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Wincor Nixdorf news shipped its 100,000th ProCash 280 globally

Wincor Nixdorf has reached a major milestone in its quest to deliver one of the most robust self-service machines in the industry – it has shipped its 100,000th ProCash 280 globally. The recipient of the recently rolled out 100,000th ProCash 280 is one of the leading banks in Thailand. Paderborn, Germany, 2016-May-23 — /EPR Retail News/…
May 23, 20160Comments

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Business Consumer Services Management Retail Retail Services Retailer

Timpson to take over the running of Morrisons dry cleaning operations at 116 stores

Morrisons is to partner with Timpson to extend the number of popular and useful services available at its stores. Bradford, England, 2016-May-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Under the agreement Timpson will take over the running of Morrisons dry cleaning operations at 116 stores and will expand the offer to include key cutting, shoe and watch repairs…
May 23, 20160Comments

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Grant winners of Chick-fil-A® Foundation’s 2016 True Inspiration Awards

More than $1 million gifted; Nominations underway to honor eligible organizations in 2017 ATLANTA, 2016-May-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Chick-fil-A® Foundation recognized the grant winners of the 2016 True Inspiration Awards with a celebratory event in Atlanta on Friday, May 20. The 22 deserving not-for-profits, which represent 17 states across the country, are receiving…
May 23, 20160Comments

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Business Food & Beverage Management Restaurants Retail Retailer

Tim Tassopoulos appointed president and COO of Chick-fil-A, Inc.

ATLANTA, Ga., 2016-May-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Chick-fil-A, Inc. Board of Directors has elected Tim Tassopoulos president and chief operating officer of the privately-held company. The appointment is effective immediately. Tassopoulos, 56, most recently served as executive vice president of Operations, but began his career with Chick-fil-A as an hourly, restaurant team member. He is…
May 23, 20160Comments

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Management Marketing Pet Products Retail Retailer

24,000 pets adopted during PetSmart’s signature National Adoption Weekend last week

PHOENIX, 2016-May-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — More than 24,000 pets found their forever homes last week during PetSmart's signature National Adoption Weekend event held at more than 1,400 PetSmart stores across North America – setting another PetSmart adoption record and continuing its trend of adopting more pets at its 2016 nation-wide events than it has…
May 23, 20160Comments

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Healthcare Mobile Pet Products Retail Retail Solutions Retailer Technology

PetSmart: new app askPETMD available for immediate critical situations

Users Can Search Well-Organized Rich Content, Get Vet-Qualified Answers within 24 hours, Contact a Nearby Vet With the Swipe of a Finger and Create a Pet Profile PHOENIX, 2016-May-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — “First-aid for dog cuts and bruises.” You’re out on a hike with your furry best friend. He trots off the trail to investigate and…
May 23, 20160Comments

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Automotive Business Management Retail Retailer

Jeffrey C. Smith appointed Chair of Advance Auto Parts, Inc.’s Board of Directors

Announces Results of Annual Meeting of Stockholders ROANOKE, Va, 2016-May-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Advance Auto Parts, Inc. (NYSE: AAP), a leading automotive aftermarket parts provider in North America, serving both professional installer and do-it-yourself customers, today announced that current independent director, Jeffrey C. Smith, has been appointed Chair of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective…
May 23, 20160Comments

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Business Food & Beverage Management Restaurants Retail Retailer

Starbucks now with 100 stores in Argentina, its sixth market in Latin America

SEATTLE, 2016-May-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Silvia Gonzalez was store manager at the Alto Palermo store in Buenos Aires when Starbucks opened the doors to its first store in Argentina in May 2008, its sixth market in Latin America. The opening with joint-venture partner Alsea marked a key moment in Starbucks expansion in the region,…
May 23, 20160Comments

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Business Grocery Management Retail Retailer

Gordy’s Market announces the opening of its 26th grocery store in Hayward, WI

CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISC, 2016-May-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Gordy’s Market is pleased to announce they have opened their 26th grocery store in Hayward, WI. Gordy’s reached an agreement with the Northern Lakes Cooperative to purchase the Cabin Stop Building in Hayward, WI on March 31, 2016. The Hayward Family Restaurant, Beauty Nook, and Coop Pharmacy remained unchanged…
May 23, 20160Comments

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Hudson’s Bay Company expands its European presence with plans for up to 20 new stores in the Netherlands over the next 24 months

