As online shopping continues to grow at the expense of store visits, the premium in the future will be on creating unique, brand-defining experiences that keep customers coming back— whatever the channel, says global consultancy firm ...
Tags: Retail Stores, Apparel
Bosch Packaging Technology is planning to reinforce its presence in the liquid food industry with the acquisition of Osgood Industries. Oldsmar, Florida-headquartered Osgood Industries produces fill- and seal equipment, including ...
Tags: Bosch Packaging, Packaging
Bay-area paint manufacturer and retailer, Kelly-Moore Paints, has announce its newest paint finish for its super premium interior paint line, DuraPoxy: A flat matte finish will be available in DuraPoxy in April. “Our super premium ...
Tags: Kelly-Moore, Paints
The Ministers who met last Friday at the Australia and New Zealand Ministerial Forum on Food Regulation have said they are “extremely concerned” about consumption of unpasteurised (raw) cow’s milk that is sold as ...
Tags: Raw Milk Consumption, Raw Milk
Karen Muircroft joins the firm having been involved in the toy industry for many years. Following a successful London Toy Fair, Kidicraft has appointed Karen Muircroft as its agent to manage Scotland. Having been involved in the toy ...
Tags: toy industry, Toys
Stephen Burns replaces the retiring Dave Soutar. Orchard Toys is welcoming a new Scottish agent in the form of Stephen Burns, as former agent Dave Soutar is retiring after 15 years with the firm. “Stephen saw off some strong ...
Tags: gift trades, Toys
Boasting 15 years in the industry, Mark Sharp joins the team having held positions with Ty Europe, John Adams and Schleich UK. Educational toy specialist, Brainstorm has welcomed a new sales agent, covering South Wales and the South East. ...
Tags: sales agent, Toys
BASF plans to invest up to €56 million in the expansion of its Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) value chain over the next four years. PVP is a polymer which is used in diverse industries, for example the pharmaceutical or the personal and ...
Tags: binding properties, PVP market, Construction
Martin Pike and Kate Knight have joined the firm as agents to represent the South West and North respectively. Bandai has restructured its sales team for 2015 with the appointment of two new agents for the South West and North. Martin ...
The new appointments join the firm as the British toy specialist adds new brands and toys to its 2015 portfolio, with new launches lined up for the year ahead. Trends UK has bolstered its sales and marketing teams with a triple hiring. ...
Tags: Triple Hiring, Toys
SMC Ltd., a medical device contract manufacturer with locations in California, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Ohio, Costa Rica, and India, announced an expansion and move to a 210,000 sq. ft. facility in Devens, MA. The expansion will ...
Tags: high-speed automation, testing, kitting, Health
Top Gear star was at the opening of the London Classic Car show. Top Gear star James May has named the top 13 cars which he believes changed the world - a list topped by the Hornby model of the Corgi James Bond Aston Martin DB5. In the ...
Tags: machine guns, ejector seat, rear bullet screen, Toys
The Canadian toy company has embarked on a successful journey with Latham Gaines, inventor of Nitro Grinders. Canadian toy company Tech 4 Kids has revealed that some of its “very biggest and most important projects” are coming ...
Tags: toy businesses, Toys
Clariant recently played host to the car refinishes and automotive coating market in Guangzhou, China. At the Automotive Coating Association (ACA) Seminar, officiated by Chief of Guangdong Qingyuan Hi-Tech Industrial Development Zone Bureau ...
Tags: coating market, Hi-Tech Industrial Development, Construction