Events
Coles opens new innovative store
Coles has opened its latest iteration of its urban supermarket format ‘Coles Local’ in the Melbourne suburb of St Kilda. The retailer has pitched the store as its ‘most innovative’ supermarket yet,...
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Edeka Launches Own-Brand Pasta Made Of Legumes
German retailer Edeka has announced the launch of low-carb, gluten-free organic pasta made of legumes. Edeka Biopasta is available in two variants made of red lentils or chickpeas. The red...
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Carpathian Basin Honey Festival is held in Zalaegerszeg
With the march of Honey Knights, the 16th Carpathian Basin Honey Festival begins in Zalaegerszeg on Saturday. The two-day event awaits the visitors with honey programs, including a honey beauty...
Read moreThe 16th Transylvanian Santa Claus tour starts this year with a donation of 19 tons
The 16th Transylvanian Santa Claus tour starts on Friday from Dunaföldvár. 19 tons of donations will be distributed to the seventy-two settlements in Transylvania in the first week of December...
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Selfridges removes single-use beauty wipes in latest sustainability pledge
The latest move reinforces Selfridges’ commitment to tackle the issue of ocean plastics since the launch of its Project Ocean campaign almost a decade ago. Selfridges has removed all single-use...
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Amazon scraps popular free sample scheme
Amazon is scrapping its experimental free sample campaign which saw it deliver free items to consumers it thinks they would like to buy. In January, Amazon announced a free sampling...
Read moreIKEA to invest 200 million euros in race to turn ‘climate positive’
IKEA, the world’s biggest furniture group, said on Wednesday it would spend around 100 million euros (£86 million) to support direct suppliers as they switch over to renewable energy use....
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Eurocash Group’s Abc Stores To Introduce Parcel Service
Polish retailer Eurocash has announced plans to introduce parcel delivery service – My Package – for online purchases in its abc grocery stores. The service will allow abc customers to...
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Amazon Lauches Medication Management Features for Alexa
As Amazon moves further into the healthcare market, the company today is rolling out a medication management feature for Alexa owners. The feature will allow customers to set up their...
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Amazon launches a Dash Smart Shelf for businesses that automatically restocks supplies
Amazon is launching its new Amazon Dash Smart Shelf today. The Dash Smart Shelf is also even more automated than the Dash buttons, as it uses a built-in scale to...
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Weekday is using robotics to create “custom-made” jeans unique to your body shape
Weekday is using robotics to create custom-made jeans for its customers, scanning shoppers’ bodies to determine the perfect fit. H&M’s subsidiary Weekday invited 100 customers to take part in its...
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Morrisons launches scheme to sell £10 worth of food past its best before date in £3 food box
Morrisons is to start using the food waste app Too Good to Go, which will help customers purchase products as part of a new discount box scheme. The supermarket will...
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Walmart China to open 500 new stores
US retailer Walmart is planning to launch 500 new outlets in China within five to seven years. The expansion will more than double the firm’s presence in the territory in...
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GoVolcanic – World Meeting of Volcanic Wines in Budapest
The wines of more than forty Hungarian and international wine cellars operating on volcanic sites, as well as lectures and masterclasses by several domestic and foreign wine experts await the...
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Amazon opens pop-up store on China’s Pinduoduo until year-end
Amazon.com Inc on Monday said it will open a pop-up store on Chinese e-commerce platform Pinduoduo Inc that will run until the end of December and carry a selection of...
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Boots Introduces Compostable Pharmacy Bags
British health and beauty retailer Boots has started to replace plastic pharmacy bags with compostable bags, the Retail Gazette reports. By March 2020, the retailer aims to replace around 10...
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Smurfit Kappa Unveils Sustainable Packaging For Multipack Beverages
Smurfit Kappa has introduced a range of sustainable packaging alternatives to replace single-use plastics in bundling beverage cans and bottles. The new corrugated packaging options offered by the company are...
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The Christmas Market was opened in Bratislava
The Christmas Market was opened in Bratislava was opened early Friday evening by turning on the decorative lighting on the common Christmas tree of Bratislava. The fair, which has been...
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Coop Sweden To Introduce Paper Bags For Fruit And Vegetables
Coop Sweden has announced plans to replace single-use plastic bags for fruit and vegetables with paper bags by the spring of next year. The initiative will help the retailer to reduce the...
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Billa Launches Own-Brand Festive Food Range
Austrian supermarket chain Billa has launched a new range of own-brand food items for the festive season. Some of the products in Billa’s Christmas range include almond brittle gingerbread, cinnamon almonds, and...
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Coca-Cola to replace plastic shrink wrap with paper packaging across Europe
Coca-Cola and its European bottling partners will remove shrink wrap from its can multipacks, to be replaced with a €15m (£12.8m) investment into a paper-based packaging solution by the end...
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Analytics Experience 2019: making analytics real
There is a lot of hype and jargon surrounding analytics and artificial intelligence (AI). Yet put simply data holds the key: when used properly, your data can set your organisation...
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Rewe Introduces Own-Brand Shower Gel, Soaps In Recycled Packaging
Germany’s Rewe Group has announced that its private-label soap and shower gel brand Today is now available in packaging made of 100% recycled materials. The products will be available in...
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Kroger Partners With Europe’s Infarm For In-Store Fresh Produce
US retailer Kroger has partnered with Europe’s vertical farming company, Infarm, to offer a range of store-grown fresh produce in its outlets across North America. In total, the retailer plans...
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