Salone del Mobile 2016 records an unprecedented number of visitors Salone del Mobile.Milano 2016 was attended by a total of 372,151 visitors. That is a 4% increase in the numbers since the 2014 edition – when the biennial Kitchen ...
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Levi Strauss & Co. elected former CEO of L.L.Bean Inc., Christopher McCormick, to its board of directors, effective April 13, 2016. “As we work to accelerate profitable growth, we are expanding the board's expertise in the fastest ...
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The Architecture Billings Index reflects consecutive months of increasing demand for design activity at architecture firms. As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve month lead ...
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Aldi Australia has the potential to be bringing in AUD $15 billion in annual sales by 2020 says a new Morgan Stanley report. Released yesterday, the report analysed that shoppers are now spending an average of AUD$100 per month at ...
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Interior Secretary Sally Jewell announced the federal government will begin measuring and quantifying the ecoomic impact of the outdoor recreation economy when calculating gross domestic product. Jewell, who served as CEO for REI before ...
Athletic brands continue to increase their share of what U.S. teenagers' spend on apparel, according to new research from the investment bank Piper Jaffray. Piper Jaffray's 31st semi-annual Taking Stock With Teens research survey found ...
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China's retail sales of consumer goods increased 10.3 percent in the first quarter year on year, official data showed on Friday. The first-quarter reading was 0.4 percentage points lower than that recorded in the whole of last year, ...
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For its fiscal second-quarter 2016 (to 29 February), LED chip and component maker SemiLEDs Corp of Hsinchu, Taiwan has reported revenue of $2.92m, down 36% on $4.6m a year ago but only 2% on $2.96m last quarter. "We have made good ...
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The next generation of food entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to combine a high quality degree and on-the-job training under plans for new food degree apprenticeships, Environment Secretary Elizabeth Truss announced. The three ...
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Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total US$3.49 trillion in 2016, a decline of 0.5% over 2015 spending of US$3.5 trillion, according to Gartner. This is down from last quarter's forecast of 0.5% growth. The change in the forecast is ...
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Australian governments have spent unprecedented sums on transport infrastructure in the past decade, and while important projects have been built the overall investment has been poorly directed, according to a new Grattan Institute report. ...
Packaging machinery firm Rotoflex has received a contract to supply die-cutting machines to local label printer firm N & R Labels. As per the contract, South African provider of label & printing systems SArepco will serve as the ...
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Albertsons Companies has launched its new store brand, Signature, the largest private label across all 2,286 of its stores. Signature is a multi-category brand developed to address consumers' growing appetite for quality private label ...
The Architecture Billings Index saw a dip into negative terrain for the first time in five months in January, but inched back up in February with a small increase in demand for design services. As a leading economic indicator of ...
It seems fair to say the Twitter-owned Periscope live streaming app is one of the solitary shining lights for the struggling social network. The start-up is celebrating a year since a full consumer launch by revealing some mind-blowing ...
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