Hamburg, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Around 60% of the Dutch population purchases clothing online, and starting on the 10th of October 2017, it will be even more fun and convenient for them to shop online, with the launch of the digital fashion shop ABOUT YOU in the Netherlands.
ABOUT YOU offers more than 50,000…
Newegg Takes the Guesswork Out of PC Builds
Los Angeles, CA, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Newegg, the top tech-focused e-retailer in North America, today (October 10, 2017) took the wraps off its new portfolio of PC Build Kits. Newegg has long been the preferred destination for DIY PC builders, many of whom are exceptionally tech savvy.…
St. Petersburg, Russia, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Lenta, (LSE, MOEX: LNTA) one of the largest retail chains in Russia, is pleased to announce the opening of its thirty seventh supermarket in Moscow.
The new store is in 6 Partizan street, Tuchkovo. The store has a total area of 1,053 sq.m with 640 sq.m of…
Build-A-Bear to mark its 20th Birthday by donating 20,000 teddy bears to children's hospitals nationwide
Cuddly Company Kicks Off Countdown to 20th Birthday on October 27 with 20,000-bear Donation and Announcement of a New Charitable Giving Focus
ST. LOUIS, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — In honor of the company's 20th Birthday, Build-A-Bear today (Oct. 10, 2017) announced a donation…
DUBLIN, Ohio, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ: WEN) will release its third quarter 2017 results before the market opens on Wednesday, November 8. A conference call will follow at 9:00 a.m. ET, with a simultaneous webcast from the Investors section of the Company's website at www.aboutwendys.com. The live conference call will be available at (877) 572-6014…
Wendy's® introduces higher quality and better-tasting chicken tenders
$5 Meal Deal Available for Limited Time
DUBLIN, Ohio, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Wendy's® knows consumers deserve better, which is exactly why we're taking the lead in adding higher quality and better-tasting chicken tenders to our menu. Wendy's Chicken Tenders & Side of S'Awesome™ sauce serve up juicy, flavorful…
Three Diverse Social Impact Organizations Awarded a Combined $150,000 in Grants to Help Make a Positive Influence on Women and Children in Communities Across the Country
Chosen by an esteemed selection committee including Mrs. Roslyn S. Jaffe and Media industry leaders Adam Glassman and Meredith Rollins
MAHWAH, N.J., 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ —…
Retailer will accept old coins until end of October to help save Brits time and millions
Willenhall, United Kingdom, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — As the deadline looms for Brits to empty their pockets and homes of the much-loved round £1 coins, Poundland has today (9 OCT 2017) announced that it will be the first…
Greggs Foundation celebrates its 30th anniversary; receives Special Recognition at the North East Charity Awards
Newcastle upon Tyne, UK , 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Greggs Foundation is celebrating after receiving a Special Recognition award at the North East Charity Awards in honour of its 30th anniversary. The award was presented by Bob Cuffe…
Suburbs Continue to Show Strongest Decreases
Los Angeles, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Vacant office space in the U.S. declined by 10 basis points (bps) during the third quarter of 2017 (Q3 2017) dropping to 12.9 percent, according to the latest analysis from CBRE. Continuing a recent pattern, suburban office markets continued to set the…
Scott Weisberg Expected to be Succeeded by Coley O'Brien After Effective Transition of Duties
DUBLIN, Ohio, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Wendy's Company (NASDAQ: WEN) announced today (Oct. 6, 2017) that Chief People Officer Scott Weisberg intends to leave the Company once he completes an effective transition process over the next several months. After a successful tenure with Wendy's® that…
Paris, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — More than 2,500 property developers and shopping centre owners will be at MAPIC 2017 to showcase their latest projects, giving international retailers a unique three-day opportunity to find out about new site locations.
Organised by Reed MIDEM, the International Retail Real Estate Market will be held in Cannes from 15…
Solna, Sweden, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sales in the Swedish ICA stores increased by 4.4% in September 2017 compared with the corresponding month last year. Sales in like-for-like stores increased by 3.6%.
September 2017
January – September 2017
Store sales
excl. VAT
Mkr
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Change like-for-like
Mkr
Change all stores
Change like-for-like
Maxi ICA Stormarknad
2,773
6.0%
5.7%
25,659
2.9%
2.9%
ICA Kvantum
2,219
5.0%
2.5%
20,582
3.8%
1.8%
ICA Supermarket
2,788
3.4%
2.9%
25,904
2.5%
1.9%
ICA Nära
1,364
2.5%
2.4%
12,837
1.8%
1.9%
Total
9,144
4.4%
3.6%
84,981
2.8%
2.2%
In September 2017, sales in…
SPAR Italy Partners sponsor Serie A team FC Crotone for the 2017/2018 season
Italy, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Two SPAR Italy Partners are sponsoring Serie A football teams this season.
