Leon's Furniture has completed its takeover of archrival The Brick in a deal with an estimated value of about C$700 million. The new combined retail powerhouse will be the largest furniture, mattress and major appliance retailer in Canada ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Italy-based pharmaceutical packaging company Stevanato Group has invested €22m in a Mexican manufacturing plant to double its size. Located in Cienega de Flores, Monterrey, Nuovo Leon, the manufacturing plant was opened in 2008. ...
In what was probably its final quarterly report as a standalone furniture, mattress and major appliance retailer, The Brick said sales in the fourth quarter were off slightly while profits improved slightly. Sales for the full year of ...
Tags: The Brick, Sales Decline, Furniture
Alternative Packaging Solution is all set to construct a new $2m packaging materials plant in Bugesera district, Eastern Province, Rwanda. Alternative Packaging Solution manager Leon Sebutakirwa told The New Times that the company aims to ...
Tags: Packaging, Packaging Solution, Alternative Packaging Solution
After the unions and employers failed to reach an agreement for yet another time, unions like CCOO and UGT have announced their decision to protest across Spain. The wage agreement between employers and employees of the Spanish textile ...
Now that federal regulators have given their stamp of approval, a new Canadian furniture, mattress and major appliance retailing powerhouse will be created on March 28 when Leon's Furniture closes its bid to acquire arch-rival The Brick in ...
Tags: furniture, mattress, retailing powerhouse
Mercedes Benz Mexico reportedly invested US$15 million in expanding its bus manufacturing plant in the municipality of Garcia, in the northern state of Nuevo Leon. Harald Hauke, vice president of Mercedes Benz Mexico, indicated that the ...
Tags: Mercedes Benz, company news, Metallurgy
Spanish automobile manufacturer SEAT has introduced the new three-door Leon SC coupe at the ongoing 2013 Geneva Motor Show in Switzerland. The new coupe is offered with TSI and TDI engines variants, ranging from1.2 to 2.0L, which ...
Tags: SEAT, Leon SC coupe, 2013 Geneva Motor Show
The retail environment remained stormy for Leon's Furniture in the final quarter of 2012 as the company reported declines in earnings, sales and corporate same-store sales. System-wide sales for the quarter were C$248.2 million, down 2.7% ...
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South Africa - For nearly two decades, South Africa's longest gospel movement, Joyous Celebration, has spread the word through powerful musical worship. On 15 December 2012, the 17th Joyous Celebration DVD was recorded at Rhema Church in ...
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Spring Fair International, organised by i2i Events, opened on February 3rd 2013 at the NEC and welcomed over 68,116 visitor’s, including more than 5,000 international buyers looking to export British goods abroad - with overall ...
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Apple says it has been hit by hackers who wormed their way into the California company's system but evidently failed to steal any data. The maker of iPhones, iPads, iPods, and Macintosh computers said it is working with law enforcement ...
Tags: APPLE, iPhones, iPads, iPods, Macintosh computers
Massive ERP (enterprise resource planning) software projects under way at the U.S. Army are in danger of missing crucial deadlines due to inadequate planning and management on the part of officials, according to a new auditor's report. ...
The Seat Leon SC has been revealed ahead of the Sports Coupe’s unveiling at next month’s Geneva motor show. Combing three-door hatchback looks and a functional interior, the Volkswagen Golf Mark 7-based Seat Leon SC still ...
Tags: Seat Leon SC, Three-Door Hatch, Geneva
New Zealand-based multinational dairy co-operative Fonterra has opened a solar powered milk chilling center in Hanwella, Sri Lanka. The chilling facility features 32 solar panels with a 3.24 kW capacity and is expected to conserve about ...