The spread between Asian styrene monomer and benzene prices widened to a six-week high of $356.50/mt Thursday, up $20/mt or 6% from a day earlier, as China's shrinking SM inventories lifted SM prices, Platts data showed. The last time the ...
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JustEnough Software, a leading provider of demand management solutions for retailers, distributors and brand owners worldwide, announced that Bob’s Stores is a recipient of Apparel Magazine’s 2013 Top Innovator Award. ...
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Sometimes you just know whom to call in an emergency. Other times you get lucky. When it comes to broken glass, Stockton Auto Glass is ready for your call either way. Owner Clint Harless wouldn't want it any different. Take last Sunday ...
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All ceiling-mounted fixtures are installed similarly, regardless of style. A key question you’ll have to answer is to determine if the electric box that houses the wiring connections in the ceiling will support the weight of the ...
Tags: Chandelier, Pendant Light
Furniture scores a top position in our list of necessities. Home owners are always on the look out for new and affordable pieces of furniture. Sometimes you get a great bargain while other times, you end up spending more than you possibly ...
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Microsoft this week said that it had sold 100 million licenses of Windows 8 in the operating system's first six months. But how many copies are being used? That's a question Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst with Moor Insights & ...
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Sustainable Textile Solutions, a rapidly-growing business division of DyStar, acted as a service provider for the “Discharge Data Report” that was recently launched by C&A, H&M and G-Star. In response to the Greenpeace Detox ...
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The price spread between polyethylene terephthalate in Southeast Asia and Northeast Asia jumped to a five-month high of $15/mt Wednesday, from $10/mt a week ago, as high inventory levels in Northeast Asia curbed price gains there. PET on ...
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Hampshire Group, Limited announced its results for the first quarter ended March 30, 2013. Net sales for the 2013 first quarter were $19.9 million compared to $22.6 million in the first quarter of 2012. The loss from continuing operations ...
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As the ecommerce market in India is evolving rapidly, several online retailers including Snapdeal and Flipkart, have adopted marketplace model to boost sales. In Marketplace model, the online retailers do not need to store the products in ...
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Perhaps it's the growing network of bike paths, trails and green lanes. Or Chicagoans coming to the realization that it takes longer to drive somewhere than to bike. But retailers we visited on day two of the Dealer Tour report a growing ...
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The Wet Seal, Inc., a leading specialty retailer to young women, reported net sales of $140.4 million and a comparable store sales decline of 2.9% for the 13-week period ended May 4, 2013. The results exceeded prior guidance for net sales ...
Anglia Lighting has greatly expanded its range of LED drivers and power supplies following its appointment as UK and Eire distributor for Inventronics. The new agreement allows Anglia to offer its customers higher power drivers up to 300W ...
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China's purchasing managers' index (PMI) for its domestic manufacturing sector was at 50.6 percent in April this year, down 0.3 percentage points compared to March, according to the figures released by China's National Bureau of Statistics ...
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If there was one common thread among the four shops visited during the first day of the Chicago Dealer Tour, it's that the retail business here is a family affair. Several stores we toured are in their second, third or fourth generation of ...