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in These Tough Economic Times Category Has Halted a Decline in The UK Toy Market
Dec 20, 2012In these tough economic times one popular product category has halted a decline in the UK toy market – the blind bag. These low value lines – such as LEGO Minifigures – are top sellers. The blind bag category is ...
Tags: blind bag, lego, minifigure, npd
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ITC to Establish Milk Processing Plant in India
Dec 20, 2012ITC Limited, an India-based public conglomerate, has commenced the construction work on a milk processing plant in Munger, Bihar. The company is investing around INR1.5bn ($27.33m) for the construction of the plant, which will be ...
Tags: ITC Limited, conglomerate, construction work, Agriculture
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Wearable Art by Urban Mosaics Is a Medium of Organic Cotton T-Shirts
Dec 20, 2012Wearable art by Urban Mosaics is a medium of organic cotton t-shirts that celebrate and promote natural hair,beauty,self-esteem,love,nurturing and natural hair pride for women,men and children everywhere. "We're really excited about the ...
Tags: Urban Mosaics, t-shirts, Holiday Mood
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Foursquare Is Rolling out The Pilot for a New Program
Dec 20, 2012Foursquare is rolling out the pilot for a new program, called Promoted Updates, which will charge merchants to send recommendations to users about their products or services, the company said Tuesday. Used by over 20 million people ...
Tags: Foursquare, Testing Program, Promoted Updates, services
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A University Sue Apple for Alleged Patent Infringement in Its Siri Voice Assistant
Dec 20, 2012A Taiwanese university has sued Apple for alleged patent infringement in its Siri voice assistant, as part of an initiative to help Taiwan's local electronic firms fight back against intellectual property disputes brought by their foreign ...
Tags: Taiwanese university, Apple, patent infringement, Siri voice assistant
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Marks & Spencer Continues Its Hunt for It Graduates for 2013
Dec 20, 2012Marks & Spencer is continuing its hunt for IT graduates as it plans to recruit a new software engineering team in London throughout 2013. As part of its existing Graduate Scheme and Business Placement Programme, half of the 50 strong team ...
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Aviva Has Entered Into a Settlement Agreement to Transfer Its Entire Holding in Spanish JV
Dec 20, 2012London based underwriter Aviva has entered into a settlement agreement to transfer its entire holding in Spanish joint venture (JV) Aseval to lender Bankia for 608m (£494m) in cash, which will be held in trust. Pending receipt of ...
Tags: insurer, insurance, cash earnings, Aviva
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Pedro Del Hierro Will Once Again Be Acting as an Official Supplier/Collaborator
Dec 20, 2012Grupo Cortefiel,the Royal Spanish Football Federationa and Santa Mónica Sports have signed a new sponsorship agreement whereby the brand Pedro del Hierro will once again be acting as an Official Supplier/Collaborator for an ...
Tags: Grupo Cortefiel, Pedro del Hierro, Spanish Football Team
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Sales of Apparels in Japan Decreased by 2.2 Percent Year-on-Year to 147,139 Million Yen
Dec 20, 2012The retail sales of apparels in Japan decreased by 2.2 percent year-on-year to 147,139 million yen in September 2012, according to the Japan Department Stores Association, which compiles data from 249 stores owned by 86 companies. The dip ...
Tags: retail sales of apparels, autumn clothing, menswear, womenswear, Kidswear
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Royal Mail Elves Read Children's Letters to The North Pole
Dec 20, 2012Royal Mail elves read children's letters to the North Pole; iPads also high on wish lists. Every year hundreds of thousands of children post letters to Santa to ask for presents and this Christmas most want a Furby, according to Royal ...
Tags: furby, royal mail, Toys
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The U.S. Is Once Again Home to The World's Most Powerful Supercomputer
Dec 20, 2012The U.S. is once again home to the world's most powerful supercomputer, rebounding after it was knocked out of the top spot by China two years ago and Japan last year. The latest Top500 list of supercomputers, released last month, also ...
Tags: U.S., supercomputer, top spot
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Cameleon Is a Market Leader Whose Solutions Benefit From R&D Investments
Dec 20, 2012The first product configurators - today called "CPQ" (Configure Price Quote) by IT analysts-were born about two decades ago. At that time Cameleon Software, was a pioneer in this market. Today, Cameleon is a market leader whose solutions ...
Tags: CPQ, Configure Price Quote, Cameleon Software, software market, software
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Grasim Industries's Results for The Second Quarter Ended 30th September 2012
Dec 20, 2012Grasim Industries Limited, an Aditya Birla Group company, announced its results for the second quarter ended 30th September 2012. Revenue for the quarter grew by 15 per cent from Rs.5,755 crore to Rs.6,602 crore. PBIDT for the quarter was ...
Tags: Grasim Industries Limited, Viscose Staple Fibre, Chemical business
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Fifth Sun Selected The Microsoft Dynamics AX Solution From Sunrise Technologies
Dec 20, 2012Sunrise Technologies is pleased to announce a new Microsoft Dynamics AX customer, Gonzales Enterprises in Chico, CA. Fifth Sun is a privately owned design and distribution company of licensed and private label apparel to major retailers ...
Tags: Fifth Sun, private label apparel, Microsoft Dynamics AX, ERP solution
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UPM-Kymmene Has Started Exclusive Negotiations with The Joint Venture
Dec 20, 2012UPM-Kymmene has started exclusive negotiations with the joint venture formed by a company from the VPK Packaging Group and Klingele Papierwerke on the sale of assets of the French paper mill Stracel. The takeover offer is subject to the ...
Tags: UPM-Kymmene, VPK Packaging Group, Klingele Papierwerke, Stracel
