SEATTLE, 2015-6-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Over the next few months in Seattle, a king and queen will be crowned. Pirates and clowns will make mischief in local parades. And, hydroplanes will race across Lake Washington.
As those who reside in the Emerald City know, it’s time for Seafair, the region’s premier summer festival.
Starbucks is…
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Los Gatos, CA, 2015-6-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — Netflix announced today Degrassi: Next Class, the newest generation of the Degrassi franchise, will be coming to Netflix around the world in 2016. The series will be available to all its members outside of Canada, France and Australia.
“We are so excited to bring Degrassi: Next Class…
World’s Leading Internet Television Network To Expand To Italy, Offering A Broad Variety Of Entertainment Including Original Series And Films For A Low Monthly Price
AMSTERDAM, 2015-6-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — Netflix Inc., the worlds leading Internet TV network, announced today that it will arrive in Italy in October 2015.
This autumn, Internet users in Italy will…
World’s Leading Internet Television Network To Expand To Portugal, Offering A Broad Variety Of Entertainment Including Original Series And Films For A Low Monthly PriceJun 06, 2015
AMSTERDAM, 2015-6-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — Netflix Inc., the world’s leading Internet TV network, announced today that it will arrive in Portugal in October 2015.
This autumn, Internet users…
Beverly Hills, Calif., 2015-6-4 — /EPR Retail News/ — Netflix announced today it will premiere four new animated shows, adding to its award-winning line-up of original television series for kids. The shows range from action adventure stories Kulipari: An Army of Frogs and Edgar Rice Burroughs Tarzan and Jane to preschool shows Cirque du Soleil…
Milton Keynes, 2015-5-27 — /EPR Retail News/ — Homebase Garden Academy student, Nicola Oakey, is about to build her first RHS Show garden at BBC Gardener’s World Live (11 - 14 June).
Nicola, who started the Academy in September 2014, successfully submitted a design for the ‘Beautiful Borders’ category of the show. The design had to be…
LONDON, 2015-5-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sainsbury’s today announces that, from Halloween 2015, all children’s dress-up outfits will be tested to the British nightwear flammability safety standard, the toughest standard that currently exists.
Current regulation requires dress-up to be tested to European toy standards1
From Halloween 2015, all children’s dress-up sold by Sainsbury’s will also…
Partnership Connects Starbucks 7,000 U.S. Company-Owned Stores, 10M-Member My Starbucks Rewards Loyalty Program and Spotify’s 60M Users to Create First-of-Its-Kind Music Ecosystem
MSR Members and Spotify Users to Earn "Stars as Currency" for Subscribing to Spotify Premium
Popular Starbucks Music Made Available for Everyone on Spotify
SEATTLE, 2015-5-19 — /EPR Retail News/ — Starbucks Coffee Company…
Tesco helps recreate the spirit of ’45 by surprising a number of party hosts with free food for local street parties
Tesco has long association with Armed Forces dating back to the supermarket’s founder, Jack Cohen
Figures revealed today show Tesco customers have smashed records by donating a record £5.3 million during 2014’s Poppy Appeal,…
The Star Wars Saga Begins in the U.S. with an In-Store Event, VIP Sweepstakes and Hundreds of Products for Fans and Collectors of All Ages
WAYNE, NJ, 2015-4-29 — /EPR Retail News/ — Toys“R”Us® stores worldwide and Toysrus.com are set to bring customers to a galaxy far, far away with a year-long celebration in honor of the epic…
TOKYO, 2015-4-17 — /EPR Retail News/ — Starbucks Japan celebrated the launch of a new Frappuccino® beverage in style this week.
A fashion event, created by acclaimed designer Taro Horiuchi, set the stage for the debut of Starbucks Fruits-on-top yogurt Frappuccino® with crushed nuts. Horiuchi, a Tokyo fashion designer and winner of the Newcomer’s Prize at…
Milton Keynes, UK, 2015-4-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Vinyl record players are unexpectedly roaring back into fashion with a new generation of music lovers rediscovering classics from the 60’s as an alternative to top 40 chart songs.
Sales of record players at Argos have tripled during the last month versus the same period last year.
Responding…
Beverly Hills, Ca., 2015-4-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — Special Correspondents, a new original feature film written and directed by Ricky Gervais and starring Eric Bana (Deliver Us From Evil, Lone Survivor) and Gervais (Muppets Most Wanted, Derek), will debut worldwide on Netflix next year.
With Special Correspondents, as with The Office & Extras, Gervais has…
LONDON, 2015-4-4 — /EPR Retail News/ — Students at Kensington and Chelsea Millinery College have helped Sainsbury’s to launch its Easter egg packaging recycling scheme with a new twist on the traditional Easter bonnet parade.
Kensington & Chelsea students create Easter bonnet – entirely from recycled Easter egg packaging
Sainsbury’s is providing special recycling points for…
Walgreens Will be the Exclusive Retailer of Red Noses in the U.S.
