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  • SPAR Hungary at its 200 independent retailer store in the country

    SPAR Hungary at its 200 independent retailer store in the country

    SPAR Hungary celebrated the opening of its 200th independent retailer store in the town of Kunhegyes, in the northeast.

    SPAR Hungary plans to open 20-22 independently owned stores per year, with the focus on bringing the brand to smaller communities.

    In 2019, the SPAR store network of independently owned stores generated a total turnover of almost €155 million and provided employment to 1.800 people nationwide.

    The 200th independently owned SPAR Supermarket is a small 206 sq.m neighbourhood store located in a former department store. The store was completely rebuilt.

    In addition to 200 stores operated by independent retailers, SPAR Hungary currently operates 382 corporate stores nationwide.

  • Cacharel opens a brand store in Fashion House Outlet Centre Bucharest

    Cacharel opens a brand store in Fashion House Outlet Centre Bucharest

    International fashion retailer Cacharel has recently opened a new 196,26 sq. m. store in Fashion House Outlet Centre Bucharest.

    This is currently the only Cacharel brand store in Romania retailing exclusively menswear collections.

    Created in 1962, in Nimes, by Jean Bousquet, Cacharel is now an internationally renowned brand, associated with the idea of youth, lightness and refinement.

    The 15,500 sq. m. outlet centre in Militari boasts 50 store units, home to many famous brand tenants, with a third phase opening in November 2020 and a final phase due to be unveiled in 2021.

    By spring of 2021, the Group will inaugurate its second outlet cetre in Bucharest, near Cernica (exit from the A2 motorway).

    The Centre will accommodate 59 stores, over 50 per cent having already been let.

  • DeeZee introduces the eco-friendly packaging, e-receipts and e-invoices

    DeeZee introduces the eco-friendly packaging, e-receipts and e-invoices

    DeeZee, an online retailer part of CCC Group, decided to stop the use of non-recyclable film and the implementation of eco-friendly packaging from secondary raw materials by the end of 2020.

    The brand also stoped printing proofs of purchase in its online store deezee.pl, changing them to an electronic form.

    The brand decisions are in line with the environmental policy of the CCC Group

    By the end of 2020, plastic bags will disappear from all CCC Group stores.

    In 2021, 70% of in-house packaging will be recycled, and in 2022, 80% of this packaging will be reusable.

  • Arena Centar Zagreb is the best shopping mall in Croatia

    Arena Centar Zagreb is the best shopping mall in Croatia

    Arena Centar Zagreb is the best shopping mall in Croatia and was awarded with the Tripadvisor certificate of Excellence, writes NEPI Rockastle on its LinkedIn page.

    Arena Centar Zagreb has a total GLA of over 75.200 sq m and 222 store, with Zara, Stradivarius, XYZ, H&M, New Yorker, Mass, C&A, Elipso or Intersport as the main retailers.

    The tenant mix includes an Interspar hypermarket, international food brands including Burger King, KFC and McDonald’s and other international brands like Apple, Hewlett-Packard, Old Wild West, Lego, Pandora, Samsonite, Sony, Swarovski.

    Arena Centar Zagreb features a Cinestar Multiplex Cinema with the first IMAX cinema in the region and the 4DX Exclusive Samsung cinema.

    The mall was opened in 2010.

  • Two-fifths of Britons are now more motivated to do home improvements after the lockdown

    Two-fifths of Britons are now more motivated to do home improvements after the lockdown

    An almost universal consensus (nine out of ten Britons) said that their home is important to make their life better, and 57 percent feel it is even more significant post-lockdown. 

    This is a main conclusion of a research, commissioned by B&Q, that polled 2.000 consumers to uncover how the Covid-19 lockdown has fundamentally changed Brits’ relationship with their homes. 

    Exploring why homes felt more significant than ever, the survey also found that 89 percent say their homes are a ”sanctuary” where they can be ourselves and 87 percent value the sense of security they provide. 

    Despite this, only one in ten (11 percent) currently live in their ideal home, whereas half of the population (47 percent) want to make changes to their living set up.

    The research also showed that the increased time spent at home meant over half (53 percent) of Brits realised more DIY needed doing. 

