Marks & Spencer, one of the UK's leading retailers with 24 stores in India, has come on board as the 'Official Fashion Show Partner' of India's only ATP World Tour championship, the Aircel Chennai Open 2013. The world of tennis has always ...
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Renzo Rosso, founder of the Italian design company Diesel, is all set to relaunch the Milan-based bohemian-chic clothing label Marni on foreign shores by buying controlling stakes in it, said Reuters. Marni will become a part of ...
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Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation (PVH Corp.) and The Warnaco Group Inc. announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which PVH will acquire Warnaco and holders of Warnaco common stock will receive $51.75 in ...
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Levi Strauss & Co. announced that Harmit Singh will join the company as executive vice president and chief financial officer on January 16, 2013, reporting to company president and chief executive officer Chip Bergh. In this role, he ...
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Rival soft drinks firms Britvic and AG Barr have finally agreed a merger to create a £1.5bn business,which will trade under the name Barr Britvic Soft Drinks. The new firm will be led by ceo Roger White,formerly the ceo of AG ...
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Kraft Foods has booked an increase in first-half profits, despite recording a fall in sales, thanks to productivity and price gains. In the six months to the end of June, net profit increased 4.2% to US$1.85bn. Operating profit in the ...
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US baker Hostess Brands has indicated it will liquidate the company tomorrow (15 November) if striking employees fail to return to work this evening. The group, which manufactures brands including Nature's Pride and Wonder Bread, said it ...
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Kraft Foods is to list on the NASDAQ later this month, citing cost as a factor in its decision to move from the New York Stock Exchange. Shares in Kraft will start trading on the NASDAQ from 26 June, the company said today (8 June). Its ...
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Nestle executive Stuart Irvine is to become CEO of Australian dairy-to-beer group Lion next year. Irvine will replace Rob Murray in January. Lion announced in February that Murray, himself a former Nestle executive, would leave the Pura ...
Intersnack has reached a deal to acquire the snack unit of United Biscuits for an undisclosed sum. The privately-held German snack group will take control of KP Snacks, the UK's second-largest snack business with an annual turnover of ...
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Campbell Soup Co. has hired former executive Michael Senackerib in a new role of chief marketing officer. Campbell said it hopes the appointment of Senackerib to the newly-created position of chief marketing officer will improve its ...
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Campbell Soup Co. has hired former executive Michael Senackerib in a new role of chief marketing officer. Campbell said it hopes the appointment of Senackerib to the newly-created position of chief marketing officer will improve its ...
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US confectioners Farley's & Sathers and Ferrara Pan Candy Co. have merged, the companies have announced. Farley's & Sathers' owner, the private-equity firm Catterton Partners, will hold a majority stake in the new confectioner, which will ...
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KP snacks–the maker of Hula Hoops,KP Nuts and McCoy's–has been bought from United Biscuits by German firm Intersnack for an undisclosed sum. KP Snacks has been bought by Intersnack for an undisclosed sum Analysts had long ...
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Iconix Brand Group,Inc,announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Umbro brand and related intellectual property assets from NIKE,Inc.for$225 million in cash. Founded in 1924,Umbro is the original global ...
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