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…
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Argentina, 2015-4-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — Last March 26th, Carrefour Argentina opened Maxi Lomas de Zamora, a new cash and carry store. With this opening, our company reaches the fifth store under this format and a total amount of 574 stores in the country.
The store counts with a sales floor of 3200 m2 and…
Cheshunt, England, 2015-4-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — Shoppers will soon have their weekly shop taken to a whole new level of fun as Tesco takes a leap forward in revolutionising the shopping experience with the introduction of trampoline inspired bouncy aisles, which will help people reach the top shelves more easily.
Lucy Mecklenburgh, ex-TOWIE favourite…
Children’s Food Trust joins forces with Tesco in new deal worth almost £5 million to expand network of children’s ‘Let’s Get Cooking’ clubs
New clubs will be concentrated in disadvantaged areas and the number of clubs will be expanded by a third
Cheshunt, England, 2015-4-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — The Children’s Food Trust has…
SEATTLE, 2015-4-3 — /EPR Retail News/ — In 2014, Starbucks invested more than $3.7 million in Origin Community Grants to help support the health and stability of coffee farming communities. Here’s how Starbucks began its journey with origin grantee Heifer International.
When Howard Schultz, Starbucks chairman and chief executive officer, traveled to the hills of northern Rwanda…
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,”…
Partnership expected to bring convenience to patients
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., 2015-4-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — Spectrum Health and Meijer have signed a letter of intent to explore the Grand Rapids, Mich.-based retailer opening and operating a full-service retail pharmacy on the campus of the Spectrum Health Medical Center.
A final agreement would allow Meijer to operate…
The customized carts make the shopping experience easier for families of children and adults with special needs
STILLWATER, MINN., 2015-4-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — Cub Foods, the first grocer in the Twin Cities to offer Caroline’s Cart to customers with special needs children, today announced it is bringing the one-of-a-kind customized shopping carts to all 76…
MINNEAPOLIS, 2015-4-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — This morning, Target Canada Co. announced that it will complete its inventory liquidation efforts and close the last of its 133 Canadian retail stores to the public on April 12. In addition, Target Canada’s three distribution centres and Mississauga headquarters have been closed. Liquidator-led fixture sales will continue in…
DALLAS, TX, 2015-4-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — Making a sandwich is easy, right? Two slices of bread, meat, cheese and sauce … done. Creating the two new7‑Eleven® Melt artisan sandwiches was a little more involved. Like evaluating 20 different bread options … measuring 1,000 different buns … creating 75 prospective sauces … testing multiple cheese varieties…
Selected from 10 Videos, Three Come to Dallas for CEO Interview
DALLAS, TX, 2015-4-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — The public, friends and relatives of 10 military veterans competing for a 7‑Eleven store somewhere in the U.S. cast more than 30,000 votes in the company’s nationalOperation: Take Command competition that ended Sunday night with the selection of the…
Cardiff, UK, 2015-4-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — Two Co-operative food stores have re-opened in Cardiff this week (26 and 27 March 2015) as part of an investment programme in excess of £3M designed to transform the shopping experience for communities in and around the city during 2015.
Improvements are in-store at The Co-operative Food in…
Brande, Denmark, 2015-4-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — BESTSELLER is arranging a world-wide charity day across all its brand and countries. ‘One day to unite and do good’ is what it’s all about. The name of the event is GIVE-A-DAY and the concept is simply ‘Everything our customers spend on 10 April is given to charity’.
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Quincy, MA, 2015-4-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — With the arrival of spring, residents in the Northeast are breathing a collective sigh of relief, happy to bid farewell to one of the most trying winters on record. To recognize the outstanding efforts of its drivers who have been on the frontlines of Mother Nature’s fury, Peapod by…
PHOENIX, ARIZONA, 2015-4-2 — /EPR Retail News/ — PetSmart, Inc. (“PetSmart” or the “Company”) today named six new leaders to its senior leadership team who, collectively, will be responsible for key growth areas of the Company, including customer experience, merchandise planning, strategy, initiatives, sourcing and real estate.
The additions to the senior leadership team reflect the first…
London, Paris, Stockholm, 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — After years of searching for a solution to the worldwide problem of textile waste, pioneering start-up Worn Again joins forces with fashion retailer H&M, and luxury, sport & lifestyle Group, Kering, to bring to market a revolutionary innovation in clothing production and recycling.
