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InnerWorkings Inc. Announces Q4 and Full-year 2015 Results
February 23, 2016 at 5:47 pm

InnerWorkings Inc., a top 50 distributor based in Chicago, last week announced financial results for the year ended Dec. 31, 2015. "2015 marked the best year in our company's history in terms of both profitability and new client wins," said Eric D. Belcher, CEO of InnerWorkings Inc...

BIC Group CEO to Retire
February 23, 2016 at 6:48 pm

BIC Group, Clichy, France, announced in a press release that the company’s CEO, Mario Guevara, has decided to retire. The board of directors will propose two options—to combine the chairman and CEO functions, and to nominate chairman of the board Bruno Bich as chairman and CEO...

Idealliance and Epicomm Members Approve Merger of Their Industry Associations
February 23, 2016 at 7:04 pm

The members of Idealliance and Epicomm have voted overwhelmingly to approve the joining of their two industry associations, setting the stage for completion of the merger by July 1. Members who took part in separate virtual meetings last week offered their unequivocal support of the merger...

Delaware Bankruptcy Judge Spares Former Standard Register Co. Directors
February 16, 2016 at 7:37 pm

During a hearing in Wilmington, Del., last week, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Brendan L. Shannon dismissed claims from the Standard Register Co. estate liquidating trust that directors set the company up for failure by acquiring fellow Dayton, Ohio-based rival WorkflowOne LLC...

ITC Rules That Certain Uncoated Paper Imports Are Being ‘Dumped’; Import Duties Coming
February 16, 2016 at 7:51 pm

The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) has determined that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of imports of certain uncoated paper from Australia, Brazil, China, Indonesia and Portugal that the U.S. Department of Commerce has determined are sold in the United States at less than fair value and subsidized by the governments…

Labeled With Love
February 16, 2016 at 8:14 pm

“There are plenty of fish in the sea” is a comforting sentiment in theory. But, when we stop to think about it, weeding through the sheer volume of “fish in the sea” to find the right match is a little overwhelming. Sometimes the tags and labels market feels that way, too...

European Union Approves Staples-Office Depot Merger
February 16, 2016 at 8:21 pm

Staples, Framingham, Mass., announced last week that it received approval from the European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, to acquire Office Depot, Boca Raton, Fla. “This is a significant step, and we’re very pleased the European Commission has approved...