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Monthly Archives: October 2017

John Lewis releases fifth anniversary edition of the John Lewis Retail Report

London, 2017-Oct-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — In the fifth anniversary edition of the John Lewis Retail Report*, we take a look back at the year breakfast was reinvented, Millennial Pink found its way into wardrobes and homes, voice activation went mainstream and superfoods moved from our plates into our beauty products. As well as reviewing…

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Louis Vuitton unveils the second collection designed with New York artist Jeff Koons

Paris, 2017-Oct-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — Louis Vuitton has unveiled the second collection of bags and accessories designed with New York artist Jeff Koons. Featuring masterpieces by Monet, Turner, Gauguin and others, this second Masters series will be available at Louis Vuitton stores and from the Maison’s online store starting October 27th. Recognized as one of the…

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ARKET opens its first store in Germany

ARKET opens its first store in Germany   The first ARKET store in Germany, 004005-940, is now open. The new store is located on Weinstraße 6 in Munich, and is following the brand’s launch in London and online, as well as store openings in Copenhagen and Brussels earlier this autumn STOCKHOLM, Sweden, 2017-Oct-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — Housed in…

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SilverScript Insurance Company announces its new Medicare Prescription Drug Plan options for 2018

WOONSOCKET, R.I., 2017-Oct-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — SilverScript Insurance Company, a CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) company, today (October 12, 2017) announced its new Medicare Prescription Drug Plan (PDP) options for 2018. Medicare beneficiaries in the continental U.S. can choose from two SilverScript plans that offer a $0-deductible in 47 states on formulary drugs in all…

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CVS Health celebrates its 30,000 pharmacists this month of October

WOONSOCKET, RI, 2017-Oct-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — CVS Health (NYSE:CVS) is celebrating its 30,000 pharmacists as part of American Pharmacists Month, an annual observation held every October. The company’s pharmacy teams are playing an increasingly important role in helping people on their path to better health by improving access to care and lowering costs…

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Asda research reveals 40% of Brits would rather give up chocolate than cheese

LEEDS, UK, 2017-Oct-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — A fromage frenzy is sweeping the nation – 40% of Brits reveal they would rather give up chocolate than cheese. Half of Brits would sacrifice social media for cheese. Nearly one in five admit they can’t live without cheese and find themselves regularly craving it. It’s one of…

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Federal Realty Investment Trust honored with the inaugural Best Sustainability Program award from NAIOP DC | MD Chapter

The Trust receives Award of Merit for Best Sustainable Program from NAIOP DC | MD Chapter ROCKVILLE, Md., 2017-Oct-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT), a national leader in the retail real estate industry, received the inaugural Best Sustainability Program award from the NAIOP DC | MD Chapter.  The award is given to an…

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Matthieu Malige appointed Chief Financial Officer of Groupe Carrefour

Boulogne-Billancourt‎, France, 2017-Oct-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — Matthieu Malige is appointed, effective today (10/16/2017), Chief Financial Officer of Groupe Carrefour. He succeeds Pierre Jean Sivignon, who, faced with personal difficulties, has asked Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Alexandre Bompard to relieve him of his duties. While regretting this decision, Alexandre Bompard understands it and commends Pierre…

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RUSSIA: X5 opens newly refurbished Karusel hypermarket on Savushkin Street in St Petersburg

Moscow, 2017-Oct-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — X5 Retail Group ("X5" or "the Company"), a leading Russian food retailer (LSE: FIVE), announces the opening of a refurbished Karusel hypermarket on Savushkin Street in St Petersburg. The redesigned store is the first to feature the updated Karusel logo and some other elements of the chain's new concept. The hypermarket's…

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X5 to divest small-format convenience stores operating under the Perekrestok Express brand in Moscow

Moscow, 2017-Oct-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — X5 Retail Group ("X5" or "the Company"), a leading Russian food retailer (LSE: FIVE), plans to concentrate on its three major formats: Pyaterochka proximity stores, Perekrestok supermarkets and Karusel hypermarkets. The Company's small-format convenience stores operating under the Perekrestok Express brand in Moscow will be put on sale. X5 has selected Renaissance…

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Ahold USA brands strengthen their digital capabilities and optimize their eCommerce offerings with new initiatives

Ahold USA brands strengthen their digital capabilities and optimize their eCommerce offerings with new initiatives Zaandam, The Netherlands, 2017-Oct-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Are you looking for more savings, faster shopping and a more transparent connection with your local grocer? The Ahold USA brands are working hard to make it happen. Stop & Shop, Giant Food Stores,…

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ShopRite donated $50,000 to the American Red Cross and 100,000 bottles of water to Puerto Rico

ShopRite donated $50,000 to the American Red Cross and 100,000 bottles of water to Puerto Rico Keasbey, NJ, 2017-Oct-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — ShopRite this month donated $50,000 to the American Red Cross and 100,000 bottles of water to hurricane ravaged Puerto Rico, and last month a ShopRite tractor-trailer loaded with supplies was dispatched to the…

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New World and PAK’nSAVE support the New Zealand Blood Service’s Missing Type campaign

AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 2017-Oct-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — New World and PAK’nSAVE are pleased to show their support for the New Zealand Blood Service’s Missing Type campaign. Customers will notice the letters O and A disappear from the New World and PAK’nSAVE’s logos on the brands’ digital channels, between October 16 and 18. This is NZBS’s…

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The Co-op announces the appointment of Matt Atkinson as its new Chief Membership Officer

MANCHESTER, UK, 2017-Oct-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Co-op  has announced the appointment of Matt Atkinson as its new Chief Membership Officer responsible for Membership, Digital, Data, Brand Marketing, Communications and Community and Campaigning. Matt joins the Co-op  from SAGA where, as CMO he helped transform the brand into a digital organisation winning new customers and entering new…

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TechTrans Announces Partnership with Tidel

Tidel’s cash recycling solutions enable high-cash volume businesses to automate the recycling and dispensing of coins and notes​ Program will Manage Logistics for Cash Recycler Units DALLAS, TX, 2017-Oct-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — TechTrans, a leading provider of nationwide transportation and logistics solutions, is proud to announce a new partnership with Tidel, one of the world’s…

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Metro Canada Holdings Inc. to sell majority of its holding in Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.

