more than 1 million titles priced under $5.
  • Nearly 80,000 digital audiobooks, including 9,500 free titles.
  • An extensive collection of popular comic books and graphic novels, as well as picture-perfect art, photography, travel guides and cookbook titles.
  • An expansive digital selection of best-loved children’s books – over 110,000 – including chapter books and a selection of more than 11,000 interactive picture books.
  • The NOOK Newsstand has a huge selection of the top 100 bestselling U.S. magazines available for both digital subscriptions and single copy sale, and a vast collection of thousands of newspapers and magazines.

B&N Readouts: Bookstore-Like Browsing and Free Bite-Sized Content

NOOK Tablet 7” comes equipped with B&N Readouts, an innovative feature that brings the pleasures of bookstore browsing and discovery to the NOOK digital experience.  B&N Readouts offers a daily selection of addictive quick reads that can be enjoyed anytime and anywhere on all NOOK devices including the new NOOK Tablet 7”, the Free NOOK Reading Apps™ for Android™ and iOS® devices, and at www.bn.com/readouts.

Leveraging Barnes & Noble’s vast content catalog and deep bookseller knowledge, B&N Readouts delivers compelling two-minute book excerpts as well as full articles from current issues of popular periodicals. These mobile-friendly quick reads are tailored to users’ favorite genres and subjects and optimized for sharing. A delightful tasting menu for readers of every interest, B&N Readouts is curated by Barnes & Noble’s editors to surprise and delight always-on, on-the-go customers.

Plus, through B&N Readouts, customers can join the thousands of NOOK readers on Serial Reads, Barnes & Noble’s popular program of free fiction serials through which subscribers enjoy a new book every month, delivered free in daily chapters directly to their devices. Titles are hand-picked by Barnes & Noble editors across genres and a variety of authors.

Availability, In-Store Support and Other Benefits

The NOOK Tablet 7” is available at Barnes & Noble stores starting on Black Friday, November 25.  For more details, customers can visit BN.com/NOOK or speak with a bookseller at their local Barnes & Noble.

All NOOK devices come with complimentary in-store support. NOOK customers can visit any of Barnes & Noble’s 638 stores across the country for free, personal support, including help setting up their NOOK device and organizing their library. While in-store, customers can speak with any of the Company’s expert booksellers, access free Wi-Fi and enjoy the popular Read In Store® program, which allows guests to read any book free for up to one hour per day.

About Barnes & Noble

Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS) is a Fortune 500 company, the nation’s largest retail bookseller, and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products.  The Company operates 638 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web’s premier e-commerce sites, BN.com (www.bn.com).  The Nook Digital business offers a lineup of popular NOOK® tablets and eReaders and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store®. The NOOK Store features more than 4.5 million digital books in the US (www.nook.com), plus periodicals and comics, and offers the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through Free NOOK Reading Apps™ available for Android™, iOS® and Windows®.

General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained by visiting the Company’s corporate website at www.barnesandnobleinc.com.

Barnes & Noble®, Barnes & Noble Booksellers® and Barnes & Noble.com® are trademarks of Barnes & Noble, Inc. or its affiliates. NOOK® and the NOOK logos are trademarks of Nook Digital, LLC or its affiliates.

For more information on Barnes & Noble, follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr, and like us on Facebook. For more information on NOOK, follow us on Twitter and like us on Facebook.

Contacts:

Mary Ellen Keating
Senior Vice President
Corporate Communications
(212) 633-3323
mkeating@bn.com

Alan McNamara
Senior Director
Corporate Communications
(212) 633-3379
amcnamara@bn.com

Source: Barnes & Noble

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J.Crew Group, Inc. to hold 3Q FY2016 financial results conference call on November 22, 2016

New York, New York, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — J.Crew Group, Inc. today (November 17, 2016) announced that the Company will hold a conference call to discuss its third quarter fiscal year 2016 financial results on November 22, 2016 at 4:30 pm Eastern Time. The third quarter fiscal year 2016 results press release will be issued prior to the conference call.

Investors and analysts interested in listening to the conference call are invited to dial (877) 407-3982 approximately ten minutes prior to the start of the call. The conference call will also be simultaneously webcast at www.jcrew.com. A replay of the webcast will remain available for 90 days. A replay of the conference call will be available until 11:59 p.m. ET on November 29, 2016 and can be accessed by dialing (877) 870-5176 and entering conference ID number 13650049.

To access the third quarter fiscal year 2016 press release and SEC filings, including the Company’s third quarter fiscal 2016 Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, please visit the investor relations section of the Company’s website at: www.jcrew.com.

About J.Crew Group, Inc. 

