Fat Face, the UK lifestyle clothing brand, has implemented TXT Retail's merchandise and assortment planning solution to support its fast-growing retail enterprise. Nick Stevenson, head of merchandising at Fat Face said, “Our ...
Switzerland-based textile machinery manufacturer SSM Schärer Schweiter Mettler AG has promoted its longstanding sales representative in China, Steven Lin, as sales director China. Lin will lead a newly formed sales team with the ...
Tags: textile machinery, textile
School districts across the nation are analyzing how they purchase, service and fuel their bus fleets to make the best economic decisions for their communities. By studying total ownership costs -- for the life of the bus -- school ...
Tags: school buses, economic bus, auto parts and accessories
GreenRoad Technologies, US-based provider of software-as-a-services (SaaS) driver behavior and fleet performance solutions, has unveiled an in-vehicle video system capable of recording untoward incidents or noteworthy events on the go. ...
The PEFC leaders’ summit, recently held in London, encouraged consumers to buy day‐to‐day products carrying the PEFC ‘two trees’ label. The summit discussed the challenges and possible solutions to ...
Tags: PEFC, two trees label, engineered material
Outsourcing to Asia means frequent contact with your suppliers. One in five Australian businesses have lost out financially because of poor supply chain management. As elements of Australian supply chains are increasingly being ...
The logistics sector seems to have a hard time when it comes to raising prices in their customer base. Furthermore, compared to other industries, it has an extremely low success rate when introducing new products and services. These are ...
Indian food safety regulators have filed a lawsuit against Nestle India for selling Maggi noodles in the country with unsafe levels of lead. The complaint was filed at a local court in the state of Uttar Pradesh after the local Food ...
Tags: Food, Food Safety, Nestle
China's manufacturing business activity slightly expanded in May, indicated by a Purchasing Managers Index reading of 50.2, up from 50.1 in April, according to official data. The reading has remained above 50, the separation between ...
Tags: Manufacturing, PMI
China's service sector activity expanded in May, but at a slower pace, an official monthly survey showed on Monday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for the non-manufacturing sector fell to 53.2 in May, down from 53.4 for April, ...
Tags: Non-Manufacturing, PMI, Economy
China's manufacturing business activity continued improving in May, with an important index remaining in expansion territory, official data showed on Monday. The manufacturing purchasing managers' index (PMI), a key measure of factory ...
Tags: Economy, Manufacturing
BASF has opened a new Agricultural Research Station in Loni Kand, Pune, India. This new research and development (R&D) center will focus on global agricultural research on herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides, as well as on solutions ...
Sustainability - we often hear about this, but what does it really mean? It means changing the way we think about how we use our resources and make small changes that have a big impact on nature and community. To this cause and with a ...
Tags: Birla Cellulose, Textile
One of Sweden’s largest public-private partnerships, Sweden textile water initiative will expand to new countries in Asia and Africa after a successful pilot project in India. Through the initiative, 28 Swedish textile and leather ...
Tags: textile, leather, sustainable production
The Bangladesh Employers' Federation (BEF) and International Labour Organization (ILO) have signed an agreement to enhance occupational safety and health (OSH) in the Bangladesh readymade garment industry (RMG). The agreement marks the ...
Tags: readymade garment, apparel