(IN BRIEF) ORLEN, a prominent energy company, has nearly doubled its retail network in Slovakia this year, with all 90 stations now operating under the ORLEN brand. Following this successful rebranding, ORLEN plans to enhance its non-fuel product offerings and … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Construction, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Management, News, Poland, Retail, Slovakia, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged alternative fuels, Daniel Obajtek, electric mobility, electric vehicle chargers, ORLEN, partnership, Poland, retail, Slovakia, sustainability
(IN BRIEF) Georg Jensen, a Danish jewellery designer, is set to open a new flagship store at 108 Bond Street by the end of 2023. The three-story store will cover approximately 5,000 sq ft and showcase the brand’s designer jewellery, … Read the full press release
(IN BRIEF) Accenture has announced its agreement to acquire Einr, a Norwegian business consulting company specialized in high volume logistics solutions using SAP technologies to optimize the flow of products from manufacturers to consumers. The acquisition will enhance Accenture’s SAP … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Management, News, Norway, Retail, Technology
Tagged Accenture, acquisition, Carsten Sachmann, Einr, electronics, Emma McGuigan, Per Atle Steinsland, retail
(IN BRIEF) Roan Irving, the store manager at Co-op’s McDonald Road in Edinburgh, has been named a finalist in the “Store Hero” category of the Retail Week Awards 2023. Roan, who has been with Co-op for 15 years, is known … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Industrial, Management, Retail, United Kingdom
Tagged Awards, E-Commerce, Edinburgh, national retail awards, retail, Retail Week Awards 2023, Roan Irving, SAMH, store manager
Experts believe that the use of such technologies will help retail chains and manufacturers to more easily endure crisis situations. (PRESS RELEASE) BERLIN, 19-Jul-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Manufacturers and distributors of FMCG and CPG throughout Europe are switching to customized … Read the full press release
Posted in Food & Beverage, Germany, Retail, Technology
Tagged CPG, digital, digital planograms, FMCG, Goods Checker, IBA Group, manufacturers, merchandising, planograms, retail, retail automation, retail chains, retail digital, SKU
(PRESS RELEASE) MADRID, 12-Jan-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Hines, one of the largest privately held real estate investors and managers in the world, has announced it appointed Lorenzo Peñalver as its Investment Director in Spain. Lorenzo has 16 years of experience … Read the full press release
Posted in Investment, Management, News, Real Estate, Spain
Tagged Aberdeen Asset Management, appointment, asset manager, Avon Old Farms School, AXA Real Estate, Banco Santander, Colegio Universitario De Estudios Financieros, Dunas Capital, financial management, Hines, KPMG, logistics, Lorenzo Peñalver, offices, properties, real estate, real estate firm, residential, retail, Spain, Vanessa Gelado
The latest Lloyds Bank Business Barometer shows: Business confidence in October was at its second highest level since March 2020 (43%). 48% of businesses say it has become easier to hire people with the right skills or experience. 90% of … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Economy, Financial, News, Small Business, United Kingdom
Tagged Business Barometer, Business confidence, businesses, economist, furloughed workers, Hann-Ju Ho, Lloyds Bank Business Barometer, Lloyds Bank Commercial Banking, Manufacturing, Paul Gordon, recruitment, retail, supply chain, workers
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 3-Mar-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture expands its retail technology and supply chain capabilities with the acquisition of REPL Group (“REPL”), a U.K.-based technology consultancy specializing in solutions for supply chain, workforce management, store operations and retail customer … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Germany, Investment, Ireland, Management, News, Retail, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Accenture, Accenture Cloud First, Accenture Technology, acquisition, Blue Yonder, cloud service, Doug Blyth, Kris Timmermans, Mike Callender, REPL Group, retail, retail customer experiences, retail landscape, store operations, supply chain, supply chain transformations, technology consultancy, Workforce Management
(PRESS RELEASE) TOKYO, Japan, 2-Feb-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Accenture (NYSE: ACN) announces the acquisition of Businet System, a leader in developing and operating Salesforce Commerce Cloud-based ecommerce sites in Japan, with a proprietary order management system (OMS) for the apparel … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Business, Internet & Online, Investment, Ireland, Management, News, Retail, Technology
Tagged Accenture, Accenture Interactive, acquisition, Akio Nakada, apparel, Atsushi Egawa, Brian Whipple, Businet System, COVID-19, digital commerce, digital transformation, eCommerce, OMS, order management system, retail, retailers, Salesforce Commerce Cloud
(PRESS RELEASE) VIBY J, 30-Sep-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Largest producer of dairy products in Scandinavia, Arla Foods amba announces that Simon Stevens, Senior Vice President (SVP) of Arla’s MENA region will succeed Tim Ørting Jørgensen, Executive Vice President (EVP) of … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Food & Beverage, International Trade, Management, News, Retail