J.Crew Group, Inc. is an internationally recognized omni-channel retailer of women’s, men’s and children’s apparel, shoes and accessories. As of November 17, 2016, the Company operates 287 J.Crew retail stores, 110 Madewell stores, jcrew.com, jcrewfactory.com, the J.Crew catalog, madewell.com, the Madewell catalog, and 178 factory stores (including 35 J.Crew Mercantile stores). Additionally, certain product, press release and SEC filing information concerning the Company are available at the Company’s website http://www.jcrew.com/.

Certain statements herein are “forward-looking statements” made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements reflect the Company’s current expectations or beliefs concerning future events and actual results of operation differ materially from historical results or current expectations. Any such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including the strength of the economy, changes in the overall level of consumer spending or preferences in apparel, the performance of the Company’s products within the prevailing retail environment, trade restrictions, political or financial instability in countries where the Company’s goods are manufactured, postal rate increases, paper and printing costs, availability of suitable store locations at appropriate terms and other factors which are set forth in the Company’s Form 10-K and in all filings with the SEC made by the Company subsequent to the filing of the Form 10-K. The Company does not undertake to publicly update or revise its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Contact:

Allison Malkin
Integrated Corporate Relations
Email: investorrelations@jcrew.com
Phone: 203.682.8200

Source: J.Crew Group, Inc.

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Tiffany & Co. declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share

NEW YORK, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Board of Directors of Tiffany & Co. (NYSE: TIF) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.45 per share of Common Stock. The dividend will be paid on January 10, 2017 to shareholders of record on December 20, 2016. Future dividends are subject to declaration by the directors.

Tiffany is the internationally-renowned jeweler founded in New York in 1837. Through its subsidiaries, Tiffany & Co. manufactures products and operates TIFFANY & CO. retail stores worldwide, and also engages in direct selling through Internet, catalog and business gift operations. For additional information, please visit www.tiffany.com or call our shareholder information line at 800-TIF-0110.

Contact:
Mark L. Aaron
212-230-5301
Mark.aaron@tiffany.com

Source: Tiffany & Co.

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Dunkin’ Donuts to offer medium hot or iced espresso beverage for only $1.99 on November 23, National Espresso Day

Dunkin’ Donuts to offer medium hot or iced espresso beverage for only $1.99 on November 23, National Espresso Day
Dunkin’ Donuts to offer medium hot or iced espresso beverage for only $1.99 on November 23, National Espresso Day

 

Guests can enjoy this offer on Dunkin’ Donuts’ delicious Macchiato, Latte or Cappuccino

CANTON, MA, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Next Wednesday, November 23, isn’t just one of the busiest travel days of the year. It’s also National Espresso Day, and Dunkin’ Donuts is celebrating the holiday by making it easy for guests to keep on running through the day with an espresso beverage in hand. On November 23, participating Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants throughout the country will offer any medium hot or iced espresso beverage for the special price of only $1.99.

Dunkin’ Donuts’ menu of rich and robust espresso offerings includes Hot and Iced Macchiatos, Hot and Iced Lattes, and Cappuccinos. All Dunkin’ Donuts espresso beverages are made with 100% Rainforest Alliance Certified espresso and are sourced from the finest, high-quality Arabica beans. Dunkin’ Donuts’ Macchiatos, Lattes and Cappuccinos can be customized with a guest’s choice of dairy or sweetener.

Additionally, for the holiday season the brand is offering a sweet variety of seasonal flavors to help keep anyone dashing through their day, including new Crème Brulée Macchiatos and Lattes featuring the rich, creamy taste of crème brulée with a deep, caramelized sugar flavor. Other holiday favorites include classic Peppermint Mocha, which combines cool peppermint flavor with rich chocolate, and Salted Caramel, which offers sweet and salty notes with each delicious sip.

“With National Espresso Day coinciding with one of the most active travel days of the year, it’s the perfect time to show appreciation for our guests by making it easier to enjoy any of our signature espresso beverages,” said Chris Fuqua, Dunkin’ Donuts’ Senior Vice President of Brand Marketing, Global Consumer Insights and Product Innovation. “We welcome everyone to celebrate National Espresso Day with a medium hot or iced espresso beverage for the special price of only $1.99, and we look forward to helping our guests stay energized with our full espresso lineup throughout the busy weeks ahead.”

To learn more about Dunkin’ Donuts, visit www.DunkinDonuts.com or follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/DunkinDonuts), Instagram (www.instagram.com/DunkinDonuts) and Twitter (www.twitter.com/DunkinDonuts).

