British Retail Consortium releases online retail sales monitor figures for April 2014. BRC-KPMG Non-Food Retail Sales Year-on-Year Growth: Clothing In contrast with March, the fashion categories growth were negatively affected by ...
Tags: Online Garment, Online sales
Swiss agrochemicals company Syngenta has agreed to offload its Dulcinea Farms business to Pacific Trellis Fruit, an American grower and marketer of fresh produce. Formed in partnership with Tanimura & Antle, Dulcinea Farms is a vehicle ...
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ReposiTrak has signed a deal with Food Marketing Institute (FMI), which will encourage the use of ReposiTrak food and drug safety solution among its food retail and wholesale members. ReposiTrak is a food safety solution provider, backed ...
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Pro Mach has acquired packaging machinery provider Packaging Synergies to form a new Flexible Packaging Group. The acquisition will enable Pro Mach to offer various flexible packaging equipment solutions, adding the Toyo Jidoki and Inever ...
Dutch food company Vion has announced plans to consolidate its production operations in Germany in order to improve its overall efficiency. The move is part of the company's new restructuring strategy to further secure the company's ...
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The Greens Party has launched a $85m policy aimed at helping farmers sell directly to end customers and small, local processors. “With one of the most concentrated food retail sectors in the world dominated by the supermarket ...
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Herbal medicine provider Bio-Health has collaborated with Medica Packaging, Crewe, the healthcare packaging supplier within Benson Group, to provide color coding for its product range. The Benson Group color management system helped ...
Tags: Herbal medicine, Packaging
Described as the biggest business opportunities event on the continent, SAITEX showcases over 900 companies from 45 countries. Exhibitor profile is all non food retail products with special sectors featuring tools, hardware and building ...
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The rise of the "hybrid consumer" is an emerging trend with significant implications for food companies, food retailers and foodservice companies. According to a new report from Rabobank, consumers are becoming less interested in ...
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Food waste will be sent to anaerobic digesters which will convert the waste into energy. The Co-operative, which has one of the largest and most diverse food retail estates across the UK, is extending its waste back-haul initiative to ...
LED chip and lighting array maker Bridgelux Inc of Livermore, CA, USA has announced the commercial availability of its Vero LED array solid-state light source, which was unveiled last December. All form factors of Vero LED arrays are now ...
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Britain’s fourth largest supermarket Morrisons has revealed plans to start selling food online by the end of the year and open more convenience stores in its latest financial results, which reported profit before tax down by 4% to ...
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Government announced the decision to permit FDI, up to 51%, in multi-brand retail trading, vide Press Note dated 20.9.2012, subject to the following conditions: (I) FDI in multi brand retail trading up to 51% shall be allowed through the ...
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After almost ten years as Secretary General of AEDT – The European Association of Fashion Retailers, and Director for European Affairs of FENA – The European Federation of Furniture Retailers, in March 2013 Alessandro Bedeschi ...
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After decades of steady and predictable market conditions, iconic food and beverage leaders are struggling to adapt to a new, innovation-dependent era of growth, according to a new report from Hartman Strategy, an innovation and strategy ...