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- 12/25/2007
Nike Gains Stake in Umbro, Furthers Acquisition Process
Nike Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary Nike Vapor Ltd. acquires 19.9 percent of Sports Direct International's holdings in Umbro plc. - 12/25/2007
Bossini Integrates Supply Chain Initiatives
Bossini Enterprises Ltd., a clothing retailer in the Asia-Pacific region with more than 1,000 stores worldwide, implements the webMethods ESB from Software AG. With enhanced, company-wide access to real-time, synchronized data, Bossini can now more closely monitor and manage business performance as it strives to more quickly and accurately meet business expectations. - 12/18/2007
Vision Chain Secures $3 Million in Venture Capital Funding
Vision Chain Inc., a provider in demand signal repository software for consumer products companies, raised $3 million in series C equity financing. - 12/18/2007
Office Depot Adopts Server to Reduce IT Complexity
Office Depot uses the SUSE Linux Enterprise Server as its operating platform for the company's global servers. - 12/18/2007
Nagel Beverage Achieves Distribution and Delivery Success
Nagel Beverage significantly reduced costs and improved operations using a suite of direct store delivery (DSD) solutions from HighJump Software, a 3M company. - 12/18/2007
Wrigley and Kimberly-Clark Form Marketing Partnerships to Support Consumer Brands
Tis' the season to strengthen marketing and promotional strategies: Both The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. and Kimberly-Clark Corporation inked new partnership deals this week to enhance marketing and promotional efforts for their consumer brands. - 12/18/2007
William-Sonoma Exec Joins Del Monte Board
Del Monte Foods Company appoints William-Sonoma executive Sharon L. McCollam to its Board of Directors. - 12/18/2007
Craftmade Broadens Outdoor Product Offering
Craftmade International Inc. enters into an agreement with Woodard LLC and CC Industries to acquire substantially all of the assets of Woodard LLC, a designer, manufacturer and distributor of a broad line of outdoor furniture products and related accessories. - 12/18/2007
Pilgrim's Pride Mourns Death of President
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation announced that O.B. Goolsby Jr., president and chief executive officer, passed away on Monday, December 17, after suffering a massive stroke last Saturday while on a hunting trip in south Texas. - 12/18/2007
Zebra Launches Supply Chain Web Site
Zebra Technologies Corporation recently launched www.zebrasupplychain.com ' a new Web site dedicated to providing manufacturing companies and systems integrators with educational resources and advanced printing solutions designed to help them improve virtually all of their production and supply chain-related processes.