Strategy

James E. Harris will be joining Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated as senior vice president, chief financial officer, effective January 25, 2008.

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.

The Campbell Soup Company enters into an agreement to sell its Godiva Chocolatier business to Yildiz Holding A.S., the owner of the lker Group, a diversified food company based in Istanbul, Turkey.

Unilever forms a five-year agreement with IBM to transform and manage strategic sourcing and procurement operations for the company's Latin American operations.