Hilti celebrates 50 years in Canada this year, saying it owes this growth to its "loyal customers in the construction industry". Congratulations! "For 50 years we have been committed to providing our customers with innovative, quality ...
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The Inditex Group’s net sales in FY2012 (1 February 2012 to 31 January 2013) rose by 16% from 2011, to 15.9 billion euros. Net income totaled 2.3billion euros, an increase of 22% from a year earlier. In constant currency terms, net ...
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South African supermarket operator Shoprite Holdings said it has maintained its "robust and established" growth pattern, booking an increase in half-year profits. Earnings for the six month period earnings grew 19.6% to ZAR1.70bn ...
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Thorn Lighting Ltd, a subsidiary of the Austrian company Zumtobel Group, is a global supplier of both outdoor and indoor luminaires and integrated controls. Thorn was founded when Sir Jules Thorn started The Electric Lamp Service Company ...
JBS, a Brazilian meat manufacturer, has completed the acquisition of beef processor Independencia for BRL268m ($142.8m). JBS had announced its intention to acquire Independencia's beef business in April 2012. The company funded the ...
Brazilian beef group JBS has completed the acquisition of local indebted beef processor Independencia Group. JBS, which announced last April it wanted to buy the business, today (1 February) confirmed it had concluded the deal made for ...
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Following on from their successful implementation of DeSL's PLM solution, Men's Wearhouse are now embarking on a Phase 2 project to implement DeSL's full supply chain solution. Men’s Wearhouse was founded in 1973 and has grown to ...
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The London-based firm described its storage box as a “greener” alternative to the cardboard box. It said that it is selling its Noboxes via a partnership headed by former Wall Street financier Thomas Hellman. Hellman, chairman ...
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Grupo Yoli produces and distributes Coca-Cola, Yoli, Fanta, Del Valle, and other trademark beverages of The Coca-Cola Company mainly in the Mexican state of Guerrero. Grupo Yoli shareholders said: “Since our founding almost 100 ...
The former CEO of Milk Link,Neil Kennedy,has said his decision to leave his role at new parent firm Arla Foods has nothing to do with the dairy giant's strategy for the recently-acquired business. Kennedy,who is to leave his post as SVP ...
Britain’s biggest food manufacturer Premier Foods plans to close its Glasgow flour mill, casting doubt over the future of 15 jobs at the Dunaskin Street site. Premier Foods plans to close its Glasgow flour mill, putting 15 jobs ...
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Amazon will create 100 new jobs at its London-based global digital media development centre. The centre, which is located near The Barbican, opened in September and is home to the design and development teams for Pushbutton and ...
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Asda is deploying software from Manhattan Associates to support the future growth of its general merchandise e-commerce operation Asda Direct. Asda will deploy the software in several distribution centres across the UK where Asda Direct ...
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IDG News Service - Medical technology company Stryker has seen high performance and minimal downtime since selecting a virtualised product from Citrix to speed distribution of updates for its JD Edwards (JDE) ERP platform, according to ...
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Schneider Electric today announced it has seen 4% growth in the last quarter, as well as 9% in the first nine months of 2012, with infrastructure, buildings, power and IT business units showing the most momentum, during the first day of its ...
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