LAKELAND, Fla., 2016-Jul-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — Publix Super Markets Inc. announced its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 22.25 cents per share on its common stock.
The dividend will be payable Aug. 1, 2016, either through direct deposit or mailed as a check to stockholders of record as of the close of business…
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MINNEAPOLIS, 2016-Jul-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — SUPERVALU INC. (NYSE: SVU) today announced it has entered into a long-term supply agreement with Indiana-based Marsh Supermarkets to serve as its primary grocery wholesaler and to provide certain professional services to the grocery chain. Founded in 1931 and headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, Marsh operates approximately 70 Marsh Supermarkets…
SEATTLE, 2016-Jul-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — Starbucks launches Teavana teas across selected Starbucks® stores in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) today. This new, modernized tea experience provides customers high quality pure teas and botanicals, and the opportunity to enjoy a range of extraordinary flavours through Starbucks unique Shaken Iced Teas, for the first time.
“This is…
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Jul-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco PLC is pleased to announce that Steve Golsby will join the Board as an additional independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 October 2016.
Steve is a Non-Executive Director of Mead Johnson Nutrition, a US listed group which is a leading global infant nutrition company, and was a…
Jean Coutu Group to hold press conference and guided tour of the distribution center on July 5, 2016
Varennes, Quebec,, 2016-Jul-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. (the "Corporation" or the "Jean Coutu Group") wishes to remind media that representatives of the Jean Coutu Group will meet the press after the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. A guided tour of the distribution center will…
TOKYO, 2016-Jul-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Rakuten, Inc. (4755: Tokyo) today announced the following personnel appointment as approved by its Board of Directors.
Management Change (Effective July 1, 2016)
■Name: Kenji Hirose
■New Title: CCO, Group Managing Executive Officer
■Previous Title: Director, EU RHO
■Name: Akio Sugihara
■New Title: CPO, Group Executive Vice President
■Previous Title: CCO & CPO, Group Executive Vice President
■Name:…
Pasay City, Philippines, 2016-Jul-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — There’s a new kid on the block at the Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City and it’s changing the game for retail. SM Supermalls has unveiled S Maison, a unique lifestyle center which opened with the newest luxury hotel, Conrad Manila, at the heart of the…
CHICAGO , 2016-Jul-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Potbelly Sandwich Shop will open its doors at 1240 Carl D. Silver Parkway, Fredericksburg, Tuesday, July 8. This will give area residents the chance to experience the lively, neighborhood hangout that makes Potbelly Sandwich Shop “The Best Place for Lunch.”
Desirae Mills is the general manager and has been…
HELSINKI, FINLAND, 2016-Jul-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — The first phase of the Iso Omena extension will be inaugurated on 11 August and the second phase in spring 2017. The new extension will see Iso Omena significantly expand its fashion, accessories and interior design offering. Fashion will double from the current levels.
A key fashion offering at…
SUNBURY, PA and ALLENTOWN, PA, 2016-Jul-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Weis Markets today received final Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (PLCB) approval to open a beer café in its store on North Cedar Crest Boulevard in Allentown. The café is stocked and now open for business.
This is Weis Markets seventh in-store beer café in the Lehigh Valley.
The…
ALTOONA, Pa., 2016-Jul-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sheetz, a Fortune Top 100 Best Places to Work in America, and one of America's fastest growing family-owned and operated convenience store chains will add a new store in Morgantown, WV,Morrisville, NC, St. Clairsville, OH, and Bethel, PA. The new location in Morgantown, WV will be one of…
SAN FRANCISCO, 2016-Jul-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Gymboree Corporation ("Gymboree" or the "Company") today announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to sell its early childhood development business, Gymboree Play & Music ("Play & Music"), to ZEAVION Holding ("ZEAVION"), a privately-held company with a focus on the education and entertainment sectors. Pursuant to…
London, 2016-Jul-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — London and Cambridge Properties (LCP) has boosted its retail portfolio with the £23.34 million acquisition of 100 retail units across England, acquired from EPI Special Situations 3 (EPISO3), a fund advised by Tristan Capital Partners, and Addington Capital.
The Blossom portfolio, which comprises 14 sites and includes high street stores…
LONDON, 2016-Jul-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Retail giant B&M Stores has opened a new store in the Black Country after it agreed to move to Astle Retail Park, West Bromwich.