    And it seems the benefits go far beyond the functional bricks and mortar. During what was a difficult time for many, over half (51 percent) also said they found home improvement projects to be therapeutic. 

    Over two-fifths (42 percent) say they are more motivated to do DIY as a result of lockdown, and 35 percent feel more ambitious in the home improvement projects they want to tackle.

    This change in attitude is particularly prevalent among youngsters, with two-fifths (42 percent) of 18-24 year olds having learned DIY skills during lockdown, while only a quarter (24 per cent) of those aged between 45-54 said the same.

    The younger generation also now feel more ambitious to make changes and tackle further DIY (42 percent of 18-24 year olds and 45 percent of 25-34 year olds agreed).

    Gardening and decorating projects are by far the most coveted projects to improve people’s lives and enjoyment of their home.

    Nearly half (48 percent) said they had a gardening project planned and 43 percent want to get underway with decorating tasks.

    Signs of the lasting impact of lockdown on our home habits is also clear, with more than a third (35 percent) planning to improve their working from home spaces.

  • ODIDO Poland after 10 years: 2.700 shops in over 1.400 locations

    ODIDO Poland after 10 years: 2.700 shops in over 1.400 locations

    The franchise network, launched in 2010 under the banner ODIDO in Poland by MAKRO for small independent grocery shops, has turned 10 years old.

    Over the past decade, the network has built a vast presence across the entire country with 2.700 shops in over 1.400 locations today.

    ODIDO ranks the 6th largest franchise network in terms of store number in Poland. 

    The ODIDO partnership is based on a soft franchise model that empowers small shops in their daily operations through store renovation, assortment building, exclusive promotion deals from MAKRO and marketing campaigns while still allows them to maintain high degree of business independence.

    Over the past 10 years ODIDO has been evolving continuously to keep pace with the market trends and consumers’ needs.

    Solutions such as ”Wine zone”, ”Rioba coffee corner”, ”Grab it on the run” that offers sandwiches, fresh juices, hot snacks, have been introduced in ODIDO shops to address the rising demand for convenience shopping experience. 

  • H&M, collection inspired by a nineteenth-century writer Violet Paget

    H&M, collection inspired by a nineteenth-century writer Violet Paget

    H&M presents its Studio AW20 collection, ”The Refined Rebel”, inspired by those whose style is as daring as their attitude.

    The collection takes cues from the brave nineteenth-century writer Violet Paget (pen name Vernon Lee) and her residency in palatial Florence, and encapsulates her radically fearless style.

    The H&M Studio AW20 campaign will break from tradition by inviting Studio muses, Barbie Ferreira, Veronika Heilbrunner, Celeste, Alton Mason, Young Emperors and Mia Kong to co-create the campaign from their corners of the globe.

    Each talent will capture their unique interpretations of the collection; their style and individuality taking centre stage.

    Campaign has an exclusive social media filter

    The campaign’s exclusive social media filter hopes to encourage H&M’s audience to get involved.

    Customers are invited to share their personal styling of the collection, just as the campaign’s talents will be. Giphy stickers hope to inspire playful customisation too.

    The collection will be available at hm.com from 24th September.

  • SPAR Denmark, active in many areas of environmental protection

    SPAR Denmark, active in many areas of environmental protection

    SPAR Denmark is active in many areas of environmental protection, including food waste, plastic reduction instore, and customer education on how to act more eco-conscious.

    SPAR Denmark also sponsors the national Ren Natur waste collection tours, and recently, one of these tours was attended by Lea Wermelin, Danish Minister for the Environment and Richo Boss, CEO of SPAR Denmark.

    Food waste reduction

    To reduce food waste, SPAR Denmark lowers the prices of food products approaching the expiration date.

    In this way, SPAR avoids large quantities of food being thrown away, and at the same time price- and environmentally conscious customers can purchase perfectly good food products at discounted prices.

    Tips for eco-conscious consumers

    Through its easy meal plan, SPAR Denmark supports customers plan food purchases leading to less food waste.

    Published on SPAR Denmark’s website, the 5-week meal plans consist of healthy and varied recipes that can be prepared within 30-60 minutes as well as shopping lists with all ingredients.

    Customers can also select the meals and use the shopping list to have the local SPAR store to collect all the ingredients and pick up the order instore.

