Favourable macro factors such as urbanisation and the expanding middle class continued to support new retailer expansion across Asia Pacific in 2014. The number of new entrants rose to 464, an increase of 23 per cent year-on-year. ...
French drinks group sale of icts Mexican RTD brand Caribe Cooler to Grupo Bepensa. The deal amount has not been revealed, reports The Spirit Business. Mexico-based conglomerate Bepensa had agreed to acquire the RTE brand in December ...
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Lagunitas Brewing has inked an agreement with Ace Distributing to expand its beer distribution extensively in Pennsylvania, the US. Lagunitas beers will be available throughout York, Adams, Franklin, and Fulton counties, from Thursday. ...
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US-based Atlas Holdings has acquired the North American Foam Trays and Absorbent Pads (TAP) businesses of Sealed Air Corporation for an undisclosed amount and launched its new operating company Novipax. Novipax will be operating five ...
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Imports into Canada from Myanmar will now enjoy tariff free status after the Canadian government restored the country’s General Preferential Tariff (GPT) and Least Developed Country Tariff (LDCT). Myanmar’s eligibility for GPT ...
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Indian online fashion retailer Saiesta.com has created a new collection of digitally printed, soft, smooth flowing, reversible scarves, inspired by multiple cultures across the world. Made using viscose georgette fabrics, the colourful ...
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In the first two months of 2015, prices of competing crops like wheat, maize, and soybean all declined while cotton prices held steady. “The recent gain in cotton price has made sowing of the white gold attractive and may mitigate ...
Tags: ICAC, world average yield, Textile
The French National Assembly has voted in favor of a ban on unlimited refills of sugary drinks at fast food chains and stores, as part of its efforts to tackle growing obesity levels. The ban would be applicable on all soda "fountains" ...
Tags: Soft Drinks, fast food chains, Food
Ireland-based recycling body Repak is urging consumers to recycle the waste that is generated during Easter celebrations, including the aluminium made chocolate wrappers. Repak's statistics on Ireland's Easter habit revealed that the ...
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The new cloud-enabled YuniquePLM software integrates various features that focus on usability and reducing efforts for efficient work and better user experience, according to the statement given by a company official. "We have now made ...
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Milano Unica, organisers of the trade fair of the same name will collaborate with organiser of textile trade fairs across the globe, Messe Frankfurt and participate at the NYC Textile Week in July 2015. “This means that there will ...
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Five years after introducing I-Fix, Netherlands based Setema, a producer of fabric finishing equipment, mainly for printing will show a complete newly developed high speed II-Fix, for the fixation of disperse dyes and pigments up to 5 ...
US-based environmentally conscious bottled-water company EARTH2O will use recycled material sourced from Orpet to create a closed-loop manufacturing system to infinitely reuse Oregon’s recycled goods. EARTH2O is considered to be ...
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Sequential Brands Group said it will acquire a majority interest in the Jessica Simpson brand, including the Jessica Simpson Collection master license and other rights. Brand founder Jessica Simpson, who selected Sequential as her new ...
Sappi Speciality Papers has developed atelier, a multi-ply board produced on a single-wire board machine for the packaging industry. atelier is a new hybrid folding box board product that has been made available in weights from 220 gsm to ...
Tags: Sappi Speciality Papers, machine, Packaging