Saint-Priest, France, 2016-Mar-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — Immochan France pursues its dynamic of renovation with the inauguration of the historical shopping center in Saint-Priest, France.
A qualitative leap for the customers
Created in 1981, Saint-Priest is ranked 6 out of all the hypermarkets of France and until 2015 only few transitional changes were made. In a spirit of modernity and excellence, Immochan and Auchan have invested…
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Local food items and artisan products sought
ROCKVILLE, Md., 2016-Mar-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — Whole Foods Market is looking for unique products from local growers and producers to feature in two upcoming stores: H Street, Washington, D.C. and Pentagon City, Virginia. Interested suppliers can submit information online at www.wholefoodsmarket.com/malocal. The submission deadline is Friday, April 8.
Whole Foods…
Local food items and artisan products sought
ROCKVILLE, Md., 2016-Mar-18 — /EPR Retail News/ —Whole Foods Market is looking for unique products from local growers and producers to feature in three upcoming Pennsylvania stores: the relocations of the Wynnewood and Philadelphia City Center (Callowhill) stores, as well as Allentown. Interested suppliers can submit information online at…
Los Angeles, 2016-Mar-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) today announced senior leadership changes in its real estate investment subsidiaries, CBRE Global Investors – a global real estate investment management firm – and Trammell Crow Company – a U.S. real estate development services business. The announcement was made by Bob Sulentic, CBRE’s President…
Los Angeles, 2016-Mar-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) today announced that Paula R. Reynolds, an accomplished senior executive and highly experienced board member, has been appointed to its Board of Directors.
Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Executive Officer of Safeco Corporation, a Fortune 500 property and casualty insurance company, until its acquisition by…
MINNEAPOLIS, 2016-Mar-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — Best Buy Co., Inc. today announced that former CEO Brad Anderson will retire from the Board of Directors and that the company has appointed corporate venture capital leader Claudia Fan Munce to the Board, effective March 14.
Anderson will serve the remainder of his term through the end of the…
MANCHESTER, England, 2016-Mar-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Millions of Co-operative Food customers are set to benefit from a new service that will not only enable them to send parcels from their local store but have them delivered there as well.
The Co-operative has teamed up with Hermes, the consumer delivery specialist, to offer its ParcelShop service…
HOUSTON, 2016-Mar-16 — /EPR Retail News/ — Weingarten Realty Investors (NYSE:WRI) announced today the promotions of Lee Brody to Senior Vice President / Leasing Mid-Atlantic Region, Mark Stout to Senior Vice President / General Counsel, Darren Amato to Divisional Vice President / Acquisitions and Taylor Vaughan to Area Vice President / Leasing.
Lee Brody, Senior Vice President…
Consolidated same store sales grew by 2.3% for the quarter and 0.9% for the full year; Fiscal 2015 SG&A expense reduction of $322 million resulted in the lowest full year SG&A since 2006; Full year consolidated Adjusted EBITDA1 of $800 million, a 25% improvement over the prior year; Consolidated Net Leverage2 for fiscal 2015 of…
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., 2016-Mar-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Taubman Centers, Inc. (NYSE: TCO) today announced that Robert S. Taubman, chairman, president and chief executive officer, and Simon J. Leopold, chief financial officer, will participate in a company roundtable presentation to the investment community at the Citi 2016 Global Property CEO Conference on Monday, March 14,…
Móstoles, España, 2016-Mar-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — VIPS, la marca origen y buque insignia de Grupo Vips, compañía multimarca y multiformato líder del sector de la hostelería y el comercio en España, continúa su expansión y suma ya 96 Cafeterías-Restaurantes. Móstoles es el lugar elegido para la ubicación de este icónico establecimiento que está ubicado…
CINCINNATI, 2016-Mar-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) today announced that Rodney McMullen, Kroger's chairman and CEO, and Mike Schlotman, Kroger's executive vice president and CFO, will address investors at the following conferences next week:
Tuesday, March 15:
2:40 pm ET BAML Consumer & Retail Technology Conference Q&A
Wednesday, March 16:
11:20 am ET BAML Consumer…
CINCINNATI, 2016-Mar-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Kroger Co.'s (NYSE: KR) Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of 10.5 cents per share to be paid on June 1, 2016, to shareholders of record on the close of business on May 13, 2016.
Kroger has delivered double-digit compound growth in its dividend since it…
€25million investment in Ireland’s newest retail convenience concept
DUBLIN, Ireland, 2016-Mar-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Ireland’s leading fuel and convenience retailer, Topaz, has launched its newest Re.Store retail offering in Ballincollig, Co Cork, marking the 100th store opening for Ireland’s most dynamic convenience concept. Cork County footballer and local man Daniel Goulding was guest of…
SANTA MONICA, Calif., 2016-Mar-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Macerich® (NYSE: MAC), today announced that Art Coppola, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, Ed Coppola, President and Tom O'Hern, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer will participate in the Citi 2016 Global Property CEO Conference in Hollywood, Florida.