About Dunkin’ Donuts

Founded in 1950, Dunkin’ Donuts is America’s favorite all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods. Dunkin’ Donuts is a market leader in the hot regular/decaf/flavored coffee, iced coffee, donut, bagel and muffin categories. Dunkin’ Donuts has earned a No. 1 ranking for customer loyalty in the coffee category by Brand Keys for 10 years running. The company has more than 12,000 restaurants in 45 countries worldwide. Based in Canton, Mass., Dunkin’ Donuts is part of the Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN) family of companies. For more information, visit www.DunkinDonuts.com.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Justin Drake
Phone: 781-737-5200
Email: justin.drake@dunkinbrands.com

Source: Dunkin’ Donuts

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Lloyd Center invites families touched by ASD on November 20 to celebrate “Sensory Santa” Photo Event

Lloyd Center to Host ‘Sensory Santa’ Holiday Photo Event for Children with Autism

Portland, OR, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Considering approximately three to six children out of every 1,000 have been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), it can be difficult for families of children with autism to enjoy some of the holiday celebrations and traditions most people take for granted, including simple things like sitting on Santa’s lap in a busy shopping mall.

That is why families touched by ASD are invited to Lloyd Center on November 20 from 8:30 am – 10:30 am this season to celebrate “Sensory Santa,” an event that caters to children with autism and allows them to enjoy one of the holiday’s joyous memories – sitting on Santa’s lap.

For the event, the Santa area will become “sensory friendly,” meaning the lights and music will be turned down, staff will be instructed to avoid loud, distracting movements, and the mall will be closed to shoppers. Lloyd Center in partnership with Worldwide Photography will also provide each family that attends with a photo keepsake to commemorate the holiday season.

“We wanted to create an event that celebrates the spirit of the holiday season and brings a small, but memorable part of the holiday season to families with autism,” said Ann Grimmer, Marketing Director, Lloyd Center. “‘Sensory Santa’ will allow these children to experience the same enjoyment with Santa, but in a much calmer, less intimidating environment.”

About Lloyd Center

Lloyd Center is anchored by Macy’s, and Sears and is located at the corner of 9th and Multnomah.  It features over 200 specialty shops, a food court and an indoor ice skating rink.  Lloyd Center is open from Monday through Saturday from 10:00 am – 9:00 pm and Sunday from 11:00 am – 6:00 pm.  Lloyd Center is owned and managed by a Cypress Equities company.

Contact:

Phone: 503-528-8515
Fax: 503-280-9407

Source: Lloyd Center

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Lloyd Center re-opens the newly remodeled Lloyd Center Ice

LLOYD CENTER TO CONDUCT GRAND REOPENING OF ICE RINK

PORTLAND, Ore., 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Lloyd Center is hosting a ribbon cutting ceremony to re-open the newly remodeled Lloyd Center Ice.

Lloyd Center Ice has been under construction for approximately one year, and is almost ready to be unveiled to Portland! This famous ice rink has been reconfigured and upgraded as part of Lloyd Center’s comprehensive renovation program. It is now a more traditional oval design and has been shifted to the east, becoming the central attraction of the newly revamped Center Court. Lloyd Center Ice is visible from all three levels of the shopping center where balconies overlook from three concentric oval cut-outs in the floor plan. The existing chalet has been reworked, too. The original ice-making equipment related to the rink dates back to the opening of the mall and has been upgraded to new, energy-efficient technology for optimal efficiency.

The rink will officially open to the public on November 17, 2016, just in time for the holidays. In celebration of this momentous occasion, Lloyd Center will host an official ribbon cutting ceremony at 9:00 am. Lloyd Center management has also arranged for a 50-foot Christmas tree to be placed in the middle of the ice rink for the holiday season, as well as magical indoor snowfalls to make the skating experience truly memorable.

“We are excited to celebrate this moment with Portland,” states Robert Dye, general manager of Lloyd Center.  A tremendous amount of work has been dedicated to restoring this classical element of Lloyd Center’s history.  It is truly Lloyd Center’s centerpiece!”

The ribbon-cutting ceremony will showcase a few performances as well as light refreshments.  It is open to the general public.

About Lloyd Center

Lloyd Center is anchored by Macy’s and Sears and is located at the corner of Ninth Avenue and Multnomah Street in Portland’s northeast side.  It features more than 150 specialty shops, a food court and an indoor ice skating rink.  Lloyd Center is open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 am – 9:00 pm and Sunday from 11:00 am – 6:00 pm.

Contact:

Phone: 503-528-8515
Fax: 503-280-9407

Source: Lloyd Center

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Accenture book The Fluid Consumer, by Teo Correia: Consumer packaged goods companies must re-focus on consumer rather than goods

Accenture book The Fluid Consumer, by Teo Correia: Consumer packaged goods companies must re-focus on consumer rather than goods
Accenture book The Fluid Consumer, by Teo Correia: Consumer packaged goods companies must re-focus on consumer rather than goods

 

NEW YORK, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies must re-focus on the consumer rather than goods, according to a new book from Accenture entitled The Fluid Consumer, by Teo Correia.

Accenture estimates that the consumer goods industry will grow by as much as US$700 billion globally by 2020, with much of this growth coming from beyond familiar brands. To capture a share of this growth, CPG companies need to exceed the expectations of today’s consumers, providing them with a new set of experiences for each brand, enabled by new agile and competitive ways of running their businesses.

