LIVERPOOL, 2015-10-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Speke Unit Trust, the specialist retail park fund advised by British Land and managed by Schroders, has exchanged contracts with Cineworld for an 11-screen cinema, including state-of-the-art Superscreen technology at New Mersey Shopping Park, Speke. The letting to Cineworld follows the receipt of planning permission from Liverpool City…
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Falling fuel costs, along with falling food costs, continue to be one of the main drivers behind the rise in discretionary income
Asda Income Tracker shows that inflation on vehicle fuel is down -14% compared with the same period last year
Regions such as Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North East of England, would be…
Zaandam, the Netherlands, 2015-10-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Ahold today announced it has entered into a three-year partnership with startup accelerator Startupbootcamp, to support young companies elected to participate in the Startupbootcamp E-commerce program.
Being involved with Startupbootcamp will enable Ahold to witness e-commerce trends and innovations at their origin and get to know promising startups.…
LONDON, 2015-10-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Fundamental reform of the £588 million business rates system in Northern Ireland should be a top priority for the next devolved government in order to encourage investment and sustain jobs, according to the Northern Ireland Retail Consortium. The NIRC has launched a detailed 8-page policy paper entitled Business…
First Retailers Set to Open Late 2015, along with Expanded Macy's, at Market-dominant East Bay Property
SANTA MONICA, Calif., 2015-10-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Macerich (NYSE: MAC) announced today 45 retailers set to join the expanded and completely redeveloped Broadway Plaza in Walnut Creek, Calif. The center, anchored by Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus and Macy's, is…
SANTA MONICA, Calif., 2015-10-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Board of Directors of The Macerich Company (NYSE: MAC) declared a 4.4% increase in its quarterly cash dividend to $.68 per share of common stock. The dividend is payable on December 4, 2015 to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 12,…
Düsseldorf, Germany, 2015-10-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — EuroShop Düsseldorf, the world’s leading trade fair for capital goods in the retail trade, will be entering the Indian markets in 2016. After all, the subcontinent of India is about to become a major economic power and is also one of the fastest growing retail markets in…
Arlington , VA, 2015-10-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Earlier this month, lobbyists from the American Bankers Association (ABA) loudly asserted that an FBI consumer alert urging consumers to use PINs with newly issued EMV or "chip" credit cards was misguided, because banks in the United States were not issuing chip and PIN credit cards. A…
Retailers that leverage Experian’s marketing technology saw ecommerce revenue increase more than 10 percent since 2014, according to internet RETAILER®’s leading vendors report
Experian Marketing Services is named the top email technology provider to the largest retailers in North America
New York, N.Y., 2015-10-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Experian Marketing Services, a recognized leader…
RICHMOND, Va., 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — The CarMax, Inc. (NYSE:KMX) family mourns the passing of long-time director and friend, Tom Stemberg. “We are deeply saddened by Tom’s passing,” said Tom Folliard, CarMax president and CEO. “Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this time. Tom’s courageous fight against cancer is indicative…
COLUMBUS, Ohio, 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — L Brands, Inc. (NYSE:LB) invites you to listen to the live webcast of its annual Investor Update Meeting on Nov. 3 2015. Featuring Leslie H. Wexner, chairman and chief executive officer of L Brands, executive leadership will provide an update on the strategies for the company and…
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — X5 Retail Group held its capital markets day (“CMD”) in Moscow.
The schedule for the CMD included:
Morning: store visits hosted by Format Heads
Afternoon: Presentations and Q&A sessions with the X5 Retail Group CEO, CFO, Format Heads, Business Development Head
Evening: dinner for all participants
Three members of…
Poverty is Unnecessary Day events to highlight key 2015 partners
AUSTIN, Texas, 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — On Oct. 25, Whole Foods Market will celebrate Poverty is Unnecessary Day in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of Whole Planet Foundation’s launch. Select Whole Foods Market stores will host scavenger hunts, product demos, documentary screenings, and will…
Retailer offers authentic, handmade tortillas and tortilla chips in all Meijer stores
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — A new partnership between Meijer and Detroit-based manufacturer Hacienda Mexican Foods has not only placed authentic, handmade products in each of the retailer’s 222 stores across the Midwest, but has also allowed the small family-owned manufacturer…
PHILADELPHIA, 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE: PEI) announced today that its Board of Trustees has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.21 per common share. The dividend is payable on December 15, 2015 to common shareholders of record on December 1, 2015. The December 15thdividend payment will be the…
CROIX, France, 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — In order to improve its performance drivers, provide greater leeway for each of its three core businesses and increase flexibility and rapidity, Groupe Auchan is streamlining its organisation and governance.
Accordingly, Groupe Auchan, which has been renamed Auchan Holding, is being organised into three key autonomous companies:
Auchan Retail will…
Krasnodar, RUSSIA, 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — PJSC “Magnit”, Russia’s largest food retailer (the “Company”; MOEX and LSE: MGNT) announces its unaudited 9M 2015 results prepared in accordance with IFRS¹ .
