Los Angeles, 2014-10-28— /EPR Retail News/ — CBRE Group, Inc. today announced that Jennifer Ashley has been appointed Global Director of Human Resources. In this role, Ms. Ashley will oversee CBRE’s worldwide human resources operations encompassing approximately 44,000 employees. Her areas of responsibility include employee relations, staffing and recruitment, training and professional development, diversity, compensation and benefits.
“Jennifer…
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Los Angeles, CA, 2014-10-28— /EPR Retail News/ — CBRE Group, Inc. has been named a Silver winner in the 10th-annual Health at Work Awards sponsored by ComPsych, honoring organizations that promote employee health and wellness.
Companies were honored for their wellness program’s comprehensiveness, delivery, promotion, participation rates and overall results.
“We applaud CBRE for promoting health and wellness and…
Grocer Recognized at Annual Stars and Stripes Benefit for the Troops
Landover, Md., 2014-10-28— /EPR Retail News/ — Giant Food announced today that it was recognized for a fourth year in a row by USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore’s Circle of Stars. Giant is being recognized this year as a 4-Star member of the Circle of Stars. The USO-Metro…
PAK’nSAVE Westgate is completing its finishing touches, as the eagerly anticipated supermarket gets ready to open on Tuesday 4 November at 8.15 am.
Whakatane, New Zealand, 2014-10-28— /EPR Retail News/ — The store is situated at the traffic lights of Westgate’s Fred Taylor Drive and Rua Road, which is conveniently located for both the local community and…
Company Accepting Monetary Donations at Registers, Conducting Food Drive in Lobbies
Matthews, N.C., 2014-10-28— /EPR Retail News/ — This November, Harris Teeter is continuing its annual Harvest Feast Food Drive and Donation Card Campaign to aid local hunger-relief efforts.
In November 2013, Harris Teeter’s Harvest Feast campaign collected $624,000, producing more than 5.6 million* meals for those facing hunger.…
ROCHESTER, NY, 2014-10-28— /EPR Retail News/ — Remember when kale got no respect, when it's pretty ruffled leaves appeared on a plate only as a garnish? Well today kale is a superstar, a hip and healthy veggie with a growing fan club. Chefs love it in salads, snacks, soups and sides. With all the vitamins, minerals and…
ST. LOUIS, MO, 2014-10-27— /EPR Retail News/ — IKEA, the world’s leading home furnishings retailer, today announced that steel erection is underway as part of the construction of its future St. Louis store opening next fall, 2015. Erection of structural steel atop the existing precast concrete parking structure helps frame the shape of the building and…
Zaandam, the Netherlands, 2014-10-27— /EPR Retail News/ — Ahold has repurchased 373,464 Ahold common shares in the period from October 20, 2014 up to and including October 24, 2014.
The shares were repurchased at an average price of € 12.3224 per share for a total consideration of € 4.60 million. These repurchases were made as part of…
LONDON, 2014-10-27— /EPR Retail News/ — Total search volumes for home and garden grew by 15% in the third quarter of 2014 compared with the same quarter a year earlier.
Search volumes on smartphones outpaced search volumes on tablets, with growth of 41% compared with growth on tablets of 22%.
BRC Director General, Helen Dickinson, said: "This…
Saskatoon, Canada, 2014-10-27— /EPR Retail News/ — Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL) has purchased the Affinity Credit Union building on Fourth Avenue South in downtown Saskatoon. The acquisition accommodates increasing talent growth and eases office space demands experienced at its current Home Office located just a half block north on 22nd Street East.
FCL is a unique…
Atlanta, GA, 2014-10-27— /EPR Retail News/ — CBRE Global Corporate Services (GCS) held its fourth annual S.E.E.S Conference last week in Atlanta, GA. The conference, named for the four major service categories of Integrated Facilities Management (Sourcing, Engineering, Energy and Sustainability), highlighted new ideas and innovations in global workplace operations.
More than 600 facilities experts from around the…
Pasay City, Philippines, 2014-10-27— /EPR Retail News/ — Leading Philippine conglomerate SM Investments Corporation(SM) and its subsidiaries were recognized for excellence in good corporate governance by Hong Kong publication Corporate Governance Asia (CG Asia).
The 10th Corporate Governance Asia Recognition Awards acknowledges the companies who have taken serious steps to institutionalize Corporate Governance into their businesses.
SM Vice Chairperson and…
FORT LEE, Va., 2014-10-27— /EPR Retail News/ — The spotlight was on military service members and their families Oct. 21 at the long-anticipated grand opening of the Pittsburgh Area Commissary and Exchange.
"This is your commissary. This is your benefit," Defense Commissary Agency Director and CEO Joseph Jeu told the large gathering of more than 500 people during…
The equivalent number of full-time jobs fell by 1.3% in the third quarter of 2014 compared with the same period last year.