“Digital disruption has created new, fluid consumers who have different expectations and demands for faster and easier choices,” said Teo Correia, a senior managing director at Accenture. “They are more difficult to predict, finely segmented, more technology savvy, and are increasingly favoring engaging brands with excellent shopping experiences. To win their loyalty, it is imperative for consumer goods companies to reinvent how they interact with consumers, using digital technologies.”

The Fluid Consumer explores how digital technologies are driving profound shifts in consumer behavior. New levels of consumer empowerment are being enabled by smarter technologies, which have changed how consumers choose and make purchases. The book identifies the key characteristics of today’s consumers, who use mobile digital technologies to flow easily between different types of transactions and channels at any time and in any place. Today’s consumers are more informed and will review, compare, consult and contrast purchase activity at any time in nearly any location, making digital and social influence important and trustworthy sources.

“This book dissects and explains one of the most pressing issues of the digital age – engaging the distracted consumer. The Fluid Consumer can help leaders in the consumer goods industry understand how to build competitive advantage in a world of easy access, where consumer attention is the new scarce resource,” said Sangeet Paul Choudary, author and co-chair of the MIT Platform Strategy Summit.

The Fluid Consumer provides a new model for digital branding and a new framework to help CPG companies position themselves for growth. The book outlines how CPG companies need to assess their brand through the eyes of the fluid consumer. Brands are given guidance find the right place and profile for their brands, where to prioritize spending, and how to boost their agility to compete.

“Digital technologies allow CPG companies to put the consumer first, so leading the engagement with the Fluid Consumer in any given category is a real source of competitive advantage and can allow brands to regain the consumers’ trust, not only relative to other brand owners but also ensuring increased channel power,” said John Zealley, senior managing director, Consumer Goods & Services, Accenture. “However, to secure this position, CPG companies also need to re-invent the way they operate their business, giving them the agility and economic headroom to capture the new value creation opportunities on offer.”

About the Author 
Teo Correia is a senior managing director at Accenture, serving global clients and leading Accenture’s Consumer Tech initiative. Teo has more than 28 years of experience in the consumer goods industry, with expertise in sales and marketing, and branding, helping clients transform their businesses.

About Accenture
Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions – underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network – Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With approximately 384,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com.

Contact:

Caroline Douglas
Accenture
+ 35 3 87 680 0074
caroline.douglas@accenture.com

Source: Accenture

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Nordstrom Rack to open at Vintage Oaks Shopping Center in Novato, California in spring 2017

SEATTLE, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Seattle-based Nordstrom, Inc. (NYSE: JWN) announced today (Nov. 18, 2016) plans to open Nordstrom Rack at Vintage Oaks Shopping Center in Novato, California. The approximately 39,000-square-foot store is scheduled to open in spring 2017. The shopping center is owned by James Campbell Company, LLC of Hawai’i, and is leased and managed by Crosspoint Realty Services, Inc., of San Francisco.

When the new store opens, it will be the eighteenth Rack in Northern California and the first in Marin County.

“We’ve served customers in Marin County for over 30 years with our full line store at Corte Madera, and we’ve long been eager to find the right location to add a Nordstrom Rack,” said Geevy Thomas, president of Nordstrom Rack. “We’re excited to get our doors open at Vintage Oaks and bring great brands at great Rack prices to our new and existing customers here.”

Nordstrom Rack will take over the building formerly occupied by The Sports Authority, and join Costco, Target, Marshalls, Ross, DSW, Old Navy, Ann Taylor Loft, Sephora and more. Vintage Oaks is conveniently located just off of Highway 101 at the intersection of Rowland Boulevard and Vintage Way.

“We are excited this day has finally arrived,” said Kathleen Burgi-Sandell, Retail Vice President for James Campbell Company. “Nordstrom Rack has been in our sights for many years, and we are fortunate to finally have an ideal location for them in the shopping center.”

Nordstrom Rack is the off-price retail division of Nordstrom, Inc., offering customers a wide selection of on-trend apparel, accessories and shoes at an everyday savings of 30 to 70 percent off regular prices. The Rack carries merchandise from Nordstrom stores and Nordstrom.com, as well as specially purchased items from many of the top brands sold at Nordstrom. The Rack is designed to provide the ultimate treasure hunt to style-savvy customers.

About Nordstrom
Nordstrom, Inc. is a leading fashion specialty retailer based in the U.S. Founded in 1901 as a shoe store in Seattle, today Nordstrom operates 348 stores in 40 states, including 123 full-line stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico; 215 Nordstrom Rack stores; two Jeffrey boutiques; and two clearance stores. Additionally, customers are served online through Nordstrom.com, Nordstromrack.com and HauteLook. The company also owns Trunk Club, a personalized clothing service serving customers online at TrunkClub.com and its six clubhouses. Nordstrom, Inc.’s common stock is publicly traded on the NYSEunder the symbol JWN.

