For a chief executive who just finished presiding over a breathtaking corporate downfall, Brent Willis, the recently ousted CEO of Canadian soft-drink maker Cott, is taking home a nice chunk of money. The company filed documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission revealing that Mr. Willis will...
Extra Space Storage Inc. (the "Company")(NYSE: EXR) announced today that it has agreed to sell 3,000,000 shares ofits common stock in a registered direct placement to clients of RREEFAmerica L.L.C. The Company expects to receive proceeds from the offeringof approximately $44.1 million and expects to close the sale on...
International Datacasting Corporation (TSX: IDC), a global leader in providing advanced solutions for multimedia content distribution via satellite, announced today it has received a follow-on order from a leading aerospace and defence contractor for IDC's new DVB-S2 dual tuner integrated receiver and decoder, IRD, the SuperFlex SFX3104-L. The order, valued...
International Datacasting Corporation (TSX: IDC), a global leader in providing advanced solutions for multimedia content distribution via satellite, announced today it has received a follow-on order from a leading aerospace and defence contractor for IDC's new DVB-S2 dual tuner integrated receiver and decoder, IRD, the SuperFlex SFX3104-L. The order, valued...
THE humble school desk started out as a simple wooden bench with spindly legs, one inevitably shorter than the other so it wobbled. They'd be spaced in narrow rows so you'd be knocking elbows with the person next to you and there'd be no room to stretch your...
New Status Shelf, iCal Synchronization, Idea Space Templates, Plus More! RALEIGH, N.C. -- Zengobi today announced the availability of Curio 5, a major upgrade of their award-winning brainstorming and project management application for Mac OS X 10.5. Curio 5 features include the new Status shelf for tracking your...
The potted noodle market is stagnant at the moment and it could be doing better: it needs more innovation. Own-label flavours are pretty much all copying each other--it's all chicken mushroom or spicy curry or beef & tomato. You will find the same flavours in any of the multiples. ...
CAIRO AFP — Marwa wants a paler face and is willing to try a whole range of lightening creams that promise beauty, love and success to Arab women. But such products have also been slammed as "racism in a bottle". The 19-year-old Egyptian works for a hairdresser in...
NEW YORK -- The vitamins and nutritional supplements field has been transformed and revitalized over the past decade thanks to a wave of innovative products and product categories from suppliers, many of whom are niche players. While competition for shelf space is intensely competitive, the vitamins and supplements business continues...
IRI Apollo Designer Workstation[TM] Customizes Shelf Product Presentation and Assortment to Drive Customer Satisfaction CHICAGO -- Information Resources, Inc. IRI today announced that The McKee Foods Corporation, best known for its line of Little Debbie([R]) snack cakes, has selected the retail space planning software, IRI Apollo Designer Workstation,...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ST. LOUIS -- Niche product manufacturers striving to find shelf space in chain drug stores and other trade classes rely on brokers to help them gain access through these retail doors. One such company is National Sales Solutions LLC NSS, which has provided key sales and...
4 rules for resisting temptation Experts estimate that up to 40 percent of what you pick up at the grocery store is based on impulse. "Those purchases tend to be high in calories and fat, which can sabotage your healthy eating efforts," says Bonnie Taub-Dix, R.D., a spokes-woman...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE MILLIONS OF FRESHMEN HEADING to college this semester will have to go through many changes in their daily routine as they transition into their new life on campus. Getting familiar with a shiny new .edu e-mail account wont" be on some of these long to-do...
An exhibition of photographs--mounted in London by one of the UK's top brand architects, Brandhouse--depicting life in Ethiopia marked the completion of one of the most significant trade marking exercises for an African commodity. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The commodity is the humble coffee crop as grown in...
OPERATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT: A CSAE STUDY APPROACH TO EFFECTIVE PLANNING AND RESPONSE BY MARK D. ABKOWITZ [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If you are like me, you probably often walk around with the nagging feeling that life is getting increasingly hazardous. According to a new book by Vanderbilt University...
YOU'RE ONLY AS STRONG AS YOUR BRANDS. And, having a smart brand strategy is vital for any consumer goods company, especially for those fighting for shelf space and market share in the highly competitive household and personal products industry. From everyday staples like deodorant to luxury fragrances, a...
Byline: By EMMA DAVISON News Reporter GRAFFITI'S no longer confined to public spaces; it's gone posh and is now the most fashionable way to personalise our rooms. It seems we can't resist the urge to "write" on our walls, but don't think spray paint and Banksy's...
A friend, a nonwriter, retired after a distinguished career, asked me to read his screenplay because I am a published author. It was terrible: poorly written with no plot. Worse, it was clearly autobiographical, abounding in self-aggrandizement and intimate sexual details. To be kind, I told him merely that it...
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nick Smallwood founder, Soup in u Bun "The main priority is to convince the supermarket to relinquish space on its shelves for your product, so product quality needs to be maintained. The important thing to remember is that in order for a product to...
Who we visited SAINSBURY'S LOCAL Stoke Gifford, Bristol CO-OP GROUP Crawley, West Sussex SOMERFIELD Hove, Brighton & Hove SPAR Chesham, Buckinghamshire TESCO EXPRESS Balham, London How they performed Our shopper was impressed with the cleanliness of the Sainsbury's Local in Stoke Gifford, where the...
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