CHESHUNT, England, 2015-12-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — People across the UK are set to enjoy an extra Happie Christmas this year, as Tesco delivers free mince pies to towns around Britain. To help customers get into the festive spirit, the retailer is delivering thousands of the little festive treats, free, to people’s front doors over…
Boulogne-Billancourt, FRANCE, 2015-12-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — Carrefour and the Gueules Cassées ("Ugly Mugs") collective have introduced a new brand – "Tous AntiGaspi” – in a bid to raise the awareness of the retailer's suppliers of the need to tackle food wastage. These products have minor visual imperfections, and so are sold at a discount……
David Jones, MD at Moneysupermarket, to join Sainsbury’s Bank to lead its customer division.
LONDON, 2015-12-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sainsbury’s Bank is delighted to announce today, 7th December, the appointment of David Jones as Chief Customer Officer. His appointment will see him lead the Bank’s newly formed Customer Division, bringing together trading and…
The John Lewis Partnership has appointed a new legal panel following a review of its existing arrangements.
LONDON, 2015-12-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — Slaughter and May is appointed as corporate adviser to provide the legal team with strategic advice in a number of complex and high profile areas and to support in relation to corporate…
The H&M Conscious Foundation is donating USD 100,000 to support Save the Children in their emergency relief efforts in Ethiopia during the current drought crisis. The support from H&M Conscious Foundation will be directed towards food and nutrition, clean water, sanitation and hygiene as well as basic education to children in affected areas.
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 2015-12-8…
Yesterday in London, Hannah Jinkins was announced as the winner of the H&M Design Award 2016. Jinkins, a graduate from the Royal College of Art, London, was selected from eight finalists by an international jury that included amongst others Kate Bosworth, Olivier Rousteing and Nick Knight. As the H&M Design Award winner, Jinkins receives a…
Bradford, England, 2015-12-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — In a move to support dairy farmers, Morrisons has today confirmed that it will increase the retail price of its standard four pint fresh liquid milk to £1 and it’s Milk For Farmers to £1.23. Morrisons is also increasing the price it pays to dairy farmers on all…
Stickman and PAK’nSAVE employees around New Zealand have helped to fundraise more than $100,000 and in doing so have now become the leading company to fundraise the most funds ever for Movember New Zealand.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 2015-12-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — From the 1 of November, PAK’nSAVE staff across New Zealand have been growing their…
New World, this week announced that they will be the first retailer to sell the iconic, Sir Peter Blake, special edition 20th anniversary Red Socks.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 2015-12-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — Sir Peter Blake, one of our greatest New Zealanders, 20 years ago pulled on a humble pair of red socks, engaged a whole…
New World Whangaparaoa is completing its finishing touches, as the eagerly anticipated new supermarket gets ready to open on Tuesday 8 December at 8.15am.
AUCKLAND, New Zealand, 2015-12-8 — /EPR Retail News/ — “We are thrilled to bring a brand new supermarket to Whangaparaoa,” says Angela Bull, Foodstuffs North Island General Manager, Property Development.
“We have had…
AKRON, Ohio, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — Signet Jewelers (“Signet”) (NYSE and LSE: SIG), the world's largest retailer of diamond jewelry, announced that it will elevate its already well-established relationship with PANDORA Jewelry, one of the world’s largest affordable luxury jewelry brands, in its number one destination jewelry store in the United States, Jared® The Galleria…
Solna, Sweden, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — ICA Gruppen presents its strategic priorities for 2016. The aim is to continue to develop, improve and grow our business.
Compared with 2015, three new priorities have been added and three have been removed. Some of the priorities have been adjusted to suit the opportunities and challenges of the…
Solna, Sweden, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — ICA Gruppen has decided to expand and renovate its central warehouse and head office for Rimi Baltic. The investment will amount to an estimated EUR 75 million, equivalent to around SEK 700 million, and will be implemented between 2016 and 2018. The new warehouse will allow for an entirely new…
Speed and offering the latest trends, key elements of the new business strategy
The brand reinforces its commitment to its fast fashion concept, with a new product every two weeks.
It will no longer print 22 million catalogues each year.
