Leading extreme outerwear maker Woodland recently marked its fourth year of support to UNICEF’s WASH (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) in schools programme. Woodland’s marketing manager Harkirat Singh along with UNICEF Uttar ...
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For the first quarter of 2015, orders received by the Italian textile machinery manufacturers grew 8 per cent over the same period of the previous year. “This was mainly driven thanks to a positive performance in foreign ...
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Crocs Inc reported sales slumped 16.1 percent in the first quarter, to $262.2 million, in line with expectations. On a currency-neutral basis, revenue decreased 8 percent. The company showed a loss of $6.0 million, or 8 cents a share, ...
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Performance apparel, footwear and accessories marketer Under Armour has signed a multi year partnership with rugby club, Wasps and has become the club’s official technical wear partner. According to a Wasps press release, it ...
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During the past year, 900 million litres of water was saved by Lindex suppliers through cleaner production projects in India and Bangladesh. According to a press release from the Swedish fashion retailer, Lindex also became a partner ...
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Africa’s Ackermans, fashion retailer and part of the Pepkor Group of companies, has selected Centric 8 product lifecycle management (PLM) software. Renee Jain, supply chain systems manager of Ackermans said that the value fashion ...
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Breakfast cereal manufacturer Kellogg’s today announced its commitment to implement the voluntary Health Star Ratings on all of its cereals across Australia and New Zealand from the beginning of June 2015. Kellogg’s said ...
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Coach USA is preparing to trail GreenRoad system on its subsidiary Megabus.com’s fleet of 2,400 buses across the US, targeting a 3% reduction in fuel consumption. The plan to install the eco-driving system on buses in the US ...
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A new research by the University of Surrey has revealed that front labelling on food packaging can be more effective in persuading consumers to make healthier food choices. The research was recently published in the British Journal of ...
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As part of the Texprocess Forum programme, the International Apparel Federation (IAF) is organising a panel discussion titled ‘Making technology work in fashion’ in Hall 5.0 C06 on May 5, 2015. The panelists of this session ...
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Industrial company Metso will be delivering about one thousand valves for Stora Enso's consumer board machine project in Guangxi, China. The consumer board machine is part of Stora Enso's integrated mill project in China that the company ...
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Making a case against plain cigarette packaging in the Commercial Court, Japan Tobacco International (JTI) Ireland, a distributor of well-known tobacco brands, has argued that being a member of the European Union (EU), Ireland can not ...
IT solutions provider, Datatex said package sales of its ‘Now’ ERP software solution for the textile, carpet and apparel sector for 2014 has more than doubled while revenue grew by 25 per cent year over year. According to a ...
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The U.S. Green Building Council will now recognize energy and water requirements from the Living Building Challenge (the Challenge) green building system within the LEED green building program. “USGBC and the International Living ...
The world’s top-performing companies are prioritizing sustainability as part of their corporate social responsibility efforts, and a majority of them are using LEED, the world’s premier green building program, to achieve their ...