The Nexus 6 started landing in public hands just last month…or did it? The latest chatter on the web is that the Nexus 6 we’ve all had pushed upon us isn’t the original handset Google had hoped for. According to ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, Nexus
Good design and innovation in packaging are what the Packaging Council of Australia’s awards program - the Australian Packaging Design Awards - recognises. But more than that, it applauds the successful execution and implementation of ...
Tags: Packaging Design Awards, Packaging
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
In July 2014 Huhtamaki announced that as a result of its growing strategic focus on food packaging it had started to evaluate options regarding its films business. The annual net sales of the films segment were €187m in 2013 and the ...
Tags: Films Business, Packaging
Finland-based packaging company Huhtamaki will be selling its films business to German private equity company Deutsche Beteiligungs for $175m (€141m). Huhtamaki is known for supplying paper cups to McDonald's. The company stated ...
Tags: food packaging, Films Segment, Agriculture
About 85% of global tea production is sold by multinationals. And three multinationals control one fifth of the global tea market – Unilever which owns Brooke Bond (UK) and Lipton (worldwide) with 12%, Tata Global Beverages which owns ...
Tags: tea production, tea market, Packaging
The 2015 National Print Awards are open for entries until COB 12 December. So, to all packagers, print professionals, creatives, marketers, and communications experts this is the inside story on how to win. The 32nd NPA chairman of ...
Tags: National Print Awards, Packaging
What do fake Louis Vuitton handbags, Rolex watches, "vintage" Bordeaux wines and Pegasus Advanta SUV tires have in common? They are all counterfeit, according to Consumer Reports. At least that is what CR Senior Associate Autos Editor ...
Tags: Counterfeit Tires, Auto
Private equity firm Advent International has acquired Noosa Yoghurt in the US for an undisclosed amount. Noosa Finest Yoghurt is currently sold in more than 5,000 grocery, natural and specialty stores across the nation including Whole ...
Tags: Noosa Yoghurt, Agriculture
Design Bridge was tasked with delivering a deeper level of storytelling, craft and wonder, the packaging reflecting the provenance of ingredients. The design team commissioned letterpress artist Jon Kielty at JMG Studio to re-design the ...
Huntsman Corporation has inaugurated its new India corporate office, in Andheri, Mumbai. The 220,000 square feet, seven story building will initially house 300 Huntsman associates, including more than 100 technical staff spread across three ...
The commerce minister of Bangladesh, Tofail Ahmed, has urged Australian buyers to visit readymade garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh, BSS news agency reported. Speaking at a joint forum in Melbourne, Australia, Ahmed said the ...
Tags: RMG factories, Apparel
The Workshop will head north next year. The Toy & Game Inventors Workshop will head north in 2015 – with a new venue in the Midlands. The Workshop made its debut this September, providing inventors, would-be inventors and students ...
Tags: Toy&Game Inventors, Workshop, Toys
We all need to eat – and that means we all need food packaging, with most of us handling some form of food pack several times every day. Whether it’s the cereal box at breakfast, the sandwich packet at lunch, perhaps a snack in ...
Tags: food packaging, food pack
For most new products it is hard enough persuading consumers to notice the product, let alone try it, become loyal to it, or start recommending it to friends and family. In the fleeting half-second between a shopper noticing a new product ...
Tags: repeat purchase rates, taste, Agriculture