China's central bank seems to have moved to stabilize the yuan despite mounting market sentiment that the currency has been toward the upper limit of its daily trading band for the past week. The reference rate the People's Bank of China ...
US based fast fashion apparel retailer, Forever 21, has implemented Oracle Retail Assortment Planning and Size Profile Optimization to help ensure that the apparel and accessories it places in stores each week are those that customers are ...
Tags: Forever 21, fashion apparel
Japan is contemplating plans to cut tariff on certain amount of beef and pork imports from the US over a period of 10 years, as part of Asia-Pacific free trade deal talks with the US. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a free trade ...
Tags: Beef, Pork Tariff
IRL has launched a new edition of its regional title A Profile of the Eastern European Paint Industry. This fully updated report provides market data for 2013 and forecasts for 2018, and gives an overview of the paint industry trends across ...
Using a Camry hybrid prototype and a fuel cell bus, Tokyo-based Toyota Motor Corporation aims this year to conduct tests on the streets of Japan that will evaluate the performance of silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors, which could ...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has approved continuation of mandatory packaging of foodgrains and sugar in jute material to the minimum extent of 90 percent and 20 percent ...
Tags: foodgrains, sugar, Textile
Global breakfast food manufacturer Kellogg’s has launched Pop-Tart ice cream sandwiches in Australia, in collaboration with a Sydney pastry chef Andy Bowden. Established in 1924, Kellogg’s is one of the world’s largest ...
Tags: Ice Cream Sandwiches, Agriculture
Girls who frequently consume sugary drinks tend to start their menstrual periods earlier than girls who do not, according to new research from Harvard Medical School in Boston. The study, published online today in Human Reproduction, one ...
For fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 28 December 2014), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $413.2m, down 3.4% on $427.7m last quarter but similar to $415.1m a year ago and in the upper half of the target range of $400-420m ...
Tags: LED Demand, LED Lighting Offsets, Electrical
Taiwan-based solar cell makers are poised to lose the US market in 2015, as a result of anti-dumping tariffs to be imposed on them starting from February. The US Department of Commerce (DOC) will impose anti-dumping and anti-subsidization ...
Tags: Solar Cell Makers, Lights
The US International Trade Commission (USITC) has officially voted to uphold the findings that China and Taiwan PV manufacturers have been dumping their products. The tariffs against PV imports will follow the Depart of Commerce's (DOC) ...
Print and visual communications specialist Callprint has announced the recruitment of Andy Phillips, who will join the new team at Jupiter Visual Communications, part of the Callprint group, where he will take on the role of Regional ...
Tags: lighting solutions, retail businesses, Office Supplies
Samsung and Apple continue to lead as top global semiconductor customers in 2014. The two companies consumed – together – 17 percent of the total semiconductor demand. Samsung Electronics and Apple remained the top ...
Tags: semiconductor demand, pricing implications, Electrical
China's total available crude supply significantly exceeded refinery throughput in December, suggesting 915,000 b/d of crude oil was added to storage during the month, although the total stockbuild during 2014 averaged just over 300,000 ...
The UK syrups and spreads market is dominated by jam and honey spreads. However, chocolate spreads are expected to gather pace, growing by 35 per cent up to 2018, according to findings from market research organisation Canadean. Honey ...
Tags: Jam, Honey, Chocolate, Agriculture