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…
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…
British Land: New lettings further strengthen the retail, leisure and F&B offer at Fort Kinnaird, Edinburgh
LONDON, UK, 2017-Oct-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Gibraltar Limited Partnership has announced thirteen new lettings and an additional four re-gears totalling more than 135,000 sq ft including mezzanine space at Fort Kinnaird, Edinburgh. British Land is property advisor to…
British Land rolls out its training programme Bright Lights Starting Out
LONDON, UK, 2017-Oct-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land, in partnership with The Source Skills Academy, is rolling out its training programme – Bright Lights Starting Out - across 13 of its Local and Regional retail centres to help youngi people find work in the retail,…
LONDON, UK, 2017-Oct-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — Covering the four weeks 27 August – 30 September 2017
In September, UK retail sales increased by 1.9% on a like-for-like basis from September 2016, when they had increased 0.4% from the preceding year.
On a total basis, sales rose 2.3% in September, against a growth…
WASHINGTON, 2017-Oct-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — The National Retail Federation and University of Phoenix today named the Dream BIG Scholarship recipients for 2017, recognizing individuals who want to enhance their retail careers through education.
“At NRF, we put a premium on lifelong learning, and we’re inspired by the number of individuals in the retail industry…
NRF and Ascential PLC partner to provide insight, networking opportunities, intelligence to the global retail community
WASHINGTON, 2017-Oct-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — The National Retail Federation and Ascential PLC, parent company of the World Retail Congress, today announced a global partnership to bring together their long-standing, convening power around the world. The partnership will leverage…
WASHINGTON, 2017-Oct-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — Imports set a second all-time monthly record high this summer as retailers brought in merchandise for the busy holiday season, and are continuing at unusually high levels this month, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.
“When imports break…
Asda unveils Tickled Pink campaign to support Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now
LEEDS, UK, 2017-Oct-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — World-famous fashion photographer Rankin has captured portraits of UK celebrities, including TV Presenter Amanda Holden and Saturday’s pop star Frankie Bridge for Asda’s Tickled Pink campaign raising money to support Breast Cancer Care and Breast Cancer Now.
They are joined…
ALEXANDRIA, Va., 2017-Oct-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — Consumers have seen gas prices fall after the temporary supply disruptions caused by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma and they say they are more optimistic about the economy, according to the latest national NACS Consumer Fuels Survey.
Americans say that they have seen gas prices fall 9 cents to…
ALEXANDRIA, Va., 2017-Oct-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — Convenience store retailers say that in-store sales have performed strong so far this year, and they are optimistic about their business prospects for the remainder of 2017, largely because of the growth in food sales, according to a survey of U.S. retailers released today by the National…
Premium appliances producer expands into 18 new international markets
Avoids expensive e-commerce re-platforming
Based on Microsoft Azure Cloud Germany (MCD) and SaaS model
Jena, Germany, 2017-Oct-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — Premium appliances producer Miele is continuing to expand its online presence in 18 new markets, with the Intershop Commerce Suite. The MS…
Mölndal, Sweden, 2017-Oct-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Board of Directors of KappAhl AB (publ) has decided to propose to the Annual General Meeting on 5 December 2017 to make a decision about a share split and reduction of the share capital through an automatic redemption procedure. Through the redemption procedure approximately SEK 500…
JCPenney announces limited-edition capsule collection by award-winning actress and style icon Tracee Ellis Ross
PLANO, Texas, 2017-Oct-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — This holiday season, JCPenney will be treating shoppers to an exclusive, limited-edition capsule collection created with award-winning actress and style icon Tracee Ellis Ross. Available at JCPenney in all stores and jcpenney.com beginning Nov. 12, Tracee Ellis…
Zaandam, the Netherlands, 2017-Oct-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — Ahold Delhaize has repurchased 809,415 of Ahold Delhaize common shares in the period from October 2, 2017 up to and including October 6, 2017. The shares were repurchased at an average price of €15.94 per share for a total consideration of €12.9 million. These repurchases were made…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., 2017-Oct-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — CBL Properties (NYSE:CBL) announced today that their portfolio of market-dominant regional shopping centers will close on Thanksgiving Day and open at 6:00 a.m. on Black Friday, November 24th.
