The full decade of the Cultural Revolution movement from 1966 to 1976 saw China's fashion go underground, buried under a sea of grass green army uniforms and Mao suits. But by the end of the year 1976, the winter of fashion discontent was ...
Taiwan-based iEnergy has launched own-brand second-generation micro-inverters for use in 245-250W PV modules made of P-type polycrystalline silicon solar cells with energy conversion rates of 19-20%, according to the company. There are ...
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Checkpoint Systems, a leading global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, has launched its enhanced Check-Net print shops with significant printing capabilities that allow them to quickly print, encode and ...
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Akzo Nobel N.V. has reported positive volume growth and, for the fifth consecutive quarter, an improvement in Return on sales (ROS) – from 8.0 percent to 9.1 percent. Excluding restructuring costs of €55 million, ROS was 10.6 ...
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Petition claims the toys are 'unsuitable to be sold alongside Barbie dolls and Disney characters.' A campaign has launched in the US to remove a line of Breaking Bad action figures from Toys R Us stores. Susan Meyers has launched the ...
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VF Corp. said The Timberland, Vans, The North Face, Kipling and Wrangler brands drove a 7 percent increase in revenues and an 11 percent increase in earnings per share in the third quarter ended Sept. 27, 2014. All per share amounts are ...
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U.S. consumers who purchase gifts during the 2014 Christmas season anticipate spending an average of $596.53, according to the National Retail Federation's (NRF) annual holiday intentions survey. The anticipated figure represented an ...
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More Canadians will turn to the Internet for presents this holiday season, according to a report from Solutions Research Group. Based on 1,000 interviews with Canadians, the report found that 65 percent of Canadians have bought something ...
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Every-day low price retailer - Dollar General said it plans to build a new state-of-the-art distribution center in Bexar County in San Antonio, Texas, which will be its 13th facility in its distribution network. Dollar General will have a ...
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The world’s biggest retailer - Walmart Stores expects an increase in global e-commerce sales of around 25 percent in fiscal year 2016, and anticipates growth over the three-year period from fiscal years 2016 through 2018 to average 30 ...
U.S. weekly retail sales rose 3.9% for the period ended Oct. 4.The increase was attributed to favorable weather that generated seasonal apparel demand, according to the Intl. Council of Shopping Centers/Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store ...
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The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Crunch Pak, the fresh sliced apples specialist, are teaming up to offer NBA fans a new, healthy snacking option, and the result is a slam dunk! The new product, called NBA Fit Snackers, ...
Warninks, a brand owned by Scottish spirits producer William Grant & Sons, has expanded its product range with the launch of new vodka liqueur - Warninks White. The new vodka liqueur offers a blend of white chocolate and mint, and it ...
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Happy Planet, makers of award-winning fresh soups and the top selling fresh soup in Canada, has launched two new delicious chicken soups just in time for Fall and Winter; a gluten free, green-curry based all-natural Thai Chicken and a ...
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Public will be able to drop off old and used jigsaws at selected Hobbycraft stores where they will receive money off vouchers for any Jumbo puzzle in the shop. Jumbo Games has partnered with Hobbycraft stores to launch a jigsaw amnesty ...
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