South African retailer Woolworths is on a mission to save water and to do so, is changing store designs in its retail store network across the whole African continent. The retailer has set out to drastically reduce the amount of water ...
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Global LED lighting market value reached JPY1.7 trillion (US$48.7 billion) in 2014, accounting for 28.9% of total lighting value, and will increase to JPY5.5 trillion in 2020, with the corresponding market value proportion to rise to 58%, ...
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American food processing company Heinz has announced job cuts at its Kitt Green site in Wigan, UK, as part of a restructuring process. According to the company, almost 71 roles will be axed at its baked beans factory where some of the ...
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In the early 80s, a young Ogilvy & Mather art director, John Curran, was feeling a long way from home. He’d been in Australia for many months, but his girlfriend had just arrived with a lot of his memories in her suitcase. He ...
From its beginning as a graphic arts company called EskoArtwork, Esko has built itself into the leading global player in packaging production and supply chain solutions, with its headquarters in Gent, Belgium, and R&D and manufacturing ...
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Wilson Sporting Goods Co., a division of Amer Sports Corporation, and Louisville Slugger, a division of Hillerich & Bradsby, Co., (H&B), announced that Wilson has acquired global brand, sales and innovation rights to Louisville Slugger from ...
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The Adidas Group announced that in mutual agreement with Vulcabr S.A. it will take control of the distribution and licence rights for the Reebok brand in Brazil and Argentina, when the current joint venture agreement concludes at the end of ...
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Australian packaging company Orora has secured a new supply agreement with dairy group Fonterra where the former will supply multi-walled dairy bags to Fonterra’s New Zealand operations. Orora will also construct a AU$20m ($15.25m) ...
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Driven by strong revenue growth and gross margin expansion, net income at sports goods marketer, Nike for the third fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2015 surged 16 percent year over year. In the third quarter of fiscal 2015, Nike said ...
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Nike Inc. reported earnings rose 16.0 percent in its third quarter ended Feb. 28, to $791 million, or 89 cents a share, versus Wall Street's consensus target of 84 cents. Sales rose 7.0 percent to $7.46 billion. Sales on a currency-neutral ...
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Majestic Athletic and Major League Baseball Properties have reached an extension of their contract that makes Majestic the official on-field uniform of MLB through 2019. Through the new agreement, Majestic will retain exclusive rights to ...
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Fonterra enters partnership with Chinese infant formula manufacturer New Zealand-based dairy giant Fonterra has confirmed that it has acquired an 18.8 per cent share in leading Chinese infant formula manufacturer, Beingmate Baby & ...
Ecco reported profit after tax increased 7.6 percent in 2014 while revenues grew 9.1 percent. The gains came despite challenging conditions in some markets, most notably in Russia and the Ukraine, which suffered serious economic problems. ...
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Minibar Delivery, a New York-based technology company that provides on-demand access to wine, liquor, beer, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Booze Carriage, an alcohol delivery platform based in New York City, the US. As per ...
Arkansas-headquartered Tyson Fresh Meats will invest $47m for a new boxed beef warehouse in Lexington, work for which, will begin this spring. To be built on the southeast corner of the existing beef complex, the 50,000ft2 warehouse, ...