Mobile devices will be able to talk to wireless charging platforms through a partnership between the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and the backers of Bluetooth. The Bluetooth Special Interest Group and the A4WP announced a memorandum ...
Loves & Quiches, a dessert wholesaler, has selected Vormittag Associates' (VAI) enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, VAI S2K Enterprise, to manage its manufacturing processes and improve overall food safety controls. Headquartered ...
Walmart announced two new centers dedicated to filling online orders, including one in Texas and one in Pennsylvania that will be its largest ever. These two new online fulfillment centers are just part of a next-generation fulfillment ...
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NRF expects sales in the months of November and December to marginally increase 3.9 percent to $602.1 billion, over 2012’s actual 3.5 percent holiday season sales growth. The forecast is higher than the 10-year average holiday sales ...
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Arthur J Gallagher, a US-based insurance brokerage and risk management services company, has acquired RJ Dutton of Overland Park, Kansas, a provider of employee benefit consultation and brokerage services across the country. Financial ...
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AVEVA announced today that it is an exhibitor at INMEX India 2013, taking place October 8 -10 at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, Goregaon East, Mumbai. Visitors to the AVEVA stand B 125 will be able to see a host of software solutions for ...
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Alliance Machine and Engraving LLC — an Ashland, Va.-based manufacturer of turnkey calendering systems for nonwovens and textiles, and a provider of calender roll engraving services — announced recent sales of calendering ...
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Mohawk Industries is a long-time supporter of breast cancer research. Since 2001, Mohawk has donated more than $4 million to Susan G. Komen through its Specify for a Cure and Decorate for the Cure programs. As a corporate partner, Mohawk ...
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Three key members of the INSTALL program are teaming together to give attendees at IFMA's 2013 World Workplace Facility Conference & Expo a comprehensive view of how to prevent or recover from flooring disasters. Thanks to technical ...
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It is hard to argue that hardwood flooring, derived from rapidly renewable trees, is one of the greenest floor covering options available. But is it worth selling that aspect of the floor? For residential consumers, a floor's sustainable ...
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Kohl’s Department Stores announced a $150,000 cash donation toward flood relief efforts in Colorado. Kohl’s is providing this donation to the American Red Cross, which is delivering much-needed emergency supplies and services in ...
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Specialty insurer ProAssurance has reached an agreement to purchase Eastern Insurance Holdings (EIHI), for $24.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at nearly $205m. Under the terms of the agreement, which is likely to conclude ...
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Wheels manufactured by HRE Performance Wheels are known for strength, lightweight design, and superior engineering. They can be found on some of the world's finest racing, performance, and luxury cars as well as SUVs. The built-to-order ...
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After a four year hiatus, FloorTek Expo came roaring back to the delight of show organizer American Floorcovering Alliance, exhibitors and attendees – many from overseas. The three day event serving the floor covering industry ...
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Shaw Industries Group Inc. — a Dalton, Ga.-based floor covering provider and a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. — will invest $100 million to streamline its distribution network and expand its fiber extrusion facility in ...
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