Jakks Pacific has extended its relationship with Lucasfilm, inking a deal to manufacture and distribute a raft of new Star Wars products. The agreement includes a 31-inch Darth Vader figure (pictured), as well as additional product ...
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Norwegian web browser provider Opera Software has announced its acquisition of California-based mobile video optimisation provider Skyfire Labs in a deal that could be worth up to $155m (£100m). The move comes after Opera revealed ...
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Burberry announces that Stacey Cartwright, EVP and Chief Financial Officer, is to step down after over nine successful years with the business in order to pursue new interests. To ensure a seamless transition, Stacey will remain as EVP ...
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Casual Male Retail Group, Inc., the largest retailer of big & tall men's apparel and accessories, announced that it has appointed Ivy Ross, 57, to the Company's Board of Directors. She will serve as a director until the Company's next ...
HeatGenie has announced plans to expand and accelerate efforts to bring HeatGenie's patent pending self-heating technology to the market. The company has signed an addendum to their joint development agreement with packaging products ...
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US retailer Safeway Inc has appointed Peter Bocian to the vacant post of EVP and chief financial officer. Bocian will oversee the group's finance functions, reporting in to former finance chief Robert Edwards, who was promoted to the post ...
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Seattle-based technology company Appature and a strategic healthcare relationship marketing (RM) firm DKI have collaborated to deliver more robust, insight-based strategic RM outcomes. The partnership will leverage Appature's enablement ...
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Steve Hankins CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Logistics provider Globe Express Services has hired Steve Hankins as executive vice president, chief financial officer and chief information officer. The company said Hankins, a former CFO of Tyson ...
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BlackBerry last night launched BlackBerry 10 across the world – dubbed ‘the re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented BlackBerry’ platform that creates a new and unique mobile computing experience. Available on two new ...
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Tomy Europe will have a new EVP from April 1st, with Nicolai Lindhardt stepping into the role. Lindhardt (pictured) will succeed Gary Hunter, who has successfully led the integration of the RC2 and Tomy businesses to form Tomy Europe. ...
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A new collaboration has been formed between ExactFlat - makers of a software suite developed for sewn product manufacturers -and [TC] ² - a technology development think tank focused on the apparel industry. Both contributors will ...
The Board of Directors of Novozymes has appointed Peder Holk Nielsen as President and Chief Executive Officer with effect from April 1, 2013. “I am pleased to announce that Peder Holk Nielsen will succeed Steen Riisgaard as ...
Moscow State University Hospital (MSU), Lomonosov has deployed Ekahau RTLS in its new hospital and adjacent teaching facilities. Established in 1755, the institute remains the most prestigious healthcare teaching facility in the Russian ...
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Jazwares is to open a UK office in London's West End. The Florida-based firm's portfolio includes toys for Sonic, Star Wars, Nicktoons and Plants vs Zombies, as well as a licence for One Direction electronics, including headphones. ...
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based TMS International Corporation, the parent company of Tube City IMS Corporation, a leading provider of outsourced industrial services to steel mills globally, announced that it has promoted Hideyuki Nishizawa ...
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