PLANO, Texas — Steven L. Pepper, retired president of Yum Brands Mexico, has joined the board of directors of rent-to-own retailer Rent-A-Center, the company announced. Pepper retired from Yum, an operator of fast-food restaurants, ...
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With proper efforts and right structures, Dubai could establish itself as a global fashion hub, Chief Executive of Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), Steven Kolb has said. The Council represents Calvin Klein, Diane Von ...
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CBIZ, a Cleveland-based business consultancy, has purchased Minneapolis-based insurance brokerage agency Associated Insurance Agents (AIA), in a bid to boost its insurance capabilities. Financial terms of the transaction were not ...
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The sharemarket has opened more than1 per cent higher after strong US jobs numbers pushed American stocks to a record high and helped miners outperform the market. At 10.30am AEST the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was up 54.5 points, or 1.06 ...
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Access Fixtures has expanded its LED Retrofit product line to include Post-Top LED Retrofit Lamps for acorn type globes used on decorative and antique street lights. Post-top LED retrofit LED lamp replaces 70w to 175w HID lamps while ...
When eBay launched in 1995, the premise was simple: allow consumers to sell their unwanted goods to others via online auctions. Today, the multi-billion dollar business has localised sites in over 30 countries. Over 190,000 businesses ...
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Following the landmark success of Warrior’s inaugural Liverpool FC home kit – the fastest-selling in the Club’s history – the brand has revealed its new design for the 2013/14 season. Headlining Warrior’s new ...
Retailer Tony Farrar is riding in the hills of northern New Mexico with his friends, who are also his customers, when their bikes start making noise and their gears mis-shift. “They always blame me,” said Farrar, owner of Bike ...
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Microsoft garnered just a "niche" in the global tablet market in the first quarter of 2013, following a period of user confusion after the launch of Windows 8 and Windows RT tablets, analysts say. According to Strategy Analytics, Windows ...
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ExpoProducción, a trade show and conference serving the complete sewn products industry supply chain in Mexico and Central America for fashion, home, and technical textiles at the World Trade Center in Mexico City. The launch drew ...
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Retailer Tony Farrar is riding in the hills of northern New Mexico with his friends, who are also his customers, when their bikes start making noise and their gears mis-shift. "They always blame me," said Farrar, owner of Bike 'N Sport in ...
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Toledo, Ohio-based glass fiber reinforcements and engineered materials producer Owens Corning will invest $7 million to build a 175,000-square-foot warehouse adjacent to its Aiken, S.C., facility for storing products produced at the plant. ...
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Volvo has no plans to build a luxury limousine to rival the likes of the BMW 7 Series and Mercedes-Benz S-Class, instead focusing its attention on smaller models that fit with its “green image”. Speaking with industry journal ...
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Steven Reinstadtler, industrial marketing manager – coatings for construction, Bayer MaterialScience LLC, has been elected President of the Polyurea Development Association (PDA). He will officially begin his one-year term during the ...
US-based automotive supplier, Delphi Automotive is starting operations at its newly expanded Beijing gasoline engine management systems (EMS) facility in China in order to meet the growing demand in Asia. The site of the facility occupies ...
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