January 24, 2013 - Belkin has entered into an agreement to acquire Cisco’s Home Networking Business Unit, including its products, technology, Linksys brand and employees. “We’re very excited about this ...
It was announced last week that hardware accessories vendor Belkin has agreed to buy Cisco’s Home Networking Business unit, which includes the strong Linksys brand. The terms of the deal, which is expected to close in March, were ...
Tags: Belkin, Cisco, Home Networking Business
Next week, I’ll be in Chicago at ProMat 2013. Like most in our industry, I’m looking forward to seeing what’s new in the world of materials handling. Our course, the most efficient materials handling is no materials ...
Tags: 2013, materials handling, manufacturing
While some areas continued to struggle this year, there are signs of improvement. Samantha Loveday asks some key licensing execs for their views on the year gone by, the challenges and what 2013 might hold. "For spring/summer 2012 the ...
Tags: toy licensing, toy sales, toy
I spent Wednesday morning at Intelligrated’s new 122,000 square foot headquarters in Mason, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati better known as the home of the Kings Island amusement park. Heck, you can see the tops of the roller coasters ...
Tags: automation, Cincinnati, Intelligrated
I/O Denim, an Austin based denim company, announces the launch of its American made, premium denim line featuring an innovative pocket designed to hide and house smartphones. The I/O Pocket is a discrete, industry-changing pocket on the ...
Tags: Denim Jeans Line, dedicated smartphone pocket, Apparel Accessories
Carter's, Inc announced that Brian Lynch, currently Executive Vice President and Brand Leader for the Carter's brand, has been promoted to President of Carter's, Inc., reporting directly to Michael Casey, Chairman and Chief Executive ...
Tags: Merchandising, Design, Marketing teams, ecommerce businesses, marketplace
I did something online the other day that I don’t often do. But heck, if you’re honest, you’ve probably done it too. I bought a Christmas gift on Amazon. After all, it ‘tis the season for online shopping. My real ...
Tags: Amazon, online shopping, online retailer, Supply chain
Following last year's merger with Activant Solutions, ERP (enterprise resource planning) vendor Epicor is closing in on US$1 billion in revenue, a figure that belies the vendor's relatively low profile compared to giants such as Oracle and ...
Tags: Epicor, CEO, Pervez Qureshi, SaaS, growth plans
Lenovo, already China’s top PC seller, is expected to take the title for the country’s top smartphone vendor in 2013, Gartner said. It made the prediction as Lenovo’s swift growth in China’s smartphone market has ...
Tags: Chinese smartphone market, Lenovo, PC business in China, smartphones
Don't expect HP to have a change of heart about building Windows RT devices anytime soon. Todd Bradley, Executive Vice President of HP's Personal Systems Group, said he's "not a big Windows RT fan" in an interview with CITEworld. ...
Tags: Android, ARM processors, highlightedpost, HP, Microsoft, Surface tablet
Dairy Crest has said it is "on track" to up the price it pays farmers for milk after postponing plans to cut prices amid the fierce protests this summer. The UK dairy processor, which owns brands including Cathedral City cheese and ...
Tags: Milk Price, voluntary code, legal approval
The Co-operative Group has announced a further increase to the premium it pays to farmers who are in its liquid milk pool. The news comes as a further sign UK retailers are ready to compromise on the price they pay for milk in the face of ...
Tags: Uk Retailer, Milk Price, liquid milk pool
The Co-operative Group has announced a further increase to the premium it pays to farmers who are in its liquid milk pool. The news comes as a further sign UK retailers are ready to compromise on the price they pay for milk in the face of ...
Microsoft today launched Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012-a single,powerful enterprise resource planning(ERP)solution that is purpose-built for five industries(manufacturing,distribution,retail,public sector and service industries and includes ...
Tags: ERP, Microsoft, Dynamics Ax