American grocery store chain Albertsons Companies will buy meal kit startup Plated for an undisclosed price, in a move to attract more customers to its stores. The acquisition of the New York City based food tech company, founded in 2012, ...
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Massachusetts-based Blossom Water has secured authorization to sell its all natural flavored waters in 1,075 stores owned by the Kroger Family of Companies. These stores operate under the supermarket banners of Kroger, Ralphs, Dillons, ...
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KonaRed Corporation, manufacturer of antioxidant juices and nutritional supplements from the Hawaiian CoffeeBerry coffee fruit from Kona, Hawaii, has announced several progress initiatives on its international expansion. Since breaking ...
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Liquor store chain Licor Zone is to acquire several Mexican tequila distilleries in a bid to become heavy weight in the tequila business. The move comes as several small and medium-sized distilleries may cease their operations or may ...
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Hamleys and Department store chain Stockmann are looking at partnerships within further stores across Finland from 2016 onwards. Iconic toy store Hamleys has made a move to open a new Finnish outlet in Helsinki. Department store chain ...
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British casual wear brand Crew Clothing has launched a store expansion programme after reporting a 12 per cent rise in sales last year, according to media reports. Sales grew by £6.5 million ($10 million) for the year ending 26 ...
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Nearly half of all Phase III pharmaceutical clinical trials fail, partly because data about patient adherence is hard to come by. That’s according to computer giant Oracle (ORCL), which has teamed with and ingestible sensor ...
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Posted in Mobile Health by Nancy Crotti on January 7, 2015 A little more than a year ago, a top executive of Qualcomm Life predicted that smartphones would one day be considered medical devices. Qualcomm's 2Net Hub is a ...
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Are tire sales advertised on Black Friday good deals or not? To find out, you need to know the specifics of what is being offered. Modern Tire Dealer Editor Bob Ulrich decided to do that for you. In his latest blog, he checks out the ...
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Following its acquisition by Lars Larsen Group, the bed store chain SengeSpecialisten, which has 11 stores in Denmark, is to become a national chain, with plans for subsequent expansion in other countries. The group, which owns the chains ...
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Surya has appointed Jim Levine to the newly created role of vice president of Surya Outdoor. Levine is a veteran of the casual furniture industry where he has spent the last 32 years overseeing business operations, sales and marketing, ...
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The intellectual assets of Paul Simon, one of the UK's best-known furniture and home furnishing names, are being put up for sale following the 50-store chain's collapse into administration earlier this year. Metis Partners, an ...
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Aditya Birla Nuvo managed - Pantaloons Fashion & Retail Ltd will invest Rs 150 crore to add 18-20 more new stores in this fiscal year. At present, Pantaloons operates and manages 83 large format stores across India. Pantaloons will also ...
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Earnings improved at department store chain Kohl’s in fiscal second-quarter ending August 2, as lower expenses hid a marginal decline in revenue. In the second fiscal quarter of 2014, Kohl’s reported a profit of $232 million, ...
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Uniqlo, Japan's largest clothing store chain is keen on sourcing the garments from India. Uniqlo is the wholly owned subsidiary of Yanai controlled company, Fast Retailing. Uniqlo, is both manufacturer and retailer of garments and produces ...
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