The short-term outlook for biomaterials in coatings and related sectors in Europe has been looking grim in the wake of the fall in the oil price. However companies along the biomaterials value chain in the region are not overtly concerned. ...
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Li-Ning Company Limited swung to a profit on double-digit sales growth in the first half ended June 30 thanks to 17.0 percent growth at its flagship Li Ning brand and a big reversal in impairment charges to it accounts receivables. The ...
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Capital equipment and engineering firm Barry‐Wehmiller is acquiring paper processing product line of Germany’s Bielomatik Leuze. With a pact already inked to that effect, the transaction is likely to be closed in the coming ...
In May 2015, 32.6% of smartphone sales in China were for HD units while 21.4% were for Full HD, according to a new report from Sigmaintell Consulting. The HD and Full HD percentages both represented a 0.8pp on-month decline. WQHD ...
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Enhanced Retail Solutions (ERS), a top provider of consulting and software solutions to the retail industry and their suppliers for use in analysing their products’ retail sales and trends as well as improving inventory productivity, ...
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The PCI Consulting Group Fibres Conference takes place from November 10-11, 2015 at The Hotel Marriott, Milan, Italy, immediately before ITMA 2015 and the World Textile Summit which will also be held in Milan. The Fibres Conference ...
After e-commerce, it is now the turn of omni-channel in India. The country’s retail market will primarily be driven by omni-channel as brick-and-mortar retailers enter e-commerce to support their stores, says media reports. ...
Tags: fashionable cloth accessories, e-commerce, brick and mortar retailers
University of Nottingham's Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Research Group (3DPRG) has opened a new laboratory for testing materials for 3D Printing and finding ways for application in daily lives. Floating a consulting firm Added ...
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Tech Mahindra, a specialist in digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering has announced the launch of Automotive Aftermarket Suite. It enables Tech Mahindra to offer innovative solutions in the space of Telematics, ...
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The logistics sector seems to have a hard time when it comes to raising prices in their customer base. Furthermore, compared to other industries, it has an extremely low success rate when introducing new products and services. These are ...
Women are playing a part as important as their male peers in driving the growth of e-commerce in China, a report said on Thursday. As of last year, women were running more than half of the shops on Taobao and Tmall, the two largest online ...
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Wholesale prices fall from the boom years as oversupply hits the industry Tumbling prices have left the traditional Chinese medicine industry in poor health. Finding the cure will not be easy. Oversupply, poor planning and increased ...
India has risen to 15th position on the back of solid growth in retail sales and strong prospects for future GDP growth, according to global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney's Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) 2015 that surveyed ...
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Global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney's Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) 2015 shows that C. China's GDP growth of 7.4 per cent in 2014 was its lowest in a quarter century. Yet, relative to other developing markets, its ...
Tags: Retail, China Retail, Economy, Service
Despite significant regional challenges, international retailers are taking the long-term view on investments in developing markets and are persisting in finding solutions, according to global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. The ...
Tags: Global Retail, Retail