Gerber Scientific ended its fiscal year and its 65th year in business with 57 percent year-over-year earnings growth fueled by seven new product offerings, expansion of its four businesses into new geographies and the addition of nearly 900 ...
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The total turnover of the e-tailing business, including apparel and accessories online retailing, in India is likely to reach US$ 76 billion by 2021, says a study made by Technopak. E-tailing—the business of retailing goods online ...
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Australia’s leading wool company Woolmark has embarked on a plan to help Vietnam’s garment sector produce woolen products and thereby increase the sector’s competitiveness and profits. Speaking at a press conference in ...
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World industrial production growth slightly increased in the first quarter of 2013 after a continuous decline since the second quarter of 2010. Despite this break from a nearly three-year downward trend, the prospect of recovery remains ...
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Leather supplier EuroLeather has inked an agreement with Italian leather producer Gruppo Mastrotto to market the company's Pronto brand in the U.S. EuroLeather President Giovanni Guidi said he already has begun stocking the upper-end ...
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Universal Leather, a supplier to upholstery producers, has signed an agreement with Chinese tannery Thysun Ltd. to market and sell that company's Eco-Leather articles in the United States. Unveiled at last week's Showtime fabric show ...
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The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, has issued a statement clarifying certain points related to 50 percent investment in back-end infrastructure under its foreign direct investment (FDI) policy on multi-brand retail ...
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In honor of World Environment Day, Cintas Corporation announced that it diverted more than 17 million 16.9-ounce plastic bottles from landfills in 2012 through the production of its EcoGeneration line. This represents a 13 percent ...
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LED lighting demand has been rising and Taiwan-based LED packaging house Edison Opto noted that 2013 capex will reach NT$400-500 million (US$13-16 million). Edison Opto disclosed that despite rising demand in the LED lighting market, due ...
Embodee Corp. has been awarded a U.S. government patent for its unique process of creating and modeling 3D digital garments. Large apparel brands that use the process improve how they merchandise and sell products online. For the first ...
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The Inditex Group generated net sales in the first quarter of 2013 (1 February to 30 April) of 3.6 billion euros, growth of 5% year-on-year. Net income amounted to 438 million euros, 2% more than in the first quarter of 2012. Highlights: ...
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Association of Garment and Fashion of the Community of Madrid (Asecom) has signed an agreement with Banco de Sabadell (Sabadell Bank) to pump up investment and thereby give a boost to the apparel manufacturing and retail sector in the ...
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A rare 17th century Persian rug fetched a record breaking sum of US$ 33.7 million at an auction organized by the world's largest auctioneers of fine and decorative art collectibles Sotheby's. Sourced from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, ...
Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister M Veerappa Moily has assured the weavers of Karnataka of full support from the Indian Government for the development of the sector and weavers' welfare. Speaking at the inauguration of golden ...
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UNIQLO announce a unique collaboration with London-based print design duo Eley Kishimoto within their women’s wear AIRism collection. The EK Jam Factory AIRism collection brings together innovational cooling fabric technology with ...
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