Welcoming the House passage of H.R. 3309, the Innovation Act, which passed by a vote of 325 to 91, the National Retail Federation Senior Vice President David French said, “The National Retail Federation is pleased that the House has ...
Tags: home goods, Apparel
The wool market rose sharply at the last sale before the Christmas recess with the Cape Wools Merino Indicator gaining 4,6% on the previous week’s sale to close at R116,58/kg (clean). This also represents a 14.3% increase on the ...
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Kellwood Company, a leading apparel manufacturer and marketer owned by affiliates of Sun Capital Partners Inc., announced the appointment of Lynn Shanahan to Chief Executive Officer of Kellwood Company following the Initial Public Offering ...
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Emerson announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire SPX Corp.’s 44.5% minority interest in EGS Electrical Group, giving it 100% ownership of the business. Emerson and SPX have jointly held the business since 1997, with ...
Mauritius-based clothing firm CIEL Textiles witnessed double-digit growth in first quarter profits as a result of good order books, improved international operations and rise in in seasonal sales of knitwear. Whilst all clusters and ...
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Privately owned Shagang Group, China's biggest steel scrap consumer, expects to utilize 5.5 million mt of scrap this year -- or about 15,000 mt/day -- an increase of 500,000-800,000 mt, or about 13%, from last year, a company source said ...
Tags: steel, metallurgy
Ardagh claimed three of the top prizes at the annual UK Packaging Awards presented at a glittering ceremony in London. Josh Brooks ( Event Organiser) Robert Fell (R&D Manager, Aerosol & Speciality Containers, Ardagh, Crosmières), ...
Tags: decoration, vehicle-glass
Safelite Group of Columbus is buying part of a Michigan company, adding to Safelite’s status as the largest player in the vehicle-glass business. The Northwest Side company said yesterday that it has reached an agreement to buy the ...
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American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. announced that Chad Kessler has been appointed EVP, Chief Merchandising and Design Officer for the American Eagle Outfitters brand, reporting to CEO, Robert Hanson. Chad begins in his new role on February 3, ...
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Hewlett-Packard took back its server crown from IBM last quarter as the overall market contracted, IDC reported Wednesday. HP expanded its share of the market only modestly from a year earlier but IBM’s portion declined 4.5 points ...
Analyst firm A-V Comparative has released its November 2013 list of the antimalware programmes that do the best job of removing malware from an already infected system. What does this mean? As A-V Comparative notes, most PC users ...
Once heavily reliant on the Chinese market, Lenovo is now looking to make acquisitions as it tries to expand its growing enterprise business to other countries. Lenovo, widely known as a PC company, started selling bare-bones servers in ...
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Apple’s iPhone could be getting a step closer to being officially offered on China’s largest mobile network, after the nation’s government finally issued 4G licenses to operate LTE TDD networks in the country. ...
Buoyed by rising sales generated by its sapphire ingot-making subsidiary USI Optronics, ferrite core maker Acme Electronics is expected to return to profitability in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to market watchers. Acme posted a ...
Spanish firm Sirane has developed Sira-Cook Supreme bag, a new packaging solution for 'BARBECUE ready meal.' Suitable for both oven and barbecue, as well as hot-plate or griddle, the Sira-Cook Supreme bag can be fully heat-sealed allowing ...
Tags: Barbecue Ready Meals, Sirane