Montreal, 2017-Oct-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Metro Inc. (Metro) (TSX : MRU) announces today ( October 11, 2017 ) that it and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Metro Canada Holdings Inc. (Metro Holdings), have entered into three separate agreements to realize the value of the majority of its holding in Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (Couche-Tard) (TSX: ATD:A; TSX:…

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METRO announces $400-million investment to continue its growth and expansion in the Ontario market

Montreal, 2017-Oct-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — METRO Inc. (TSX: MRU) announced today (October 11, 2017) a projected $400-million investment over 6 years in its Ontario distribution network. The company will modernize its operations in Toronto between 2018 and 2023 by building a new fresh distribution facility and a new frozen distribution facility—both of which…

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Al-Futtaim Motors inaugurates UAE’s first hydrogen station for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles

Al-Futtaim Motors inaugurates UAE’s first hydrogen station for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles   Dubai, UAE, 2017-Oct-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Al-Futtaim Motors, leader in sustainable mobility and exclusive distributor of Toyota in the UAE, in collaboration with Air Liquide, one of the most established suppliers of hydrogen stations in the world, have jointly inaugurated the UAE’s first…

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Sprouts Farmers Market to issue Q3 2017 financial results on Thursday, November 2, 2017

PHOENIX, 2017-Oct-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:SFM) today (Oct. 10, 2017 ) announced it will issue financial results for the 13-week third quarter ended October 1, 2017 before the market opens on Thursday, November 2, 2017. Following the release, Sprouts management will conduct a conference call at 7:00 a.m. PDT…

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Bartell Drugs joins Aetna’s Medicare national network of preferred pharmacies

SEATTLE, Wash. and HARTFORD, Conn., 2017-Oct-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Bartell Drugs and Aetna (NYSE: AET) today (October 11, 2017) announced that Bartell Drugs has joined Aetna’s Medicare national network of preferred pharmacies. Effective January 1, 2018, Aetna Medicare members with drug coverage can fill their prescriptions at lower, preferred copays at any Bartell Drugs in…

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Bartell Drugs to perform real-time comprehensive prescription compliance checks with LexisNexis VerifyRx™

Comprehensive prescription compliance verification solution integrates easily  into existing pharmacy workflows ATLANTA, 2017-Oct-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Announced today (Oct. 10, 2017) , Bartell Drugs, a family-owned pharmacy chain of 67 stores in the greater Puget Sound area, will use LexisNexis VerifyRx™ to perform real-time comprehensive prescription compliance checks within their existing workflows. The solution uses the existing, real-time pharmacy…

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Visa study: relying more on electronic payments could yield net benefit of U.S. $470 billion per year across major cities around the world

SAN FRANCISCO, 2017-Oct-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Visa (NYSE: V) announced today (Oct. 11, 2017) the results of an independent study conducted by Roubini ThoughtLab and commissioned by Visa examining the economic impact of increasing the use of digital payments in major cities around the world. The study estimates that relying more on electronic payments,…

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Citycon to release its 3Q 2017 results on Thursday, 19 October

Helsinki, 2017-Oct-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Citycon will publish its Interim Report for 1 January – 30 September 2017 on Thursday, 19 October approximately at 9 am Helsinki time (Helsinki time is EET, which is CET +1). The report will be available on Citycon’s website immediately after publication. Citycon's investor, analyst and press conference call…

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Raley’s dispatched two refrigerated trucks with supplies to Sonoma and Napa Counties

TRAGEDY HITS NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Fair Oaks, CA, 2017-Oct-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — As 17 separate fires burn across eight counties, encompassing a 115,000 acre area of Northern California, more than 20,000 people have been evacuated, and countless people have lost their homes, their businesses, their schools, and are displaced from their community. The scale of this tragedy is unimaginable, and as a Northern CA business, Raley’s…

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Taco Bell’s first-ever fashion collection collaboration hits Forever 21 stores

Fans took centerstage at last night’s celebration of the limited-edition collection launch event in Los Angeles Irvine, Calif., 2017-Oct-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today (October 11, 2017), Taco Bell’s first-ever fashion collection collaboration hits Forever 21 stores nationwide. To celebrate the launch of the collaboration, Taco Bell and Forever 21 brought the new Forever 21…

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Old pound coins will still be accepted at Tesco for one more week

Tesco helps customers who still have old pound coins after Sunday's deadline. Welwyn Garden City, UK, 2017-Oct-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — In recent months, businesses across the UK have been preparing for the introduction of the new twelve sided £1 coin. From Monday 16 October, as the old ‘round’ pound coin ceases to be legal tender,…

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First Data 2017 Consumer Cybersecurity Study: baby boomers have better cybersecurity habits

Study examines consumer habits across generations Data shows that baby boomers demonstrate more concern and diligence for cybersecurity than millennials Millennials are more trusting of social media and less trusting of online banking than older generations NEW YORK, 2017-Oct-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — As people around the world grapple with the latest…

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Amazon introduces new monthly payment option for Prime Student

Students can now enjoy Prime for just $5.49 a month without an annual commitment SEATTLE, Wash., 2017-Oct-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — As classes are in full swing, Amazon is introducing a new monthly payment option for Prime Student. Available to all college students enrolled in four or two year colleges in the U.S., Prime Student…

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