CAMP HILL, Pa., 2014-3-26 — /EPR Retail News/ — Rite Aid Corporation (NYSE: RAD) today announced that Dedra N. Castle, a highly experienced human resources executive, is joining Rite Aid as Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer.
In this position, Castle will be responsible for all aspects of human resources, including training, recruitment, talent management,…
Business
Arlington, VA, 2014-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — On behalf of the National Grocers Association (NGA), Peter J. Larkin, NGA President and CEO sent a letter to House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-MI), outlining concerns with the his draft proposal to overhaul the nation's tax code. Specifically, NGA addressed the negative impacts that…
NEW YORK, 2014-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — After three weekly sequential sales gains retailers experienced mixed results as retail demand varied across categories and overall was softer than the prior week. For the week ending March 22, 2014 weekly sales slipped by 1.5%, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs…
MATTHEWS, NC, 2014-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (NYSE: FDO) today announced that it has named Brian D. Hancock to the position of Senior Vice President–Supply Chain. Mr. Hancock will report to Howard R. Levine, Chairman and CEO.
"Since we opened our first store in 1959, our focus has been on providing our…
WAYNE, NJ, 2014-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — Toys“R”Us, Inc. announced today that it will hold a special presentation for the investment community hosted by Antonio Urcelay, Chairman of the Board and CEO, Toys“R”Us, Inc., and Hank Mullany, President, Toys“R”Us, U.S., to review the company’s fiscal 2013 performance and discuss its go-forward strategy. The meeting will…
NEWTON, MA, 2014-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — Wegmans Food Markets today announced the leadership team responsible for opening and managing the second Wegmans store in Massachusetts located on Route 9 in Chestnut Hill. The team consists of the store manager, chef, pharmacy manager, and area managers, who each oversee multiple departments in the store. The team has…
London, 2014-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — Full year dividend up 5% and announcing a multi-year capital return programme in 2014/15.
Group Financial Summary
% Total Change
% Total Change
% LFL* Change
2013/14
2012/13
Reported
Constant currency 52 week basis
Constant currency
Sales*
£11,125m
£10,573m
+5.2%
+3.5%(1)
+0.7%
Retail profit*(2)
£805m
£778m
+3.5%
+0.7%(1)
Adjusted* pre-tax profit
£744m
£715m
+4.1%
Adjusted basic EPS
23.4p
22.3p
+4.9%
Interim dividend
3.12p
3.09p
+1.0%
Final dividend
6.78p
6.37p
+6.4%
Full year dividend
9.9p
9.46p
+4.7%
Net cash*
£238m
£38m
n/a
* Throughout this release '*' indicates first instance of a term defined…
IKEA Awards Current Supplier Sauder Woodworking Co. A Five Year Contract Creating at Least 150 New Jobs
Conshohocken, PA, 2014-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — IKEA US announced today that it has recently awarded its current supplier, Sauder Woodworking Co. of Archbold, Ohio, a 5 year contract. The partnership will create at least 150 new jobs…
On March 20 the Ethisphere Institute, an independent center of research promoting best practices in corporate ethics and governance, recognised H&M as a 2014 World’s Most Ethical Company®.
Stockholm, Sweden, 2014-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — This is the fourth time that H&M has been honored with this award, which recognises organisations that continue to raise the bar…
SAN FRANCISCO, 2014-3-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — For the 8th year in a row, Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) has been recognized by the Ethisphere Institute as a 2014 World’s Most Ethical Company®.
“The entire community of World’s Most Ethical Companies believe that customers, employees, investors and regulators place a high premium on trust and that ethics and good…
Special Dividend Declared; Dividend Payout Ratio Increased to 40%
GOME to “Build another GOME” with Open Supply Chain
Profit attributable to the owners of the parent company surged to RMB892 million, up 222.5% y-o-y
Sales revenue amounted to RMB56,401 million, up 10.4% y-o-y steadily
Consolidated gross profit margin remained at high level of 18.4%
Declaration of Special…
Special Dividend of HK$7 per share to shareholders
Hong Kong, 2014-3-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — Hutchison Whampoa Limited (HWL) is pleased to announce today the formation of a strategic alliance with Temasek by Temasek taking up an indirect equity interest of 24.95% in A.S. Watson Holdings, HWL’s retail division, for HK$44 billion.
Benefits of the Transaction
Following the completion…
Intershop selects Siteworx as a strategic North American partner, furthering Intershop’s continued expansion of U.S. partner strategy.
Intershop and Siteworx to jointly demonstrate seamless omni-channel commerce experience using Adobe Experience Manager at Adobe Summit, March 24-28.
San Francisco, 2014-3-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — Intershop, the largest independent technology vendor for omni-channel commerce solutions, today announced…
London, 2014-3-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — Carrenza, major specialist in cloud based technologies and Intershop, a leading provider of omni-channel commerce solutions, have announced their partnership and the launch of a new joint offering based on their technologies and services.
The joint offering will see Carrenza take the legacy Intershop client/server application and deliver it via…
Krasnodar, Russia, 2014-3-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — OJSC “Magnit”, Russia’s largest retailer (the “Company”, “Issuer”; MICEX and LSE: MGNT), is pleased to announce the results of the BOD meeting held on March 20, 2014.
