Supply Chain & Merchandising

The Sony Store, a Canadian chain of home entertainment stores owned and operated by Sony Canada, upgrades its point-of-sale (POS) hardware chain-wide.

Burt's Bees, a manufacturer of earth-friendly natural personal-care products, selects the Atlas Planning Suite by John Galt Solutions to fulfill its forecasting needs.

Barnes & Noble announces that www.bn.com will market books, CDs and DVDs on BlackBerry smartphones.

Zebra Technologies Corporation agrees to acquire all of the shares of Navis Holdings LLC, a global solutions provider for managing logistics, assets, inventories and cargo flows across the supply chain, for approximately $145 million in cash, subject to applicable post-closing adjustments.

Cosmetics is among the fastest-moving markets in the consumer goods sector.

After 25 years of service, Bill Lovette, senior group vice president of Poultry and Prepared Foods, Tyson Foods Inc., is leaving the company and his position will not be filled.

Meijer launches a new e-commerce site, which allows customers to shop the retail supercenter store online.

Kimberly-Clark Corporation's consumer tissue and baby and child care businesses are notifying customers of plans to raise prices in the United States during the first quarter of 2008.