The TJX Companies, Inc. the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide, announced sales and earnings results for the first quarter ended May 4, 2013. Net sales for the first quarter of Fiscal 2014 ...
Tags: TJX Companies, Apparel
May 15, 2013 — In a two-year field test, scientists from the Hohenstein Institute in B?nnigheim/Germany have proven the effectiveness of a new type of dust mite protection mattress developed by the institute. 20 people suffering from ...
Tags: Textile
US-based Biosilo Foods has introduced a new superfood snack, Veggie Poppers, at the 2013 Sweets and Snacks Expo event held at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Illinois. The vegetable snack features superfood grains and ...
Pricing has become a major challenge for e-commerce companies, with the companies unable to arrive at the right price line for their products and services, said e-commerce experts who spoke at Evolve, a two day summit on retail and ...
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Fashion first made popular in the glamorous twenties is now making a comeback thanks to Baz Luhrmann's cinema adaptation of The Great Gatsby, says department store Debenhams Ireland. The fashion retailer has seen sales increases of up to ...
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This month, our mystery toy retailer discusses brighter weather SOR agreements and rip-off products. As I write this, the first rays of sunshine are streaming through the window and suddenly people are smiling and happy. They’re ...
Tags: Toys, Counter Insurgent, toy retailer
Michael Acton Smith is the founder of top licensed toy property Moshi Monsters, but he’s not content with just one brand. In this exclusive interview, he explains to Dominic Sacco about choosing tablets over toys, eclipsing Star Wars ...
Tags: Michael Acton Smith, Mind Candy, Toys
Berkshire Bike and Board has opened a second store in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Like the original Berkshire Bike and Board located 20 miles away in Great Barrington, the 3,000-square-foot store was designed as a Giant Partner Store. ...
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Mr Moshi on choosing tablets over toys, eclipsing Star Wars and the unstoppable growth of Mind Candy. How many CEOs would willingly cover their face in make-up, drive in a Moshi Monsters-branded car and spend time meeting children and ...
Tags: Mind Candy, Toys, Moshi
Our mystery toy retailer discusses brighter weather SOR agreements and more. As I write this, the first rays of sunshine are streaming through the window and suddenly people are smiling and happy. They’re still not spending but... ...
Tags: Toys, Supplier Promotions, toy retailer
CQuotient announced that Men's Wearhouse, one of North America's largest specialty retailers of men's apparel, has signed on with CQuotient to develop email campaigns tailored to individual shoppers at its Men's Wearhouse stores and ...
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Wesfarmers’ managing director Richard Goyder has announced that Target’s outlook has been downgraded. The retailer’s earnings for the 2013 financial year to date have been affected by a number of factors, including: ...
Tags: Service, Warm Autumn, Shoplifting
We typically buy tires in bulk for our tire test program, ordering upwards of almost 1,000 tires a year. To spot check our advice and current tire buying, we recently purchased and had mounted three sets just as any consumer would. We found ...
Tags: Car Tires, Auto Parts&Accessories
Debenhams became the first retailer to sign up to the Equity code for fair treatment of models in all of its photo shoots, TV ads, PR 'look books' and images on Debenhams.com. The retailer is the second organisation to sign the code of ...
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Food Packaging requires protection, tampering resistance, and special physical, chemical, or biological needs. It also shows the product that is labeled to show any nutrition information on the food being consumed. It is ...
Tags: Food packaging, Food Safety