Voluntary Product Recall for Kinnerton Ben 10 Alien Hero Projector TorchesLONDON - Kinnerton Confectionery (Company) Ltd is issuing a precautionary recall of Ben 10 Alien Hero Projector Torches sold as part of a Ben 10 Easter Egg Pack between February and April 2009 Para’Kito(TM), the Consumer Prize Winning, French Made Natural Mosquito Repellent, Responds to Demand by Expanding OnlinePARIS - Following the successful launch of Para’Kito(TM), a natural, extremely long lasting and stylish mosquito repellent wristband in France last year, Evergreen Land Ltd. today announced the launch of a new online store ( boutique.parakito.com/ ), making Para’Kito(TM) available worldwide for the first time. In 2008, Para’Kito(TM) was recognized by IPSOS, an independent French consumer research company, as the country’s preferred natural mosquito repellent. Spyder Active Sports Names New CEO, CFOBOULDER, Colorado - Ski and performance apparel leader Spyder Active Sports, Inc. today announced that Thomas McGann has been named the company’s new Chief Executive Officer. McGann comes to Spyder Active Sports, also the parent company for Cloudveil Mountain Works, with decades of executive experience, including serving as President of Burton and CEO of Motorsport Aftermarket Group. McGann will be responsible for ensuring profitable growth and maximizing operating performance. Top 500 UK Superbrands 2009LONDON - LONDON, July 15 /PRNewswire/ – - Credit Crunch Sees Nation Crave Fast Food ‘Hey, Why Did You Reply to that Spam?’ Anti-Spam Group MAAWG Surveys Consumer Email Behavior and Security AwarenessSAN FRANCISCO - Everyone asks, “who would be so reckless as to click on this junk?” but almost a third of consumers admitted to responding to a message they suspected might be spam, according to a survey released today by the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG). Also alarming, about 80 percent of users doubted their computers were at risk of ever being infected with a “bot,” which is a covertly planted virus capable of sending spam or causing other damage without the owner’s knowledge. ‘Web Stress’ Amongst UK Consumers Impacts Buying Behaviour Survey RevealsDITTON PARK, England - - Consumer Choice and Preference to Buy Goods and Services Online Linked To Quality of Web Experience Offered by Vendors Liquid Millionaire - New Book Predicting Stock Market Boom Proving a Smash Hit on AmazonLONDON - Liquid Millionaire (GBP21.97, AuthorHouse), a book that claims to show the reader how to make millions from an up and coming stock market boom, could be about to break a record on Amazon.co.uk. Canton Fair: Everything You Need, as Fast as You Need ItGUANGZHOU, China - With the 106th Canton Fair fast approaching and our customers busy planning on how to sell their products over the holiday season, the China Foreign Trade Centre is working to make the planning of their trip to Guangzhou to buy supplies as quick and easy as possible. To better serve buyers and sellers who operate in multiple categories of goods, the organizer of Canton Fair announced that the gaps between exhibition times have been shortened to 3 days. Retailers Can Use Voucher Codes to Help Them Survive the RecessionLEEDS - Companies with vouchers and discounts on voucher code sites such as VoucherSeeker.co.uk are more equipped to deal with the recession. Middle East’s Home-Grown Fashion Destination ‘Salam Stores’ Hosts Paris Hilton’s My BFF in DubaiDUBAI - Salam Stores, the home-grown boutique department store concept in the Middle East with stores in Oman, Qatar and UAE, recently hosted actress, designer and entrepreneur Paris Hilton at their retail outfit in Dubai. Paris Hilton was visiting Dubai to film the third season of her popular reality show and Salam Stores became an associate for ‘My New BFF Dubai’. Bottled Water Ban Counterproductive With Consequences for Health and EnvironmentLONDON - In response to the decision taken by the Australian town of Bundanoon to ban bottled water, Jeremy Clarke, director, Natural Hydration Council, commented: Coty Inc. Announces the Opening of Russian SubsidiaryNEW YORK - - Business Venture Establishes Direct Product Marketing Control and Strengthens Coty’s Global Presence Mohawk Industries, Inc. Invites You to Join Its Second Quarter 2009 Conference Call on the WebCALHOUN, Georgia - In conjunction with Mohawk Industries, Inc. (NYSE: MHK) 2nd Quarter 2009 earnings release on Thursday July 30, 2009 you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Friday July 31, 2009 at 11:00 am ET. Middle East’s Home-Grown Fashion Destination ‘Salam Stores’ Hosts Paris Hilton in DubaiDUBAI - - An Episode of Paris Hilton’s ‘My New BFF Dubai’ was Filmed at Salam Stores, Wafi, Dubai PayPoint Calls for ‘Better Local Living’LONDON - - Campaign Launched Today to Support Local Communities in Britain From today, The Better Local Living campaign urges local communities to support community stores and drive greater community spirit. To launch Better Local Living, the campaign’s creator, PayPoint, has investigated Britain’s attitudes to the concept of community and the communities they live in. Fine Food Supplier Cotswold Fayre Surprises Customers With a Mystery Shopper ExperienceHENLEY-ON-THAMES, England - This year the gourmet, organic and fine food distributor, Cotswold Fayre, is celebrating 10 successful years in business. To mark the occasion, the company is offering a free mystery shop to all their customers. Stricter Product Obligations and Penalties for Manufacturers and Importers: Transition Period for Toys Directive is RunningMUNICH - The new EC Toys Directive is, like good education in the view of conservative pedagogues, clear and strict. The Directive has been promulgated last week (30 June) in the Official Journal of the EU and will therefore have to be transposed into national law (2009/48/EG, OJ L 170 30 June 2009, p. 1). Manufacturers and importers must, within a transition period of two to four years, adjust to the new rules, product safety expert Dr. Arun Kapoor of the law firm Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz explains. Brioni Announces Consolidated Results for 