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JC Penney Expands 710 BPS Over The Same Quarter of The Previous Fiscal Year for Q314
Nov 18, 2014For the third fiscal quarter of 2014, gross margin at apparel retailer JC Penney expanded 710 bps over the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. In the third quarter ending November 1, 2014, gross margin stood at 36.6 per cent of ...
Tags: apparel retailer, gross margin, Apparel
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Indian Online Retailers May Soon Come Under The Surveillance of Consumer Protection Law
Nov 18, 2014Indian online retailers may soon come under the surveillance of the Consumer Protection Law, following complaints for alleged unfair business practices, according to a cabinet proposal put forward by the consumer affairs department, ...
Tags: Consumer Protection Law, Consumer Protection Authority, Apparel
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Lifestyle Sells Products From Its Value Fashion Brand Max, on Flipkart
Nov 18, 2014Lifestyle International, one of the leading retailers from Dubai, is selling products from its value fashion brand, Max, on Flipkart, one of India’s leading online stores. Max is the latest to join the rising list of ...
Tags: leading retailers, online stores, Apparel
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Revenue at Lifestyle Business of Aditya Birla Nuvo Soars 17%
Nov 18, 2014Revenue and EBITDA surged 17 and 52 per cent, respectively from a year ago quarter at the fashion and lifestyle business of Kumaramangalam Birla led, Aditya Nuvo, in the second fiscal quarter ended September, 30, 2014. Led by revenue ...
Tags: Pantaloons, Jaya Shree Textiles, Apparel
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A New Polypropylene Plant Will Come up at Indianoil's Paradip Refinery Project Complex
Nov 18, 2014A new polypropylene plant will come up at IndianOil’s Paradip Refinery Project complex at Paradip in India’s eastern coastal state of Odisha. Foundation for the Rs 3150 crore polypropylene plant was laid by Minister of State ...
Tags: polypropylene plant, catalyst, Textile
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Goplasticpallets Introduces a Grocery Box to Help Keeping Fruits Fresh for a Long Time
Nov 18, 2014UK-based plastic pallets supplier Goplasticpallets.com has launched the GoBox 1210 BBE, a grocery box that helps in keeping fruits and vegetables fresh for a long time. These new perforated, rigid plastic pallets are said to be ...
Tags: GoBox 1210 BBE, grocery box, Agriculture
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The Colour Carton Company to Completes The Acquisition of The Central Box Company
Nov 18, 2014The Colour Carton Company (CCC) which is a part of the UPAC Group, will acquire the solid board and litho/lam division of the East Kilbride manufacturer, The Central Box Company (CBC). The CCC specialises in box manufacturing, print, ...
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DS Smith's Plastics Division Added a New Fold-Flat Plastics Container
Nov 18, 2014Plastics and packaging company DS Smith’s Plastics Division has added a new fold-flat plastics container, Duca-Pak, to its Uni-Pak family which produces durable, foldable containers. These plastic containers recently won the ...
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Taiwan Government Decided on a Budget of Nt$5.49 Billion to Convert to LED Street Lamps
Nov 18, 2014The Taiwan government has decided on a budget of NT$5.49 billion (US$179 million) to support local governments to replace 692,000 mercury vapor street lamps with LED models in an attempt to completely convert to LED street lamps by the end ...
Tags: LED Street Lamps, LED
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TRM Packaging Partners with Flint Group Open a New Colour Lab.
Nov 18, 2014UK-based corrugated retail and shelf-ready packaging manufacturer TRM Packaging, along with the Flint Group, has opened a new colour lab. The installation and investment on the colour lab is a part of the five-year partnership of the two ...
Tags: TRM Packaging, colour lab, Agriculture
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KapStone to Spend $115m to Modernise Three Papermaking Machines and Other Improvements
Nov 18, 2014Illinois-based KapStone Paper and Packaging will spend about $115m at its Cooper River site to modernise three papermaking machines and to make other improvements for increasing the capacity and efficiency. In a statement released on ...
Tags: papermaking machines, Agriculture
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Dow Introduces a New, High-Performance 100 Percent Acrylic Redispersible Powder, DLP-500
Nov 18, 2014Dow Construction Chemicals (DCC), a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company has launched a new, high-performance 100 percent acrylic redispersible powder, DLP-500. With this launch, Dow enters a new market with a dry acrylic powder that ...
Tags: Acrylic Powder, Chemicals
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Dow to Reconfigure and Reduce Equity Base in Meglobal and Greater Equate Joint Ventures
Nov 17, 2014Dow Chemical said it will reconfigure and reduce its equity base in the MEGlobal and Greater Equate joint ventures, including Kuwait Olefins Company (TKOC) and Kuwait Styrene Company (TKSC). This reduction, Dow said, will be done through ...
Tags: petrochemical products, Qurain Petrochemical Industries, Textile
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NY Cotton Futures Drop Precipitously, as December Close at 59.73 Cents/lb
Nov 17, 2014New York cotton futures dropped precipitously this week, as December lost 346 points to close at 59.73 cents/lb, while March fell 353 points to close at 58.75 cents/lb. “The narrow five-week sideways trend ended abruptly on Monday ...
Tags: cotton futures, market report, Textile
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Far East to Set up The Country's First Compact Yarn Manufacturing Facility in Bangladesh
Nov 17, 2014Bangladesh based, Far East Industries Ltd will set up the country’s first compact yarn manufacturing facility. “The plant to be set up in Habiganj will be operational in 18 months at an approximate investment of Tk 150 ...
