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Supplier News Breaks Archives Del Sol, a maker of apparel and accessories that change color, has signed distribution pacts with Shoppers Drug Mart and Rexall. Canada's London Drugs will be the first pharmacy chain to sell the Winning Colours stain remover from Winning Brands Corp. Bayer's Contour USB blood glucose meter has received a silver Medical Design Excellence Award, which recognizes excellence in medical product design and manufacturing. Burt's Bees finished first in a list of 10 U.S. brands deemed by consumers as the "greenest" as part of the 2010 ImagePower Green Brands Survey. Lansinoh Laboratories Inc. has donated $20,000 to help fund the new InfantRisk Center at Texas Tech University in Amarillo, Texas. Diabetes testing supplier Home Diagnostics Inc. plans to merge with Nipro Diabetes Systems Inc. to become Nipro Diagnostics Inc. Procter & Gamble's Gillette brand said its new Fusion ProGlide razors and cartridges and Fusion ProSeries shaving products for men have hit store shelves nationwide. Unilever will be the consumer goods presenting advertiser on Apple Inc.'s new iAD mobile advertising platform, which will enable the consumer products giant to run ads on iPhone and iPod touch devices. Health Mart will be featured in a promotional campaign by Med Time Technology Inc. for The Pill Timer, a medicine vial cap that lets users set an alarm to signal when they need to take their medication. Publix Super Markets Inc. is now carrying FLAVORx Inc.'s new Pill Glide spray in its pharmacies chainwide. ECRM said a registration auction for its upcoming School & Office show has raised $40,000 for the Kids In Need Foundation. The U.S. market for vitamins, minerals and supplements has grown by more than 20% over roughly the past year and a half, according to TABS Group Inc.
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