Monthly Archives: January 2012

The former director of global category management at IT company Unysis, has joined British electronics company Pace as head of global procurement and CPO.

Charming Shoppes, a company which runs 1,929 retail stores in 48 US states, has revealed details of a shakeup of its senior procurement staff.

The United States government has published a strategy document which aims to define how the nation can secure its supply chains in a globalised economy.

Aegis Group has won a $3bn global media planning and buying contract from General Motors (GM) as the automotive manufacturer, owner of brands such as Chevrolet and GMC, moved to consolidate its international advertising account into a single agency.

Just as companies are settling operations and supply chains after the devastating 2011 earthquake on Japan’s north-eastern coast, experts have warned that a serious quake is likely to hit Tokyo within the next few years.

The world’s third largest producer of dynamic random access memory (DRAM), Elpida Memory, could be provided financial support from the Japanese government as it faces having to repay $1.2bn in debt by April, according to reports.