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Food and Drink Manufacturers Are Bracing Themselves for Difficult Christmas Trading

Nov 12, 2012

Britain's food and drink manufacturers are bracing themselves for difficult Christmas trading,according to the Food and Drink Federation(FDF). Speaking after the FDF's latest business confidence survey,FDF's economic and commercial ...

Tags: Business confidence, Business Leaders Forum, FDF, CBI

Sri Lanka Showcased The Potential of Fabrics to The Global Fashion Industry

Nov 12, 2012

A three-pronged initiative by Brandix's Textured Jersey PLC,Sri Lanka's largest manufacturer of knitted fabric,to showcase the potential of locally-produced knitted fabrics to the global fashion industry will be one of the highlights of the ...

Tags: SLDF, Jersey, knitted fabric

A Sunderland Couple Found an Earwig Crawling in Their Local Branch of Asda

Nov 12, 2012

A Sunderland couple claim to have found an earwig crawling around inside a packet of bread rolls they bought in their local branch of Asda. Gary MacPhail and Jane Naisbett discovered the creature inside the bread bought in their Asda ...

Tags: bread rolls, Asda, pests

Lounsbury Furniture Opened Its First Ever Store in New Brunswick

Nov 12, 2012

SAINT JOHN, New Brunswick -- Regional powerhouse Lounsbury Furniture has opened its first ever store here, the fifth in the chain and the first it has opened in many years. Nancy Bartlett, left, manager of Lounsbury Furniture's new ...

Tags: Lounsbury Furniture

The Switch Bulb Was Going to Cost $20

Nov 12, 2012

Last year I visited Switch Lighting, a small Silicon Valley company that claimed to have built something revolutionary. Switch's product: a light bulb that produced the same warm, comforting glow that we associate with Edison's enduring ...

Tags: LED bulb

Mor Furniture for Less Again Is a Sponsor of The St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway

Nov 12, 2012

SAN DIEGO -- Mor Furniture for Less again is a sponsor of The St. Jude Dream Home Giveaway, an annual community service project benefiting the children fighting cancer and other life-threatening diseases at St. Jude Children's Research ...

Tags: Mor Furniture

Furniture and Bedding Sales of Conn's Jumped 31.7% in The Quarter Ended Oct. 31

Nov 12, 2012

THE WOODLANDS, Texas -- Retailer Conn's said its furniture and bedding sales jumped 31.7% in the quarter ended Oct. 31 as the company continued to heavily promote the categories and focus on higher-end goods. In a preliminary sales report ...

Tags: Bedding, Furniture

Home Furnishings Reported a 2.7% Sales Decline in Its Ready-to-Assemble Furniture Business

Nov 12, 2012

MONTREAL -- Consumer goods giant Dorel Inds. reported a healthy 6.5% in revenue for the third quarter although net income fell 9.9% on a per share basis. Leading the charge were the company's juvenile and leisure segments, while home ...

Tags: Home Furnishings

EL Dorado Furniture Opened an Expanded Showroom Here

Nov 12, 2012

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. -- El Dorado Furniture has opened an expanded showroom here, which at about 145,000 square feet is now the Florida chain's largest. The store's boulevard showroom concept was revamped with a new Carlo Perazzi ...

Tags: furniture

Registration for The 2013 Edition of The Canadian Home Furnishings Market Is Open

Nov 12, 2012

TORONTO -- Registration for the 2013 edition of the Canadian Home Furnishings Market, Canada's only national trade event for the furniture and home furnishings industries, is open. The market will run Jan. 12-15 at the International ...

Tags: home furnishings, furniture

The Saskatchewan Legislative Building Has New Lights

Nov 12, 2012

The Saskatchewan Legislative building has new lights. While they look like they could be a century old, the new fixtures feature the latest in LED technology. The lamps have a bright while light and consume half the power of the ...

Tags: led Street light

Pontiac Township High School Recently Teamed up with Ace Hardware

Nov 12, 2012

Pontiac Township High School recently teamed up with Ace Hardware in Pontiac to bring more recognition to their current fluorescent light bulb recycling program. Compact fluorescent lights (CFL) (which are described as the curly-cue ...

Tags: CFL

HTC Faces an Uphill Battle to Rebuild Its Smartphone Business Amid Heated Competition

Nov 12, 2012

IDG News Service-Analysts say HTC still faces an uphill battle to rebuild its smartphone business amid heated competition,despite reaching a deal with Apple to settle their patent disputes. On Sunday,HTC and Apple announced the dismissal ...

Tags: HTC, Smartphones, Apple

There Are Seven Million LED Lights Lining The Tunnel of Lights on The Island of Nagashima

Nov 12, 2012

A Tunnel of lights in Japan dazzles visitors with millions of LED lights, according to a Nov. 10 report from The Inquisitor. There are seven million LED lights lining the tunnel of lights on the island of Nagashima, Japan. The tunnel ...

Tags: Tunnel Light

R&D Work Has Yielded a Solution for GAN LEDs

Nov 12, 2012

The release of GAN-on-silicon LED chips in China presents a lower-cost alternative that is comparable in quality to mainstream products based on sapphire and SiC substrates. R&D work leveraging the advantages of silicon substrates has ...

Tags: led chip