GP Flair's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles action figures are now the number one selling item in the super category, according to new data from NPD. The range was 56 per cent above the next best selling line, according to January figures. ...
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China - Hong Kong-based Max Production Ltd, one of the first adopters of Martin Audio's MLA and MLA Compact systems in the Far East, recently underwent full technical training. Following the recent purchase of an MLA Compact 24, both ...
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Chih Lien Industrial Co., Ltd., one of the major manufacturers in steel bars and wires in Taiwan, said the company's January combining sales revenue was 194 million NT dollars which has risen 82.73% Y-O-Y. Chih Lien said the major reason ...
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The Dutch Ambassador Gerben de Jong opened a new vocational training center in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This training center is an initiative of C&A and fully funded by the C&A Foundation. The new facility introduces a new course, specifically ...
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A multi-stakeholder meeting in Dhaka convened by IndustriALL underlines need for urgent progress on workers’ rights, minimum wages and fire safety in order to secure a sustainable future for the garment industry in Bangladesh The ...
More than 1,000 pieces of premium Persian hand-made silk items prepared in three of the Iran’s leading carpet producing cities – Qom, Tabriz and Isfahan – are on display at The Persian carpet exhibition going on at Milad ...
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As a result of the last-minute enactment of the Taxpayer Relief Act earlier this year, six common energy-efficient upgrades you may have made to your home in 2012 or plan to make this year are eligible for a federal tax credit. Replacement ...
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Luxembourg-based tubulars producer Tenaris reportedly has predicted that the demand of pipes consumption was likely to remain sluggish in 2013. However, the company also needs to make an adjustment along with new strategy to approach ...
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The European Commission recently verified that imported solar modules from China will need to be registered. Some solar firms expect the registration process to begin in March and suspect that the registration means there may be a ...
The former UK managing director of sports brand Umbro is launching a new football toy: Football Flick Urban. Sports industry stalwart Phil Fellone comes on board as non-executive director, to help market the product, which arrives in the ...
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AS smartphone giants Apple and Samsung battle for the wallets of tech-savvy youngsters, a growing number of manufacturers is trying to lure a fast-growing new market: their grandparents. Handset makers at the world's biggest mobile fair ...
Most Taiwan-based LED driver IC vendors have seen improvements in order visibility in the first quarter of 2013 and are expected to see their revenues grow 20-30% sequentially in the second quarter, buoyed by increasing shipments to the LED ...
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Argos has announced plans to close its TV shopping channel. On a separate note, the retailer has also pulled out of China. Its TV shopping channel launched in June 2011 on BSkyB and showcased over 1,000 products a week, reports The ...
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The German component distribution market stabilised in the fourth quarter of 2012, with a 10% increase in orders, according to the German distribution industry body FBDi, as the Embedded World exhibition opens in Nuremberg. The ...
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Global steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced that it has supplied 6,000 mt of rebar that will be used in a bridge construction project in Venezuela. The 11 km-long bridge will connect the cities of Caicara de Orinoco and Cabruta, ...
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