About Vintage Oaks
Vintage Oaks is a 620,000 sf super-regional open-air center located in Novato, Marin County, California; 30 miles north of San Francisco.  It is home to over 50 stores, restaurants and services; a true one-stop shopping destination.  Rack’s new neighbors include Costco, Target, Marshalls, DSW, Sephora, Petco, and In ‘n Out Burger.  www.shopvintageoaks.com

About James Campbell Company, LLC
James Campbell Company LLC is a private, Hawai’i-based, nationally diversified real estate company with assets in Washington, D.C., and 15 states across the U.S.  The portfolio is valued at $3.0 billion and totals 19.9 million square feet of buildings, 9.9 million square feet of ground leases, and 3,052 acres of land.  In 2007, James Campbell Company succeeded the Estate of James Campbell, a 107-year-old private trust that was the legacy of one of Hawai’i’s foremost business pioneers. The Estate played a pivotal role in Hawai’i’s history, from the growth of sugar plantations to the development of the City of Kapolei in western Oahu.

About Crosspoint Realty Services, Inc.
Crosspoint Realty Services, Inc., is a leasing-driven property management company.  Operating a portfolio of 6.0M square feet of high-quality shopping center assets throughout California, the boutique company’s clients are a collection of institutional and private owners focused on long-term retail development.

MEDIA CONTACT:
Jessica Canfield
Nordstrom, Inc.
(206) 303-4250
jessica.canfield@nordstrom.com

Kathy DeOchoa
Crosspoint Realty Services, Inc.
(415) 897-9999
KDeOchoa@crosspointrealty.com

SOURCE: Nordstrom, Inc.

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The winners of the 2016 MAPIC Awards revealed

Cannes, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — The winners of the 2016 MAPIC Awards were revealed tonight (17 November 2016) at the awards ceremony held in Cannes, France.

Organised by Reed MIDEM, MAPIC – the International Retail Property Market – is currently being held in Cannes from 16 to 18 November.

The winners of the MAPIC Awards 2016 are:

RETAILER OF THE YEAR

Tesla – USA

BEST RETAIL GLOBAL EXPANSION

Rituals… – The Netherlands
BEST NEW RETAIL CONCEPT

Zing pop culture – France

BEST RETAIL STORE DESIGN

El Palacio de Hierro – Mexico City, Mexico
Submitted by Gensler / TPG

BEST RETAILTAINMENT CONCEPT

Samsung 837– USA

BEST O2O STRATEGY

NEINVER Omnichannel Strategy– Spain

BEST POP UP SHOP

24 Hour Ejder Club – London, United Kingdom
Submitted by Appear Here

BEST NEW SHOPPING CENTRE

Il Centro – Milan, Italy
Architect: Design International, MDL
Developer: Finiper S.p.A

Wuhan Mall City – Wuhan, China
Architects: JS design, J&A design
Developer: Hubei Hengxindelong Industry Company

BEST OUTLET CENTRE

Outlet Village Belaya Dacha – Moscow, Russia
Architect: HYDEA
Developer: Hines International Inc.

BEST RETAIL URBAN PROJECT

Les Docks Village – Marseille, France
Architect: 5+1AA Alfonso Femia
Developer: Constructa Urban Systems
Other: JP Morgan Asset Management

BEST FUTURA SHOPPING CENTRE

Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore– Singapore
Architects: Safdie Architects, Benoy and  RSP
Developer : Jewel Changi Airport Devt Pte Ltd (A joint venture company between Changi Airport Group and CapitaLand)

SPECIAL JURY AWARD

Westfield World Trade Center – New York, USA
Architects: Santiago Calatrava LLC (architect of the Oculus) other elements of the World Trade Center campus were designed by other architects
Developer: Westfield Corporation (Developer and Operator of the retail premises at the World Trade Center campus)
Other: World Trade Center transportation hub facilities (located within the Oculus) controlled / operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

MARC GOGUET, President & Founder, PROCOS

INDUSTRY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

MICHEL PAZOUMIAN, Délégué Général, PROCOS

100 YEARS OF SUCCESS & INNOVATION

Etam
Laurent Milchior, Co-Gérant, Groupe Etam

Chaired by Tom Meager, Group Director of Property, Primark (UK), the MAPIC Awards jury is comprised of 12 influential personalities from the sector:

Alain BOUTIGNY, Editor in Chief, Sites Commerciaux (France)
Thomas DEVONSHIRE-GRIFFIN, Managing Director Russia and CIS, JLL (Russia)
Edoardo FAVRO, CEO, Gallerie Commerciali Italia (Italy)
Barry HUGHES, Senior Vice President, HOK (UK)
Frédéric LALOUM, General Manager Leasing & Member of the Executive Board, Altarea Commerce (France)
Mayte LEGEAY, Country Head Neinver France & Business Development Director, Neinver (France)
Sam POLESE, Executive Vice President, Thor Equities (USA)
John SCOTT, Director of International Business Development, Debenhams (UK)
Klaus STRIEBICH, Managing Director Leasing, ECE Projektmanagement (Germany)
Justin TAYLOR, Head of EMEA Retail, Cushman & Wakefield LLP (UK)
Frank VERSCHELLE, President & CEO, Advantail (France)

For more information on MAPIC Awards, click here.

