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Local industrial property market ahead of nation’s

Posted on October 30, 2009 at 9:44 am

Data compiled by Colliers shows Nashville – along with regional competitors Louisville and Indianapolis – with an industrial real estate vacancy rate that is well below the national average. Memphis, Atlanta and Cincinnati, on the other hand, are struggling with double-digit numbers.

Naxos to distribute Chicago Symphony works

Posted on October 26, 2009 at 12:31 pm

Franklin-based record label and distributor Naxos will next month begin to market works from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s in-house label.

Lipman adds to beer distribution deal

Posted on September 29, 2009 at 10:43 am

Nashville drinks distributor R.S. Lipman will help Florida importer Black Art Beverage expand the reach of a German Kulmbacher beer into Tennessee and Kentucky.

Ingram to handle sports publisher’s distribution

Posted on September 2, 2009 at 6:35 am

Ingram Publisher Services has signed up to handle the distribution of books from VeloPress, a Colorado-based publisher focused on endurance sports.

Ingram Micro pays up to settle SEC investigation

Posted on May 12, 2009 at 10:35 pm

The California-based company (Ticker: IM) that is 4 percent-owned by Nashville’s Ingram family will forfeit $15 million to end an inquiry into its role in the fraud perpetrated by software marketer McAfee.

The distributor sought to benefit from McAfee’s willingness to make payments for increasing amounts of unneeded products, the SEC said. Ingram Micro employees ignored internal goals of carrying no more than eight weeks of inventory, accruing a 22-month supply. It later reduced the stockpile by engaging in circular transactions with McAfee that lacked “economic substance,” the regulator said.

Five Star jobs

Posted on April 13, 2009 at 9:40 pm

Five Star Custom Foods, a company that produces meat products and sauces for several brands, is setting up shop in Nashville:

It is opening a facility in Nashville and will eventually employ as many as 350 workers, ranging from material handlers and mechanics to quality control techs.

Five Star expects to be up and running by this fall.

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