Italian confectionery giant Ferrero International has agreed to acquire US-based Fannie May Confections Brands from 1-800-Flowers.com for $115m in cash. The deal also includes Fannie May's subsidiaries Fannie May Confections and London ...
Burnsville-based Valley Natural Foods has announced that it would invest $2m to open a wholesale meat processing plant in Northfield, Minnesota. The company has purchased 16 acres of land, including a building, for the new plant, Valley ...
Private equity firm American Capital has invested $31.5m to support the acquisition deal of Teasdale Foods by Snow Phipps Group that happened in October this year. Teasdale Foods offers private label and branded bean and hominy products ...
A 27% plunge in American continent sales, led NYSE-listed marketer of outdoor sports apparel - Quiksilver, Inc., to report a steep 19% year-on-year drop in global revenues for the third fiscal quarter ending July 31, 2014. Net revenues in ...
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Quiksilver, Inc. reported revenues fell 19.0 percent in its third quarter ended July 31, to $395.7 million. On a currency-neutral basis, sales were down 17 percent for the Quiksilver brand, 9 percent at Roxy, and 34 percent at DC Shoes. The ...
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Columbia Sportswear has signed an apparel licensing partnership with Dallas Cowboys, a professional American football franchise of the National Football League. Under the apparel licensing partnership, Columbia will market co-branded ...
West Marine, Inc. , the largest specialty retailer of boating supplies and accessories in the United States, reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 28, 2013. -Net revenues were $193.4 million, an increase of 0.7% ...
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Tempur Sealy International is restructuring its domestic sales functions in what it describes as a strategic move to drive growth and profitability. Beginning this month, the Tempur-Pedic and Sealy businesses will be managed under an ...
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Royal Philips has announced it will phase out the supply of its trade range of incandescent Softone bulbs to its New Zealand electrical wholesalers from October 1. Philips is the first lighting company in New Zealand to make this move, ...
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The Jones Group Inc. announced a series of actions designed to improve profitability. The Jones Group is committed to improving its direct-to-consumer business, achieving operational excellence and enhancing profitability through strong ...
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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 ...
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The global manufacturer and marketer of branded and private label apparel products for men,women and children,said that it has agreed to acquire the trademarks of LittleMissMatched. Founded in 2003 as a line of non-matching socks sold in ...
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Mulberry Group plc,the English luxury brand,is updating the market on trading for the six months to 30 September 2012. Highlights: Total revenue of£76.5m,up 6% Retail revenue of£46.5m,up 13%and up 7%like-for-like ...
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Talon International Inc.,a leading global supplier of zippers,apparel fasteners,trim and interlining products,reported reaching a two-year agreement with Fat Face Group Limited to supply them all of their apparel Trim and Zipper products. ...
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