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May 8, 2013

Foot Locker to acquire Runners Point Group

Foot Locker has started the ball rolling toward acquiring Runners Point Warenhandelsges, a specialty athletic store and online retailer based in Recklinghausen, Germany, for a total cash consideration of approximately $94 million.

May 6, 2013

C&A scales up RFID solution to 25 stores

Leading apparel retailer C&A is scaling up its Radio Frequency Identification project with Checkpoint Systems, a leading global supplier of shrink management, merchandise visibility and apparel labeling solutions for the retail industry, from five to 25 stores.

April 29, 2013

Anheuser-Busch brews up new ad campaign

Anheuser-Busch is launching a new advertising campaign that lets Budweiser drinkers track where their beer comes from and how it's made.

April 17, 2013

Unilever winning battle against waste

Unilever United States and Canada has achieved 100% zero waste to landfill in all 26 of its manufacturing and non-manufacturing headquarter facilities. Other countries in which Unilever has achieved this milestone include the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, Germany and Japan.

February 4, 2013

Food safety group adds three to board

The Global Food Safety Initiative has named three new members to its board of directors. The appointments were effective as of January 2013.

November 21, 2012

Toys’R’Us expands global e-commerce presence with new web store

Toys“R”Us may be in the throes of an intensely competitive holiday season but several recently announced initiatives are designed to position the company for success beyond Christmas 2012.

October 30, 2012

Bayer bolsters nutrition portfolio with Schiff

Bayer HealthCare said it plans to acquire rapidly growing Schiff Nutrition International for $34 a share in a transaction valued at $1.2 billion.

October 9, 2012

Beiersdorf appoints Bill Graham to president, GM Beiersdorf North America

Beiersdorf, the U.S. subsidiary of Beiersdorf AG — a global skin care company based in Hamburg, Germany — has announced the appointment of Bill Graham as president and general manager of Beiersdorf North America.

February 7, 2011

Braun celebrates 90 years

Braun celebrated its 90-year company anniversary on Feb. 1.

February 7, 2011

Braun celebrates 90 years

Braun celebrated its 90-year company anniversary on Feb. 1.

January 21, 2011

Amazon buys European movie rental service Lovefilm

Amazon.com said Thursday it is buying Lovefilm, a European movie rental service akin to Netflix, according to a report by the Associated Press.

October 19, 2010

Sudhoff to lead Henkel Consumer Goods

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, located in Dusseldorf, Germany, announced that Stefan Sudhoff, corporate SVP...