Tagged appointment, Arla Foods, Arla®, Castello, dairy, dairy company, Foodservice, Foodservice company, Lurpak®, organic dairy products, owned by farmers, Peder Tuborgh, Puck®, retail, Simon Stevens, sustainable farming, Sysco, Tim Ørting Jørgensen
(PRESS RELEASE) SHENZHEN, China / LONDON, UK, 18-May-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Vodafone announces partnership with Chinese consumer electronics and mobile communications company OPPO. The cooperation will make available a broad range of OPPO’s smartphones to Vodafone’s European markets starting from … Read the full press release
Posted in Electronics & Machinery, News, Retail, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged 5G, Ahmed Essam, Alen Wu, coronavirus, Find X, handsets, OPPO, Reno, retail, smartphones, vodafone
An exceptional business alliance in retail (PRESS RELEASE) TREVISO, Italy, 29-Apr-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — RCH continues to champion the highest level of restaurateurism by forming an alliance with Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe (JRE), one of the world’s most prestigious culinary institutes. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Food & Beverage, France, Italy, Marketing, News, Retail, Small Business, Technology
Tagged cash registers, chefs, CRM, cuisine, culinary institute, data analysis, events, Fillipo Saporito, FOOD, gastronomy, Gault&Millau, international, Italy, Jeunes Restaurateurs d’Europe, JRE, Michelin stars, partnership, passion for food, Point of Sales, POS, prestigious culinary organisations, Quality, RCH, restaurant, restaurateurism, Restaurateurs, retail, Stefano De Pra
(PRESS RELEASE) ESPOO, 3-Apr-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — Citycon welcomes new Vice President, Centre Management, Sanna Yliniemi. She will be responsible at the Group level for the operations and results of the approximately 40 shopping centres owned by Citycon. Sanna held … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Management, News, Real Estate, Retail
Tagged appoinment, Citycon, Henrica Ginström, Iso Omena, retail, Sanna Yliniemi, shopping centre
(PRESS RELEASE) VEENENDAAL, The Netherlands, 25-Mar-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — WebClip2Go is proud to announce that it is in the process of delivering and installing a second video production system at the Delft University of Technology, just six months after delivery … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Education, Entertainment, Internet & Online, Netherlands, News, Retail, Technology
Tagged audiovisual, broadcast quality video, Communications, corporate, Delft University of Technology, Education, Fiorenza Mella, Gerrit Bulten, marketing, messaging, Michel Beerens, online, PowerPoint, Presentaion, professional quality video, professional-level video production, remote working, retail, video, video production, video production system, video production tools, WebClip2Go
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 3-Mar-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — BP and Albert Heijn are extending their retail partnership to more than 100 locations throughout the Netherlands. Albert Heijn ‘to go’ shop’s tasty, fresh food and drinks for the road will soon be … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) TREVISO, Italy, 27-Jan-2020 — /EuropaWire/ — This February (16-20), RCH Group will be exhibiting at EuroShop, the world’s largest trade fair for retail investment requirements. On booth #G49 in Hall 6 the company will introduce a number of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Financial, Germany, Italy, Marketing, News, Retail, Small Business, Technology
Tagged A-IRON, cash registers, Cortina 59, design, ECR, Euroshop, fair, financial analytics, Fiorenza Mella, fiscal management, Germany, INNOVATION, Point of Sales, POS, POS solutions, RCH Group, retail, retail investment, selling, Smart ECR, software, Stefano De Pra, technology, technologynews, trade fair, WALLE 8T
(PRESS RELEASE) HELSINKI, 25-Nov-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — CapMan Nordic Real Estate II Fund acquired a retail and office property located at Købmagergade 42 in Copenhagen. The property is located in one of the main pedestrian streets in Copenhagen, within a … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) PARIS, 23-Apr-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Casino Group strengthens its partnership with Amazon to deliver more convenience and services to its customers in France. Following the success of Monoprix commercial partnership with Amazon, which involves bringing sourced items from … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Food & Beverage, France, Internet & Online, News, Retail
Tagged Amazon, Casino Group, Casino shop, Casino Supermarché, Géant, Hyper Casino, Jean-Charles Naouri, Leader Price, Monoprix, Monop’, partnership, Prime Now, retail, Spar, Vival
(PRESS RELEASE) STOCKHOLM, 29-Mar-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — H&M India and e-commerce platforms Myntra and Jabong announce partnership. Myntra and Jabong Head, Amar Nagaram comments: “We are extremely delighted to partner with H&M, one of the world’s leading fashion brands, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Apparel, Fashion & Beauty, Internet & Online, News, Retail, Sweden
Tagged Amar Nagaram, ecommerce platforms, fashion, India with, Karl-Johan Persson, Myntra and Jabong, retail, Stores
