While a large youthful population lends itself well to the on-going e-commerce trends, the very real issue of an aging population shapes traditional retail offerings. This translates to a long trajectory of growth for e-commerce to become ...
Toray Industries is bolstering production of high-performance fibers in emerging countries in Asia to reap the benefits of anticipated demand growth. “Textiles is a growth industry if you look at it on the global scale,” said ...
Tags: Textiles, expanding emerging markets, strengthening supply systems
Mad Dogg Athletics, Inc., (MDA) parent company of Spinning, Peak Pilates, Bodyblade, Ugi and Resist-A-Ball, has signed an exclusive worldwide license agreement with CrossCore, Inc., the leader in rotational bodyweight training products and ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Article cites potential to save money on end-of-life care, medical imaging and new drug prices In a review article published Feb. 14 in The Lancet Oncology, Johns Hopkins experts identify three major sources of high cancer costs and argue ...
"The United States stands on the cusp of a dramatic revival and rejuvenation propelled by an amazing wave of technological innovation," writes Stanford researcher Vivek Wadhwa in a recent editorial in The Washington Post. The basic notion ...
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Sverica International Management LLC ("Sverica International" or "Sverica"), a private equity investment firm, announced today that it made an additional equity investment in RestorixHealth, a comprehensive wound care management company. ...
Tags: Sverica International, equity investment, RestorixHealth, acquisition
Will 2014 be remembered as the year wearable computing took off? Upstart entrepreneurs and major manufacturers such as Samsung, Qualcomm and Sony certainly hope so. Gadgets that you snap, buckle or fasten to your body are already ...
Tags: wearable computing, Google Glass, International CES event
For the first time, SCHOTT Pharmaceutical Systems will be exhibiting at Interphex Japan as an expert on high-quality pharmaceutical tubing. With around 1,000 exhibitors, Interphex is one of the biggest trade shows worldwide for the ...
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Few subjects in China today are more interesting or all encompassing than urbanization, particularly as we enter a fascinating demographic shift that will reduce the rate of urbanization. China is simply running out of bodies in the ...
Tags: Urbanizatio, Aging, Relaxation Crisis
A cross-functional team of 10 managers from resealable-closure company Zip-Pak recently completed an intensive 18-month global packaging study. Zip-Pak's goal in conducting the study was to openly observe the packaging landscape and the ...
Tags: Packaging, Retail Packaging, Global Retail
Research and Markets has added the Packaging for an Aging Population report to its offerings. This report assesses the implications of our aging society on packaging design and demonstrates ways in which manufacturers can address these ...
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Eli Lilly and Company has acquired two investigational positron emission tomography (PET) tracers from Siemens Medical Solutions USA. PET tracers are aimed to image tau (or neurofibrillary) tangles in the brain, one of two known hallmarks ...
Tags: Eli Lilly, Alzheimer's Research
TransTech Pharma has received FDA fast track designation for new small-molecule chemical compound TTP488, for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease. TTP488 prevents interaction of a material found in the Alzheimer's patients cells, ...
Tags: Transtech Alzheimer, FDA, Medicine
"It has been a slow path to commercialize smart packaging. Despite strong needs such as the aging population, tougher legislation, huge waste, more demanding consumers and concerns about safety and crime; commercial success has been mixed. ...
1. Industry Development Situation Packaging machinery refers to the machine which is able to complete all or part of the product and commodity packaging. The packaging process including filling, wrapping, sealing and other associated ...
Tags: Packaging Machinery, Export Trend Analysis, Analysis Report