CANTON, Mass., 2016-Jul-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — July is National Ice Cream Month, our favorite month of the year at Baskin-Robbins, and this year marks the USO’s 75th anniversary. To honor this anniversary and our steadfast commitment to supporting our nation’s military, we’re excited to be holding a special nationwide donation program on National Ice…
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SIDNEY, Neb., 2016-Jul-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — Cabela's Incorporated (NYSE:CAB) announced today it is scheduled to release second quarter 2016 financial results before the market opens on Thursday, July 28, 2016. A conference call to discuss the results will be held at 11:00 a.m. ET that same morning. The call will be hosted by Tommy Millner,…
COMMERCE, Calif., 2016-Jul-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — Smart & Final Stores, Inc. (NYSE: SFS), the value-oriented food and everyday staples retailer, today announced that it will report its financial results for the second quarter ended June 19, 2016, on Thursday, July 28, 2016, after the close of market. David Hirz, President and Chief Executive Officer,…
DEERFIELD, Ill., 2016-Jul-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — Walgreens, one of the largest drugstore chains in the USA and included in the Retail Pharmacy USA Division of Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. (Nasdaq: WBA), will participate in the USA Precision Medicine Initiative (PMI) Cohort Program through an initial $20 million grant awarded to The Scripps Research Institute…
MOORESVILLE, N.C., 2016-Jul-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — As recovery continues in West Virginia following devastating flooding, Lowe’s announced today it will donate $250,000 to American Red Cross Disaster Relief to help those affected. Lowe’s is working with its national nonprofit partners to provide both immediate and long-term support to local communities in West Virginia.
The…
LONDON, 2016-Jul-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — British Land announces that it has exchanged contracts for the sale of 334-348 Oxford Street, London to a private investor for £400 million.
The asset is a seven storey building located near Bond Street Underground Station in London’s core West End shopping district. The building is let in its entirety…
OKLAHOMA CITY, 2016-Jul-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sonic Corp. (NASDAQ:SONC), the nation's largest chain of drive-in restaurants, today announced that its Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.11 per share of common stock to be paid to shareholders of record as of the close of business on August 10, 2016, with a payment date of…
Arlington , VA,, 2016-Jul-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) praised the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies for passing via voice vote its FY 2017 Labor, Health and Human Services funding bill. The appropriations bill as voted on contains specific provisions prohibiting the…
Arlington , VA, 2016-Jul-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) today welcomed the passage of two bills from the House Financial Services Committee designed to help ensure businesses access to capital in the startup phase. Austen Jensen, RILA’s vice president, government affairs issued the following statement.
“By alleviating some of the financial challenges entrepreneurs…
ALEXANDRIA, Va., 2016-Jul-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — Convenience stores sales surged over the first half of the year as lower gas prices fueled more driving and Americans embraced the continued addition of fresh and healthy food options, according to a survey of convenience retailers released today by the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS).
More than…
SAN FRANCISCO, 2016-Jul-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) today reported that net sales for the five-week period ended July 2, 2016 increased 2 percent to $1.57 billion compared with net sales of $1.54 billion for the five-week period ended July 4, 2015.
“We are pleased to see better performance across the portfolio this…
Mülheim an der Ruhr, 2016-Jul-08 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Tengelmann Group completed its 149th year with a consolidated net revenue of €8.24 billion, up 4.5% from the previous year when currency effects are taken into account. "2015 would have been a very good year for Tengelmann if it hadn’t been overshadowed by the drawn…
LONDON, 2016-Jul-07 — /EPR Retail News/ —
First quarter
Total
Food sales1
+4.0%
-0.9%
Clothing & Home sales1
-8.3%
-8.9%
M&S.com sales (memo only)
+0.5%
Total UK sales
-1.1%
-4.3%
International sales (constant currency)2
+0.7%
Group sales (reported)
-0.4%
Group sales (constant currency)
-0.9%
1 Timing of Easter had an adverse effect of 0.5% on Food and 0.8% on Clothing & Home sales growth.
2 International sales at reported currency were up 6.1%.
Steve Rowe, Chief Executive,…
Paderborn, Germany, 2016-Jul-07 — /EPR Retail News/ — Asia Green Development Bank Ltd. now accepts EMV-based VISA and MasterCard chipcard transactions in all its ATMs, becoming the first bank in Myanmar to offer the service, Wincor Nixdorf announced today.
EMV, or Europay MasterCard Visa, is a technical specification that facilitates interoperability between chip-based credit and debit cards…
London, 2016-Jul-07 — /EPR Retail News/ — Erith Riverside Shopping Center becomes part of Evolve Estates Ltd’s growing UK investment portfolio that now stands at over £190m in value and includes over 60 properties.
Evolve Estates have purchased the long leasehold on the shopping center, the freehold of which is owned by the London Borough of Bexley.
