INDA, Association of the Nonwoven Fabrics Industry, announced the availability of a new report, entitled "North American Wipes Market: Trends & Forecasts 2012-2017." Brad Kalil, INDA's Director of Market Research and Statistics, said, "We ...
Levi Strauss & Co announced leadership changes in its executive team with the creation of regional presidents for the Americas, Europe and Asia. This is part of a natural evolution of the company’s organization structure to further ...
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The owner of the Sears Hometown store here is spearheading a C$100 million class action lawsuit against Sears Canada and its U.S.-based parent, Sears Holdings, alleging the publicly held retailer "breached its legal obligations by depriving ...
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Nokia sold 7.4 million Lumia smartphones in the second quarter, its best yet for sales of the Windows Phone devices, but still made a net loss. Net sales totalled a!5.70 billion (US$7.48 billion), down 24 percent year-on-year. The company ...
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One of India's leading price comparison and shopping sites, PriceDekho.com launches the PriceDekho App to enable online shopping on smart phones and tablets. The launch of the App is the logical extension of PriceDekho's steady growth as ...
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Japanese Toray Industries has acquired 20% stake in US based carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) auto parts manufacturer Plasan Carbon Composite (PCC). The move is part of the Japanese firm's plan to expand its automotive carbon fiber ...
Personal lines insurer Allstate has agreed to divest its life and annuity businesses Lincoln Benefit Life Company (LBL) to Resolution Life, in a deal agreed for $600m. The insurer said that it will cease issuing fixed annuities at the end ...
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Passive component supplier Nichidenbo, which distributes capacitor and resistor parts for vendors including Nippon Chemi-Con, will see its revenues more than double in 2013 after the company took up the management of component channel ...
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A surge in demand for Soraa’s full visible spectrum GaN on GaN™ LED MR16 lamps has led the company to appoint two new leaders to its sales organization—George Stringer and Nick Farraway. George joins the company as Senior ...
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If one were to conduct a SWOT analysis of the packaging industry, the power of effective branding and on-pack promotions to engage consumers would be listed as a key strength. With the biggest brands in the world investing huge sums in ...
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French President Francois Hollande will not allow shale gas exploration during his presidency, he said on national television Sunday. France currently has a ban on shale gas exploration using hydraulic fracturing, the only current ...
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The online shopping market in Australia continues to grow strongly and in 2013 is expected to account for 7% of total retail sales. Total online spending is forecast to amount to $18.3 billion in 2013, with the average annual spend online ...
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Dimmable, multi-topology DC/DC constant-current controller features low-side current sense Texas Instruments (TI) today introduced a high-power, multi-topology DC/DC LED driver with adjustable switching frequency and current sense ...
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An electric bicycle, also known as an e-bike, is a bicycle with an integrated electric motor which can be used for propulsion. There are a great variety of different types of e-bikes available worldwide, from e-bikes that only have a small ...
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E-bike usage worldwide has experienced rapid growth since 1998. It is estimated that there were roughly 120 million e-bikes in China as of early 2010, and sales are expanding rapidly in India, the United States of America, the Netherlands, ...
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