Technology

Shell Oil Plans for Weather-Induced Buying Swells
Shell Oil Company's SOPUS Products, makers of Black Magic, Rain X, Pennzoil, Quaker State, Jiffy Lube, Fix-a-Flat and Gumout branded products, licenses Planalytics Business Weather Intelligence platform to keep products in-stock at retail stores when weather creates a surge in consumer buying.
ImageHaus and Clemson Form Joint Venture
Clemson University's Department of Graphic Communications announces a joint venture with ImageHaus LLC, a color management consultancy, to market and implement a Product Life Cycle Management (PLM) tool to maintain package color fidelity for all consumer products.

Motorola Introduces New Hand-held Computer

The enterprise mobility division of Motorola (previously Symbol Technologies) introduces the MC35 Enterprise Digital Assistant (EDA).
Avery Dennison to Acquire Paxar for $1.3 Billion

Avery Dennison Corporation will acquire all outstanding shares of Paxar Corporation for $30.50 per share in a cash transaction valued at approximately $1.34 billion.
Chico's Re-launches Enhanced Web Sites

Chico's FAS chooses the ATG e-commerce suite for the re-launch of its Web sites.
Goody's Tracks Private-Label Clothing

Goody's Family Clothing selects New Generation Computing (NGC) for product lifecycle management (PLM) and global sourcing management.
Harry & David Replaces IT Platform

Harry & David deploys SAP for Retail to manage its store operations, inventory management and wholesale operations.
China's Consumer Market Poised for Growth

The findings of a recent Credit Suisse survey show that China is on course to become the world's second-largest consumer market by 2015, with the United States being first.
China Predicted To Be Second Largest Consumer Market By 2015

Reuters reporting on the findings of a Credit Suisse survey said that China is on course to become the world's second-largest consumer market by 2015, with the United States being first.
Sara Lee Cuts 11 Management Positions

Sara Lee Corporation intends to simplify the management structure of its International business to better align with the company's multi-year transformation from a diversified holding company to an integrated operating company.

Shell Oil Plans for Weather-Induced Buying Swells

ImageHaus and Clemson Form Joint Venture

Motorola Introduces New Hand-held Computer

Avery Dennison to Acquire Paxar for $1.3 Billion

Chico's Re-launches Enhanced Web Sites

Goody's Tracks Private-Label Clothing

Harry & David Replaces IT Platform

China's Consumer Market Poised for Growth

China Predicted To Be Second Largest Consumer Market By 2015

Sara Lee Cuts 11 Management Positions