Global outdoor apparel major Columbia Sportswear Company has opened its newest Performance Fishing Gear (PFG) concept store in Miami's The Falls, the company said in a press release. The new 5,654 square-foot Miami location will feature ...
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REI reported record annual revenues of $2.2 billion, a 9.9 percent increase from 2013, and said it would double its investment in non-profits and new projects to create access to inspirational outdoor places to nearly $8 million. The ...
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Smith & Nephew plc has figuratively yanked the job-security bandage off 108 employees at its St. Petersburg, FL, wound-care plant. The company plans to close the factory and lay the workers off by January 9, according to a report in the ...
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Columbia Sportswear Co. announced the opening of its flagship Columbia brands first-ever Performance Fishing Gear (PFG) concept store at the Avalon Mall in Alpharetta, GA. Columbia's popular PFG collection is inspired by the performance, ...
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Taylor Tools has elected Gavin T. Daniels to the the position of president/CEO, succeeding his father, Jim Daniels, who will continue to function as the company's chairman of the Board. The Board of Directors also announced that Keith ...
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Posted in Ophthalmology by Stephen Levy on January 21, 2014 QSpex Technologies recently announced that it has raised $15 million to fund the launch of its latest counter-top lens manufacturing machines. The Alpharetta, GA–based ...
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Intelligrated, a North American-based automated material handling solutions provider, has announced the expansion of its southern operation in Alpharetta, Ga. The company is relocating staff to a new 54,000-square-foot facility located at ...
Bedding major Simmons said it will be a major sponsor of Howard Young's 2013 Atlanta Golf Classic, supporting pancreatic cancer research. Atlanta-based Simmons will co-sponsor the charity golf tournament, which expects to attract 120 ...
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Allnex opened its new Americas Headquarters and Technology Center. The move from Smyrna, Georgia to Alpharetta, Georgia is one more positive step that newly independent resins and additives company Allnex (formerly Cytec Coating Resins) is ...
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It wasn't quite the numbers Adam Barefoot, the president of Four Oaks, N.C.-based NC Glazing Fabrication, had in mind when he signed on as an exhibitor at this year's GlassBuild America show in Atlanta. "We expected more traffic," ...
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Chandlee and Sons Construction, a commercial, retail and a small industrial contracting firm out of Alpharetta Georgia, began the demolition of a one story, 3,000 square foot building in the most desirable commercial areas of downtown ...
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Arhaus Furniture has signed four new leases that will push its store count up to 51 stores in 19 states and bring the Top 100 company to two new markets. The company said it has finalized lease agreement for stores in new markets Danbury, ...
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Argo Group International, a Bermuda-based underwriter of specialty insurance and reinsurance products, has appointed Thomas A. Poland as vice president. Based in Colony Specialty's Alpharetta, Georgia office, Poland will lead the Colony ...
US gastrointestinal endoscopy company EndoChoice will merge with an Israeli company Peer Medical for an undisclosed sum. Peer Medical's commercial products include a proprietary video system and Full Spectrum Endoscope which provides up ...
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IDG News Service - Oracle has sued former partner CedarCrestone on grounds it has been providing third-party support for Oracle's software in an illegal fashion, a move that echoes previous actions Oracle took against former SAP subsidiary ...
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