US action sportswear retailer Pacific Sunwear of California has cut its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings outlook, citing a "choppy" holiday season. Comparable sales in the company's quarter ended 4 January were flat, the company said ...
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Under a little-known requirement that went into effect this week, the last of the “general service” incandescent bulbs—descendants of the original light bulb invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879— can no longer be ...
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As falling prices for LED lighting systems drive up adoption rates of LED lamps in the coming years, the adoption of intelligent lighting controls is also expected to accelerate. Intelligent lighting controls, including occupancy sensors, ...
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Database Manager Keeps Underground Super Accurate The London Underground has deployed the Raima Database Manager as a key component to help deliver capacity and reliability improvements on the Piccadilly Underground line. The Raima ...
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LaMar Lighting Company introduces DS-LED, a dual sensor luminaire with an optional 90-minute emergency battery pack to its Occu-smart® line of bi-level lighting. Controlled by two highly sensitive external infrared motion sensors, ...
Tags: Light, LED Light, DS-LED, LaMar Lighting
Power management company Eaton announced that its Cooper Lighting division has introduced the highly efficient McGraw-Edison TopTier™ parking garage and canopy luminaire. Incorporating WaveStream™ light-emitting diode (LED) ...
Terra Group has begun construction on GLASS, a luxury condominium tower of only 10 full-floor residences on Miami Beach. The 18-story project, at 120 Ocean Drive, is designed by Miami architect Rene Gonzalez. Seven of the 10 homes, ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Glass, High-End Glass
Francesca's Holdings Corporation reported net income of $8.7 million or $0.20 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2013, compared to net income of $10.8 million or $0.24 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2012. Net sales for ...
Express, Inc., a specialty retail apparel chain operating approximately 630 stores, announced its financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2013. These results cover the 13 and 39 week periods ended November 2, 2013 ...
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The final approved documents for Part L have been published by the Department for Communities and Local Government with widely-anticipated amendments confirmed. As previously reported in Lighting, there are two major changes in the ...
The Albuquerque Convention Center, a multi-purpose event complex with more than 270,000 square feet of meeting and exhibit space, recently selected energy-efficient LED lighting from LED chip, lamp and lighting fixture maker Cree Inc of ...
Power management company Eaton today announced that its Cooper Lighting division has introduced Metalux SkyRidge™ luminaires. Featuring patented WaveStream™ light-emitting diode (LED) technology, the high-efficiency fixtures ...
A new dedicated infrastructure trust fund would widen roads, expand provincial highways and boost infrastructure overall, says the Ontario Trucking Association (OTA). With the new dedicated trust fund - called the Trillium Trust - revenue ...
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A commitment to invest more than $35 billion in infrastructure over the next three years was promised by Ontario finances minister Charles Sousa. Sousa delivered his fall economic statement yesterday and outlined the Wynne ...
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Once upon a time, office space was a combination of cubicles and file cabinets, computer terminals and conference areas. But changes in technology have contributed to a transformation of the look and feel of the workplace. Current research ...
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