Innovative Brands Acquires Sure(R) From The Procter & Gamble Company.

PR Newswire;  September 26, 2006 ;     566 words ......Company in July. Innovative Brands, a company created...equity firm Najafi Companies, continues with...addition to Innovative Brands, says Jerry Pence, Partner of Najafi Companies. We are enthusiastic...companies include Innovative Brands, Network ...

PROCTER SELLS DEODORANT LINE.(Business)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  September 27, 2006 ;     167 words ......no longer fits its strategy of focusing on products with a global reach. Innovative Brands LLC, established by Phoenix-based private equity firm Najafi Companies, is buying the line as part of its plan to acquire and build consumer brands...

PERT PLUS READIES FOR SECOND COMING.(Innovative Brands)

WWD;  November 17, 2006 ;     636 words ......back to life? Phoenix-based Innovative Brands believes so and, backed by...chief executive officer of Innovative Brands, declared the ghost label is coming off early next year. Innovative Brands plans to roll out a full-scale...

P&G sells Sure to Innovative Brands.(deodorant Sure purchased by...

Cosmetics International;  October 6, 2006 ;     240 words ......deodorant Sure to Phoenix-based Innovative Brands LLC in order to concentrate...could be $100m or more. Innovative Brands bought the rights to P...brand earlier in the year. Innovative Brands own strategy is to re-invest...

Ten United to Help Revive Sure(R) and Pert Plus(R).

PR Newswire;  January 22, 2007 ;     328 words ......announce that it has been retained by Innovative Brands to serve as its agency of record...new partnership with Phoenix-based Innovative Brands, Ten United will create advertising...Jacober, chief executive officer of Innovative Brands. We're beginning a campaign to make...

Don't worry. The Duck stays: Arizona firm buys Henkel Corp.'s Avon...

Inside Business;  March 1, 2008 ;     266 words ......Najafi. In January, Phoenix-based Innovative Brands Holdings LLC acquired Henkel Corp...worked hard to make them successful. Innovative Brands Holdings will obtain the three brands...investment firm Najafi Cos. Inc., Innovative Brands plans to change the line's name to...

Innovative Brands Holdings LLC.(COMPANY NEWS)

Adhesives & Sealants Industry;  April 1, 2008 ;     52 words ...Phoenix-based INNOVATIVE BRANDS HOLDINGS LLC has announced an agreement to acquire Henkel Corp...Henkel's Do-It-Yourself (DIY) line of office and houseware products. Innovative Brands has also agreed to buy Henkel's Avon, OH, facility.

Innovative Brands acquires Sure, makes plans to build...

Chain Drug Review;  October 9, 2006 ;     143 words ...PHOENIX -- Innovative Brands LLC has completed its acquisition of Sure, a leading antiperspirant...consumer brand, says Joe Jacober, chief executive officer of Innovative Brands. The company, which was created by Phoenix-based private equity...

Najafi Companies to Acquire Direct Marketing Unit from Bertelsmann.

PR Newswire;  July 11, 2008 ;     655 words ......Germany, July 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Najafi Companies, a Phoenix, Arizona-based private...success and growth of the company, said Najafi Companies CEO Jahm Najafi. We believe that the...sale of Direct Group North America to Najafi Companies, whose past investments have demonstrated...

Procter & Gamble Co. sells Sure deodorant to Innovative

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  September 27, 2006 ;     217 words ......marketing expert who heads the New England Consulting Group. Innovative Brands LLC, established by Phoenix-based private equity firm Najafi...reunite with another ex-P&G brand, Pert Plus shampoo, that Innovative Brands bought in July. They are its first two acquisitions. The...

Engauge Marketing Launches New Strategy for Pert Plus.

PR Newswire;  July 1, 2008 ;     525 words ......behavioral research and developed a new campaign for Innovative Brands, owner of Pert Plus 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner...said Roanne Wallace, Director of Marketing for Innovative Brands' Pert Plus. This is exactly what we need to...Pert Plus a unique, contemporary voice. About Innovative ...

Najafi Companies Commits $100 Million to Alternative Energy Start-Up...

PR Newswire;  December 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ......Initiatives PHOENIX, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- Najafi Companies, LLC announced today that it will...Executive Officer of Phoenix-based Najafi Companies, a private investment firm that takes...challenges and opportunities. About Najafi Companies Najafi Companies is a ...

Something is really happening.(DEODORANT)

Chain Drug Review;  September 3, 2007 ;     500 words ......amp; Gamble Co., which last year sold its Sure brand to Innovative Brands LLC, were positioning their products as equally effective...hand ff you're Sure campaign. Since acquiring the line Innovative Brands has continued to stress the 23-SKU line's ability to be...

The Idea Conference.(News)

Advertising Age;  November 3, 2008 ;     557 words ......speakers was on hand. So were more ideas than could fit in an electric car. Beauty + performance + sustainability = awesome Innovative brands share three commitments: to aesthetics, to functionality and to not destroying the world. Companies from Nike to Nau were...

Downtown office vacancy rate improved in 2007

Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;  January 16, 2008 ;     700+ words ......other adhesive brands to an Arizona investment company. Innovative Brands Holdings LLC of Phoenix signed an agreement to buy Henkel...by mid-March. Henkel, based in Duesseldorf, Germany, and Innovative Brands said they expected no loss of local jobs. More than 650...