Over the past 17 years Studio-29 founder Tony Rimmer has transformed the lit appearance of London's prestigious Regent Street with a challenging lighting scheme adding depth and consistency to Regency thoroughfare's Grade-II listed facades. ...
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PinguinLutosa COO Herwig Dejonghe has admitted he did not see why the company had to sell potato business Lutosa to McCain Foods - but has expressed confidence about the European food group's future. The Belgium-based firm agreed to ...
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Value of social activism in brand building: 74% of young adults prefer to buy from a socially responsible company Two out of three young adults think companies have a moral obligation to help solve social problems. Even more of them ...
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François-Henri Pinault. Photo credit: InDigital Media Group Last week I attended an event led by François-Henri Pinault, chairman and CEO of PPR, an international holdings company that operates brands in the luxury, ...
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A chunk of Dole Food Co.'s business could end up in the hands of one of Japan's largest trading houses it was announced this week - and China appears to be central to the potential deal. On Wednesday (12 September), Dole, which is in the ...
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Were we not promised super-thin bendable, flexible and rollable organic LED (OLED) displays? Phones like Samsung's Galaxy and HTC's Desire have shown us that the rigid versions can deliver stunning images. So where are those flexies? It ...
US-based National Restaurant Association (NRA) and the Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI) have partnered to host the inaugural Foodservice Packaging Recovery Summit on 7-8 November 2012 in Austin, Texas. The aim of the summit is to ...
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Cost pressures and the rise of cloud computing have led many businesses to turn to lower-cost virtual environments on premise and in the cloud, but a lack of expertise and experience may be exposing these organisations to unnecessary ...
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British Gas chief information officer(CIO)David Cooper likes to keep things low-key.But the scale of his multimillion-pound technology transformation,and the impact his team's work has on customer spending,makes his one of the ...
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French Connection has cut costs by deploying a stock replenishment automation system. The clothing company signed a deal with IT company Redwood to deploy its Cronacle process automation software. Previously French Connection had two ...
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In the race to create slicker products,mobile phones are the new brains for hire. At Ceatec,Japan's largest electronics show,the booths are packed with the latest round of"smart"products,from cars that suggest what you should eat to ...
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MASPETH,N.Y.,Sept.21,2012—/PRNewswire/--Davis&Warshow,(www.dwny.com)an 87-year-old family-owned business and New York`s premier dealer of luxury kitchen and bath fixtures and plumbing materials,has converted its entire ...
“It is a pleasure to work here at the fair,” one visitor said commenting on the 33rd edition of MUNICH FABRIC START (4-6 September 2012). What she was referring to here was the fair’s pleasant, constructive working ...
De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester is launching a centre dedicated to cyber protection and the growing need for effective systems in the face of a growing cyber crisis. The creation of the Cyber Security Centre (CSC) is a direct ...
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David Weymouth, group director of operations and risk at insurance giant RSA, talks to Computer Weekly about the importance of training the next generation of IT leaders; the key changes affecting finance technology; and why a government ...
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