During 9M 2015 the Company added (net) 1,677 stores (902 convenience stores, 18 hypermarkets, 30 “Magnit Family” stores and 727 drogerie stores) and increased its selling…
Minneapolis, MN, 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Customers starting to tackle their holiday shopping lists early will enjoy free shipping on all orders starting this Sunday.
BestBuy.com will offer free shipping with no minimum order required from Oct. 25, 2015, through Jan. 2, 2016, on all items sold by and shipped from Best Buy.1
It’s one…
ATLANTA, GA and TORONTO, ON, 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Lagardère Travel Retail closed the acquisition of Paradies, a leader in retail, and food and beverage operations at airports in the United States and Canada, after receiving all the required authorizations. Announced on August 11, this acquisition will combine the activities of Paradies and Lagardère Travel…
Stores being converted to the Stop & Shop banner in waves
Purchase, NY, 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company LLC today announced it will continue the conversions of 25 A&P stores it is acquiring with a third wave beginning on Thursday, October 22nd. During this process, each wave of stores…
Wiener Neudorf, AUSTRIA, 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Unter dem Motto >>Grenzenlose Frische!<< motiviert BILLA seine Mitarbeiter bereits zum neunten Mal in Folge zu herausragenden Leistungen in den Filialen. Die mehr als 1.000 teilnehmenden BILLA Filialen werden dabei durch externe Mystery Shopper sowie interne Vertriebs- und Zentralmitarbeiter unter die Lupe genommen und besonders hinsichtlich…
Wiener Neudorf, AUSTRIA, 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Unter dem Motto >>Grenzenlose Frische!<< motiviert BILLA seine Mitarbeiter bereits zum neunten Mal in Folge zu herausragenden Leistungen in den Filialen. Die mehr als 1.000 teilnehmenden BILLA Filialen werden dabei durch externe Mystery Shopper sowie interne Vertriebs- und Zentralmitarbeiter unter die Lupe genommen und besonders hinsichtlich…
Nachhaltigkeitswochen vom 26. bis 31.10. – Stände in mehr als 600 Märkten
PENNY-Azubis informieren über „Gesellschaftliches Engagement“
Köln, Germany, 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Im Rahmen der PENNY Nachhaltigkeitswoche (26. bis 31.10.) zum Thema „Soziale Verantwortung“ stellen eigens geschulte Auszubildende in mehr als 600 Märkten in ganz Deutschland den Kunden die unterschiedlichen Aktivitäten von…
Zu den Spekulationen über eine Auflagen-Genehmigung des Fusionsantrags von Edeka und Kaiser’s Tengelmann durch den Bundeswirtschaftsminister erklärt Alain Caparros, Vorstandsvorsitzender der REWE Group:
Köln, Germany, 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — „Dubiose Spekulationen über die Ministerentscheidung helfen den Beschäftigten bei Kaiser’s Tengelmann, die Sorge um ihren Arbeitsplatz haben, überhaupt nicht weiter. Im Gegenteil: Durch Gerüchte über eine…
Pasay City, Philippines, 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime), one of the leading integrated property companies in Southeast Asia, opens today SM Center Sangandaan, October 23, 2015. It is SM Prime’s 55th mall in the Philippines, and first mall in the populous City of Caloocan, one of the16 cities within Metro…
Report demonstrates that retailers are struggling to understand where personalization ends and privacy infringement begins
PARIS, 2015-10-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Capgemini Consulting, the global strategy and transformation consulting arm of the Capgemini Group, today published a new report, “Privacy Please: Why Retailers Need to Rethink Personalization,” which reveals that consumers worldwide are strongly negative about retailers’…
SEATTLE, 2015-10-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Taylor Yukawa recalls the day in 2014 when his academic advisor called him about an internship with Starbucks. Then a student at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, he didn’t know what to expect.
“After interviews through email and FaceTime, I was offered the role as a summer…
Expects record holiday season
Majority of units shipped expected to be Prime
SEATTLE, 2015-10-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its third quarter ended September 30, 2015.
Operating cash flow increased 72% to $9.8 billion for the trailing twelve months, compared with $5.7 billion for the trailing twelve months ended September 30,…
Faster delivery for Prime members also expands to new areas of New York, New Jersey and Philadelphia
Members shopping on Amazon.com can choose from more than a million items available for same-day delivery including popular electronics, toys, movies, video games, home and kitchen supplies, everyday essentials and much more
SEATTLE, 2015-10-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — (NASDAQ:AMZN)…
HELSINKI, FINLAND, 2015-10-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Finland's poor financial situation and the general development of the trade sector caused a decline in S Group's sales for January–September in comparison to the previous year. Sales decreased by 3.9 per cent, totalling €8,009 million.
The sales of S Group's largest sector – grocery trade – stood…