AEPC as part of its export promotion initiatives for the first time has organized BSM for apparel and related accessories in New York, USA. The BSM was held between 28th and 29thJanuary 2013 at the Penn Plaza Pavilion, at New York. Ms. ...
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The so called ‘unfavorable policies’ of the Indian government and persistent ‘ill-health’ of the US economy have started showing the signs which may not be welcomed by Indian jewellery industry. Thomson Reuters GFMS ...
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John Lewis is hiring an extra 100 IT staff as it continues its drive into online following a successful Christmas and sales trading season. And according to Paul Coby, IT director at the department stores chain, a high proportion of ...
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Retail opinion was divided over what the most important or stand out moment was for the toy industry last year. Hasbro’s new Furby was named by just under ten per cent of the retailers we questioned, while seven per cent said the ...
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Photo courtesy of DAF Trucks Australia. One half of the Supermarket duopoly, Woolworths, has made encouraging public commitments to playing their part in tackling the lethal pressures in trucking while the other half, Coles, continues to ...
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As e-commerce, mobile, and social media place an increasing role in all aspects of customers’ experiences with retailers, Shop.org is launching a multi-part initiative to engage the industry in examining how retailers are integrating ...
FaceCake Marketing Technologies, Inc. is previewing its revolutionary augmented retail Try-On technologies in Microsoft's booth (#1005) at the 102nd annual NRF Convention & Expo on January 14-15, 2013, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention ...
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Soft-tex is a 24x7 dedicated online trade fair which brings the world's widest assortment of IT solutions for the textile, apparel and retail sector at a single location, that too at the click of a mouse. Synchronising operations across ...
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In an exclusive and a candid conversation with India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF), Mr. Anand Sharma, Minister for Commerce, Industry and Textile, Government of India, shared his views on the future outlook on the Indian economy – ...
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UK supermarket group Morrisons has booked a "disappointing" set of results for the quarter to 30 December, with trading over the key Christmas period lagging the overall weak market. In its trading update, released this morning (7 ...
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Wal-Mart has appointed Lev Khasis to the post of president and chief executive of new formats at Wal-Mart International, in a move the retail giant indicated would enhance its ability to develop new formats. Khasis has worked at Wal-Mart ...
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The brief: Design agency Webb deVlam was tasked with finding an untapped technology to incorporate into the packaging for gin brand Bombay Sapphire. The firm needed to find something that had the ‘wow’ factor and settled on ...
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The report titled “The UAE Apparel and Textile Industry Outlook 2016 – Focus on Re-Exports and Emerging High-End Retail Sector” provides a comprehensive analysis of the various aspects such as market size of the UAE ...
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Near field communications (NFC) technology has brought a new wave of techniques to the retail industry, enabling bricks and mortar stores to attract and interact with customers in innovative ways. Analysts see these tools as a money maker ...
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Over the last decade banks have spent billions on high-frequency trading, but have simultaneously neglected their IT legacy systems, leading to a dangerous lack of data transparency. With the Banking Reform Bill in draft, is the time right ...
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