The purchase…
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Jul-07 — /EPR Retail News/ — Her Majesty the Queen today (Wednesday 6 July) officially opened Slessor Gardens which includes a project that was one of the first beneficiaries of Tesco’s Bags of Help funding in Scotland.
Her Majesty visited the Garden in the city as part of the annual Holyrood Week of the official…
SEATTLE, 2016-Jul-07 — /EPR Retail News/ — Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) plans to release its third quarter fiscal year 2016 financial results after the market close on Thursday, July 21, 2016, with a conference call to follow at 2:00 p.m. PT.
The conference call will be webcast and can be accessed on the company’s website http://investor.starbucks.com. A replay…
WOONSOCKET, R.I., 2016-Jul-07 — /EPR Retail News/ — CVS Health Corporation (NYSE: CVS) today announced that its board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend of $0.425 (42.5 cents) per share on the corporation's common stock. The dividend is payable on August 1, 2016, to holders of record on July 21, 2016.
About CVS Health
CVS Health is…
FORT LEE, Va. , 2016-Jul-07 — /EPR Retail News/ — Last year was a banner year for the Feds Feed Families campaign. The Department of Defense collected more than 3.2 million pounds of food and personal hygiene items for donation to local food banks and pantries. Commissary employees and their patrons contributed almost 50 percent or…
ALTOONA, Pa., 2016-Jul-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — For the past 24 years Sheetz For The Kidz has set out to provide support, hope, joy and happiness to children within the communities in which Sheetz operates. Sheetz For The Kidz is an employee run 501 (c)(3) charitable organization that raises funds to support the Sheetz For…
Milan (Italy), 2016-Jul-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — During the period from June 28, 2016 to July 4, 2016, Luxottica Group S.p.A. (MTA: LUX; NYSE: LUX) acquired 255,279 shares on the Milan Stock Exchange’s Mercato Telematico Azionario (MTA) equal to 0.053% of the issued share capital. The shares were bought at an average price per share…
LAKELAND, Fla., 2016-Jul-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — Publix Super Markets Inc. announced its board of directors declared a quarterly dividend of 22.25 cents per share on its common stock.
The dividend will be payable Aug. 1, 2016, either through direct deposit or mailed as a check to stockholders of record as of the close of business…
Scarborough, Maine, 2016-Jul-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — Hannaford Supermarkets recently donated 4,000 cases of food to hunger-relief organizations in the Northeast, the final installment of $1.19 million in cash and product donated to food banks, pantries and meal programs through the Hannaford Helps Fight Hunger Campaign.
The donations come at a time of year when food…
Jean Coutu Group to hold press conference and guided tour of the distribution center on July 5, 2016
Varennes, Quebec,, 2016-Jul-05 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Jean Coutu Group (PJC) Inc. (the "Corporation" or the "Jean Coutu Group") wishes to remind media that representatives of the Jean Coutu Group will meet the press after the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday, July 5, 2016. A guided tour of the distribution center will…
SAN FRANCISCO, 2016-Jul-04 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Gymboree Corporation ("Gymboree" or the "Company") today announced that it entered into a definitive agreement to sell its early childhood development business, Gymboree Play & Music ("Play & Music"), to ZEAVION Holding ("ZEAVION"), a privately-held company with a focus on the education and entertainment sectors. Pursuant to…
Fair Oaks, CA, 2016-Jul-03 — /EPR Retail News/ — Raley’s Food For Families has launched its Summer Fresh Drive, designed to raise funds and increase the availability of fresh fruits and vegetables at food banks throughout Northern California and Nevada.
During the school year, 21 million children from financially challenged homes in the United States eat a…
CHESHUNT, England, 2016-Jul-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco has today confirmed that for the three months from 1st August, it will pay its dairy farmers 28.71 ppl for their fresh milk, through the Tesco Sustainable Dairy Group (TSDG). This will be an increase of 0.02ppl from the previous quarter.
The move follows the introduction of the Fair…
Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2016-Jul-02 — /EPR Retail News/ —Mathilde Rodié has been appointed Director of Financial Communications and Investor Relations of Carrefour Group. Her nomination takes effect on September 1, 2016.
Previously Director of Investor Relations, she succeeds Alessandra Girolami, who has decided to leave the Group to pursue her career in another sector.
About Carrefour
As a multi-local,…
BEACHWOOD, Ohio, 2016-Jul-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — DDR Corp. (NYSE: DDR) today announced that it closed on the disposition of six assets totaling $58 million at 100% ownership during the second quarter of 2016.
During the second quarter, DDR sold three operating assets for $45 million and three land parcels for $13 million, aggregating $58 million at…
Northern California, 2016-Jul-02 — /EPR Retail News/ — Whole Foods Market’s 43 stores in Northern California and Reno, Nevada, will donate 5 percent of their Wednesday, July 20, sales to fund Local Producer Grants given to 13 small businesses in the region.
The Whole Foods Market Local Producer Grant, presented by Working Solutions, is designed to support…