Canada's premium department store banner Hudson's Bay and off-price banner Saks OFF 5TH expected to launch first stores in summer 2017 utilizing HBC's existing European platform Plans to open up to 20 stores over the next 24 months Expansion is expected to create approximately 2,500 store jobs and 2,500 construction jobs in key Dutch cities…
May 23, 20160Comments

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SSP Group announces results for first half of its 2016 financial year

LONDON, 2016-May-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — SSP Group, a leading operator of food and beverage outlets in travel locations worldwide, announces its results for the first half of its 2016 financial year, covering the six months ended 31 March 2016. Highlights: • Strong results with good progress on last year • Operating profit1 of £30.9m: up 28.0% at constant currency,…
May 23, 20160Comments

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SSP partners with naturally fast food brand LEON

LONDON, 2016-May-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — SSP, a leading operator of food and beverage brands in travel locations worldwide, has entered into a partnership with naturally fast food brand LEON. The initial five-year deal will allow LEON to bring its fun, fresh and fast food to an additional number of railway station sites across the…
May 23, 20160Comments

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Taco Bell unveils and tests four new restaurant designs as part of its expansion plans to open 2,000 new restaurants by 2022

New Restaurants Provide Tailored Concepts that Reflect Diverse Community Experiences Irvine, Calif., 2016-May-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Remember the original Taco Bell mission restaurants, complete with a bell, an outdoor patio and fire pit? That classic architectural design redefined the fast food experience for generations to come. Today, Taco Bell announced a new line of restaurant…
May 23, 20160Comments

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Healthcare Management Marketing Retail Retailer

Walgreens launches CF Champions: Navigating the Journey, Together in support of people affected by cystic fibrosis

CF Champions provides an online outlet for CF patients and caregivers to share their experiences of navigating the journey together DEERFIELD, Ill., 2016-May-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — In support of patients, caregivers and others affected by cystic fibrosis (CF), Walgreens is launching CF Champions: Navigating the Journey, Together during The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s National CF…
May 23, 20160Comments

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Food & Beverage Grocery Retail Retailer

Salty coastal sea plant samphire now available at Tesco

CHESHUNT, England, 2016-May-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Foodies create soaring demand for salty seaside treat samphire It’s been the seaside’s best kept secret for decades, even centuries. But now demand for the salty coastal sea plant samphire which goes particularly well with fish, is soaring. In the last year demand for samphire has soared by 80 per cent…
May 23, 20160Comments

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Apparel Fashion Marketing Retail Retailer Sports

Macy’s and Ryan Seacrest celebrate 2016 Summer Olympic Games with the launch of new sportswear Ryan Seacrest Distinction Rio

The limited-edition capsule will be available in 150 Macy’s stores and on macys.com this summer NEW YORK, 2016-May-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Macy’s and Emmy-award winning TV/radio host and producerRyan Seacrest are collaborating in celebration of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with an exclusive new fashion collection inspired by the sights…
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Electronics Retail Retailer Technology

New Memory Optimized X1 instances available for Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud

New memory-optimized instance family features 2 TB of memory and high-performing Intel processors to support large-scale in-memory databases, big data processing, and HPC X1 instances offer more memory than any other SAP-certified cloud instance available today SEATTLE, 2016-May-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ:AMZN), today announced the…
May 20, 20160Comments

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Les Journées Particulières: Several exceptional places in France open for the first time (no reservation needed)

PARIS, 2016-May-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — France, the cradle of the LVMH Group, is quite naturally home to the majority of the events on the Journées Particulières program. Over 20 Houses are proposing a unique “tour de France” of heritage and traditions inspired by excellence. Several exceptional places are open for the first time (no reservation…
May 20, 20160Comments

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Les Journées Particulières: Spotlight on exceptional sites open for the first time for visits without reservations in Italy and UK

PARIS, 2016-May-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — Les Journées Particulières is a resolutely European event, proposing visits to LVMH Houses in France, Italy, Spain, the United Kingdom, Poland and Switzerland. Spotlight on exceptional sites open for the first time for visits without reservations in Italy and the UK. Italy A deep tradition of excellence, creativity, innovation and heritage…
May 20, 20160Comments

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Lowe’s Companies, Inc. Q1 2016: 31.4 percent increase of net earnings over the same period a year ago

MOORESVILLE, N.C., 2016-May-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) today reported net earnings of $884 million for the quarter ended April 29, 2016 , a 31.4 percent increase over the same period a year ago. Diluted earnings per share increased 40.0 percent to $0.98 from $0.70 in the first…
May 20, 20160Comments

