Acording to a recent survey by the Federation of Korean Industries, 17 out of 29 major business groups in Korea picked restructuring as the center of their business strategy for this year. In contrast, only eight and two chose R&D ...
Tags: Conglomerates, Electronics
Australia saw a rise of 1.9 per cent in both the volume and value of wine exports in 2014, according to the latest Wine Export Approval Report, released by the Australian Grape and Wine Authority (AGWA). Premium wine segments saw ...
Tags: wine exports, wine
Healthy lifestyles, “clean” ingredients, at-home gourmands, value consciousness and e-commerce speciality products are set to be key food and drink trends for 2015, according to market research organisation Mintel. It’s ...
Tags: Key Trends, Food, Drinks
The age-old parental advice to “eat your fruits and vegetables” has taken hold. From 2003 to 2013, global consumption of fresh foods — fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, fish, and eggs — grew by 20 per cent to ...
Tags: fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, Agriculture
American Express, which in recent years has been reining in costs to counter sluggish revenue growth, said expenses rose 3.5 percent to $3.60 billion in the fourth quarter, driven mainly by marketing costs and salaries. American Express Co ...
For coatings producers one of the big benefits of the sharp fall in oil prices in the second half of last year (2014) should be a drop in raw material costs. Some commentators are also predicting a rise in demand due to the effect of ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Raw materials, Construction
Despite a sharp decline in oil prices, the world economic outlook is subdued, weighed down by underlying weakness elsewhere, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook (WEO). Compared ...
Tags: oil prices, world economic outlook, Textile
U.S. factory production rose in December as manufacturers churned out more furniture, computers and steel, offsetting a small decline in autos. The Federal Reserve says factory production increased 0.3 percent last month, the fourth ...
Tags: computers, steel, Electrical
Kusumgar, Nerlfi & Growney has announced the commencement of its fifth U.S. Paint & Coatings Industry study. According to the firm, the industry is continuing its recovery from the global recession of 2008-2009. Consumption is projected to ...
From the earliest days, Ruggieri Brothers of Cranston, R.I., was a hometown, family business. Founded in 1949, the original Ruggieri brothers included Ed, John and my grandfather Anthony. All three brothers served in the military during ...
Tags: post-war housing boom, commercial community, Construction
Last year, Mohawk Industries told its aligned dealers with the recession over they needed to “Own the Moment.” For 2015, executives said now it’s time to “Own the Experience” as the industry’s largest ...
Tags: sales, marketing, Construction
The firm, founded in 1947, saw its turnover grow to £14.7m, up from £12.9m the year before. Soft toy designer, Keel Toys has seen revenues grow to nearly £15million as the business continues to supply to blue chip ...
Tags: IT, customer services, social media, Toys
The post-recession years have been challenging for the UK beer market, with sales dropping by over 500 million litres between 2009 and 2013 alone. However after five consecutive years of decline, new findings from market research Mintel has ...
Tags: beer market, cider market bode, Agriculture
A joint memorandum has been submitted to the Union Commerce Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman by various Indian textile associations, seeking additional two years time to fulfill export obligation under the export promotion capital goods (EPCG) ...
Tags: textile associations, Textile
Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his government to control the rising prices of vodka to avoid consumption of spurious, cheaper liquor. Reuters quoted Putin as saying: "The overshoot of vodka prices leads only to ...
Tags: liquor, bootleg, Agriculture