Iconix Brand Group, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a new program to repurchase up to $300 million of its common stock over a three-year period. The Company has $53 million remaining under the previous $300 ...
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The High Point Market Authority has hired Mona J. Delia as vice president of communications and Candy Baker as new director of industry sales and promotions. With more than 25 years of corporate communications, public relations and ...
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Upholstery and case goods supplier Flexsteel Inds. has renewed the lease on its Las Vegas showroom for three more years. Flexsteel's three contiguous showrooms total 20,653 square feet and are in spaces A-530, A-526 and A-520. For the ...
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Gerdt Furniture here has gone out of business after 53 years following the liquidation of its inventory. Sales and liquidation specialist Deere Park Assn. supervised the going-out-of-business sale, and Focus Media, which works closely ...
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Environmental regulations, rising consumer awareness regarding health and the environment, and focus on sustainability have driven the Asia-Pacific water-based coatings market. Higher domestic consumption and investments in infrastructure ...
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Yahoo has bought ad tech startup Admovate to grow its mobile advertising sales and provide a stronger channel for personalized display advertising. Terms of the deal, yet another in a major buying spree for Yahoo this year, were not ...
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The federal government is making one of the most powerful supercomputers in its computing arsenal available to any U.S. businesses that can help make the country more competitive. The system is the 5 petaflop Vulcan (one petaflop equals ...
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Yahoo's profits rose by 46 percent in the second quarter, aided by nearly a dozen product launches, though sales at the company were still down. Net earnings for the quarter ended June 30 were $331 million, up from $227 million for the ...
Europe's competition chief confirmed Wednesday that he has written to Google Chairman Eric Schmidt to ask for better assurances from the company in an ongoing antitrust investigation. "After the analysis of the market test that was ...
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China's largest search engine Baidu is planning to acquire two leading app stores in the country for $1.9 billion, as the company seeks to expand its presence in the mobile Internet space. Baidu on Monday said it signed an agreement to ...
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Nestlé Prepared Foods has announced a major makeover of its Hot Pockets brand sandwiches, which feature new premium cuts of meat, new buttery seasoned crusts, and real cheese. The new Hot Pockets sandwiches are now available at ...
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The combined value of paid apps, app-enabled purchases of goods and services, and in-app advertising is expected to double to $151 billion in the U.S. by 2017, AppNation said today. According to the research firm, the largest segment of ...
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A number of NBDA e-forum dealers think so. Sensing a business opportunity and new potential market, they have decided to focus on serving under-represented people and it's working for them. There are a whole lot of people out there, it ...
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Hooker Furniture is restructuring its sales management, with Ray Harm, senior vice president of sales, leading a team of three vice presidents who will each manage a geographic sales region. "We're pleased to announce a more unified sales ...
Hostess snack cakes are set to return to the shelves across the US, with 50 million Twinkies and 35 million CupCakes with Signature Squiggle expected to be rolled out in next two weeks. The new products that will hit the shelves include ...
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