Planet Fitness Inc. has hired new executives in key operations, real estate and finance positions, including Jim Esposito as SVP of corporate club operations, Brian Zehetner as director of health and fitness, Josh Beyer as VP of real ...
Tags: Planet Fitness, New Key Management
Dunelm's revenue for its third quarter (ending 2nd April) grew by 5.9% to £229m, and total like-for-like (LFL) growth (combining LFL stores and home delivery) increased by 1.1%. Sales performance in the quarter reflected strong ...
Tags: Dunelem, LFL growth, Sales performance
Furniture retailer Lee Longlands has acquired four stores from the Furniture Barn Group with immediate effect. The Furniture Barn Group, which had been trading through administration since last year, previously had eight stores across the ...
Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. entered into a restructuring support agreement (RSA) with affiliates of Golden Gate Capital, the holder of its secured term loan provider under the company's financing facilities. In conjunction with the ...
Tags: Pacific Sunwear, RSA, Golden Gate Capital, Bankruptcy
'While other magnetic tile toys might look and feel like Magformers, they certainly don't meet our commitment to longevity, quality and safety as a leading brand and the new artwork will help to communicate that' says Magformers. ...
Tags: Safety Standards, Magformers, New artwork
Flavored beverages producer Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) has purchased an additional stake in BA Sports Nutrition, makers of premium sports drinks line Bodyarmor. The firm has invested an additional $6m to increase its stake from the ...
Tags: Dr Pepper Snapple Group, DPS, BA Sports Nutrition, Bodyarmor
Qlik has announced that Danone Spain, a multi-national food products company, is using Qlik Sense and QlikView to improve return on investments (ROI) and the quality of its automated sales order processing. By utilizing both Qlik Sense ...
Tags: Qlik, Danone Spain, ROI, Automated sales order processing
Albertsons Companies has launched its new store brand, Signature, the largest private label across all 2,286 of its stores. Signature is a multi-category brand developed to address consumers' growing appetite for quality private label ...
The move by the Government will see the current minimum wage upped from £6.70 per hour to £7.20 this month. But the news has our indie retail panel calling for a reassessment of 'already squeezed margins'. The livng wage ...
Tags: Touhub, The toy store, Kerrison store, Living wages
The figure celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Alien film franchise. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Alien film franchise, and to celebrate Hot Toys is launching a new Alien collectable figure. The 1/6th scale of the ...
Tags: Toys, Alien, Hot Toys, Alien Warrior, Collectable
The retailer is set to take over a unit at Ashford Retail Park in Sevington. Toy store Smyths has revealed it is set to take over a unit at Ashford Retail Park in Sevington. The unit, which is currently home to PC World, will boast a ...
Rebecca Oatley, managing director at Cherish PR, explains why toy firms should be open to using Virtual Reality technology when it comes to marketing their latest ranges. If you've dismissed Virtual Reality as too expensive, a passing fad ...
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Woolworths is reportedly repackaging more than 900 of its Homebrand products with the "Essentials" own-brand label to counter customer perceptions about their quality. The Homebrand range has annual sales of about $1.4 billion and more ...
Tags: Woolworths, Repackaging, Essentials
Mead Johnson, the producer of high-quality milk powder for babies and infants, has made the move from a can to IML packaging. Thanks to the top-quality appearance of Metallic IML labels from Verstraete IML, the packaging now boasts a ...
Tags: Mead Johnson, Milk powder, IML packaging
Pictures displayed on food packages, such as cake mix, could be worth hundreds of extra calories, according to research from the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. Think of the typical box of cake mix sold at the grocery store: the slice ...