The rapidly growing variety retailer has signed a 10-year lease for the 16,835 sq ft unit at the retail park, which is owned and managed by Pensnett-based…
Maximizing customer satisfaction by driving responsiveness
to user and partner needs through organizational change
Tokyo, 2016-Jul-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — Rakuten today announced completion of the transition to an organization based on an internal company-system, an initiative designed to drive responsiveness to user and partner needs, delivering assured service quality and maximizing customer satisfaction in a rapidly…
Partnership with industry’s premier adventure bike manufacturer broadens co-op’s line of adventure touring, backcountry, and fatbikes
SEATTLE, 2016-Jul-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — REI, a national specialty outdoor retailer and the nation’s largest consumer co-op, and Salsa Cycles, bikepacking innovator and bicycle manufacturer, plan to make Salsa-brand bikes available to REI members and customers at select REI…
Fair Oaks, CA, 2016-Jul-03 — /EPR Retail News/ — Raley’s Food For Families has launched its Summer Fresh Drive, designed to raise funds and increase the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables at food banks throughout Northern California and Nevada.
During the school year, 21 million children from financially challenged homes in the United States eat a…
Even CEO Dave Hirz Will Bag Groceries on "Engagement Day," as All Employees Go In-Store to Prep for Smart & Final's Biggest Retail Weekend of the Year
COMMERCE, Calif., 2016-Jul-03 — /EPR Retail News/ — Fourth of July is more than just fireworks and a three-day weekend for Smart & Final, the longest continuously-operating food retailer in the…
CINCINNATI, 2016-Jul-03 — /EPR Retail News/ — To show support for our heroes – service members, their families and veterans – The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) family of stores today released a thank you video as part of its summer-long Honoring Our Heroes campaign, which continues in stores through July 19th.
Customers can show their support and…
London ,2016-Jul-03 — /EPR Retail News/ — SSP, a leading operator of food and beverage brands in travel locations worldwide, has scooped two of the top prizes at the prestigious Moodie FAB awards. Organised by leading business-to-business publisher and information provider The Moodie Davitt Report, the awards recognise the best of the food and beverage business…
London, 2016-Jul-03 — /EPR Retail News/ — Waitrose's Italian continental meat supplier has been awarded the prestigious Good Pig Award 2016 by Compassion in World Farming, in recognition of its work to raise farm animal welfare standards.
Traditionally, animal welfare standards for continental meat have lagged behind those of British meats. However, a long term partnership between…
Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2016-Jul-03 — /EPR Retail News/ — Carrefour – in its capacity as current Chair of the ILO's National Business & Disability Network – was proud to host the "Global Business Engagement for Disability Inclusion" conference on Wednesday 29 June, held at the Group's head office by the UN body.
Focused on sharing examples of…
Taiwan , 2016-Jul-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — Carrefour Taiwan opened its 23nd Market's store : Tainan XiMen store in the south region of Taiwan. These new store openings take Carrefour Taiwan’s total number of store up to 86th stores.
Tainan XiMen store is a 1 level store with total sales area 370 sqm. It provides wide…
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Jul-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco has today confirmed that for the three months from 1st August, it will pay its dairy farmers 28.71 ppl for their fresh milk, through the Tesco Sustainable Dairy Group (TSDG). This will be an increase of 0.02ppl from the previous quarter.
The move follows the introduction of the Fair…
CHARLOTTE, N.C., 2016-Jul-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Board of Directors of Belk, Inc. today announced that Tim Belk will retire as chief executive officer of the company in July 2016. He will continue to serve on the Belk Board. Lisa Harper, who previously served as chief executive officer of Hot Topic, Inc., will succeed…
Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2016-Jul-02 — /EPR Retail News/ —Mathilde Rodié has been appointed Director of Financial Communications and Investor Relations of Carrefour Group. Her nomination takes effect on September 1, 2016.
Previously Director of Investor Relations, she succeeds Alessandra Girolami, who has decided to leave the Group to pursue her career in another sector.
About Carrefour
As a multi-local,…
Amsterdam 2016-Jul-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — Eperium has been appointed Intershop Platinum Partner at the annual Partner Executive Event. Eperium was founded sixteen years ago and took the strategic choice to work with Intershop back in 1999. This made Eperium the first Intershop Business Partner in the Netherlands. Since then, Eperium has progressed to supplying…
RICHMOND, Virginia , 2016-Jul-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — CarMax, Inc. (NYSE: KMX), the nation’s largest retailer of used cars, officially opened its store in Westborough, MA, located at 170 Turnpike Road. The new store will stock more than 300 used vehicles of nearly every make and model, and has brought approximately 50 new jobs to…
BEACHWOOD, Ohio, 2016-Jul-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — DDR Corp. (NYSE: DDR) today announced that it closed on the disposition of six assets totaling $58 million at 100% ownership during the second quarter of 2016.
During the second quarter, DDR sold three operating assets for $45 million and three land parcels for $13 million, aggregating $58 million at…
Northern California, 2016-Jul-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — Whole Foods Market’s 43 stores in Northern California and Reno, Nevada, will donate 5 percent of their Wednesday, July 20, sales to fund Local Producer Grants given to 13 small businesses in the region.
The Whole Foods Market Local Producer Grant, presented by Working Solutions, is designed to support…