    Climate tips for customers

    To inspire customers to contribute to environmental protection when shopping for groceries, SPAR Denmark communicates climate tips for consumers.

    These tips contain valuable and practical advice on how to act more eco-friendly.

    Plastic reduction through recycled plastic bags

    SPAR Denmark focuses strongly on plastic reduction. Plastic bags available in SPAR stores since 2017 are made of 70-80% recycled plastic.

    The high-quality plastic bags can be reused several times. An alternative to plastic bags is the nylon net sold in many SPAR stores in Denmark which can be repeatedly used.

  • Dame jidlo to deliver products from ten Tesco Expres stores in Prague

    Dame jidlo to deliver products from ten Tesco Expres stores in Prague

    The new Dame jidlo service is available in Prague and customers can choose from ten Tesco Expres stores when ordering a purchase.

    The price for delivery of the purchase is CZK 69 and the order itself must exceed CZK 99. In the first phase, a portfolio of approximately 600 items is available to customers, writes CzechCrunch.

    A Tesco employee completes the order after it has been confirmed and the Dame jidlo courier will take over the whole order upon arrival.

    Customers will get their purchases within 30 minutes, up to a maximum of 45 minutes from ordering.

  • Auchan expands its Piéton ”click & collect” units in Lille

    Auchan expands its Piéton ”click & collect” units in Lille

    Auchan is opening three new Auchan Piéton stores in Lille following on from those already on Rue Saint Sébastien and Rue Solférino, which opened in 2018 and 2019 respectively.

    Through these new points of contact, online orders can be collected on foot from a storage unit at the heart of each neighbourhood and will be supplied by Auchan stores in the region and their drive-thrus (Englos and Faches-Thumesnil) in order to offer the hypermarket service in city centres.

    These stores are opened from Monday to Saturday from 10am to 9pm and customers can click & collect within 3 hours without a specific time slot.

    Lille is Auchan’s laboratory for experimenting with this new “Click and Collect” shopping experience.

  • SPAR Austria, €117.000 bonus payment for local egg farmers

    SPAR Austria, €117.000 bonus payment for local egg farmers

    SPAR Austria is rewarding about 130 Austrian egg farmers for their ongoing commitment to animal welfare with a combined €117.000 bonus payment.

    Over 130 Austrian egg farms, cooperating with SPAR, are regularly checked and are rewarded every two years for their strong commitment to quality standards.

    Based on these reviews, SPAR will pay the laying hen farms about €117.000 for 2018 and 2019. The payment of the bonus can amount to up to €1.600 per producer.

    On behalf of SPAR Austria, independent supervisory bodies regularly check all farmers and suppliers delivering eggs for SPAR Own Brands.

    The central criteria are the use of GMO-free feed, the freshness of the eggs, hygiene standards throughout the entire production chain, product quality, and animal welfare standards.

    ”With the egg bonus, we want to show farmers our appreciation for their agricultural products, their valuable work, and personal commitment”, said SPAR Austria’s CEO, Dr Gerhard Drexel.

  • IGD: almost 90% of the footfalls pre-lockdown was recovered

    IGD: almost 90% of the footfalls pre-lockdown was recovered

    IGD – Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione, announces that the footfalls in its Italian shopping centers continue to show continuous growth.

    In August 2020, almost 90% of the footfalls pre-lockdown was recovered (-12.7% compared to the same month 2019).

    On the last day of the last month, Monday, 31 August, the performance was basically in line with the prior year (-2.2%).

    There was also a constant increase in footfalls week after week: compared to the footfalls recorded in the first week after the easing of the main restrictions (18-24 May), the number of people who decided to go shopping physically in IGD’s centers rose by 35%.

    Also, roughly 99% of the businesses opened before the lockdown have resumed operation inside IGD shopping centers.

    IGD has a real estate portfolio valued at circa €2,322.62 million at 30 June 2020, comprised of 25 hypermarkets and supermarkets, 27 shopping malls and retail parks, 1 plot of land for development, 1 property held for trading and 5 other real estate properties, in Italy.

    Following the acquisition of the company Winmark Magazine SA in 2008 14 shopping centers and an office building, found in 13 different Romanian cities, were added to the portfolio.