Revolution Dancewear,the leading designer and marketer of dancewear and footwear that sells direct to dance studios in the United States and Canada,announced that it has acquired Melsham,UK-based Dance Direct,the largest online retailer of ...
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Nexxus Lighting gets$6 million investment from Aston Capital 18 Sep 2012 Nexxus Lighting has unveiled a$6 million investment from Aston Capital,and chief executive Robert LaPenta will become the new chairman of Nexxus.Nexxus ...
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Grey Mountain Partners("Grey Mountain"),in connection with its affiliate company Consolidated Glass Holdings,Inc.("CGH"),has acquired Insulpane of Connecticut and Orchard Glass Distributors(collectively"Insulpane"or ...
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Snyder's-Lance has agreed to buy US cracker firm Snack Factory for US$340m from private-equity firm VMG Partners. The deal, announced yesterday (5 September), will see Snack Factor's Pretzel Crisp brand join Synder's-Lance products like ...
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Southport Lane, a private equity firm, has selected Jim McNichols as chief actuarial officer of its reinsurance group, Southport Re. McNichol, in the new role, will support reinsurance, underwriting services and directing quantitative ...
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Kraft Foods has agreed to sell a majority stake in its Back to Nature brand of natural-food products to US private equity firm Brynwood Partners for an undisclosed amount. Following the deal,Kraft will hold a minority stake between 25%and ...
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US packaged foods company ConAgra has completed the acquisition of Unilever's North American frozen meals business for a total cash consideration of$267m,a move which will strengthen its frozen food business. The agreement to acquire ...
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Totally Green,a producer of organic food processing systems and compostable packaging alternatives,is set to receive$5m investment and$15m credit line from Canada-based private equity firm York Plains Investment to fund new growth strategy. ...
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Unilever has offloaded its frozen meals business in North America to ConAgra Foods, the consumer goods giant announced today (30 July). The US$265m sale of products sold under brands including Bertolli and P.F. Chang's was part of ...
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IDG News Service-Box has received$125 million in funding,an infusion the company will use to boost its international expansion and strengthen its cloud-hosted enterprise collaboration,storage,file-sharing and content management software. ...
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Jesta I.S., Inc. a leading provider of enterprise business solutions for retailers, manufacturers and distributors primarily in the apparel, footwear and soft goods industries worldwide, announced that A|wear, a leading ladies fashion ...
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Catterton Partners private equity firm,and Groupe du Louvre,an affiliate of global investment firm Starwood Capital and the majority shareholder of Baccarat,announced the completion of Catterton's previously announced investment in ...
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Nestle has sold its Australian ice cream business Peters to private-equity firm Pacific Equity Partners for an undisclosed sum. The sale, which includes Nestle's Mulgrave factory, will also comprise sub-brands such as Original, Light & ...
05 Jun 2012 Optical component and module maker insists that its pending acquisition by Oclaro represents better deal for shareholders. Oclaro stock slump prompts private bid Opnext's board of directors has rejected an unsolicited ...
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4 June 2012 Opnext deems unsolicited offer to acquire it is not superior to Oclaro merger Optical module and component maker Opnext Inc of Fremont,CA,USA says that on 31 May its board of directors determined that an unsolicited ...
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