New Acres for America projects protect wildlife habitat, recreation opportunities across the U.S. Related Photos Walmart’s Acres for America program, a conservation partnership with the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), is protecting priority lands across the country to provide wildlife habitats and recreational opportunities for local residents. Newly-announced projects in Arkansas, New Mexico, Nebraska, [...]
Financial Summary » Revenue growth of 2.1% at identical exchange rates (3.8% organic growth) » Comparable store sales growth of 1.9% in the U.S. and 2.4% in Belgium » Group underlying operating margin of 3.9% » Free cash flow of €255 million 2013 Outlook » Guidance of 2013 underlying operating profit of approximately €775 million [...]
Princes, the UK’s number one ambient fish brand[1], is investing in the £319 million[2] ambient tuna market by launching a tuna in tomato sauce product and a range of tuna deli-inspired sandwich fillers to drive value and growth into the sector. Tuna is the largest market in ambient fish and Princes is bringing innovation to [...]
Tesco is helping families across the country get ready for summer with the return of Clubcard Exchange, which helps customers make their Clubcard vouchers go further by doubling their value so customers can exchange £5 of vouchers into £10 of tokens. This summer the popular Clubcard Exchange features eight categories that tokens can be redeemed [...]
Walki’s SmartFacing item-level RFID tagging is a fast, cost-efficient and accurate solution to track inventory through the supply chain and in the retail environment. The booster antenna in SmartFacing is manufactured using a dry process with the use of laser patterning and paper as the substrate. This makes the SmartFacing concept also less burdensome to [...]
H&M and Inditex’s decision to sign the legally binding Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh is crucial: Pressure mounts on other key industry players to sign The leadership of PVH (Calvin Klein/Tommy Hilfiger) and Tchibo, the first two companies to embrace a binding agreement, has been vital. [Amsterdam, 13 May 2013] The Clean [...]
Costco Wholesale Corporation Reports April Sales Results Costco Wholesale Corporation (“Costco” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: COST) today reported net sales of $7.98 billion for the month of April, the four weeks ended May 5, 2013, an increase of seven percent from $7.48 billion during the similar period last year. For the thirty-five weeks ended May [...]
Executive brings extensive technology and operations experience Sears Holdings (NASDAQ: SHLD) announced today that Jeff Balagna will join the company as executive vice president and chief information officer. Mr. Balagna most recently served as the chief information officer at Eli Lilly. In his new role with Sears Holdings, Mr. Balagna will be responsible for all [...]
NEW CABLE SERIES OF THE YEAR IN THE U.S. TO PREMIERE ON LOVEFiLM INSTANT IN UK AND GERMANY – Amazon’s LOVEFiLM, along with MGM Television (MGM), has today announced the premiere of the highly-rated and critically acclaimed epic U.S. television series “VIKINGS,” exclusively on LOVEFiLM Instant in the UK and Germany, making the streaming service [...]
The Co-operative Banking Group has issued the following response to the recent Moody’s rating agency downgrade: “We are disappointed by the ratings downgrade announced by Moody’s. We have a strong funding profile and high levels of liquidity, which are significantly above the regulatory requirements. “We do acknowledge, like the rest of our banking sector peers, [...]
HAROPA groups together the ports of Le Havre, Rouen and Paris, thus constituting one of the most efficient transport systems for the maritime gateway to Europe. The 18,000 Asian customers, readers of Cargonews Asia newspaper, the leader of the professional press in Asia, re-elected HAROPA best European seaport for the year 2013. The award has [...]
ds emphasize the company’s role in helping associates and customers live better Walmart today announced the launch of a national television and digital advertising campaign and accompanying website (www.therealwalmart.com). The campaign demonstrates how people across America count on Walmart to save money on the products they want and need, how the company provides tremendous career [...]
- Programme to provide market-leading qualifications programme for Waitrose and John Lewis Partners – - Aspiration to introduce degree-equivalent qualification – Waitrose and John Lewis will further develop their internal vocational qualifications programme through the ‘University of the John Lewis Partnership’, a range of work-based qualifications designed to offer Partners (staff) the chance to gain [...]
On 11th April 2013, the UHD Group (Ulysse Hypermarchés Distribution) opened a Carrefour Market store in Tunis. The store is located in Tunis’ Nouvelle Médina “Madina Al Jadida” district and has a sales area of 1200 m². The UHD group currently owns 1 Carrefour hypermarket, 30 Carrefour Market supermarkets, 18 Carrefour Express convenience stores and [...]
Barry Tootell, CEO, The Co-operative Banking Group, has chosen to step down from the business and from the Board of The Co-operative Bank plc. His responsibilities will be assumed with immediate effect by Rod Bulmer, who becomes acting CEO of the Banking Group and a Director of The Co-operative Bank plc, until a permanent replacement [...]
Sainsbury’s extends Taste the Difference ready meals range
Tesco to offer customers in Scotland 100% Scottish chicken
Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) recognises Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA)
shoppers will spend £11bn a year more in local CONVENIENCE stores BY 2018
Apple Reports Second Quarter Results
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