Strategy

A first of its kind in the direct selling industry, Avon Products Inc. and Suze Orman, renowned personal finance expert,award winning television host and bestselling author, form a special partnership to provide financial empowerment to women around the world.

In a market mostly plagued by recall news, Hasbro Inc. had some good news to share

Coca-Cola North America enters into a two-year agreement with ExerciseTV, the first comprehensive, on-demand network dedicated to fitness, sports training and motivational programming.

Nike Inc.'s wholly owned subsidiary Nike Vapor Ltd. acquires 19.9 percent of Sports Direct International's holdings in Umbro plc.

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.

South Korean electronics conglomerate LG Electronics (LGE) will implement Dassault Systemes' ENOVIA PLM suite to streamline product design processes and promote innovation across 40 global R&D centers and 36 manufacturing facilities.

Herbalife Ltd., a global nutrition and direct selling company, promotes Jerry Li to general manager of the company's China operations. Li reports to Paul Noack, who was recently named managing director of the company's Asia Pacific region.

It's almost official: SABMiller plc and Molson Coors Brewing Company signed the definitive transaction agreement for the combination of the U.S. and Puerto Rico operations of their respective subsidiaries, Miller and Coors, into MillerCoors LLC.