1.2 billion people out of the 7.2 billion in the world, shop online and spent €1,173.5 billion in 2013, again of which, one-third was spent in Europe. In the previous year, Europe reported €363.1 billion in internet sales, ...
Tags: Online B2C Sales, Apparel
The first edition of Première Vision Istanbul, which took place in October, attracted 8,294 visitors, with 17% visiting the fair from overseas countries and the rest from Turkey. Overseas visitors came from across Eastern Europe to ...
Tags: trade show, Première Vision, Textile
“The one biggest area within the cotton industry which holds the potential for improvement and efficiency is logistics,” said three speakers at the ICAC Plenary Meeting held in Greece. That was the takeaway message delivered ...
Tags: cotton industry, Costs of logistics, Textile
In September this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 0.6 percent both in the euro area and the EU-28 as compared with August, while industrial production in August had decreased by 1.4 percent in the euro area and ...
Tags: Industrial Output, Metallurgy
According to the report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in September this year industrial producer prices increased by 0.2 percent in the euro area and by 0.1 percent in the European Union member ...
Tags: consumer goods, EU-28
Global packaging company Sonoco has announced that it has acquired Germany-based Weidenhammer Packaging Group for $360m (€286m) in cash. Weidenhammer specializes in producing composite cans along with composite drums and rigid ...
Sonoco has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Weidenhammer Packaging Group, Europe's leading provider of composite cans along with composite drums and rigid plastic containers, for AU$443 million, in cash. [The final consideration is ...
The Southern Europe region is expected to garner €47.8 billion in ecommerce sales by the end of the current year, says a report from Ecommerce Europe. It says online sales in the region have clocked an annual growth rate of 22% since ...
Annual inflation in the euro area was 0.3 percent in September this year, down from 0.4 percent in August, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In September 2013, the annual ...
Tags: Annual Inflation, Mineral
Axalta Coating Systems, a global automotive coatings leader, announces that Fiat Group Automobiles Mopar Parts & Service and Customer Care division has approved Axalta's three global refinish brands - Cromax, Spies Hecker and Standox - for ...
Tags: Fiat Group, Coating Systems
At the beginning of the reported week, the turnover in the German cotton market, developed as brisk as it had been the week before. Contracts were primarily closed for standard origins as well as for European varieties whose availability, ...
Tags: Cotton Market, staple cotton
Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, reported that in August of the current year the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the European Union member states (EU-28) was 10.1 percent, the lowest value since ...
Tags: Economy, Unemployment Rate
The CIF Bremen Index dropped considerably this week, influenced by movements of New York Cotton Futures. The latest Bremen Cotton Exchange report says basically good production conditions prevail in major cotton planting areas. In ...
Tags: CIF Bremen Index, Drop, Textile
Annual inflation in the euro area was 0.4 percent in August this year, unchanged compared to July, according to a report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities. In August 2013, the annual inflation rate was ...
Tags: Annual inflation, EU-28
In July this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by one percent in the euro area and by 0.7 percent in the EU-28 as compared with June, while industrial production in June had decreased by 0.3 percent in the euro area ...
Tags: Industrial Output, consumer goods