SHANGHAI, 2016-Jul-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — As part of its continuous investments to deliver an exceptional customer experience in China, Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) today announced the launch of the Starbucks mobile payment experience aimed at providing My Starbucks Rewards® (MSR) members access to a fast, seamless and convenient way to pay for purchases, using their pre-loaded Starbucks…
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Seattle, 2016-Jul-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Summer is in full swing at Starbucks, with refreshing new beverages and treats at participating stores in the United States and Canada.
Starting today (July 12), customers can enjoy the new sweetly tart Teavana® Shaken Berry Sangria Herbal Tea or the new Iced Coconut Milk Mocha Macchiato, the company’s first iced…
LONDON, 2016-Jul-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Lidl has triumphed at this year’s Good Houskeeping Food Awards, walking away with the coveted title of ‘Supermarket of the Year’ at the ceremony last night.
The award, voted for by readers of the magazine, has been running for over a decade, with Waitrose consistently walking away with the title…
WASHINGTON, 2016-Jul-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Import cargo volume at the nation’s major retail container ports should see a small-but-significant increase this month as merchants stock up for the back-to-school season, then see a larger wave in late summer and fall for the holiday shopping season, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released…
Jena, Germany, 2016-Jul-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Intershop has been recognized for its ability to meet leading-edge market requirements in the newly published ‘Critical Capabilities for Digital Commerce’ by Gartner for its Commerce Suite. The document evaluated 19 vendors' digital commerce platforms using 14 critical product capabilities and five use cases to assist IT leaders…
ALEXANDRIA, Va., 2016-Jul-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — Consumer optimism increased to its highest level since March as gas prices reversed a four-month climb and dropped 12 cents per gallon last month, according to the latest national consumer survey released by the National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS).
Overall consumer optimism about the U.S. economy increased three…
RICHMOND, Virginia, 2016-Jul-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — CarMax, Inc. (NYSE: KMX), the nation's largest retailer of used cars, is currently hiring more than 130 associates for the company’s second store in the Bay Area. The store is scheduled to open in November 2016 at 44100 Christy Street and will stock 200 to 300 used vehicles…
RICHMOND, Virginia, 2016-Jul-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — CarMax, Inc. (NYSE: KMX), the nation's largest retailer of used cars, is currently hiring more than 40 associates for the company’s new store in Maple Shade, NJ. The store is scheduled to open in September 2016 at 531 Route 38 West.
This location is CarMax’s 2nd store in New…
ROCHESTER, NY, 2016-Jul-14 — /EPR Retail News/ —
WHAT: “Taste the Season’s Best” at all Wegmans Food Markets. Stop by the stations throughout the store at this fun event to taste the freshest and the best of the season. Learn from our employees grilling technique tips and tricks and sample a few of our favorites!
WHEN: 11…
BUFFALO, NY, 2016-Jul-14 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Buffalo Museum of Science is pleased to announce the opening of the new exhibit, Yum!, on Saturday, July 16th. Yum! was created in partnership and with generous support from Wegmans Food Markets. All activities associated with the new exhibit are included with general museum admission and free…
BRANDE, Denmark, 2016-Jul-13 — /EPR Retail News/ —‘We are red, we are white, we are Danish dynamite…’ This was the anthem of the renowned Danish 80’s football team. In 2016, Denmark has no football team at the Euros, so the Danes are eager to be #allforrio and support the Danish athletes going to the Olympic Games…
Pasay City, Philippines, 2016-Jul-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — SM Investments reported today that the company has obtained the approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission for the merger of Sy family-owned specialty stores into SM Retail Inc. Under the terms of the deal, over 1,300 retail outlets will be folded into SM Retail in exchange…
Pasay City, Philippines, 2016-Jul-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — SM Prime Holdings, Inc. (SM Prime) has set the interest rate for its Peso-denominated Series F, 10-year retail bonds at 4.2005% p.a. SM Prime will issue an aggregate principal amount of Php 10.0 billion of the Series F bonds, which will be offered to investors through underwriters from…
FORT LEE, Va., 2016-Jul-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Seven hundred students from military families each received a $2,000 scholarship this year thanks to the 2016 Scholarships for Military Children program.
The program, created in 2001, recognizes the contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and celebrates the commissary’s role in enhancing military…
Shanghai, China, 2016-Jul-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Fashion is an experience in intimacy. The relationship between garment and the body creates a personal narrative informed by texture and color, contrast and complement. Garments toy with perception –who we are, who we will be –realized in the way we dress. The new Prada boutique at…
St. Petersburg, Russia, 2016-Jul-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Lenta, (LSE, MOEX: LNTA), one of the largest retail chains in Russia, today announced that the Fitch Ratings has upgraded its Long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) from ‘BB-’ to ‘BB’ and its National Long-term rating from ‘AA-(rus)’ to ‘A+(rus)’. The outlook on the…
Northwich, United Kingdom, 2016-Jul-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Hut Group, Europe’s fastest growing online Health and Beauty brand owner and retailer, has acquired Hale Country Club & Spa in Cheshire. Operating across 50,000 sq. ft., Hale Country Club provides its 5,000+ members with best-in-class fitness, leisure, spa and beauty facilities.