“The support that we received last year when we made this decision was overwhelmingly positive,” said Stephen Lebovitz, President and CEO,…
Company to Celebrate Grand Opening with Sampling Event
Matthews, NC, 2017-Oct-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — Harris Teeter is proud to welcome shoppers to its Belmont Town Center location on Tuesday, Oct. 24 at 5 p.m. as the company celebrates its grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony and Taste of Teeter sampling event. This event is…
NASHVILLE, Tenn., 2017-Oct-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — As consumer demand for great-tasting beef continues to grow, retailers play an important role in satisfying their needs. Retailers and distributors were recognized by the Certified Angus Beef ® brand for their leadership in product quality, marketing and sales at the group’s annual conference in Nashville on Sept. 27-29. Brand…
Asda unveils NEW fishy favourites
LEEDS, UK, 2017-Oct-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Fish can sometimes be tricky to get into mealtimes, but Asda’s NEW fishy favourites will go down a storm with the whole family. Salt and Chilli calamari rings pack a flavourful punch and succulent chunky cod fish fingers are set to be a sandwich…
ASDA announces new sweet treats this Halloween
LEEDS, UK, 2017-Oct-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — From Pumpkin Crumpets to Day of the Dead Biscuits, Asda’s got Halloween parties and trick or treating covered this year. These new sweet treats are so terrifically terrifying and delicious that they won’t haunt kitchen cupboards for long and will keep hungry…
ASDA to host National Curry Week with new range of authentic Indian dishes starting 9 October
GET YOUR SPICE ON WITH ASDA’S NEW CURRY RANGE
LEEDS, UK, 2017-Oct-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — National Curry Week (starting 9 October) is only one week away! Asda’s NEW range of authentic Indian mains and sides has landed to help Brits…
Asda introduces the NEW Takeaway Cheesy Chips Mega Pizza
LEEDS, UK, 2017-Oct-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Asda introduces its most deliciously decadent pizza yet. The NEW Takeaway Cheesy Chips Mega Pizza is inspired by one of the nation’s favourite guilty pleasures. The novel creation follows the recent food frenzy around extravagant inventions such as the Mac…
Asda launches an adorable Unicorn Cake for just £10
LEEDS, UK, 2017-Oct-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Unicorn trend painted the nation technicolour this summer. To keep the magic going, Asda has launched an adorable Unicorn Cake, and it’s ready to take home for just £10.
The stuff that childhood dreams are made of, the cute creation…
ASDA introduces Roddy the Reindeer cake — sure to bring magic to homes this Christmas season
HE’S AVAILABLE AS FREE FROM TOO!
LEEDS, UK, 2017-Oct-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Forget Rudolph, this Christmas another red button-nosed reindeer is set to bring magic to homes, and he comes in cake form and Good Housekeeping Magazine has pipped…
STOCKHOLM, Sweden, 2017-Oct-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Yesterday (2 OCT, 2017), WWF, Solidaridad and Pesticide Action Network UK released their Sustainable Cotton Ranking 2017 were they are assessing company performance in connection to sustainable cotton cultivation.
“We are very happy to have been highlighted as one of the top performing brands in the Sustainable Cotton Ranking…
Aaron Bobrow, H&M Edition
Stockholm, SWEDEN, 2017-Oct-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — The biggest trend in menswear right now is about the perfect staple pieces, as proven by the H&M Edition autumn 17 collection. It’s the second season from H&M’s new premium menswear line of timeless pieces, building on its core belief that it’s the precise details…
Stockholm, SWEDEN, 2017-Oct-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — More than 480,000 people have fled Rakhine State in Myanmar in the last weeks, arriving in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh in desperate conditions. The humanitarian crisis in Cox’s Bazar is one of the region’s largest man-made humanitarian crises in decades. Needs are also enormous within Rakhine State. To…
Conshohocken, PA , 2017-Oct-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — IKEA U.S. announced today that in keeping with its sustainability strategy of ‘waste to resources’ it will be recycling all of its used mattresses. This includes old mattresses (any brand) that are picked up when new IKEA mattresses are delivered*, as well as all returned mattresses at…
OKLAHOMA CITY, 2017-Oct-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ:SONC), the nation's largest chain of drive-in restaurants, today announced that it will release results for the quarter ended August 31, 2017 after the market close on October 16, 2017. The company will host a conference call to review financial results on Monday, October 16, 2017, at 5:00 PM ET.
The conference call…
Paris, France/ Amsterdam, Netherlands, 2017-Oct-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Further to the agreement (promesse de vente) entered into in February 2017, Unibail-Rodamco announces the completion of the disposal of the So Ouest Plaza building, located in Levallois-Perret, to an institutional investor represented by BNP Paribas Real Estate Investment Services. The Net Disposal Price (NDP)(1) is…