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Image: Alexa Pulitzer At just a year and a half old, Hamner Hill is a fresh brand making waves in Alabama and beyond. Owner Valerie Hamner has created an irresistible line of exclusive hand-drawn and ...

Snacking conglomerates all agree: Petcare M&A is the cat’s pajamas. General Mills, the packaged food conglomerate behind such brands as Cheerios, Cocoa Puffs, and Bugles, announced on Thursday that it ...

The Directorate-General for Competition of the European Commission (EC) has been notified of a proposed acquisition of sole control over Asia Pulp & Paper Group by Jackson Wijaya Limantara, the sole ...

The owner of Paper Excellence ... as a “great peril” to its brand. “Greenpeace Canada has been sounding the alarm about the relationship between Paper Excellence and Asia Pulp and Paper ...

To enforce a registration for goods or services not yet in use by the brand owner, even within the grace period, a brand owner should now anticipate having to justify its decision to protect those ...

KMD Brands, the owner of Kathmandu, Rip Curl and Oboz, is pinning its hopes on a bounce in sales from the crucial Black Friday and Christmas trading period as sales for all its brands continue to ...