Check out the MAPIC Awards projects’ pictures here.

For more information on MAPIC 2016, visit our pressroom

About Reed MIDEM:
Founded in 1963, Reed MIDEM is an organiser of professional, international markets that are essential business platforms for key players in the sectors concerned. These sectors are MIPTV, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, MIP CANCUN and MIPJUNIOR for the television and digital content industries, MIDEM for music professionals, MIPIM, MIPIM Asia Summit, MIPIM UK, and MIPIM Japan for the real estate industry and MAPIC, MAPIC China Summit in Shanghai and MAPIC Italy in Milan for the retail real estate sector.

About Reed Exhibitions:
Reed MIDEM is a division of Reed Exhibitions, the world’s leading event organiser, with over 500 events in 43 countries. In 2015 Reed brought together over seven million active professionals from around the world generating billions of dollars in business. Today Reed events are held throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa and organised by 41 fully-staffed offices. Reed Exhibitions serves 43 industry sectors with trade and consumer events. It is part of the RELX Group plc, a world-leading provider of information solutions and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. www.reedexpo.com

For more information, please contact:
My-Lan CAO
Press Director
Tel.: +33 (0)1 79 71 95 44
mylan.cao@reedmidem.com 

 

Constance Garcia
Press Manager
Tel: +33 (0) 1 79 71 95 46
jessica.whyte@reedmidem.com

Source: MAPIC

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India Retail Forum joins Reed Exhibitions’s portfolio of retail real estate events

Cannes, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Reed Exhibitions (RX) today (November 16, 2016) announces that India Retail Forum (IRF), a premier event serving the Indian retail real estate market and its satellite events; the Shopping Centre Forum and the Regional Retail Forums (collectively the IRF Portfolio) will join RX’s growing portfolio of retail real estate events.

This deal signifies a commitment from MAPIC to the Indian market and to continue to grow and develop leading retail real estate events around the globe. IRF will leverage the global sector expertise and delegate network of Reed Exhibitions’ established MAPIC retail real estate portfolio of events.

IRF will continue to be managed under the expert leadership of Amitabh Taneja, founder of IRF, who has a wealth of industry knowledge and key relationships with customers and stakeholders. IRF’s founder will join Reed Exhibitions, continuing his role by directing IRF events as Chief Convener in India.

Commenting on the deal, Michael Mandl, CEO for Reed Exhibitions India said “This is a very exciting development.  Amitabh Taneja brings over 20 years’ experience and will continue to lead the IRF portfolio with full support from Reed Exhibitions. Amitabh has built up a strong business in India and his experience and knowledge of the India retail real estate market combined with Reed Exhibitions’ global reach will be a great collaborative partnership.  Together we will ensure continuity and growth for customers and the brand.”

IRF will join MAPIC’s growing portfolio of retail real estate events that includes MAPIC in France, Italy, China and REX in Russia.

“Reed MIDEM is delighted to be associated with our sister company Reed Exhibitions India in the acquisition of IRF,” notes Filippo Rean, Head of Reed MIDEM’s Real Estate Division, organizer of the internationally-renowned retail and real estate tradeshows MAPIC and MIPIM. “MAPIC’s international reach, combined with the expertise of Reed Exhibitions India and of the IRF team, will help develop IRF into a regional platform for retail real estate professionals and international retailers to source business opportunities, partnerships and retail locations in the dynamic and growing Indian market,” he added.

Commenting on this partnership with MAPIC, Amitabh Taneja, CEO Images Multimedia Group said: “IRF has been the premier meeting place for the retail real estate sector in India for more than a decade and is instrumental in driving /facilitating growth in the sector. MAPIC’s 20-plus years as one of the world’s most important retail property events have given it tremendous inroads into the global retail and retail property markets. Over 8,000 participants every year generate a wealth of innovation, insights and intelligence that can potentially revolutionise retail in India — the world’s fastest growing major market. Through the partnership with MAPIC, IRF will reinforce its mission of catalysing the Indian consumption and retail space with best-in-class global insights.”

Watch the exclusive video of Nathalie Depetro, Director of MAPIC, announcing that IRF will join Reed Exhibitions’s portfolio.