Please be informed that on March 20, 2014 the BOD meeting was held (minutes of the BOD meeting of OJSC “Magnit” are w/o…
Stockholm, Sweden, 2014-3-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — On April 10th, H&M launches its new Conscious and Conscious Exclusive collections. With two new materials, organic leather from the Swedish leather supplier Tärnsjö, and organic silk, the collections show what can be done in more sustainable materials.
“H&M is proud of its sustainability work. Conscious and Conscious Exclusive show…
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA, 2014-3-20 — /EPR Retail News/ — IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today announced plans to expand the warehouse of its Detroit-area store in Canton, MI. As a result of this work, IKEA Canton, which opened June 2006 at 311,000 square feet in size, would grow nearly 44,000 SF to the new size…
NEW YORK, 2014-3-20 — /EPR Retail News/ —Now is a good time to sell assets, said a panelist at ICSC’s OAC (Open-Air Center) Summit Thursday, in Washington. “If you have a desire or need to monetize your investment, this is a beautiful time to do it,” said the panelist, William Wolfe, president of First Washington Realty,…
LONDON, UK, 2014-3-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Commenting on the Chancellor's Budget announcement earlier today, BRC Director General, Helen Dickinson said: "Our customers will welcome the Chancellor's focus on putting more money in their pockets through changing the tax thresholds, fuel duty and savings and pensions arrangements. The BRC's projections demonstrate that whilst recovery is now a…
LONDON, UK, 2014-3-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — In February 2014 total Scottish sales decreased by 1.0% compared with February 2013, when they had increased by 0.7%. Like-for-like sales decreased by 2.5% on last February, when they had decreased by 0.1%. Taking account of shop price deflation at 1.4%, February total sales were up 0.5% in real terms.
Total…
LONDON, UK, 2014-3-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Today the British Retail Consortium and the Department for Work and Pensions committed to working increasingly closely in an effort to get more people, especially those under 25, into careers in the retail sector.
A formal partnership agreement was launched today by BRC Director General, Helen Dickinson and Employment Minister Esther…
Arlington, VA, 2014-3-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Women Grocers of America (WGA) announced its 2014 Leadership team, which consists of a newly appointed president to succeed Denise Beckman, four Executive Committee Members, and six new Board Members.
"I commend Denise Beckman for her exemplary leadership of the Women Grocers of America over the last five…
Wincor Nixdorf is further scaling the portfolio for Cash management in Retail
Paderborn, Germany, 2014-3-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Wincor Nixdorf has extended the payment systems terminals by the MEI Banknote recycling system (BNR). Through this Wincor Nixdorf is able to offer a more scalable solution which can easily be adapted to customer demands.
“The decision by Wincor…
Hardware and software from Wincor Nixdorf
Paderborn, Germany, 2014-3-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Banco del Tesoro is extending its range of customer-friendly automated teller machine services. Venezuela’s third biggest public bank will be installing 200 new CINEO ATMs from Wincor Nixdorf by July of this year, doubling the number of systems in its ATM network and supporting…
Intershop to demonstrate integration of leading B2B and B2C ecommerce platform with Adobe Experience Manager for Experience-Driven Commerce at Adobe Summit 2014
Recently inked collaboration signals continued growth and investments by Intershop
San Francisco, 2014-3-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Intershop, the largest independent technology vendor for omni-channel commerce solutions, today announced that it will showcase…
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y., 2014-3-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE: KIM), North America’s largest publicly traded owner and operator of neighborhood and community shopping centers, announced that it has closed on a new $1.75 billion unsecured revolving credit facility with commitments from 23 lending institutions, replacing the company’s existing $1.75 billion unsecured…
LONDON, 2014-3-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — Strong progress in our 20x20 Plan with our ‘Value of Values’ campaign reaching consumers and colleagues
Joint top in fish sustainability league from Marine Conservation Society and recognised as market leaders in Greenpeace’s tinned tuna league
Signed a new long-term deal with British Athletics and proud sponsors of the record…
CHICAGO, 2014-3-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — General Growth Properties, Inc. (NYSE: GGP) will report financial and operational results for the first quarter 2014 after the close of business on Monday, April 28, 2014, and host a conference call for investors and other interested parties at 9:00 a.m. CDT (10:00 a.m. EDT) on Tuesday, April 29, 2014.…
Pasay City, Philippines, 2014-3-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — SM Investments Corporation recently received the Anvil Award organized by the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP).
SM received an Award of Merit for its 2012 Annual Report with the theme “We Build to Serve Millions”. In the photo are Anvil Juror Dr. Severino Sarmenta, Jr.; immediate past PRSP VP-Internal Jika M. Dalupan,…
Milton Keynes, UK, 2014-3-18 — /EPR Retail News/ — Home Retail Group today announces a new management structure for Argos as a result of the promotion of John Walden, formerly Manager Director of Argos, to the role of Group Chief Executive. All changes are effective immediately.
As Group Chief Executive, John Walden will continue to provide guidance to…