Specialty food firm The Chefs'Warehouse has acquired Michael's Finer Meats,a supplier of meat and seafood for$54.3m,as a part of its strategy to expand into Midwestern US. Michael's Finer Meats,based in Ohio,US,supplies a range of custom ...
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Belgium-based cleaning brand Ecover has announced that with the acquisition of San Francisco-based Method, a green cleaning product company was formed. Ecover CEO Philip Malmberg said the acquisition of Method has allowed themto forge a ...
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Car Charging Group (CCGI), a provider of electric vehicle (EV) charging services, has opened a new office in San Jose, California, US, to expand its operations in the region. The new California office will be led by the company's chief ...
Editor's note: The following column was written by Judy Amabile, the president of Polar Bottle Product Architect's Inc. and Adeline Bash, public relations associate for Polar Bottle Product Architect's Inc. When people look back at the ...
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Computerworld-Apple's App Store generates four times the revenue of Google Play,but Google's sales of apps are growing fast in South Korea,Japan and India,according to a new monthly index released Thursday by analytics firm App Annie. The ...
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Direct-to-consumer personal car insurance provider Esurance has selected Elinor MacKinnon as its new managing director and chief information officer. In his new role, MacKinnon will spearhead all of Esurance's information technology, ...
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US based independent insurance brokerage Heffernan Insurance Brokers has appointed Jennifer Alimonda as assistant vice president to focus on new development and management of Personal Lines business at its New York office. With over six ...
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Social media analytics service PeopleBrowsr said it has won a temporary restraining order in a California court against Twitter's decision to end its four-year old arrangement to supply data to the company. PeopleBrowsr said late ...
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The direct-to-consumer personal car insurance company, and service and will report to CEO Gary Tolman. In his new role, Pitchford will be responsible for the newly combined sales and service areas and will enable Esurance to meet the ...
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A few days ago,I ran into a friend of mine,who specializes in copper and brass accessories and fixtures for homes.I asked if he had much work.He said the summer was slow,but business had picked up a bit this fall.What work he's gotten has ...
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Award-winning mobile app developer Red Hill Studios announces the release of Be There: Yosemite, the second in a series of innovative 'mobile virtual reality' apps that let you explore famous locations as if you were standing right there - ...
How does Electra Bicycles turn a tidy profit marketing products to a nonenthusiast customer base the rest of the industry is largely content to ignore? Electra Marketing Director Elayne Fowler knows. But aside from a few tantalizing hints, ...
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LOS ANGELES, CA (BRAIN) — Giro chose Golden Saddle Cyclery in Los Angeles’ hip Silverlake neighborhood to preview its new line of casual and performance road apparel to the cycling media on Thursday evening. Selections from ...
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Not long ago, I discussed the advantages of integrating natural elements in your home office. Along with better productivity and less stress, a natural setting can also stimulate creativity. Tropical Home Office design by San Francisco ...
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Over a century ago, Oscar Wilde joked that America's only tradition was its youth. This was a distinctly European joke; Asians could not have found it funny. In Chinese culture, tradition is not just the most important thing, it is the only ...
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