United Supermarkets and Red Mango Partner on In-Store Shops … and More Industry News

MANAGEMENT CHANGES

Materials manufacturer Wilsonart Intl. (Temple, Texas)  named Kristen Manos as president. She was previously executive vp and president of Herman Miller North American Office Environments.

Lighting manufacturer MaxLite (West Caldwell, N.J.) appointed Pat Treadway director of product marketing and James Steedly director of product R&D and engineering.

Nazdar SourceOne (Shawnee, Kan.) hired Glenn Shull as a product manager for digital equipment and Mary Strafuss as a product manager for graphic inks. In his role, Shull will be responsible for conducting market analyses to identify product and market opportunities for digital equipment. Strafuss will be responsible for developing and managing the extensive portfolio of Nazdar screen inks and the line of Lyson digital ink products.

BUSINESS BRIEFS

San Francisco-based Gap Inc. plans to open more than 30 stores in 10 major Chinese cities by year end, reports San Francisco Business Times.

United Supermarkets announced a strategic relationship with Red Mango, the popular frozen yogurt and smoothies chain, to test a store-in-store concept at its grocery stores. The first Red Mango counter is slated to open in late February at a store in Abilene, Texas. The concept will be operated by Lubbock, Texas–based Beach Ventures LLC.

Barix (Zurich, Switzerland) is providing IP audio decoding solutions to RFC Media for the private-label, retail radio network for Spec’s Wines, Spirits and Finer Foods. Spec’s operates nearly 90 locations across Texas.

Retail consulting, branding and design companies, King-Casey (Westport, Conn.), RJS/Barber Associates and Global Consulting Services (GCS) have merged to form King-Casey-Arabia. The new company will focus on serving clients in the Pan Arab World and will have its company headquarters in Riyadh.

Brand communication, merchandising and display agency nParallel (Plymouth, Minn.) and Avtex (Minneapolis), provider of software technology, have collaborated to co-create multi-dimensional, interactive technology solutions for brand marketers in tradeshow, retail and corporate settings.

Southeastern Products, a Fountain Inn, S.C.-based full-service retail display providers, has acquired a Durst Rho 800 HS Continuous Production UV Inkjet Flatbed Printer for fulfillment of a wide variety of display and decor solutions.