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Sonic Corp. issued $425 million of Series 2016-1 Class A-2 Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes in private securitization transaction

Sonic Announces Increase to Share Repurchase Program OKLAHOMA CITY, 2016-May-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ:SONC), the nation's largest chain of drive-in restaurants, today announced that certain of its subsidiaries have issued $425 million of Series 2016-1 Class A-2 Fixed Rate Senior Secured Notes (the "2016 Fixed Rate Notes") in a private securitization transaction. The 2016…
May 20, 20160Comments

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Business Management Retail Retailer

The Home Depot reports $22.8 billion sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2016

ATLANTA, 2016-May-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Home Depot®, the world's largest home improvement retailer, today reported sales of $22.8 billion for the first quarter of fiscal 2016, a 9.0 percent increase from the first quarter of fiscal 2015. Comparable store sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 were positive 6.5 percent, and comp sales for…
May 20, 20160Comments

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Business Human Resources Law Retail Retailer

Rob Green of National Council of Chain Restaurants on DOL’s new federal overtime regulations

WASHINGTON, 2016-May-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — The National Council of Chain Restaurants issued the following statement from Executive Director Rob Green strongly objecting to the Labor Department's new federal overtime regulations: “By dramatically increasing the wage threshold for determining a restaurant manager’s overtime eligibility, key management positions will be eliminated, restaurant employee career advancement will be derailed and workplace…
May 20, 20160Comments

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Delhaize Group discloses acquisition of treasury shares

BRUSSELS, Belgium, 2016-May-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — Delhaize Group discloses information with respect to the acquisition of treasury shares in accordance with Belgian law. Delhaize Group has recently acquired 313 202 shares pursuant to a share buy-back program with a Belgian credit institution for the purchase of Delhaize Group shares in order to satisfy exercises…
May 20, 20160Comments

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National Retail Federation on DOL’s overtime rules: hundreds of thousands of career professionals will lose their status as salaried employees

Retailers Appeal to Congress to Block Overtime Expansion WASHINGTON, 2016-May-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — The National Retail Federation today released the following statement from Senior Vice President for Government Relations David French in response to the Department of Labor’s new overtime rules: “These rules are a career killer. With the stroke of a pen, the Labor Department…
May 20, 20160Comments

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BNP Paribas and Carrefour to test mobile payment app for paperless electronic payment, loyalty and couponing services

•    BNP Paribas and Carrefour are testing a new secure mobile services model designed to make life easier for the customer •    A ground-breaking initiative, which will be open to all retailers PARIS, 2016-May-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — BNP Paribas and Carrefour are about to test an application that will enable customers to pay for purchases…
May 20, 20160Comments

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Carrefour to pay €0.70 per share dividend for the 2015 FY

Boulogne-Billancourt, 2016-May-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — At the Annual General Meeting held today, Carrefour's shareholders approved the proposed €0.70 per share dividend for the 2015 financial year and decided to offer shareholders an option to receive the dividend payment in shares. The issue price of the new shares to be issued in consideration for the dividend…
May 20, 20160Comments

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RILA: DOL’s overtime rule will certainly hurt those that it purports to help

Final Rule Undermines Important Employee Benefits And Creates Enormous Burdens For Employers Arlington , VA, 2016-May-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) issued the following statement from Jennifer Safavian, executive vice president for government affairs, in response to published reports about the U.S. Department of Labor's overtime rule. "While a review of the…
May 20, 20160Comments

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Convenience Stores Retail Retailer Technology

NACS and Pinnacle to enhance fuel dispenser security and combat skimming through new SkimDefend app

ALEXANDRIA, Va., 2016-May-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Fuel dispenser security is of great concern for the convenience store industry. Approximately 39 million Americans fill-up their gas tanks every day and fuel dispensers have become one of many targets for thieves looking to steal credit and debit card information by “skimming,” an aggressive tactic used to…
May 19, 20160Comments

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Business Food & Beverage Management Retail Retailer

BRC Global Standards to launch new voluntary module assessing food safety culture in partnership with Taylor Shannon International

LONDON, 2016-May-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — BRC Global Standards has today announced the launch in June of a new voluntary module assessing food safety culture. The module is being offered in partnership with Taylor Shannon International (TSI), industry leaders in the fields of food safety, management, education and organisational culture. Drawing on decades of academic research,…
May 19, 20160Comments

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