CHECKOUT COUNTER: Puma takes over from Nike
Puma has signed a partnership with English Premier League champions Manchester City, taking over from Nike
1. Puma takes over from Nike Puma has signed a partnership with English Premier League champions Manchester City, taking over from Nike as it seeks to make up for the loss of Arsenal to rival adidas. British media have reported that the deal could be worth £50m a year, more than double what Nike was paying, making it the third-biggest in English soccer, behind adidas’s sponsorship of Manchester United and Nike’s partnership with Chelsea.
2. FedEx to test delivery robot FedEx plans to begin testing a robot to handle home deliveries for partners ranging from Walmart to Pizza Hut in the US. FedEx is teaming up with Deka Development & Research, whose founder, Dean Kamen, invented the Segway stand-up scooter and iBot stair-climbing wheelchair, for its project. The company said the robots could become part of its SameDay service that operates in 1,900 cities around the world...
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