LONDON, 2014-10-24— /EPR Retail News/ — In the third quarter of 2014, the number of outlets rose by 2.9%. Non-food retailers contributed marginally to the overall increase, the first time for at least two…
Los Angeles, CA, 2014-10-24— /EPR Retail News/ — CBRE Group, Inc. today announced that Tim Schroeder, a CBRE Managing Director has taken a leadership role in the Company’s LGBT Network Group (LGBTNG). Mr. Schroeder joins Chris Ludeman, Global President of Capital Markets, as a Co-Executive Sponsor of CBRE’s network group dedicated to its lesbian, gay, bisexual and…
Whole Foods Market’s travel company offers new roster of active foodie tours
AUSTIN, Texas, 2014-10-24— /EPR Retail News/ — Whole Journeys, Whole Foods Market’s travel company, announces the first 12 itineraries for travel in 2015. From Italian cooking lessons with locals and hiking island paths in Croatia to harvesting grapes in Argentina and tasting artisan goat cheese in…
Milton Keynes, UK, 2014-10-24— /EPR Retail News/ — Last night (Oct. 22, 2014) saw crowds gather to watch a UK first, as leading digital retail Argos brought music, technology and real-time social media interactivity together by hosting a Google+ Hangout on Air from its digital store on Old Street, London, broadcast to millions through YouTube…
Targu Jiu city, Romania, 2014-10-24— /EPR Retail News/ — Carrefour Romania opens on October 16th the first Carrefour hypermarket in Targu Jiu city and the 27th in the country.
Located in a new shopping centre in Târgu Jiu (Southeast Romania), the new hypermarket has a sales area of 7500 m², a product selection of around 50,000 items…
LONDON, 2014-10-23— /EPR Retail News/ — Marks & Spencer (M&S) has announced that it is installing the UK’s largest single roof mounted solar panel array on its East Midlands distribution centre in Castle Donington.
The project, which is expected to be completedin early 2015, is being worked on in partnership with Amber Infrastructure. The solar PV system…
Zaandam, the Netherlands, 2014-10-23— /EPR Retail News/ — To mark the opening of its new sportswear store, bol.com today launched an auction of 14 items signed by some of the Netherlands’ best-known sportspeople. All proceeds will go to Spieren voor Spieren (“Muscles for Muscles”), the Dutch charity that raises awareness for spinal muscular atrophy as part…
ALEXANDRIA, VA, 2014-10-23— /EPR Retail News/ — Attendance for the 2014 NACS Show increased 6.1% to reach 23,624 attendees, with 9,176 classified as buyers (retailers, grocery wholesalers and distributors). Both totals, which include Petroleum Equipment Institute (PEI) buyer registration, are the second-highest figures ever recorded for the NACS Show. Attendees from 60 countries were at the…
New York, NY, 2014-10-23— /EPR Retail News/ — Whole Foods Market is pleased to announce its partnership with famed local noodle producer, Sun Noodle. Known for supplying noodles to some of the most esteemed ramen shops in the nation, including David Chang’s Momofuku Noodle Bar and Ivan Orkin’s, Ivan Ramen and Slurp Shop. Sun Noodle will…
International Management Seminar 2014
Paderborn, Germany, 2014-10-23— /EPR Retail News/ — According to a study carried out on behalf of Wincor Nixdorf by the American company International Data Corporation (IDC), a global leader in IT market research and consulting, in 2017 banks all over the world will invest some 16 billion U.S. dollars in branch transformation and…
Paderborn, Germany, 2014-10-23— /EPR Retail News/ — Wincor Nixdorf Portavis's contract as IT outsourcing partner of Sparkasse Bremen is to be renewed for a further five years starting October 1, 2015. The contract has been in place since 2005 and was already renewed in 2011 for a minimum period of four years. Under the contract, Portavis…
Joint negotiations with multinational suppliers on global level
Combined sourcing of non-food private label products
Partnership brings benefits for customers
Agreement effective from November 2014
Croix/Düsseldorf, 2014-10-23— /EPR Retail News/ — Within the framework of the changing global retail environment, METRO GROUP and Groupe Auchan today announced their agreement to enter into an international purchasing partnership.…
LONDON, 2014-10-23— /EPR Retail News/ — Castorama France has been awarded the “Top Employers France” certification for 2014 by the Top Employers Institute, for the fourth consecutive year.
The Top Employers Institute globally certifies excellence in the working conditions that employers create for their people. Castorama France received its certification for demonstrating leading HR practices across the…
ALEXANDRIA, VA, 2014-10-22— /EPR Retail News/ — Wegmans Food Markets begins recruitment of full-time positions today for its new Alexandria store in Fairfax County, set to open mid-year in 2015. Available full-time openings include everything from customer service and entry- level management to restaurant and culinary positions. The Alexandria store will employ approximately 550 people, 500…
Washington, DC, 2014-10-22— /EPR Retail News/ — A 12-year-old aspiring inventor created a desk fan for his mom with parts from a broken PC and a cardboard box. Adding a single-throw switch, and wires for the circuit, the fan came alive. Beaming with pride, the boy started his own fan project with a completed prototype and…
MINNEAPOLIS, 2014-10-22— /EPR Retail News/ — Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) today announced new initiatives for the holiday season centered on irresistible products, unbeatable value and guest-friendly services – including new and enhanced digital tools and free shipping on all Target.com orders now through Dec. 20.
“Target is poised to deliver an unparalleled holiday shopping season. We’ve been building…
Los Angeles, 2014-10-22— /EPR Retail News/ — CBRE Group, Inc. has appointed Brian Stoffers as Global President, Debt and Structured Finance. Mr. Stoffers, a 30-year veteran of CBRE, previously served as President, Debt & Structured Finance, Americas and Chief Operating Officer, Capital Markets.
The appointment is part of CBRE’s overall growth strategy and global unification of…