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FedEx Extending Reach in British Market

FedEx has acquired ANC Holdings Ltd., a domestic express transportation company in Britain, for $234.3 million, writes DM News.

The move will allow FedEx Express to expand its service in the British market. The company says the acquisition underscores its commitment to grow FedEx’s international business.

ANC has an extensive range of distribution and logistics services within Britain, including an established pick-up and delivery network. The company has annual revenues of more than $282.5 million pounds sterling.

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Sirius XM Shows Restraint, Most Holiday Music Begins Post Thanksgiving

Marketers have unleashed their holiday promotions earlier than ever this year, with many hitting the stores well before Thanksgiving. But Sirius XM isn’t launching most of its 24-hour holiday music channels until turkey day or later.

The newly merged company…

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‘PC Magazine’ Print Edition Dies

PC Magazine will stop publishing a print edition with its January issue. The magazine will shift operations entirely online.

The magazine will be sent via email with a link to the current edition. It will continue to look like the…

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Walgreens Opens Flagship in Times Square, Flaunts 17-Story Signs

Walgreens has returned to 1 Times Square with its new 16,200-square-foot flagship store; the store flaunts signs, made up of 12 million LEDs, on its three sides.

The signs, running above and below the famous news “zipper,” will include diagonal…

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SAG ‘Bizarrely’ Calls for Strike Authorization

Following an inability to agree with studios on payment for shows distributed online, the Screen Actors Guild has decided to pursue strike authorization from its members in a move the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers calls “bizarre.”

Should…

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Web Retailers Engage in Price Wars

Brick-and-mortar retailers will be marking down prices on many items this holiday season to attract reluctant shoppers, but their holiday “price war” is a mere skirmish compared with that being waged online, writes the International Herald Tribune (via Retailer Daily).

The price-cutting…

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Auto Advertising Slips 10% in 1H 08

Through the first half of the year, automakers have slimmed their ad spending by 10% to $6.1 billion, according to Nielsen Monitor Plus.

General Motors slipped 6% to $1.2 billion, while Ford Motor cut ad spend by 22% to $954…

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