In 2014, the global production…
LONDON, 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sainsbury’s is creating 480 specialist jobs in London and Coventry, strengthening its in-house digital and technology capabilities as customers seek more convenient and intuitive ways to shop using new technology.
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LONDON, 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sainsbury’s is proud to announce the launch of a new product, Taste the Difference No-Yolk Eggs, to simplify home baking for millions of customers.
The eggs, laid exclusively for Sainsbury’s by free-range, Amber White chickens, were developed in association with a long-standing Sainsbury’s egg supplier.
According to research from the…
ASHEVILLE, N.C., 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — Ingles Markets, Incorporated (NASDAQ: IMKTA) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.165 (sixteen and one-half cents) per share on all its Class A Common Stock and $0.15 (fifteen cents) per share on all its Class B Common Stock. This is an annual rate of $0.66 and $0.60…
Moscow, 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — X5 Retail Group N.V., (‘X5’ or the ‘Company’) a leading Russian food retailer (LSE ticker: ‘FIVE’), is pleased to announce the further expansion of its Perekrestok chain of supermarkets. Today, five new stores were opened, three of them located in Moscow, one in Kazan and one in Nizhny Novgorod,…
Moscow, 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — X5 Retail Group N.V., (‘X5’ or the ‘Company’) a leading Russian food retailer (LSE ticker: ‘FIVE’), is pleased to announce today the opening of the Company’s 5,555th store, a Pyaterochka proximity store in Lyubertsy, Moscow Region, marking an important milestone for X5.
It took only four months to open store…
Houston, TX, 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — Store to open April 8 at Voss and Woodway in Houston
WHAT: Whole Foods Market Voss will donate 1 percent of net sales for each of the first five days the new store is open, to local nonprofits. The store opens Wednesday, April 8, at Voss and Woodway.
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Major Retailer Launches Spring Fast Way to Save™ Digital Coupon Program;
Weekly Specials Help Customers Save More on Easter and Apparel
Goodlettsville, Tennessee, 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — Dollar General is helping customers spring into savings this week with the launch of its spring Fast Way to Save™ digital coupon program, offering customers approximately $200 each…
ROCHESTER, NY, 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — Want to help nature? There’s a bag for that! Once again, The Nature Conservancy and Wegmans Food Markets are celebrating Earth Day all month long with an April 2015 initiative designed to encourage more sustainable behaviors and raise funds for protecting lands and waters.
Last year, Wegmans and The…
ALEXANDRIA, VA, 2015-4-1 — /EPR Retail News/ — Scott Kubista-Hovis has joined NACS as a performance consultant and will help to enhance and measure the effectiveness of the association’s educational offerings, including e-learning opportunities and event education, namely around the NACS Show. In this newly created role, Kubista-Hovis will create learning plans using adult learning principles resulting…
HONG KONG, 2015-3-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — In a rare collaboration, DFS Group and the House of Rémy Martin have come together to celebrate the arrival of Rémy Martin XO Touzac. This is the first retail partnership of its kind in the Cognac House’s 291-year history. The limited-edition collectible cognac is available now at DFS airport…
Los Angeles, 2015-3-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — CBRE Group, Inc. (NYSE:CBG) today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the Global WorkPlace Solutions (GWS) business of Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE:JCI). GWS is a market-leading provider of Integrated Facilities Management solutions for major occupiers of commercial real estate and has significant…
Lippo Village, Tangerang, 2015-3-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — PT. Matahari Putra Prima Tbk (MPPA), a leading modern multi-format retailer in Indonesia, operator of Hypermart, Foodmart and Boston Health & Beauty, launched the new Foodmart Supermarket at Suncity Mall Madiun, a luxury shopping center located in the heart of Madiun.
Foodmart Suncity Mall Madiun is the third Foodmart outlet in…
Pasay City, Philippines, 2015-3-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — SM Investments Corporation (SM) today marked its 10th year as a publicly-listed company in the Philippine Stock Exchange.
SM listed on March 22, 2005 with an adjusted price of PHP 191 per share. As of March 26, SM closed at PHP888 apiece, representing a growth of 365%.
In his…
Jonathan and Drew Scott to Debut Outdoor Décor Line
WEST CHESTER, Pa., 2015-3-31 — /EPR Retail News/ — Best known as stars of four hit television series, Jonathan and Drew Scott are recognized worldwide for their real estate and design expertise. Now, they’re bringing their home renovation know-how and dynamic design vision to the world of backyard…