Symbol Technologies says revenue for second quarter 2006 was at $453.1 million, six percent higher than second quarter 2005’s $427.8 million.
The enterprise mobility manufacturer also announced that its board of directors has authorized a $200-million share repurchase. Under the program, Symbol will repurchase shares from time to time, for cash in open-market transactions or in privately-negotiated transactions.
"I'm pleased with our second-quarter results and achievement of our key financial goals,” says Sal Iannuzzi, president and CEO.
(8 October 2008) Carlsberg says the Russian market is estimated to have been gloomy compared to the third quarter 2007 reflecting principally exceptionally poor weather across the region. This has ...
(7 October 2008) RPC Containers Market Rasen has provided a custom moulded lid – incorporating a levelling bar and a detachable scoop – for Heinz’s newly launched Nurture Follow-On milks for growin...
(2 October 2008) Krones AG, Neutraubling, Germany, will be using the BRAU Beviale 2008 to showcase new forms of service support. In the new interactive internet portal, called “LCS Remote Service”,...
(1 October 2008) Green at the source: Tetra Pak works with its paperboard suppliers to encourage good forest management practices. It’s quite a sight as the plane descends over the south coast of ...
(1 October 2008) Engineered nanoscale materials (ENMs), which contain properties that offer potential benefits for use in food packaging, raise new safety evaluation challenges for regulators and ...
(1 October 2008) Technological advancement for bioplastics is said to potentially reduce the petroleum consumption for plastic by 15-20% in 2025, according to a new market study by Helmut Kaiser C...
(1 October 2008) In a local collection campaign, a communal ‘garbage bank’ is set up for the collection, separation, logistic and management of waste. Consumers are paid for bringing in the waste ...
(1 October 2008) Ishida has developed the F-SPA Flexible Strip-Pack Applicator that creates hanging strips of bagged products to promote point-of-purchase sales at retail outlets. The F-SPA produc...
In response to consumer research and the global trend for convenience, South Africa's Pick n Pay has opened its first small format convenience store in Fairland, Johannesburg.
Marks & Spencer has opened its first store in mainland China with hopes that it might lift flagging results. As the flagship store opened on West Nanjing Road, Shanghai’s premier shopping street, the UK retailer reported its worst performance for three years with like-for-like UK sales down by over six per cent over the last three months.
Sorin Minea, chairman of the Romanian Federation of Food Industry Business Owners (Romalimenta) says the food industry is currently overdeveloped in Romania and explains that the weight of current expenses...
US grocers including Whole Foods Market, Kroger and Stop & Shop have had to hire third party verifiers to root out produce that contains pesticide residue despite organic seals. Some supposedly organic producers are certifying conventionally-grown produce in order to increase the price.
Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer, has shown it operates best in tough markets, racking up a 10.3 per cent increase in profit of €1,824 billion for the first six months of 2008 to 23 August. Total sales rose 13.8 per cent to €32.1 billion.
Metro is currently a patchwork of conventional grocery stores under the banners A&P, Dominion, Loeb, The Barn, Ultra and Food Basics. What the third-largest grocer in Canada is planning to do is change banners in order to shed stale concepts and mixed consumer impressions.