New York, NY, 2015-4-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — NBC today announced its collaboration with Walgreens and M&M’S® Brand around its first-ever “Red Nose Day” broadcast. To drive positive change through powerful entertainment, Walgreens and M&M’S will be two of the presenting media sponsors…
OneRepublic set to take the stage in a week full of events
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., 2015-4-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Meijer LPGA Classic presented by Kraft has partnered with General Mills to provide a community concert featuring OneRepublic on July 25 at Van Andel Arena®, tournament officials announced today.
Fans will recognize OneRepublic’s hit, “Counting Stars,”…
New ‘Ballooniverse’ campaign spotlights home brands & products available from Argos
Milton Keynes, UK, 2015-3-28 — /EPR Retail News/ — CHI&Partners will today (27th March 2015) unveil ‘Ballooniverse’ – the fifth TV spot in the GET SET GO ARGOS campaign, which launched in October 2014.
Set in the white ‘third space’ which provides the backdrop for all the…
LONDON, 2015-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — This week one of the world’s most important historic astronomical locations will offer a rare chance to see the astronomical spectacle of a near total solar eclipse on British soil. The last solar eclipse of such significance that could be seen in the UK was more than 15…
Year-long exhibition of anti-war artists Peter Kennard opens in May.
LONDON, 2015-3-25 — /EPR Retail News/ — London’s recently refurbished Imperial War Museum in Waterloo is opening a new exhibition in May celebrating the work of one of Britain’s most important political artists. Peter Kennard: Unofficial War Artist (14th May 2015 – 30th May 2016) will…
Chris Tucker Live To Debut Exclusively on Netflix on July 10
Beverly Hills, Calif., 2015-3-23 — /EPR Retail News/ — Actor and comedian Chris Tucker will headline his first full length stand-up comedy special, Chris Tucker Live, premiering exclusively on Netflix on Friday, July 10. Tuckers stand-up comedy performance will be available to stream in all…
ANAHEIM, Calif., 2015-3-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — More than 520 women will have a chance to lift themselves out of poverty through microcredit, thanks to Whole Foods Market’s “Beauty in All Beings” event,held Friday, March 6, at Expo West in Anaheim, Calif.
Whole Foods Market hosted the benefit event in partnership with thinkThin and 22 other…
SAN FRANCISCO, 2015-3-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — Apple® and HBO today announced HBO NOW is premiering next month, making an HBO subscription available directly to Apple customers for the first time ever. iPhone®, iPad®, iPod touch® and Apple TV® users can purchase HBO NOW directly in-app as a standalone service to watch every episode of every…
Milton Keynes, UK, 2015-3-4 — /EPR Retail News/ — Music-loving children inspired by this week’s star-studded music event The Brits, can mimic their favourite artists and winners with a range of musical toys from leading toy manufacturer Chad Valley.
Chad Valley Sing Along Keyboard, Stand and Stool (349/8437) £24.99
For those wanting to be the next Ed Sheeran,…
Washington, D.C., 2015-3-4 — /EPR Retail News/ — Below is Netflix’s statement in support of the FCC’s adoption of strong net neutrality rules:
“The net neutrality debate is about who picks winners and losers online: Internet service providers or consumers. Today, the FCC settled it: Consumers win.
Today’s order is a meaningful step towards ensuring ISPs cannot shift bad…
Pee-wee’s Big Holiday, A New Feature Film By Paul Reubens and Paul Rust, Available Exclusively To The Global Membership of Netflix
John Lee Makes His Feature Film Directorial Debut, Beginning Production in March 2015
Beverly Hills, Calif., 2015-2-24 — /EPR Retail News/ — Netflix, the world’s leading Internet TV network, will premiere exclusively in all…
New Disney Collection Merchandise Available at Disney Shop Inside JCPenney
PLANO, TX, 2015-2-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — JCPenney today announced that it has introduced a special line of products to celebrate the release of Disney’s “Cinderella,” a live-action feature film inspired by the classic fairy tale. The retailer will also support the collaboration with a fully…
Directed by The Daniels, starring Marcel the Shell creator Jenny Slate and actor Paul Dano
NEW YORK, 2015-2-5 — /EPR Retail News/ — Gap, the iconic American clothing brand, will debut an innovative "Micro-Series" developed specifically for Instagram. The series consists of 12 short films, each only 15 seconds long, that tell a surprising love story between…
Milton Keynes, UK, 2015-1-15 — /EPR Retail News/ — Multi award-winning garden designer Adam Frost returns to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show in 2015 with a striking modernist garden inspired by the Bauhaus movement and the work of one of its most famous proponents, Marcel Breuer.
Designed as an urban community garden, The Homebase Urban Retreat Garden…
PARIS, 2015-1-6 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Voice, the smash hit talent show* that has discovered artists such as Kendji Girac, Luc Arbogast and Fréro Delavega, no longer needs any introduction. For the third consecutive year, Klépierre and TF1 have renewed their partnership for The Voice Big Red Chair Tour, bringing a breath of fresh air and…
Cheshunt, England, 2014-12-22 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco has enlisted the help of stunning starlet Sam Faiers to give one fan an incredible Christmas this year. Maisie Bone, 19, from Kent was given the ultimate surprise when Sam knocked on her door last night to meet her in person.
The blonde beauty arrived with her…