Believe it or not, the fourth quarter is traditionally a slow period for the diamond trade. That may be a stark realization for some, especially on the eve of Thanksgiving weekend that signals the start of the Christmas shopping season. ...
Tags: diamond trade, Arts
The volatile movements in New York cotton futures discouraged spinning yarn producers from entering in to long term contracts. “Aside from a few deals in extra-long staple varieties, mills continued to adopt the wait-and-watch ...
Tags: spinning yarn, Cotton Futures, Textile
The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), an international marketing organization for traders, manufacturers and service providers based in Hong Kong, is set to host two concurrent apparel-centric events ‘Hong Kong Fashion ...
Tags: fashion brands, Apparel
The Renault-Nissan Alliance has sold its 200,000th electric vehicle and has a leading 58% market share for zero-emission cars. Together, Renault and Nissan EVs have driven approximately 4 billion zero-emission kilometers - enough to ...
Tags: zero-emission, electric vehicle, Auto
Chinese and Thai venture SAIC Motor-CP will manufacture MG brand eco-cars at a new plant to be built in Thailand next year. Having obtained regulatory approvals earlier this week, the project will witness an investment of Thb30bn in the ...
ZAP (ZAAP), an Electric Vehicle (EV) automotive company incorporated in California Bay Area, and Jonway Auto are exhibiting the URBEE at the Los Angeles Auto Show. The Los Angeles Auto Show is from November 21st to November 30th this ...
Tags: Auto Exhibits, Auto
Though Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day are not traditional festivals in China, retailers based in the US are trying to transform Chinese to be their crazy shopper in the end of year. The WSJ reports that shopper from China will be ...
Tags: Black Friday, Christmas Day, onilne shopping
426 character dolls imitating Anna and Elsa from the hit Disney film were seized. Hundreds of fake Frozen toys have been seized by trading standards officers, as retailers report sell out sales of the range in the UK. Nearly 2,000 knock ...
Tags: character dolls, Disney film, Toys
Winners of the longest running national awards program in the supply chain, logistics and transport industry have been announced. The Australian Supply Chain & Logistics Awards, run by the SCLAA, have been serving the industry for over ...
The Gaza Ministry of Agriculture is set to impose a ban on fruit imports from Israel, in a move to pressure Israel to allow vegetable exports from Gaza. Earlier this week, Israel stopped the vegetable produce from Gaza entering the ...
Tags: vegetable, Israeli Fruit, Agriculture
The Sierra Club is joining Ford Motor Company and SunPower’s Drive Green for Life program to help more Americans move toward emissions-free driving. Drive Green for Life offers Ford customers who own electrified plug-in vehicles, ...
Tags: emissions-free driving, Drive Green, Auto
Volvo is making a provision of €400m ($497m) to pay any possible fine to be imposed by the European Commission as a result of its ongoing investigation into the company’s violation of antitrust rules. The provision will ...
DSW Inc. reported third-quarter earnings declined 9.8 percent to $49.6 million, or 55 cents a share. But earnings came in better than Wall Street estimates and sales in all major categories accelerated compared to the first half. Comparable ...
Tags: women's footwear, Sporting Goods
Christmas Shop and gifting across all directorates signalled that the festive season is now front of mind for John Lewis' customers. After passing the £100m mark last week, this week saw sales of £114.2m, up +2.1% on last year ...
Tags: Christmas Shop, Furniture
UK toy sales have already exceeded £31m as the Frozen franchise becomes the number one licence in the UK toy market. Frozen is on track to beat the all time sales record set by Toy Story 3 as it becomes the number one licence in the ...
Tags: toy sales, toy market, Toys