With the rise of the Chinese middle class, the nation's cruise market will continue to grow, and is expected to become the Asia's largest market by 2020, industry sources said. Data recently released by the Cruise Lines International ...
Tags: Cruise market, Cruise ships
Textile Exchange (TE), a US-based international non-profit organisation committed to a more sustainable textile industry, has recently announced the release of an online tool for the textile industry that measures the environmental, ...
Tags: Textile Exchange, sustainable textile industry, organic cotton
GoodWeave has moved closer to eradicating child labour in the rug industry with the addition of three more UK companies to its international labelling scheme. Rug Couture, Sage Green Designs and The Moorland Rug Company have all become ...
Tags: GoodWeave, Rug Couture, Furniture
Belarus and Turkmenistan plan to set up a joint venture to make cotton products, according to a Belarusian news agency BelTA. Chairman of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus Mikhail Myasnikovich told the agency ...
Tags: cotton industry, joint venture, Textile
Forget regulators and industry standards, when it comes to packaging, brand owners feel the most pressure from their customers. Not only do they expect brand consistency, but also demand that their food is well preserved, stays fresh for ...
Tags: Brand, Forget regulators, Packaging
Forget regulators and industry standards, when it comes to packaging, brand owners feel the most pressure from their customers. Not only do they expect brand consistency, but also demand that their food is well preserved, stays fresh for ...
Strengthened by previous positive vibes from the European Union, the Government of Sri Lanka has started the process to regain the generalised system of preferences plus (GSP Plus) status, according to an official statement. An ...
South African retailer Woolworths is on a mission to save water and to do so, is changing store designs in its retail store network across the whole African continent. The retailer has set out to drastically reduce the amount of water ...
Tags: SA Retailer, Woolworths
The surge in Chinese outbound tourism is boosting domestic companies' overseas acquisitions in travel industry. As more high-spending Chinese visitors go abroad, they become a lucrative source of business for hotels, restaurants, retailers ...
Tags: Outbound Travel, outbound tourism
Led by a pick-up in growth in India, which accounts for about 70 per cent of regional output, South Asia’s economic growth is set to reach a four-year high in 2015, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and ...
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As an industry, manufacturing has multiple ways of defining hazards and even more ways of communicating about those hazards. Designed to create a worldwide standard, the Globally Harmonized System for Classification and Labeling of ...
The National Advertising Division has recommended that Sawyer Products, Inc., discontinue certain claims for the company’s point-of-use water filter products, although NAD determined the company could support the claim that its ...
Toy Industries of Europe (TIE) has teamed up with UNICEF this Christmas to provide disadvantaged children with play materials in order to allow them to experience the fun, benefits and magic of play. UNICEF’s Early Childhood ...
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The likelihood of tighter European Union regulations on air emissions being imposed on the European coatings and other industries has been receding as the EU gives top priority to economic growth at a time when many of the region’s ...
Tags: IAQ labelling system, volatile organic compounds, Construction
H.E. Sheikh Hasina, the Prime Minister of Bangladesh, has officially opened the Center of Excellence for the Bangladesh Apparel Industries (CEBAI), during a ceremony held at the Dhaka Apparel Summit at Bangabandhu International Conference ...