DESPAR Southern and Central Italy Partner, Maiora is sponsoring Serie A (Italy’s top football league) team FC Crotone during the 2017/2018 season. INTERSPAR under DESPAR…
The fashion chain is to sell five different models in twenty countries worldwide which include messages of support and hope for cancer sufferers
Barcelona, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — To commemorate International Breast Cancer Day on 19 October, MANGO has put on sale five different models of t-shirts, created in collaboration with the Fero Cancer…
The brand plans 25 store openings in the next 5 years: 5 of them before the end of 2017.
With this alliance, the firm adopts an omni-channel strategy, improving the shopping experience for its customers in India
New Delhi, India and Barcelona, Spain, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Following the announcement made earlier…
ShopRite sponsors the Grand Tasting at the Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival
Keasbey, NJ, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — ShopRite will celebrate its 10th anniversary as a presenting sponsor of the Grand Tasting at the Food Network & Cooking Channel New York City Wine & Food Festival presented by…
ATLANTA, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized The Home Depot®, with a 2017 WaterSense® Sustained Excellence Award for its commitment to promoting the value of water efficiency to its customers, encouraging innovation within its vendors and supplier base, and for decreasing water use within its operational footprint.
EPA’s…
New Crispy Chicken Quesadilla headlines the return of Naked Chicken Chips and tests of the Bacon Ranch Naked Chicken Chalupa and Chicken & Biscuits
IRVINE, Calif., 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — The people demanded it, so Naked Chicken is back at Taco Bell and its future is bright. Starting today (October 5, 2017), Naked Chicken makes…
PHILIPPINES: SM Prime Holdings open its newest mall, SM Center Tuguegarao Downtown, on Thursday, October 12
Pasay City, Philippines, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime), one of the leading integrated property companies in Southeast Asia, will open its newest mall, SM Center Tuguegarao Downtown, on Thursday, October 12. This first SM mall…
PHILIPPINES: SM opens new mall SM City Puerto Princesa in Palawan
Pasay City, Philippines, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — With the opening of SM City Puerto Princesa in Palawan on September 15, SM has further expanded its retail footprint nationwide.
Determined to bring its mark of providing an exciting retail experience to as many Filipinos, SM…
Auckland, New Zealand, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — New World is committed to reducing the impact of plastic waste in our environment – and the BagVote campaign was just the start.
When we launched the project the discussion was all about introducing a levy, so we wanted to ask our customers what they thought.
The overwhelming…
Move illustrates Majid Al Futtaim’s plan to grow presence in Kenya and the greater East African region
Nairobi, Kenya, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Majid Al Futtaim, the leading shopping mall, communities, retail and leisure pioneer across the Middle East, Africa and Asia, today (OCTOBER 05, 2017) announced that it will open its third hypermarket in Kenya,…
Classic film Miracle on 34th Street to debut new Harold the Baseball Player balloon at 2017 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
A brand new recreation of Harold the Baseball Player will take to the skies once again in a special nod to an iconic scene in the beloved 1947 film
The Miracle on 34th Street – 70th Anniversary…
GE continues migration in cloud-first approach to digital transformation
SEATTLE, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today (Oct. 5, 2017), Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS), an Amazon.com company (NASDAQ: AMZN), announced that General Electric (NYSE: GE) has selected AWS as its preferred cloud provider. GE continues to migrate thousands of core applications to AWS. GE began an enterprise-wide migration in 2014,…
Carrefour announces winners of the 3rd Romanian edition of "Challenge of Suppliers" competition
Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — The third Romanian edition of Carrefour's "Challenge of Suppliers" competition, organized by Carrefour in all 10 countries in which it operates, ended yesterday, October 2, in Bucharest, with the premiere of the three winners: 1st place…
Boulogne-Billancourt, France, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Carrefour and its franchisee MAF join forces in Egypt to champion equal opportunitiesThe "Egyptian Women: Pioneers of the Future" project, jointly developed by the French & Egyptian governments, was launched on 19 April.
The purpose of this initiative is to promote equal opportunities for Egyptian men and women…
Former British Prime Minister Will Work With Company on Expanding First Data’s International Presence
NEW YORK, 2017-Oct-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — First Data Corporation (NYSE: FDC), a global leader in commerce-enabling technology, today (06 Oct 2017) announced the appointment of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, David Cameron, as the newest member of the…
Thousands of Tesco colleagues have walked in relay from Land’s End to John O’Groats to raise funds for Diabetes UK and the British Heart Foundation
Welwyn Garden City, UK, 2017-Oct-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco colleagues from across the UK have completed their epic charity walk from Land’s End to John O’Groats.
The massive month long…
Sainsbury’s rolls out fuelService app to enable disabled drivers pre-book refuelling assistance
Sainsbury's has rolled out an app with not-for-profit organisation fuelService to enable drivers to pre-book assistance when refuelling their cars at a Sainsbury's petrol station
fuelService app enables disabled and vulnerable drivers to ask ahead for assistance
Sainsbury’s hopes to give disabled drivers…