The online channel, which now accounts for 10% of group total turnover, will be the company’s…
Each Store Will Be the First to Open in Its Market
NEW YORK & TORONTO, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — Saks Fifth Avenue OFF 5TH and Ivanhoé Cambridge announced today an agreement to bring four new Saks OFF 5TH locations to Canada. The stores, which will be the first to introduce the Saks OFF 5TH brand to…
BANGKOK, Thailand, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — Pol. Gen. Adul Saengsingkaew, Minister of Social Development and Human Security, grants an award to honor Big C Supercenter for its unceasingly support as a private organization for life quality development and provision of opportunities to people with disabilities. The company has received such honorary award for…
Taten statt Worte Nr. 300: Coop setzt auf einheimische Weihnachtsbäume
BASEL, SWITZERLAND, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — Im 18. Jahrhundert wurde es Mode, einen geschmückten Tannenbaum zu Weihachten in die festliche Stube zu stellen. Heute ist Weihnachten in der Schweiz ohne Christbäume fast undenkbar. Jahr für Jahr leuchten rund 80’000 Coop-Weihnachtsbäume in Schweizer Stuben. 70…
Zürich, Switzerland, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — Die Migros bezieht ihren Orangensaft neu von zwei Bauern-Kooperativen im Süden Brasiliens. Und gibt damit kleinen Fairtrade-Produzenten und ihren Familien eine neue Lebensperspektive.
Orangensaft – rund sieben Liter des beliebten Getränks konsumiert der Durchschnitts-Schweizer pro Jahr. Ein Grossteil davon stammt aus Konzentrat, das in Brasilien hergestellt wird. Bislang dominieren…
www.kroger.com/25MerryDays offers exclusive daily deals, "Cheer Challenges" and holiday-themed extras for all your December needs
CINCINNATI, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — Why celebrate the traditional 12 days of Christmas when you can celebrate all 25? That's why The Kroger Co. (NYSE: KR) family of stores has launched a new website, 25 Merry Days, a present…
ID Sales Up 5.4% Without Fuel; Raises Annual ID Sales Guidance
Q3 EPS of $0.43; Raises 2015 EPS Guidance to $2.02 to $2.04
Third Quarter 2015 Highlights:
Achieved 48 th consecutive quarter of positive identical supermarket sales growth, excluding fuel
Exceeded goal to slightly expand FIFO operating margin, without fuel, on a rolling four quarters basis…
Index adds new interactive features providing actionable, hyper-local data for media, health officials and others
DEERFIELD, Ill., 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — The one constant that accompanies every flu season is unpredictability, which is why tools and resources that can track and measure influenza activity can be so critical in helping to keep communities healthy.…
Prime Now customers in Baltimore can now enjoy delivery from local restaurants, including City Cafe, HomeSlyce, Indigma, Locust PointSteamers, Matsuri, Shiso Tavern, The Helmand, and many more
Free one-hour delivery for a limited time on all restaurant orders
SEATTLE, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that Prime Now customers in Baltimore…
Millions of customers in China already using Kindle e-readers
BEIJING, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — (NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon today announced that Fire, its fastest-selling tablet ever, is now available to customers in China for just RMB 499 Yuan. With access to hundreds of thousands of Kindle books and with English language learning features like Word Wise, Fire…
Musta Pörssi to wind up operations
HELSINKI, Finland, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — Kesko will gradually wind up Musta Pörssi Ltd's operations and close the mustaporssi.fi online store by the end of 2015.
Business operations of Musta Pörssi have focused on home technology and electronics. Kesko closed the chain operations of Musta Pörssi in 2013…
Kesko's homepage at www.kesko.fi has been ranked Finland's best corporate website. The Swedish Comprend's annual Webranking survey ranks corporate websites on 50 criteria derived from company stakeholders' needs and wishes.
HELSINKI, Finland, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — The 49 largest Finnish listed companies were included in the survey. On a Europe-wide scale, the survey covered…
PARIS, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — To mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), the LVMH Group is raising awareness among staff of its commitment to employing and retaining people with disabilities, which earned it the Trophée de la Diversité award in 2015.
Human Resources Directors and CSR officers from LVMH companies have been invited…
PARIS, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — Louis Vuitton invites visitors on a journey into its history with the exhibition “Volez, Voguez, Voyagez” at the Grand Palais in Paris, from December 4 to February 21, 2016. An exceptional opportunity to discover the universe of the iconic leather goods House.
The exhibition, which retraces the remarkable journey of Louis Vuitton,…
WASHINGTON, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — In an amicus brief filed in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, the Retail Litigation Center (RLC), the National Restaurant Association and the National Retail Federation urge the court to vacate two provisions of the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC’s) July 2015 Order that reinterprets…
ROCKVILLE, Md., 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT) is pleased to announce the addition of Ramsey D. Meiser to the newly created position of Senior Vice President, Mixed-Use Development reporting to Executive Vice President, Development Donald Briggs. He will be based in the Trust's Headquarters in Rockville, MD and…
SAN FRANCISCO, 2015-12-7 — /EPR Retail News/ — Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) today reported that November 2015 net sales decreased 9 percent compared with a 6 percent increase last year. On a constant currency basis, November 2015 net sales decreased 8 percent compared with last year.1 Net sales for the four-week period ended November 28, 2015 were…