Innovative POS and cash management systems for stationary or mobile use (PRESS RELEASE) TREVISO, Italy, 4-Feb-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Technology never sleeps – and neither will RCH Group SpA as it returns to EuroCIS 2019, the leading Trade Fair for Retail … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, Entertainment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Germany, Government, Italy, Marketing, News, Retail, Small Business, Technology
Tagged ABOX 3 2.0, Android, ATOS 15 Elegant, Atos Software, Cash Desk K2 WALL, Cash Desk K2 XL, cashregister, electronic, Eurocis, EuroCIS 2019, Germany, Giorgia Ghezzo, hardware, kiosk, Michele Stecca, POS, RCH, retail, smart, software, ticketing
(PRESS RELEASE) WALLDORF, 10-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — SAP SE (NYSE: SAP) today announced findings from “Emerging Opportunities to Deploy Industry Processes in the Cloud,” a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of SAP. Technologies Driving the Transformation Innovative retailers are … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Internet & Online, Retail, Technology
Tagged analytics, Cloud, Forrester, IoT, Lori Mitchell-Keller, ML, retail, retailers, SAP, software, study
(PRESS RELEASE) MANCHESTER, 03-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The Co-op has plans to open 100 new food stores during 2019 as it builds on its convenience strategy to get closer to its members and customers. In addition to opening new stores, the retailer – … Read the full press release
Posted in Food & Beverage, Investment, Retail, United Kingdom
Tagged Co-op, convenience, food stores, investment, retail, shopping, Stuart Hookins
ESPOO, 03-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Citycon has sold shopping centre Sampokeskus in Rovaniemi, Finland to a fund managed by Trevian AIFM. The total purchase price amounts to approximately EUR 16 million, which is close to the asset’s latest IFRS fair value. … Read the full press release
Posted in Finland, Investment, Retail
Tagged Citycon, divestment, Finland, Grocery, retail, Rovaniemi, Sampokeskus, shopping centre, Tom Lisiecki, Trevian AIFM
DELFT, Netherlands, 13-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Ahold Delhaize is set to join forces with TU Delft, RoboValley and YES!Delft to explore new robotics applications in the retail sector. The work will be based at the AI for Retail (AIR)Lab Delft. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Education, Netherlands, Retail, Technology
Tagged Ahold Delhaize, AI, Frans Muller, Professor Martijn Wisse, retail, robotics, robots, RoboValley, TU Delft, warehouse, YES!Delft
BELFAST, 16-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — GRAHAM is celebrating the topping out of the Erskine House development in Belfast city centre. The final building structure is set to be completed in March 2019, when the interior fit-out will commence. GRAHAM has also … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Ireland, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Belfast, construction, Erskine House, ErskineHouse, facilities management, GRAHAM, Jonathan Hall, Kevin McNaull, Mark Gibson, office, retail, Sinead Murray
ZAANDAM, 30-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Albert Heijn is continuing to search for new ways to serve customers. The brand announced this week that its store in Hoofddorp in the Netherlands will begin a 12-week test of a new app called “Find … Read the full press release
Posted in Food & Beverage, Netherlands, Retail, Technology
Tagged Albert Heijn, app, Delhaize, indoor_navigation, retail, retailer, “Find My Product”
ZAANDAM, 30-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Delhaize becomes the first Belgian retailer to introduce the Nutri-Score food label, now providing shoppers with at-a-glance guidance about the nutritional quality of products that included certain own-brand yogurt and cereal. Customers will soon find the … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Netherlands, Retail
Tagged cereals, Delhaize, Maggie De Block, meals, Nutri-Score food label, Nutrition, retail, retailer, soups, yogurt
Vevey, Switzerland/ Seattle, WA, USA, 28-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Nestlé and Starbucks Corporation today announced the closing of the deal granting Nestlé the perpetual rights to market Starbucks Consumer Packaged Goods and Foodservice products globally, outside of the company’s coffee shops. … Read the full press release
Posted in Food & Beverage, Marketing, Retail, Switzerland
Tagged coffee, deal, Foodservice, Kevin Johnson, Mark Schneider, Nescafé, Nespresso, Nestlé, retail, Starbucks, Starbucks Consumer Packaged Goods
MANCHESTER, 13-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Co-op Divisional Managing Director, Tina Mitchell, has been confirmed as a finalist in the Barclaycard everywoman in Retail Awards, 2018. The prestigious awards, which were founded in 2007, searched for “pioneering finalists who defy tradition”. Judges unanimously … Read the full press release
Energy storage batteries will reduce B&Q distribution centre’s grid power consumption by 31% WESTMINSTER, 01-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Kingfisher plc, the international home improvement company, has unveiled plans to install energy storage batteries at B&Q’s Swindon distribution centre. The installation is the … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Investment, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged B&Q’s, batteries, Christian Mazauric, Electric car, energy storage, Jeremy Parsons, Kingfisher plc, retail, Swindon
