Category: stores

  • TikTok returns to US app stores as Trump delays ban enforcement

    TIKTOK is available again to download in the United States, after former President Donald Trump gave a 75 -day extension of the law enforcement of the application prohibiting the application unless its Chinese owner, bytedance, sells his American operations. The common video sharing platform, which includes more than 170 million…

  • Homebase lives on as CDS revives DIY chain within newly branded the range stores

    Homebase is set to return in a scaled-down format following the collapse of the DIY chain last month, with its new owner CDS confirming plans to reopen 70 former stores under the Range Superstores banner. Each outlet will retain the Homebase name on its garden center sections, and some will…

  • Homebase lives on as CDS revives DIY chain within newly branded the range stores

    Homebase is set to return in a scaled-down format following the collapse of the DIY chain last month, with its new owner CDS confirming plans to reopen 70 former stores under the Range Superstores banner. Each outlet will retain the Homebase name on its garden center sections, and some will…

  • Shoe Zone highlights recent budget pressures as it prepares to close more stores

    Shoe Zone, the beleaguered UK shoe retailer, blamed a new wave of store closures on cost pressures caused by budget measures in October. The Leicester-headquartered chain, which currently employs around 2,250 staff across 297 stores, said new financial burdens – particularly higher National Insurance contributions and an increase in the…

  • Shoe Zone highlights recent budget pressures as it prepares to close more stores

    Shoe Zone, the beleaguered UK shoe retailer, blamed a new wave of store closures on cost pressures caused by budget measures in October. The Leicester-headquartered chain, which currently employs around 2,250 staff across 297 stores, said new financial burdens – particularly higher National Insurance contributions and an increase in the…

  • Shoe Zone highlights recent budget pressures as it prepares to close more stores

    Shoe Zone, the beleaguered UK shoe retailer, blamed a new wave of store closures on cost pressures caused by budget measures in October. The Leicester-headquartered chain, which currently employs around 2,250 staff across 297 stores, said new financial burdens – particularly higher National Insurance contributions and an increase in the…

  • Meta says app stores should police Australia under-16 social ban

    Australia will go ahead with a social media ban for people under 16, despite calls from Meta Platforms Inc. To consider shifting responsibility for monitoring usage to app store operators such as Google and Apple. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Friday that all state and territory leaders had signed…

  • Tesco and Shell to power stores and EV stations with output from UK’s largest solar farm, originally meant for homes

    Tesco and Shell have struck a deal to buy the entire output from Cliff Hill Solar Farm, the UK’s largest solar project, which was initially planned to power 100,000 homes. The agreement stipulates that 65% of the farm’s electricity will go to Tesco’s supermarkets, while Shell will manage the remaining…

  • Tempur Sealy to divest more than 100 stores in bid to close $4 billion Mattress Firm deal By Reuters

    (Reuters) – Tempur-Sealy International Inc said on Monday it plans to sell more than 100 stores in a bid to win regulatory approval for its $4 billion deal with Mattress Firm Inc. Tempur-Sealy’s merger with Mattress Firm, which would create a combined empire of about 3,000 stores worldwide, has raised…

  • Tempur Sealy to divest more than 100 stores in bid to close $4 billion Mattress Firm deal By Reuters

    (Reuters) – Tempur-Sealy International Inc said on Monday it plans to sell more than 100 stores in a bid to win regulatory approval for its $4 billion deal with Mattress Firm Inc. Tempur-Sealy’s merger with Mattress Firm, which would create a combined empire of about 3,000 stores worldwide, has raised…

  • Ontario’s corner stores can now sell alcohol

    Breadcrumbs Path Links news Retail and Marketing These changes are in line with Premier Doug Ford’s 2018 election campaign pledge. Article author: Canadian Press Liam Casey Published on September 5, 2024 • Last updated 12 minutes ago • Read for 3 minutes You can save this article by registering for…

  • Grocery stores boost donations as Democrats criticize their business practices By Reuters

    Written by Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The level of political donations from major food companies accepted by Democratic lawmakers has risen during the current congressional election cycle, a Reuters analysis of Federal Election Commission data shows, even as many Democrats accuse major U.S. grocery chains and their suppliers of…

  • Ted Baker to close all UK stores as potential Mike Ashley deal falters

    Ted Baker is set to close its last 31 UK stores this week, putting around 500 jobs at risk, as uncertainty grows over a potential rescue deal involving Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group. The closures mark the end of the retailer’s presence on the British high street, after months of turmoil…

  • The Dutchman who gets Nike and Lego into wartime Russia’s stores By Reuters

    By Tassilo Hommel, Gleb Stolyarov, Polina, Nikolskaya, and David Gauthier Villars Paris (Reuters) – Nike (NYSE:) stopped selling its sports apparel to Russia shortly after Moscow launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine more than two years ago. But that didn’t stop Footballstore.ru, an online sports retailer owned by Russian football…

  • Exclusive-Walmart opposes NY plan to add panic buttons to stores By Reuters

    Written by Siddharth Kavali BENTONVILLE, Arkansas (Reuters) – Retail giant Walmart Inc (NYSE:) said it is against placing panic buttons in stores – a move the New York Legislature wants to force under a new law aimed at keeping retail workers safe. On Friday, the New York State Senate passed…

  • Loblaw boycott boosts independent stores and grocery alternatives

    Breadcrumb links Retail marketing News Edmonton’s feed market saw sales rise 57 per cent during the first half of May Article writer: Canadian Press Rosa Saba Posted on May 21, 2024 • Last updated 0 minutes ago • 4 minutes read You can save this article by registering for free…

  • McDonald’s Will Offer a $5 Meal Deal to Lure Customers Back Into Stores

    (Bloomberg) — McDonald’s is looking to launch a $5 meal deal in the U.S., which the burger chain is betting can lure hard-spending consumers back. Most read from Bloomberg The deal could include a McChicken or McDouble with fries and a drink, according to a person familiar with the matter…