Consumer goods suppliers continue to report growing business challenges. Yes, money is tight and market conditions are changing. But a new report from Honeywell has found that millions of dollars can be saved by evaluating and improving ...
Tags: Suppliers, Challenges, Packaging
The Export Finance and Insurance Corporation’s (EFIC) Export Monitor newsletter considers the outlook for exports to Asia beyond commodities. "Tourism and education exports will continue their rapid expansion, driven by especially ...
Australian exporters are feeling positive, with 95 per cent of SME exporters expecting their overseas sales to remain the same or grow in the next 12 months, according to new research released by EFIC (Export Finance and Insurance ...
With 2,289 people surveyed in a nationwide poll conducted by YouGov, 57% of respondents preferred their grocery and food packaging in paper-based material, while 31% expressed no preference and 8% opted for plastic containers. Consumers ...
Tags: Paper-Based Packaging, Packaging
Demand for new homes fell slightly in July, the first monthly decline since January 2013, while the supply of new properties coming onto the market increased for the second consecutive month, according to the July RICS Residential Market ...
Tags: UK, Furniture, Furnishing
As electronics and high tech companies pursue growth, supply chain risk management is seen as a vital tool they will further need to leverage in the future. In fact, 83% of electronics and high tech executives participating in a recent ...
Tags: Supply Chain, Electrical, Electronics
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Friday its affirmative final determinations in the antidumping duty (AD) investigations of imports of OCTG from India, Korea, the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, ...
Tags: OCTG, Affirmative, Metallurgy, Mineral
AsiaInspection, a leading global provider of quality control services for businesses importing from Asia, Africa, Southern Europe and Latin America, announces its 2014 Q2 Barometer, a quarterly synopsis on outsourced manufacturing and the ...
Tags: AsiaInspection, Apparel, Accessories
Airline profit expectations for the year ahead are positive even though recent improvements in financial performance have paused, according to IATA's quarterly survey of airline CFO and heads of cargo in July. Recent past financial ...
Tags: Service, Airline Service
GE found 42 percent of respondents expect increasing margins at their firms in the coming year. COLUMBUS, OH— GE Capital surveyed over 400 U.S. fleet execs and found that most fleets are looking to add more employees and grow their ...
Tags: Transportation, Auto Parts
At present, the annual sales of stationery market is100 billion yuan or above, and grows by the size of more than 20% every year, a large stationery procurement market is rapidly forming pulled by smallware.With the sustained and rapid ...
Consumers using social media while dining out moves into the mainstream in the US Any social media feed is likely to be dominated by a core group of consistent regulars: babies, weddings, pets and food. Posting food pictures has gone ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
China’s electronics manufacturers are expected to purchase US$34 million worth of components on average in 2014, representing a substantial increase of 26 percent from US$27 million in 2013. Manufacturers purchased 60 percent of ...
Tags: Electronics, components
American gourmet food firm Omaha Steaks has introduced a new range of gourmet burgers, and plans to further expand the line in the future. The new range features brisket burgers, pork and bacon burgers, lamb burgers, veggie burgers and ...
Tags: gourmet food, Omaha Steaks
Sentiment among printers, on the general state of trade, remained positive on balance during Q1, according to the latest BPIF Printing Outlook survey. The balance between those believing that the general state of trade improved (30%) rather ...
Tags: Office Supplies, Print demand