The furniture industry is ready to put out fires if Government proposals to cut unnecessary red tape spread to Britain's stringent flammability regulations. The British Furniture Confederation (BFC), the lobby group that represents the ...
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On the heels of the PGA TOUR's recent tournament expansion across Canada and Latin America, Perry Ellis International (PEI) is extending its license for PGA TOUR golf apparel into these exciting, untapped markets. With increased penetration ...
Burley Design LLC, manufacturer of child bicycle trailers, has shaken up its executive suite, promoting Frank Roome to president and Kathy Herrmann to chief operating officer. Owner Mike Coughlin remains CEO. Roome, previously vice ...
Security software provider Symantec is reworking its sales strategy, reorganizing software lines, slimming middle management and increasing marketing and research efforts. Symantec will make these changes over the next 6 to 24 months, the ...
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Late Apple chief Steve Jobs threatened to slap Palm with patent lawsuits to prevent the tech rival from hiring away its talent, according to court documents available on Wednesday. Unsealed copies of an email exchanged between Jobs and ...
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Unifi, Inc. released preliminary operating results for its second fiscal quarter ended December 23, 2012. The Company reported net income of $2.4 million, or $0.12 per share, compared to a net loss of $7.6 million, or $0.38 per share, for ...
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Wes Keever James Keever Jr HIGH POINT — Colonial LLC, a display and branding specialist based here, announced the promotions of Wes Keever to executive vice president of sales and James Keever Jr. to chief operating officer. ...
American provider of kidney care services DaVita HealthCare Partners kidney care arm DaVita has teamed up with Taiwanese firm Riches Healthcare (RHC) to form a new entity DaVita Taiwan. Under the joint venture terms, DaVita Taiwan will ...
Online retailer Ocado has given its share price a jolt by appointing ex-Marks & Spencer chief Sir Stuart Rose as its chairman. Rose will take up the role of chairman "designate" from 11 March and is expected to be officially installed at ...
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Shopko announced that Jill Soltau has been promoted to the position of President and Chief Merchandising Officer. Soltau has more than 25 years of experience in the retail industry and joined Shopko in 2007 as Senior Vice President and ...
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Cornerstone National Insurance Company (Cornerstone) has deployed ISCS's SurePower Innovation Policy Administration Suite, in an effort to offer user-friendly online capabilities for insureds and independent agents. Implementation in ...
Prudential Group Insurance has named Cathy Liston as the chief operating officer of disability business unit to oversee all disability claims and absence management, and related support functions. Before joining the insurance company, ...
Christian Schwarz, who had been CEO of the Swedspan Group owned by the Ikea concern since August 2008, left the group with effect from 9 January 2013. Jörgen Lindquist, who had been appointed as CFO of the Swedspan Group in September ...
Bolthouse Farms, a manufacturer and processor of salad dressing and carrots, has opened a new US innovation centre. The US$5m facility will accelerate NPD across the group's portfolio and will "integrate marketing and research" to create ...
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, the oil arm of Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom, to abandon oil deals in Kurdistan or face losing the lucrative Badra oilfield contract. The field, which is estimated to have reserves of 100 million barrels, is being developed by ...