The International Longshore (ILWU) and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) have reached a tentative agreement on the maintenance and repair of truck chassis at West Coast ports, according to media reports. The news ...
Tags: bargaining agreement, Outdoor Industry, Sporting Goods
The procurement of cotton by the state run Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) has neared 5 billion bales of 170 kg each, during the ongoing season October 2014-September 2015, according to media reports. The CCI is actively purchasing ...
Etur Textile, one of the largest textile factories operating in Ethiopia, located in Addis Ababa, is set to export its products to markets in Europe and US, according to Ethiopian media reports. According to Adil Basoglu, board member and ...
Tags: textile industry, Textile
Jabong.com, one of India’s leading online fashion retailers, is set to launch its first technology lab in India, with an aim to use innovation across multiple platforms, including search, data, and marketing, The Economic Times ...
Tags: personalisation, platform architecture, promotions, Apparel
China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has spelt out new guideline for improving China's PV industry, looking to have leading makers merge with small ones, or form strategic alliances in 2015-2017. MIIT hopes the ...
Tags: PV Industry, domestic market, Lights
Mumbai-based packaging material manufacturer Essel Propack has started operations of its fifth plant in China to expand its manufacturing capabilities in Egypt and China. The company built the 5,000m2 plant in Changshu to cater to the ...
A China government-sponsored certification organization has found that about 30% of the country's PV power-generation systems show various problems three years or more after installation, especially in module quality, according to PV ...
Tags: PV Systems, media reports, Lights
Sharp Corp has decided to take off the market in Europe and focus on Chinese market. Sharp will lose 14.3 billion yen (RMB 738 million) due to the removal from the European market, according to reports republished by Sharp. Sharp says ...
Tags: Sharp, Xiaomi, smartphone
Fashion turned out to be the second top most category, next only to mobile and electronics, at the recently concluded three-day Great Online Shopping Festival (GOSF 2014), organised by Internet giant Google. About 30-40 per cent of the ...
Australian supermarket Coles is set to refund payments made by certain suppliers, after the supermarket group admitted it engaged in unconscionable conduct when dealing with certain suppliers in 2011. The Australian Competition and ...
Tags: supermarket group, Agriculture
Based on actual total installation capacity of 3.79GWp for PV systems set up around China during the first three quarters of 2014, the total installation capacity for the whole year is estimated at 7-10GWp, far short of the target of 14GWp ...
Tags: PV Installation, PV systems, Lights
The signing of a free trade agreement (FTA) between China and Korea is expected to result in a structural change in trade patterns between the two counties. The FTA and its consequences thus offer a rare moment for Taiwan to review its ...
Tags: free trade agreement, tariff rates
Indian online retailers may soon come under the surveillance of the Consumer Protection Law, following complaints for alleged unfair business practices, according to a cabinet proposal put forward by the consumer affairs department, ...
Tags: Consumer Protection Law, Consumer Protection Authority, Apparel
Australian mining heiress Gina Rinehart is planning to invest $500m in a new infant milk powder venture Hope Dairies. According to media reports, Rinehart is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding with Queensland Government and ...
Australian supermarket giant Coles will resist moves by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to merge into a single court action the two unconscionable conduct court cases launched against the supermarket by the ACCC. ...
Tags: Coles, supermarket