Over 1,000 M&S colleagues to be upskilled as part of the data skills initiative Employees to enrol in ‘The Data Fellowship’ – a programme fully funded by the Government’s Apprenticeship Levy Collaboration with a world class digital partner is part … Read the full press release
Smart POS systems for the hospitality industry TREVISO, Italy, 23-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Technology is revolutionising the way in which we live and do business. In the hospitality industry where speed and quality of service is critical, organisations must embrace … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Electronics & Machinery, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Internet & Online, Italy, Marketing, News, Retail, Small Business, Technology, Travel
Tagged ABOX 3 2.0, advanced point of sale systems, Atos, ATOS 15 Elegant, ATOS Android software, Austria, automatic cash desks, Cash Desk K2 Slim, cash registers, catering sector, cloud-based solutions, DATA4, electronic payments, eye-catching POS system, FAFGA, FAFGA 2018, Fiorenza Mella, food and beverage industry, food beverage, hardware, hospitality industry, hotel sector, innovative payment systems, Innsbruck, Italian design, kitchen monitors, merchants, MFC magnetic card, multi-payment kiosk, NFC reader, Paolo Biasone, Point of Sale, POS, POS solutions, POS systems, POS technology, RCH Europe, RCH Group, retail, scales, self-service ticketing kiosk, Smart POS systems, smart selling solutions, software, trade fair, VESA Mounting Interface Standard, Xpresso Communications
LYONSCG delivers a cross-cloud unified experience with Salesforce Commerce Cloud and Marketing Cloud CHICAGO, IL, USA, 07-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Lyons Consulting Group (LYONSCG), part of the CapgeminiGroup (CAP.PA), today announced that it helped lead the redesign of iconic resort wear brand Lilly Pulitzer’s … Read the full press release
WIESBADEN, 10-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — In February 2018 German local courts reported 1,624 business insolvencies. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a 2.8% increase compared with February 2017. In February 2018, the largest number of business insolvencies was … Read the full press release
Posted in Construction, Economy, Germany, Government, Law, Retail
Tagged business insolvencies, construction, Destatis, German local courts, insolvencies, insolvency, law, retail, wholesale
Further openings planned in Berlin and Düsseldorf BERLIN, 04-May-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — internetstores, Europe’s leading online supplier of bike and outdoor products, launches its multichannel strategy and now makes its leading brand, fahrrad.de, available in brick-and-mortar stores. On 11 May … Read the full press release
Posted in Germany, Retail, Sports
Tagged Bike, internetstores, Kai Ehlers, multichannel, online supplier, outdoor, outdoor products, retail, Stuttgart
Wirecard and Crédit Agricole Payment Services launch together innovative digital payment services in France and other European countries Both market leaders will shape the future of digital commerce together Aschheim (Munich)/Paris, 05-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Crédit Agricole Payment Services (CAPS), a … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Financial, France, Internet & Online, Retail, Technology
Tagged Bertrand Chevallier, Crédit Agricole Payment Services, digital partnership, eCommerce, Markus Braun, mPOS, Payment, payment services, POS, retail, Wirecard
COPENHAGEN, 02-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Saxo Bank, the leading fintech specialist focused on multi-asset trading and investing, strongly welcomes ESMA’s recently announced measures in relation to the provision of CFDs to retail clients. The measures include caps on leverage which Saxo Bank … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Denmark, European Union, Financial, Investment
Tagged CFDs, ESMA, Kim Fournais, leverage, margin trading, retail, Saxo Bank, trading
SAS helps online retailer make sure customers keep coming back for more Marlow, UK, 02-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Shop Direct, the UK’s second biggest online pure-play retailer, has extended its relationship with SAS to further improve customer engagement and strengthen loyalty. Shop Direct … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Internet & Online, Marketing, Retail, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged analysis, behaviour, buying, contextual, insight, retail, SAS, SAS Contextual Analysis, Shop Direct, ustomer buying behaviour
MANCHESTER, 15-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The Co-op serves-up a new food store in Market Harborough following a £1.9M investment creating 15 jobs. The Leicester Road store launches on Thursday, 15 March, with representatives from Market Harborough Primary Academy and the Market Harborough Fire … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Food & Beverage, Investment, Retail, United Kingdom
Tagged Asha Scarlett, Co-op, FOOD, food store, grocer, Market Harborough, retail, Richard Kozial, store
MANCHESTER, 08-Mar-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The old adage that the UK is a nation of shopkeepers could soon ring true as the Co-op today, Wednesday, 7 March, unveils a convenient future where customers can check-out their own purchases on their phone, without visiting … Read the full press release
Posted in Food & Beverage, Retail, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged app, Co-op, Elliott Goldenberg, Matthew Speight, Payments, retail, shoppers
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