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Is Hudson's Bay Co. for Sale?

Hudson's Bay Co. may be in play after its owner, Jerry Zucker, died of cancer over the weekend, the Globe and Mail says. HBC is the biggest retailer in Canada, and the oldest commercial company in North America, dating back to fur traders in the Great White North in 1670....

Tags: Chain, Hudson, HBC, Balance Sheets, Retail, Financial Statements, Financial Accounting, Finance, Lisa Everitt

Blog posts 2008-04-15

A Book-Selling World Gone Mad

You usually have to scrabble around on the sale table and fend off other bargain hunters to find products discounted to the point where the retailer doesn't make a profit. In the case of the latest and final Harry Potter book, however, folks won't have to wait for the price...

Tags: Leslie Leite, Scholastic, bookstore chain

Blog posts 2007-06-15

Chains' Fresh Bag of Tricks

In front of a squeaky clean counter, a beauty adviser is helping a woman find the perfect shade of foundation. In another area, a man is having his throat cultured for strep. At another counter, a young woman is receiving a personalized skin profile utilizing state-of-the-art skin analysis. In the front...

Tags: Skyscape Inc., counter, advisor, analysis, photograph, Web site, Web

White papers 2006-01-09

The Emergence of Stability in Diverse Supply Chains

The distribution of products from manufacturer to distributor to wholesaler and finally to retailer the Supply Chain exhibits surprisingly erratic behavior, popularly termed the Bullwhip Effect. A group at the Santa Fe Institute's Business Network formed a team to study the Bullwhip effect via John Sterman's classic Operations Research game...

Tags: Supply chain management (SCM), supply chain, team, network, game

White papers 2004-04-23

Be Stagnant And Linear

This article will challenge the supposition that “logistics” is a chain, and further reject the notion that it is comprised of two distinct sides, supply and demand. The chain portrays logistics to be stagnant and linear; it also suggests that supply and demand are two separate chains. This view...

Tags: Supply chain, TransportGistics Inc., logistics

White papers 2003-01-01

Additional Resources

Research and Markets Adds Report: Applebee's Benchmark Analysis

FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Research and Markets Adds Report: Applebee's Benchmark AnalysisC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Research and Markets has announced the addition of Applebee's Benchmark Analysis to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: ...

Articles 2009-06-08

Research and Markets Adds Report: Sugar Monthly Market

FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Research and Markets Adds Report: Sugar Monthly MarketC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Research and has announced the addition of China Sugar Monthly Market Report to its offerings. In a release, Research and Markets noted that report highlights include: -Based...

Articles 2009-06-08

Walgreens Renews Product Donation Program to America's Second Harvest Food Bank

FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-8 June 2009-Walgreens Renews Product Donation Program to America's Second Harvest Food BankC2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Drugstore chain Walgreens announced that it has renewed its commitment to donate discontinued and mildly distressed products from its distribution centers to America s Second Harvest, a nationwide...

Articles 2009-06-08

Capitalising on the wine craze

DENISE the Wine Shop started its operations in Malaysia in 1998. After starting a chain of over 16 stores, David Lim, its founder, branched out to Singapore in August 2006. Within a short span of six months, he established 10 outlets and by end 2007, he would have increased this...

Articles 2008-12-01

The passing of the mama stalls

THE CONVENIENCE stalls that were found along five-foot ways and under staircases of shop houses are a dying breed. Fondly called Mama stalls, they are run by Indian "uncles" who managed to make a living selling everything from condoms to toy xylophones. They are sure to have the daily newspapers...

Articles 2008-12-01

Pink and Green: Sabre Camo pepper spray

From Security Equipment Traditionally, many pepper sprays have had a more industrial, bland and unattractive look. The end result was that many consumers found these products to be too unattractive to carry regularly. Now, Security Equipment Corporation announces the addition of Sabre Pink Camo and Green Camo key...

Articles 2008-08-01

PB50 all-purpose lubricant

From B'laster Corporation PB50 lubricates, protects, penetrates and displaces/repels moisture, and can be used in virtually every application. It lubricates everything from window tracks, hinges, facet valves, wheels, rollers, chains, glides and gears. And PB50 protects everything it lubricates from rust and corrosion, such as car parts, fishing...

Articles 2008-07-01

Planet XXL: Rochester, New York

OVERVIEW On a per capita basis, "The Flour City" (population approximately 208,000) in upstate New York has arguably produced more big-name bodybuilders than any other city on Earth. PIONEER Rochester native Vic Tanny opened his first health club there in 1935, introducing background music and other groundbreaking design...

Articles 2008-07-01

Supplementation on the run

For a bodybuilder, summertime is the season to lose your shirt and proudly display the results of the hard work you've put in at the gym. But if the warmer months bring an opportunity for you to pack your suitcases and head off to a faraway beach, you've got a...

Articles 2008-07-01

Stack attack BCAAs + Lysine

These amino acids will help you avoid overtraining when lifting at peak intensity * BCAAs The branched-chain amino acids include the three aminos leucine, isoleucine and valine. Leucine appears to be the most critical in the bunch, as it has been shown to single-handedly stimulate protein synthesis (which...

Articles 2008-07-01

This month: Chili's

If there's one thing we hope you've learned from this column, it's that fast food is no longer the scary, greasy, off-limits font of heart disease that it used to be. With a little bit of information and a discerning eye, you can easily find enough lean protein to tide...

Articles 2008-07-01

DAVID CAMINER

System designer behind LEO, the world's first business computer In 1947 J. Lyons & Co, the catering firm best known for its chain of teashops, made the extraordinary decision to build a computer. The Lyons computer, called LEO for Lyons Electronic Office, was the world's first computer...

Articles 2008-06-26

General Mills hikes prices for cereals

MINNEAPOLIS -- With ingredient prices popping up like toaster strudel, General Mills on Wednesday said it has raised cereal prices and might consider other price increases, too. The maker of Yoplait Yogurt, Wheaties cereal and Pillsbury Toaster Strudel said its fourth-quarter profit dropped 17 percent. But the...

Articles 2008-06-26

Appointments Underscore Growth: Canoe.ca Names Four Senior Members of Internet Leadership Team

The President and CEO of Canoe.ca, Bruno Leclaire, is pleased to announce the appointments of four senior members of the Internet leadership team: Stephen Evans, Chief Technology Officer; Marie-Claude Massie, General Manager of Portals; Wade Hynes, General Manager of Sun Media Interactive Services; and Patrick Tapp, Director of Strategic Alliances...

Articles 2008-06-26

Psion Teklogix appoints Sciamed as Premier Partner in Scotland and North East England

TELECOMWORLDWIRE-25 June 2008-Psion Teklogix appoints Sciamed as Premier Partner in Scotland and North East EnglandC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com Barcode and data capture specialist Sciamed has been appointed by Psion Teklogix (LSE:PON), a provider of solutions for mobile computing and wireless data collection, as its first Premier Partner...

Articles 2008-06-25