The acquisition of Hale…
Santiago, Chile, 2016-Jul-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Cencosud S.A. (NYSE: CNCO, BCS: Cencosud) (“Cencosud” or the “Company”) announced today that it has filed a prospectus for a registered public secondary offering of 142,126,044 shares of its common stock, representing 5% of Cencosud total outstanding common stock, including in the form of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”).…
New York, NY , 2016-Jul-13 — /EPR Retail News/ — Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS), the nation’s largest retail bookseller and a leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products, today announced that week two of the Get Pop-Cultured with Barnes & Noble (www.bn.com/getpop-cultured) celebration will feature events and promotions highlighting some of the…
Düsseldorf, Germany, 2016-Jul-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — METRO Cash & Carry has entered into a global partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP), the United Nations agency mandated to combat hunger around the world. This is an opportunity for METRO to help WFP advance towards the second of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals: to “end…
LONDON, 2016-Jul-12 — /EPR Retail News/ — Waitrose is to move its payment terms for all UK small food producers to a maximum of seven days.
The step, which will be phased in over the next two months, follows an internal review of payment terms for smaller suppliers and will mean that the supermarket now offers industry…
Newark, New Jersey, 2016-Jul-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — The 21 students who will work in the ShopRite of Newark this summer as part of Mayor Ras J. Baraka’s Summer Youth Employment program will train with mentors and rotate through different departments as they prepare for potential careers in retail.
There are so many different parts…
Silverstone (UK), 2016-Jul-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — Luxottica Group S.p.A. (MTA: LUX; NYSE: LUX), a leader in the design, manufacture, distribution and sale of fashion, luxury and sports eye wear and owner of the iconic sunglasses brand Ray-Ban, announces a sponsorship agreement with Ferrari S.p.A..
Ray-Ban, the most popular eye wear brand in the world, signed a…
Retailer accepting donations in-store and online to help raise funds for UNICEF’s education programs for children around the world
DALLAS, 2016-Jul-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Container Store® (NYSE:TCS), the nation’s leading retailer of storage and organization products, today announced the launch of its partnership with the U.S. Fund for UNICEF during the retailer’s “Get Your…
CINCINNATI, 2016-Jul-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) has recalled Kroger Deluxe S'mores Ice Cream (48 oz, tub) sold in its retail stores because the product may contain peanuts not listed on the label. Kroger initiated the recall when a supplier, Grain Craft, indicated a raw ingredient may have become contaminated with…
Milano, Italy, 2016-Jul-11 — /EPR Retail News/ — On July 3rd, 2016 Miu Miu will unveil a new kind of private club in Paris. Transforming an historic location into a contemporary salon of the imagination, the miumiu-club Paris will bring a new sense of occasion to Paris Couture Week, for one night only.
Miu Miu will reinterpret…
A Ivry, 2016-Jul-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — La Fnac poursuit son déploiement territorial et annonce l’ouverture d’un nouveau magasin franchisé au format de proximité à Pontivy. Ce magasin ouvrira ses
portes jeudi 21 juillet prochain dans la galerie commerçante d’Intermarché.
La Fnac Pontivy sera dirigée par André Trébouta, franchisé et David Weltz, directeur du magasin. Elles’étend sur…
NASHVILLE, Tenn., 2016-Jul-10 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) today announced that associates working at 93 stores in the company's Nashville division have ratified a new labor agreement with Local 1995.
The agreement covers 12,000 associates working in Middle and East Tennessee, North Alabama and South Kentucky.
"We are pleased to reach an agreement that…
Conshohocken, PA, 2016-Jul-07 — /EPR Retail News/ — IKEA had samples analyzed and found them to contain milk, hazelnut and/or almond. Persons allergic to milk, hazelnuts and/or almonds may have a severe to life-threatening reaction after consuming the dark chocolate.
Products have been distributed Nationwide at IKEA retail stores. There has not been any complaints or reported…
Halle, Belgium, 2016-Jul-06 — /EPR Retail News/ — Problem: too high a content of aflatoxin B1. During an inspection by the FASFC, they found too high a content of aflatoxin B1 in roasted pistachio nuts pepper & salt 250 g from California, produced in Germany.
Aflatoxins are mycotoxins that can be present in several products such as…