About Reed Exhibitions
Reed Exhibitions is the world’s leading event organizer, with over 500 events in 30 countries. In 2015 Reed brought together over seven million event participants from around the world generating billions of dollars in business. Today Reed events are held throughout the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa and organised by 40 fully staffed offices. Reed Exhibitions serves 43 industry sectors with trade and consumer events. It is part of the RELX Group plc, a world-leading provider of information solutions for professional customers across industries. www.reedexpo.com

About Reed MIDEM / MAPIC
Reed MIDEM, a subsidiary of Reed Exhibitions is a leading organiser of professional, international markets that are essential business platforms for key players in the sectors concerned. These sectors are MIPTV, MIPDOC, MIPCOM, MIP CANCUN and MIPJUNIOR for the television and digital content industries, MIDEM for music professionals, MIPIM, MIPIM Asia Summit, MIPIM UK, and MIPIM Japan for the real estate industry and MAPIC, MAPIC China Summit in Shanghai and MAPIC Italy in Milan for the retail real estate sector. MAPIC – the leading international retail property market, celebrating its 22nd anniversary in 2016, has become the major industry event gathering 8,000+ international participants, including over 2,000 retailers for 3 days of exhibition, conferences and networking events targeting all types of retail property: city and shopping centres, factory outlets, leisure areas and transit zones.

About RELX Group
RELX Group is a world‐leading provider of information and analytics for professional and business customers across industries. The group serves customers in more than 180 countries and has offices in about 40 countries. It employs approximately 30,000 people of whom half are in North America. RELX PLC is a London listed holding company which owns 52.9% of RELX Group. RELX NV is an Amsterdam listed holding company which owns 47.1% of RELX Group. The shares are traded on the London, Amsterdam and New York Stock Exchanges using the following ticker symbols: London: REL; Amsterdam: REN; New York: RELX and RENX.

*Note: Current market capitalisation can be found at http://www.relx.com/investorcentre

About India Retail Forum
Launched in 2003, the mission of India Retail Forum (IRF) is to be the RETAIL CATALYST connecting businesses, people, knowledge and ideas for the profitable growth of modern retail in India. Since its launch, IRF has actualized this mission by becoming the premier knowledge and networking platform for India’s vast, multi-dimensional and multi-hued retail industry. Every year, the mega confluence brings together the most successful and influential retail visionaries, consumer and retail experts and the industry’s powerful decision makers on one mega platform as a means to retail enlightenment. Unprecedented consumer insights, retailing innovations and path-breaking retail technologies coalesce at every rendezvous to transform India’s retail ecosystem. IRF presents the most comprehensive opportunities for retailers, consumer-facing businesses and support organisations to intelligently navigate the changing marketplace dynamics, and capitalise on emerging consumer expectations and aspirations. A world-class environment houses a 360-degree format of Conference, Workshops, Zoned Exhibitions and the annual IMAGES Retail Awards ceremony. In 2015, IRF added an innovation in the form of India Omnichannel Forum, a concurrent event that focusses on the digitisation of retail in the post-technology world, and gets retailers and retail support businesses together to optimise new opportunities in the internet age.

For more information, please contact:
My-Lan CAO
Press Director
Tel.: +33 (0)1 79 71 95 44
mylan.cao@reedmidem.com 

Constance Garcia
Press Manager
Tel: +33 (0) 1 79 71 95 46
jessica.whyte@reedmidem.com

Source: MAPIC
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NCR selected to take over the complete operations of German Sparkasse Jena’s ATM network

NCR achieves 99 percent availability and provides real-time health information via the NCR Pulse Banking app

Augsburg, 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR), a leader in omni-channel solutions, will take over the complete operations of the ATM network of Sparkasse Jena in July 2017. This is an expansion of the existing managed services agreement covering incident and cash management, which has been in place since July 2016. This is first time that NCR’s Pulse Banking app, which displays the operating status of the self-service device network in real time, will be used for operation management at a financial institution in Germany.

NCR was selected in the course of a modernization project during which Sparkasse Jena replaced the Microsoft Windows XP operating system throughout the self-service device network. Sparkasse Jena took advantage of this technology renewal to re-visit their overall business strategy and re-focus their staff to support the savings bank’s core business activities.

Sparkasse Jena had already commissioned a cash-in-transit (CiT) company with cash logistics and cash management in 2013. When around 100 self-service systems had to be replaced in 2016, the bank decided to place the maintenance and operational responsibility for their ATM network as well as the management of the CiT company, in the hands of a single service provider. The decision was made in favor of NCR’s managed services model. NCR’s APTRA Opticash solution is being used by NCR’s Cash Analysts to cost effectively manage cash demand. NCR’s managed services implementation saw a smooth transition from the on-going operations and in only three months after beginning the service agreement NCR was achieving 99 percent ATM availability.

