New York, NY, 2015-8-11— /EPR Retail News/ — Equity One, Inc. (NYSE:EQY), an owner, developer, and operator of shopping centers, announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.22 per share of its common stock for the quarter ending September 30, 2015, payable on September 30, 2015 to stockholders of…
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PADERBORN, Germany, 2015-8-11— /EPR Retail News/ — PJSC Leto Bank (VTB Group) and Wincor Nixdorf announce the successful completion of the migration of the bank’s ATM fleet to cash recycling technology. The project was launched in February 2014 and the entire network was migrated to the cash recycling system (CRS) platform by July 2015. Today,…
WASHINGTON, 2015-8-10— /EPR Retail News/ — Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 3.6 percent this month over the same time last year as retailers begin to bring in merchandise for the holiday season, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation…
Lin’s Fields on Mall Drive to open in early 2016
St George, UT, 2015-8-10— /EPR Retail News/ — Associated Food Stores’ retail-owned grocery store, Lin’s Fresh Market, will open their fifth location, Lin’s Fields on Mall Drive (2928 E Mall Drive) in St. George Utah. The new location, a 52,300 square foot store, is tentatively set to open…
HONG KONG, 2015-8-10— /EPR Retail News/ — Dairy Farm International Holdings Limited today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, The Dairy Farm Company, Limited (‘DFCL’), has agreed to acquire a further 143,467,220 shares in a placement by Yonghui Superstores Co., Limited (‘Yonghui’) for a consideration of approximately US$210 million. The investment by DFCL is being made…
Grocery Leader Offers Valued Jobs with Generous Compensation
Batavia, Ill., 2015-8-7— /EPR Retail News/ — ALDI, the nation’s low-price grocery leader*, will host hiring events throughout the United States during the month of August for more than 2,500 positions, a significant step toward achieving its goal of creating 10,000 new jobs by the end of 2018. With more…
ATLANTA, 2015-8-7— /EPR Retail News/ — The Home Depot®, the world's largest home improvement retailer, today announced the appointment of Gerard J. Arpey to the company's board of directors. Arpey will serve on the company's Finance Committee and its Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. His appointment gives the company 11 directors, 10 of whom are…
METRO GROUP supervisory board proposes Barry Callebaut CEO Jürgen Steinemann as the next board chair
Düsseldorf, Germany, 2015-8-7— /EPR Retail News/ — Düsseldorf-headquartered METRO GROUP is facing a change at the helm of its Supervisory Board: the three largest shareholders of the company, Haniel, Schmidt-Ruthenbeck and Beisheim, as well as the current Supervisory Board ofMETRO AG are backing the succession plan of Supervisory Board Chairman Franz Markus Haniel, who decided to…
Acquisition strengthens METRO GROUP's wholesale operations - dedicated Food Service Distribution (FSD) business as a growth driver
Classic Fine Foods provides access to premium FSD markets in high growth Asian mega cities and Middle East
With Classic Fine Foods, wholesale market presence expands from 26 to 36 countries
Further growth potential by expanding Classic Fine…
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, 2015-8-7— /EPR Retail News/ — Nordstrom will open its third Canadian location in the heart of downtown Vancouver at Pacific Centre on Friday, September 18 at 9:30 a.m. Customers are invited to preview the new 230,000 square-foot flagship store during a BFF Event on September 11-12, and a Beauty Bash on September 18. Nordstrom…
20 stores expected to open in Panama City over next five years with Premium Restaurants of America, Starbucks long-term licensing partner in Central America
Building on over a decade of sourcing coffee from Panama, Starbucks stores in Panama City will feature Starbucks® premium, single-origin Starbucks Reserve Panama Carmen Estate coffee, sourced from Panama's Volcán Chiriquí Valley
Starbucks…
Pasay City, Philippines, 2015-8-6— /EPR Retail News/ — SM Investments Corporation (SM) reported consolidated net income of PHP13.5 billion for the January to June period, an increase of 10% over last year. Excluding extraordinary items, recurring income grew by 13% during the first half of 2015.
Consolidated revenues were up 6% to PHP138.9 billion in the first…
Employee volunteers to beautify Osborn neighborhood and $50K donation will fund the new technology and equipment for Osborn High School’s iLab
BLOOMFIELD HILLS, Mich., 2015-8-6— /EPR Retail News/ — Detroit’s Osborn neighborhood today received a helping hand from Taubman employees as part of the company’s second annual Volunteer Day. Taubman again joined forces with Life Remodeled to…
Sale marks the 7th non-core mall sold by PREIT
PHILADELPHIA , PA, 2015-8-6— /EPR Retail News/ — Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (NYSE: PEI) announced today that it has completed the sale of Uniontown Mall in Uniontown, PA for $23.0 million . The buyer also separately acquired the fee interest in the ground underlying…
Addition will provide an extraordinary shopping experience
PHILADELPHIA , PA, 2015-8-6— /EPR Retail News/ — PREIT (NYSE: PEI) announced a new lease with Whole Foods Market to open at Exton Square Mall in Exton, PA.