2008 With Revenues Unchanged and Profits (EBITDA) of More Than EUR32m and Names Andrea Perrone Group CEOROME - - Brioni also Announces Plans to Expand Across China and Middle East Brioni, the luxury menswear group, announced on Monday consolidated 2008 revenues that were substantially unchanged, and also said it was naming Andrea Perrone as Group Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Global Downturn Drives Change in Liquid Food Packaging DesignBASINGSTOKE, England - The combined pressures of the economic downturn and volatile energy and packaging materials prices have intensified competition and created fundamental change in food and beverage markets over the last two years according to a new report published by beverage research specialists, Canadean. Many brand owners throughout the world have been forced to re-configure their existing product ranges and develop new categories, products and packaging designs aimed at more cost-conscious, budget-restricted consumers. ECE Braves the Crisis: Financing for 300-Million-Euro Project in Dortmund is SealedDORTMUND and HAMBURG, Germany - Picture is available via EPA (European Pressphoto Agency) and can be downloaded free of charge at: www.presseportal.de/pm/64793/?live Staples Go Live With Staples Advantage in UKBIRMINGHAM, England - - Staples Complete Their Rebrand From Corporate Express to Staples Advantage UK Dean Foods Completes Acquisition of AlproDALLAS - Dean Foods Company (NYSE: DF) today announced that it has completed the previously disclosed acquisition of the Alpro division of Vandemoortele N.V. for a transaction price of approximately euro 325 million. Unite Challenges Tesco CEO Terry Leahy at AGMLONDON - Today (3rd July), Jack Dromey, Unite’s Deputy General Secretary, will issue a challenge to CEO Terry Leahy at Tesco’s AGM to personally meet with workers employed at companies that supply meat to Tesco. Carrefour CEO Unveils Transformation ProgrammeLONDON - In a video interview Carrefour CEO Lars Olofsson explains how he’s going to turn round the world’s 2nd largest retailer. Shareholders to Vote on Union Resolution at Tesco AGMLONDON - In a first for a British trade union, Unite the union, will table a resolution at Tesco’s AGM on Friday 3rd July. The resolution calls for action to end the exploitation and discrimination of workers employed by companies in the UK and Ireland that supply meat to Tesco. New Avery Dennison Video Demonstrates How Item-Level RFID at American Apparel(R) Helped Achieve 99% Inventory Accuracy and a 14% Sales IncreaseFRAMINGHAM, Massachusetts - A new video that guides viewers through the innermost operations of American Apparel’s item-level RFID inventory management system can now be accessed by apparel, retail and RFID professionals at www.ibmd.averydennison.com/american-apparel Bounty Survey Shows Having a Baby Helps Women Survive Economic Down TurnLONDON - The current economic climate is not stopping people from having babies, and having a baby is helping modern mothers to cope with the credit crunch says Bounty, the UK’s favourite parenting club. DealTaker.com Crosses the Pond to Bring Texas-sized Savings to British ConsumersPLANO, Texas - Having saved millions of dollars for American consumers over the past 5 years, DealTaker.com now features deals and vouchers for UK shoppers at DealTaker.com/UK. Consumers visiting the site will have instant access to savings at popular sites like Mothercare, Homebase, Argos, House of Fraser, Laura Ashley and QVC, as well as a host of travel deals from Emirates, Last Minute, Thomson Holidays, Sandals, Beaches, Marriott and more. Knight Capital Europe Ltd. Established As Retail Service Provider In the U.K.JERSEY CITY, New Jersey and LONDON - Knight Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NITE) announced today that wholly-owned subsidiary Knight Capital Europe Limited has commenced operations as a Retail Service Provider (RSP) in the U.K. Knight provides trading and market-making as well as price quotation services to clients predominantly in FTSE 350 Index companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. Young, Tertiary Educated Men in Senior Roles Online in the Middle EastDUBAI - - 555 Million Page Impressions Have Been Measured to see who is Browsing and Where Cut Your Costs While Cutting Your Lawn With Toro’s New Recycler MowerST NOETS, England - - With Photo Think you can’t afford a decent petrol lawnmower in these difficult financial times? Think again. FEMSA Files 2008 SEC Annual ReportMONTERREY, Mexico - Fomento Economico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (”FEMSA”) (NYSE: FMX) filed its annual report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission today for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008. 2009 Cannes Lions Official T-shirt Grand Prix Winner SelectedTOKYO - - UNIQLO decides to make and sell official T-shirts from 2010 onwards UNIQLO has been responsible for the creation and sale of official T-shirts for the 2009 Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival, one of the world’s top three advertising fests. Ten short-listed designs have been made into commercial products. And from among those entries, “KING” designed by Sho-san, an arts university student living in Tokyo, has been selected as the 2009 Grand Prix winner. The design perfectly matched the 2009 Grand Prix with an image of a crown-wearing lion, the symbol of the Cannes Lions. UNIQLO will continue to create and sell official T-shirts for the Cannes Lions Festival from 2010 onwards. The 2010 competition opened for entries from June 22. The Publisher is Dead… Long Live the DownloadBUCKINGHAMSHIRE, England - It’s no secret that software has all but disappeared from traditional retail stores. Over the last few years even the most successful software publishers have experienced catastrophic performance from ‘bricks and mortar’ retail. Rogers Estate Coffees Launches “Buy One, Get One Free” Promotion for Award-Winning, “Fairly Traded” Organic Coffee RangeBRACKNELL, England - - Purchases of Rogers Estate Coffees Help Workers/Protect Nature and Wildlife at Coffee Farm Communities |
