New house building figures released by warranty and insurance provider NHBC show that new home registrations have hit their highest level since 2007. The figures for Q3 2014 reveal that overall new home registrations have increased 8% on ...
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The latest USDA October report forecasts the US cotton crop for 2014 at nearly 16.3 million bales, down slightly from its last month’s forecast, but is 3.3 million bales or 26 percent above the 2013 production. According to the ...
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Philips has posted a €103 million (81 million) net loss on third quarter earnings just three weeks after announcing that it wants to split off its lighting division. The Dutch giant blamed slowing markets in China and Russia and a ...
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i2i Events Group will introduce the new multi-channel Retail Shop e-commerce zone at Spring Fair International and sister event Autumn Fair International. Exhibitors will represent a multitude of products and services that are essential ...
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The SEAMS Fall 2014 Networking Conference which begins October 23, 2014, will focus on how apparel, textile and sewn products manufacturers, brands, retailers and suppliers can take advantage of the tangible opportunities of consumer ...
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Crunch Pak, the fresh sliced apples specialist, are teaming up to offer NBA fans a new, healthy snacking option, and the result is a slam dunk! The new product, called NBA Fit Snackers, ...
MJ played his last NBA game more than a decade ago in 2003, but his star appeal among today’s young basketball consumers is widening the athletic footwear silhouette’s popularity and pushing Nike’s segment dominance into ...
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Double Coin Holdings LLC and its American subsidiary, China Manufacturers Alliance LLC (CMA), plan to fight the U.S. Department of Commerce’s preliminary decision to impose a duty of 105% on CMA’s imports of off-the-road (OTR) ...
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The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that U.S. Christmas-season retail sales will increase 4.1 percent year on year to approximately $619.9 million for the months of November and December 2014. The projected increase is higher ...
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Two classic brands collaborate to create the sweet taste of success. Hasbro, Inc. has signed a global licensing agreement with PEZ International to develop a MY LITTLE PONY-branded line of PEZ dispensers, PEZ dextrose fizzy candy, and fizzy ...
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General Motors has appointed John K. Blanchard as lead executive for all GM’s initiatives and projects in Detroit. Blanchard who was serving as the director of Local Government Relations for the U.S. since 2011 will represent GM on ...
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European sales of semiconductors in July 2014 amounted to US$ 3.273 billion, an increase of 14.9% compared to the same month in 2013, the European Semiconductor Industry Association (ESIA) writes. The high Year-on-Year growth in Europe, ...
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FESPA, an organiser of screen printing, digital printing and textile printing technology related trade fairs, said it has added Thomas Struckmeier and Christophe Aussenac to its Board of Drectors. FESPA said the appointments were approved ...
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The Center for the Polyurethanes Industry (CPI) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) announced that Dow Chemical Company and Preferred Sands' innovation, TERAFORCE Technology, won the 2014 Polyurethane Innovation Award. The winner, ...
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In booth 376 at the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2014) in Cannes, France (22-24 September), optical communication product maker Source Photonics Inc of Chatsworth, CA, USA is giving a live demonstration of ...