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Pacific Sunwear Files for Bankruptcy

Apr 11, 2016

Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc. entered into a restructuring support agreement (RSA) with affiliates of Golden Gate Capital, the holder of its secured term loan provider under the company's financing facilities. In conjunction with the ...

Tags: Pacific Sunwear, RSA, Golden Gate Capital, Bankruptcy

Calida to up Share of Lafuma

Apr 11, 2016

Calida Holding AG has reached an agreement to acquire another 11.63 percent chunk of Lafuma, the French company that owns the Millet, Eider and Lafuma outdoor brands the Oxbow surf brands. The Swiss apparel company said it expected to ...

Tags: Calida, Lafuma, Acquisition

Hanesbrands to Pay 10X EBITDA for Champion Europe

Apr 11, 2016

HanesBrands has agreed to acquire the privately held Italian company Champion Europe, which owns the trademark for the Champion brand in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, in an all-cash transaction. The purchase price will be 10 times ...

Tags: Champion Europe, Hanesbrands, EBITDA

III-Nitride High-Electron-Mobility Transistors on Flexible Tape

Apr 11, 2016

Researchers in France claim the first demonstration of 10GHz large-signal microwave power performance for flexible aluminium gallium nitride (AlGaN) barrier high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) [S. Mhedhbi et al, IEEE Electron Device ...

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McDavid and Shock Doctor Sign First Dual-Brand Athlete

Apr 11, 2016

McDavid and Shock Doctor, two leading athletic protection providers, signed their first dual-brand athlete ambassador, 2015 NBA Champion Harrison Barnes. In his new role as global athlete ambassador, Barnes will exclusively wear ...

Tags: McDavid, Shock Doctor, Athlete

Swarovski Optik NA Promotes Sr. Media Relations Specialist

Apr 11, 2016

Swarovski Optik North America, a subsidiary of the Austrian-based company, promoted Rob Lancellotti to the position of senior media relations specialist. In this new position, Rob will organize media relations and events for Swarovski ...

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Mizuno USA Promotes New Chief Operating Officer

Apr 11, 2016

Mizuno USA, a leader in sports footwear, apparel and equipment, promoted Mark M. O'Brien from vice president of brand management & marketing to a newly created position of Chief Operating Officer. O'Brien will lead business strategy ...

Tags: Mizuno USA, Sports footwear, Mark M.O'Brien, Chief Operating Officer

DENSO Invests in Laser Technology Startup Trilumina

Apr 11, 2016

DENSO International America Inc of Southfield, MI, USA (a subsidiary of Japan-based automotive technology, system and component supplier DENSO Corp) has invested in TriLumina Corp of Albuquerque, NM, USA, which manufactures and integrates ...

Tags: VCSEL, DENSO, LiDAR

Gallium Nitride Nano-Sized LEDs

Apr 11, 2016

In 2014, the Nobel Prize in physics was awarded for the discovery of the gallium-nitride-based blue-light LED and its use for new, efficient LED-based white lamps. The development efforts in this field, however, do not stop there. The ...

Tags: LED, Nobel Prize

Packaging Council of Australia Future Uncertain

Apr 11, 2016

The future of the Packaging Council of Australia (PCA) is currently up in the air. David Carter, Chief Executive Officer of the PCA told PKN that memberships to the council have dropped to levels which have forced him to announce an ...

Tags: Packaging Council of Australia, PCA, PKN, APC

Coles FlyBuys Take Flight with New Travel Booking Website Launched

Apr 11, 2016

Coles supermarkets are launching a travel bookings website allowing customers to use and accumulate FlyBuys points. The FlyBuys rewards program, which was first introduced in 1994, will now let customer’s book flights, hotels and ...

Tags: Coles, Travel Booking Website, FlyBuys

Cadbury Launches Lolly Bag and Party Mix

Apr 11, 2016

Cadbury is launching two new products into Australian supermarkets, ‘Lolly Bag’ and ‘Party Mix’. Both products are a mixture of lollies and Cadbury chocolates. The Lolly Bag contains jelly worms, milk bottles, ...

Tags: Lolly Bag, Party Mix, Cadbury

Australians’ Drinking Habits Distilled Into 100 Glasses: Roy Morgan Research

Apr 11, 2016

In any given four-week period across 2015 Australian adults drank just over 426 million glasses of alcohol between them says a new study from Roy Morgan Research. This translates to an average of 23 glasses per person every four weeks. ...

Tags: Drinking Habits, Roy Morgan Research

Worldwide IT Spending Forecast to Decline 0.5% in 2016

Apr 11, 2016

Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total US$3.49 trillion in 2016, a decline of 0.5% over 2015 spending of US$3.5 trillion, according to Gartner. This is down from last quarter's forecast of 0.5% growth. The change in the forecast is ...

Tags: device market, printers

ACCC Launches Market Study Into Cattle and Beef Industry

Apr 11, 2016

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) will be commencing a market study into the Australian cattle and beef industry. The study will examine competition, efficiency, transparency and trading issues in the beef and ...

Tags: ACCC, Market study, Australian cattle, Beef industry

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