The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued a draft determination proposing to grant authorisation to owner driver members of the Transport Workers’ Union in Queensland to engage in collective bargaining with Toll ...
Tags: Commission, Bargaining Power, Service
Billabong International Limited said it had entered into binding documentation to sell its 51 percent stake in SurfStitch and its 100 percent ownership of Swell to a consortium of investors including SurfStitch founders Justin Cameron and ...
Tags: Billabong, SurfStitch, Sporting Goods
National small business organisation, the Forum of Private Business, is renewing its call on councils to build on the success of the inaugural Small Business Saturday UK by waiving parking charges for this year's event on 6th December. ...
Molo announced that Le Bon Marché Rive Gauche in Paris has a beautiful, new long-term installation created with white textile softblocks. The installation, which is appears on the second floor of the renowned Parisian department ...
Tags: textile softblocks, Furniture
Packaging design and workflow solutions provider Esko and Highcon have entered into an OEM agreement to distribute, install and support the Esko CAD digital front end (DFE) software as complementary software to digital cutting and creasing ...
Tags: Esko and Highcon, OEM Agreement, Packaging
This September Scotland will vote on whether to leave the UK or not. But how might the outcome affect the country's retailers? By the end of this summer, a question will be asked of Scotland with the potential to change the UK as it is ...
Tags: Toy Industry, Independence
MONTREAL— TransForce has offered to buy Contrans for about $495 million in cash. TransForce bid $14.60 in cash per share for Woodstock-based trucking company, Contrans. "I have admired the progress of Contrans for some ...
Tags: TransForce, Contrans, Auto Parts
Victorian Shadow Minister for industrial relations, ports, freight and logistics Natalie Hutchins (pictured) is questioning the Napthine Government’s case for the Port of Hastings. "The Napthine Government is determined to proceed ...
It is on again. Brisbane in November is where it will all happen. The sponsors are committed and the many supporters of the event, companies and individual fork operators, are now preparing. The format of the event has changed this year. ...
Apparels and home fashions off-price retailer, NYSE-listed The TJX Companies, Inc reported a 7% year-on-year hike in net sales to touch $6.9 billion in the second quarter ended August 2, 2014. Consolidated comparable store sales increased ...
French chocolate and pastry makers are opposing the government's recent proposal to impose health warnings on cakes and chocolates in an attempt to curb rising obesity in the country. The new proposal requires companies to introduce ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, Chocolate
Shock Doctor has acquired XO Athletic, based in Union, NJ. The strategic acquisition provides access to patented technologies owned by XO along with retail distribution efficiencies that will benefit both brands. Shock Doctor intends to ...
Tags: Shock Doctor, XO Athletic, Sporting Goods
Australian vegetable and potato growers’ representative body AusVeg has called for Australia to follow the UK’s lead and put in place a plan to source government-procured food from local suppliers and producers. UK Prime ...
Tags: Australian, AusVeg, Food
The Toll Group has commenced operations from its new $24 million freight terminal in Hobart’s north. The 17,000 square metre facility on 6.8 hectares in the Brighton Transport Hub is its most modern and efficient transport terminal ...
Ideal Standard signs a partnership with Pure Residential and Commercial to supply its bathroom products to a new housing development in North Wales. Each bathroom at the St Winefrides development in St Asaph will feature products from the ...
Tags: Ideal Standard, Partnership, Furniture