Sales & Marketing

Borders has launched a co-branded online store with support from Sony, offering digital downloads of more than 25,000 e-books.

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.

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.

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

To drive increased visibility into global sales and distribution channels and gain critical business insight to boost brand leadership, The Timberland Company will implement an enterprise data warehouse from Teradata.

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.