Denver-based Quiznos hopes to make a comeback as the toast of the sandwich world. As part of a massive rebranding effort, the #2 sub sandwich chain (behind Subway), rolled out [...]
Is Amazon poised to conquer industrial supply market?
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April 30, 2012, 3:02 PM
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“Conquer” may be a strong word, but Amazon’s entry into the business-to-business industrial supply market is sure to mix up the industry’s competitive landscape. Last week Amazon launched AmazonSupply – [...]
Plastic resin shortage could hinder auto production
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April 30, 2012, 8:45 AM
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In March an explosion at German chemical company Evonik Industries’ nylon-12 plant reduced the world’s nylon-12 capacity by half, and that could have a significant impact on the world’s automakers, [...]
Lorillard buys blu for $135 million
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April 25, 2012, 4:33 PM
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The nation’s oldest continuously operating tobacco business has officially moved into the smokeless, electronic variety. Based in Greensboro, North Carolina, top cigarette maker Lorillard announced today that it has acquired [...]
Small cars: Detroit finally gets it
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April 18, 2012, 12:33 PM
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For years those in the executive offices at Ford, GM, and Chrysler considered small cars an afterthought – an unprofitable side-business that pulled valuable product development and marketing dollars away [...]
Is Gap back?
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April 12, 2012, 2:22 PM
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Is Gap‘s decade-long exile to the land of fashion irrelevance coming to an end? Perhaps, reports Bloomberg’s Sapna Maheshwari, noting that the shares of the US’s largest apparel chain have [...]
3M buys CodeRyte, advances health information systems
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April 10, 2012, 5:46 PM
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3M, the $30 billion company best known for its consumer and office products, has advanced its own health information systems by buying CodeRyte today for an undisclosed amount. Maryland-based CodeRyte [...]
How Crocs built a $1 billion business
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April 3, 2012, 12:07 PM
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Hoover’s began covering Crocs when the company filed in 2005 to go public. And, to be honest, I have wondered what the future held for the foam slip-on clogs with a snappy name. Was its fate [...]
“Pink slime” backlash forces beef firm bankruptcy
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April 2, 2012, 3:03 PM
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Ground beef processor AFA Foods filed Chapter 11 this week amid the ongoing controversy over “pink slime” – the unappealing nickname for “lean finely textured beef” (LFTB). Based in King [...]
Audit reveals labor issues at Foxconn
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March 30, 2012, 3:48 PM
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Electronics manufacturing services company Foxconn International (a division of Taiwan’s Hon Hai), has said it will make the necessary changes to improve working conditions in its Chinese factories after an [...]
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