The 55,000-square foot store will complement the plans to redevelop the property, bringing a unique and engaging shopping experience this…
Paderborn, Germany, 2015-8-6— /EPR Retail News/ — Wincor Nixdorf, Europe's leading supplier of IT solutions for banks and retailers, is gearing up for more expansive Software business in Brazil. At the same time, it plans to work in cooperation with Perto in the Hardware sector. On the basis of an agreement recently concluded between both…
EHI Retail Institute award
Paderborn, Germany, 2015-8-6— /EPR Retail News/ — The “Top Supplier Retail” award was conferred this year by the EHI Retail Institute in Cologne for the first time.
This new award honors the entire range of excellent services and solutions that an IT partner makes available to retail businesses. Wincor Nixdorf was named a…
Bradford, England, 2015-8-6— /EPR Retail News/ — Clare has nearly 25 years of experience in HR and management, mostly in the retail sector with Morrisons and before that Asda. Most recently she has been Morrisons’ interim Group Retail Director and has been leading the stores business through a number of measures to improve the customer shopping…
Firm Specializes in Canadian Hospitality and Tourism Industries
Los Angeles, 2015-8-6— /EPR Retail News/ — CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) today announced that it has acquired PKF Consulting Inc. (PKF Canada), a leading advisory, consulting and research firm in Canada specializing in the Canadian hospitality and tourism industries.
PKF Canada serves a broad range of clients in Canada,…
WEST CHESTER, Pa., 2015-8-5— /EPR Retail News/ — QVC, the world's leading video and ecommerce retailer, today announced its official entry into France, with the launch of live television programming and ecommerce. QVC France, which launched online at QVC.fr with 46 brands in June, began its video programming distribution on August 1, and plans to offer nearly 300…
Martindale Will Continue to Report to Rite Aid Chairman and CEO John Standley
Other Executive Management Appointments Announced to Help Drive Growth <and Operational Efficiencies
CAMP HILL, Pa., 2015-8-4— /EPR Retail News/ — Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE:RAD) has announced that Ken Martindale, who is currently president and chief operating officer, has been promoted to the newly created…
PLANO, Texas, 2015-8-4— /EPR Retail News/ — J. C. Penney Company, Inc. (NYSE: JCP) has strengthened its executive leadership team with the appointment of two outstanding senior leaders who will be charged with maximizing the power, reach and integration of the Company’s omnichannel capabilities. Michael Amend, formerly vice president of online, mobile and omnichannel for The Home…
ALEXANDRIA, VA, 2015-8-4— /EPR Retail News/ — As more convenience stores consider expanding their fresh produce offer in stores, a new resource has been published to help them examine what they need to consider to have success with a fresh produce program.
“Are You Fit for Fresh?” a simple 10-point checklist developed by the National Association of Convenience…
El establecimiento, situado en Berriz, cuenta con atención personalizada en mostrador en pescadería, carnicería y charcutería
La cooperativa colaboró con más de 2.000 proveedores vascos el pasado ejercicio, con un volumen de compras superior a los 600 millones de euros anuales
Berriz, SPAIN, 2015-8-3— /EPR Retail News/ — EROSKI ha inaugurado hoy un supermercado franquiciado con la…
Purchase of Select Unilever Products at Walgreens to Trigger Donation of Clean Water Overseas*
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, NEW JERSEY, 2015-8-3— /EPR Retail News/ — Announced today, Unilever and Walgreens have joined forces for the first time with Me to We to provide customers with a new way to make a positive impact on the world through everyday purchases. Give H2OPE…
Bradford, England, 2015-8-3— /EPR Retail News/ — Morrisons has been crowned 2015 Supermarket of the Year at the International Wine Challenge Awards (IWC), beating off stiff competition from Waitrose and M&S (winners in 2013 and 2014).
The IWC merchant awards are considered the ‘Oscars’ of wine retail and are amongst the most prestigious in the wine world.
The IWC…
Pasay City, Philippines, 2015-8-3— /EPR Retail News/ — SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime), one of the leading integrated property companies in Southeast Asia, registered a consolidated net income growth of 90% to PHP18.7 billion from PHP9.8 billion in the first half of 2015. Excluding one–time trading gains on the sale of marketable securities, the company’s…
LONDON, 2015-7-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sainsbury's has been named in the top band of UK companies for sourcing timber and timber products responsibly. The WWF scorecard ranks companies from 'zero trees' which means a company has not yet shown any progress on sustainable timber up to ' three trees' which is where Sainsbury's…
LONDON, 2015-7-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — J Sainsbury Plc (Sainsbury’s) and Celesio AG, owner of Lloyds Pharmacy Ltd (LloydsPharmacy), today announce the formation of a strategic partnership that will see LloydsPharmacy acquire Sainsbury’s pharmacy business for £125m.
In addition, Sainsbury’s will receive commercial annual rent payments from LloydsPharmacy for each location.
Sainsbury’s and LloydsPharmacy customers…
This summer Clubcard customers can Boost on all Tesco Direct products
In addition to this Back to School, F&F clothing, and hundreds of in-store products are included.
CHESHUNT, England, 2015-7-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco’s August Clubcard Boost is back and this year it’s bigger and better than ever before, with every single product on…