Macerich will participate in a…
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., 2016-Mar-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. (NYSE: CBL) today announced progress on its mall disposition program. CBL closed on the sale of a 75% interest in River Ridge in Lynchburg, VA, to Liberty University. CBL received net cash proceeds of $33.5 million for the interest in River Ridge. CBL…
More than 800 new systems to be installed during 2016
Paderborn, Germany, 2016-Mar-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — BBVA is upgrading its ATM network with Wincor Nixdorf's CINEO cash recycling systems to enable banknotes deposited by customers to be reused for cash withdrawals. The bank is a pioneer in Spain with this solution, which helps provide customers…
HONG KONG, 2016-Mar-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — As a strategic move to accelerate the enhancement of mobile engagement with customers, A.S. Watson Group (ASW) eLab has announced today the appointment of Mtel as its Asia mobile solution partner for the next three years. In 2016 alone, MTel will deliver 9 mobile apps for ASW eLab…
Coop renews its Application Management Services Contract with Accenture
STOCKHOLM, 2016-Mar-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has extended its application management services contract with Coop, the Swedish Cooperative Union KF’s grocery retail business unit, for another five-year period. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The contract is designed to help Coop further enhance operational efficiency and reduce…
LARGEST ICE CREAM SPECIALTY SHOP CONTINUES STRATEGIC U.S. MILITARY VETERAN RECRUITMENT IN 2016
CANTON, MA, 2016-Mar-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Baskin-Robbins, the world’s largest chain of ice cream specialty shops, announced its third consecutive year of positive net new unit growth in the U.S. In 2015, 19 net new U.S. shops opened across the country, in states…
SECAUCUS, N.J., 2016-Mar-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Children’s Place, Inc.(Nasdaq:PLCE) today announced that in conjunction with the release of its fourth quarter and fiscal 2015 financial results, you are invited to listen to the Company’s conference call on Tuesday, March 15, 2016, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Eastern Time.
To access the webcast, visit http://investor.childrensplace.com. An…
CHENNAI, India, 2016-Mar-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Union Budget for the 2016 fiscal though focused more on farm sector and gave a balanced outlook to other industries, stakeholders of the Indian retail sector believe that the Budget did not offer any direct proposal to boost the sentiment of the business community but the sops…
Rapid growth at Company’s Global Competence Centre
AMSTERDAM, 2016-Mar-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — Staples Europe today announced that it is expanding its presence in Poland as it works to provide every product businesses need to succeed. In the past year, Staples has relocated and expanded its Global Competence Centre in Gdansk, and continues to grow Staples…
CFO of KeHE Food Distributors to Join Company in April
Byron Center, MI, 2016-Mar-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — SpartanNash (Nasdaq: SPTN) announced today that Chris Meyers will become the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for the company, effective April 11, 2016. Meyers has been serving as the Chief Financial Officer for Naperville, Illinois-based KeHE Distributors, the second…
Byron Center, MI, 2016-Mar-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — SpartanNash Company (the "Company") (Nasdaq: SPTN) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per common share. This represents an increase of approximately 11% from $0.135 per common share paid previously. The dividend will be paid on March 31, 2016…
COMMERCE, Calif., 2016-Mar-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — Smart & Final Stores, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE:SFS), the value-oriented food and everyday staples retailer, today reported financial results for the thirteen week and fifty-three week periods ended January 3, 2016.
Full Year Highlights:
Net sales increased 12.4% to $3.97 billion
Comparable store sales growth of 4.5%
Net income of…
Wrocław, Polska, 2016-Mar-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Management Board of AmRest Holdings SE invites to the 2015 Annual Investors Teleconference. The teleconference will be held on March 11th, 2016 at 2:30 pm (CET).
AmRest 2015 Annual Financial Statement will be published on March 11th, 2016, before the WSE session.
The presentation summarizing AmRest FY 2015 financial results…
SEATTLE, 2016-Mar-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — For the 10th year in a row, Starbucks has been named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies.
The Ethisphere Institute evaluates companies based on these categories: Reputation, Leadership and Innovation; Ethics and Compliance Program; Governance; Corporate Citizenship and Responsibility; Culture of Ethics.
“Transparency and sustainability are no longer mere buzzwords…
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Mar-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco has announced Tracey Clements has been appointed as Managing Director for Convenience and CEO of One Stop. Tracey will help to develop Tesco’s convenience offer for customers through its network of Metro, Express and One Stop convenience stores across the UK.
Tracey joined Tesco in 2002 and has…
DEERFIELD, Ill., 2016-Mar-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA) will release its fiscal 2016 second quarter earnings results at 7 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday, 5 April 2016, followed by a one-hour conference call with Walgreens Boots Alliance management beginning at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time.
The conference call will be simulcast through the…