“It was a very ambitious project, with a tight implementation time,” explains Mike Neubert, department manager operations at Sparkasse Jena. “We knew NCR as a reliable partner from a previous migration project. NCR had already proved itself as a project partner at that time and did again in the new tender. Both sides learned and adapted quickly and we both will benefit from the insights in future projects. ”

NCR Pulse Banking app is being used for the first time in Germany at Sparkasse Jena. The app, which is unique in the financial industry, combines the various data sent from the ATM network and presents it graphically on a mobile device. NCR Pulse Banking includes real-time, high-level network performance analytics, as well as detailed incident management data, geographic status display and system status alerts. In the event of a malfunction, the NCR team can immediately identify the issue and resolve it quickly. Sparkasse Jena is considering making the status information available to their customers at a later stage, enabling them to always find the nearest functioning ATM.

“NCR has one of the most experienced service teams in the world: every three seconds we receive a service notification, and every six seconds our technicians make a service call,” said Wolfgang Kneilmann, Vice President Financial Services DACH, CEA and Russia at NCR. “In the project, we were able to demonstrate the full range of our experience and expertise as well as our customer orientation. Entrusting the entire operation lead in our hands is a huge vote of confidence that we are very proud of.”

About NCR Corporation
NCR Corporation (NYSE: NCR) is a leader in omni-channel solutions, turning everyday interactions with businesses into exceptional experiences. With its software, hardware and portfolio of services, NCR enables more than 550 million transactions daily across retail, financial, travel, hospitality, telecom and technology, and small business. NCR solutions run the everyday transactions that make your life easier.

NCR is headquartered in Duluth, Georgia with over 30,000 employees and does business in 180 countries. NCR is a trademark of NCR Corporation in the United States and other countries.

Web site: www.ncr.com
Twitter: @NCRCorporation
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ncrcorp
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/ncr-corporation
YouTube: www.youtube.com/user/ncrcorporation

News Media Contacts:
Ortrud Wenzel
NCR Corporation
+49 821 405 8191
ortrud.wenzel@ncr.com

Source: NCR Corporation

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The Children’s Place, Inc. declares quarterly dividend of $0.20 per share

Company Has Returned Over $747 Million to Shareholders Since 2009

SECAUCUS, N.J., 2016-Nov-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Children’s Place, Inc.(Nasdaq:PLCE), the largest pure-play children’s specialty apparel retailer in North America, today (Nov. 17, 2016) announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend.

Jane Elfers, President and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “We delivered another outstanding quarter and the continuation of our quarterly dividend is a further reflection of our confidence in our ability to execute on our strategic initiatives and our continuing commitment to return excess capital to shareholders. The Children’s Place has a profitable business model which generates strong cash flow. Since 2009, we have returned over $747 million to shareholders through dividends and share repurchases.”

The Board declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.20 per share to be paid January 5, 2017 to shareholders of record at the close of business on December 17, 2016.  Future declarations of quarterly dividends and the establishment of future record and payment dates are subject to approval by the Company’s Board of Directors based on a number of factors, including business and market conditions, the Company’s future financial performance and other investment priorities.

About The Children’s Place, Inc.
The Children’s Place is the largest pure-play children’s specialty apparel retailer in North America.  The Company designs, contracts to manufacture, sells at retail and wholesale, and licenses to sell fashionable, high-quality merchandise at value prices, primarily under the proprietary “The Children’s Place,” “Place” and “Baby Place” brand names.  As of October 29, 2016, the Company operated 1,061 stores in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico, an online store at www.childrensplace.com, and had 139 international points of distribution open and operated by its 6 franchise partners in 17 countries.

Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including but not limited to statements relating to the Company’s strategic initiatives and adjusted net income per diluted share.  Forward-looking statements typically are identified by use of terms such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “plan,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate” and similar words, although some forward-looking statements are expressed differently.  These forward-looking statements are based upon the Company’s current expectations and assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and performance to differ materially. Some of these risks and uncertainties are described in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including in the “Risk Factors” section of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 30, 2016. Included among the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and performance to differ materially are the risk that the Company will be unsuccessful in gauging fashion trends and changing consumer preferences, the risks resulting from the highly competitive nature of the Company’s business and its dependence on consumer spending patterns, which may be affected by weakness in the economy that continues to affect the Company’s target customer, the risk that the Company’s strategic initiatives to increase sales and margin are delayed or do not result in anticipated improvements, the risk of delays, interruptions and disruptions in the Company’s global supply chain, including resulting from foreign sources of supply in less developed countries or more politically unstable countries, the risk that the cost of raw materials or energy prices will increase beyond current expectations or that the Company is unable to offset cost increases through value engineering or price increases, and the uncertainty of weather patterns. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date they were made. The Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Contact:

Robert Vill
Group Vice President
Finance
(201) 453-6693

Source: Children’s Place, Inc./globenewswire