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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Canadian Metro Supply Chain Group has completed the acquisition of UK-based automotive and industrial services emergency logistics specialist, Evolution Time Critical. The automotive supply chain expertise of Evolution Time Critical ...
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Commodities trading company Glencore has entered into definitive agreement with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to sell 40% equity interest of Glencore Agricultural Products for $2.5bn in cash transaction. Glencore's ...
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China-based investment firm Legend Holdings has signed a strategic agreement with Australian seafood company Kailis Family. Under the agreement, Legend Holdings and Kailis Family will form a joint venture named KB Food Group, in which ...
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Tata Motors has launched Tiago, a hatchback for the Indian market after changing its original name Zica, as it was sounding similar to Zika virus. The Indian automaker changed the name of the car to Tiago through a contest conducted on ...
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Flavored beverages producer Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS) has purchased an additional stake in BA Sports Nutrition, makers of premium sports drinks line Bodyarmor. The firm has invested an additional $6m to increase its stake from the ...
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Prestone Products' new advanced, patent-pending Triple Seal Protection Stop Leak family of products help eliminate expensive consumer auto repairs to radiators, head gaskets and engine blocks. While each product is a slightly different ...
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Packsize International, the provider of On Demand Packaging for businesses with corrugated packaging needs, has opened a subsidiary operation in Australia. Sean Ledbury has joined as general manager of Packsize Propriety Limited, and ...
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Troika Systems, the developer of quality control management systems for the print industry, will unveil two new technologies at Drupa 2016. At Drupa, Troika will launch CorruCAM, a tool that is able to measure aniloxes within corrugated ...
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Power management company Eaton today announced that the Texas Rangers have installed its advanced light-emitting diode (LED) system at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas. The system features industry-leading control functions that will ...
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X-Rite and its subsidiary Pantone expanded its PantoneLIVE cloud-based solution for digitally communicating color with a new service that helps printers and packaging converters manage color libraries. The new PantoneLIVE Rationalization ...
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US-based private equity firm Castanea Partners has invested undisclosed sum in Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams, a retailer and wholesaler of branded artisanal ice creams. This investment makes Castanea Partners, the sole outside investor in ...
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VAI (Vormittag Associates) announces that Black River Produce, the New England-based food wholesaler, is optimizing their supply chain with VAI’s S2K for Food solution. By implementing VAI's industry-leading ERP system, Black River ...
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