"Plain and simple, the city council's vote to sustain the mayor's veto of the Large Retailer Accountability Act is a victory for D.C. jobs and the D.C. community", said, Senior Vice President for Government Relations - David French at ...
Tags: Textile
The National Retail Federation asked a federal judge to “right or reject” a proposed settlement of an antitrust lawsuit over credit card swipe fees, saying the measure needs to be rewritten to do more to bring the soaring fees ...
In absence of fundamental new developments in the cotton market the Cotlook A as well as the CIF Bremen Index moved moderate up only and remained on rather similar levels compared to the previous week. The turnover at the domestic market ...
The construction boom in Saudi Arabia is driving up prices of cement and steel. We have previously reported that the shortage in cement supply in Saudi Arabia has been a cause for concern, with King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz issuing an order ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to grow 5.1 percent in September over the same month last year as retailers head into the holiday season, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report ...
Tags: container ports, Apparel
Recently, the British banker magazine announced the 2013 results in the previous year's Tier 1 Capital sorting list of top 1000 global Banks. China merchants bank to the size of the tier 1 capital of $28.868 billion, into the global top 50 ...
Tags: chian bank, bank, economy, China Merchants Bank
Independent retailers see rising online sales as a major threat to their business and believe a tax on e-commerce merchants is necessary to level the playing field, according to the Autumn Fair Retail Sentiment Survey 2013. The proportion ...
Tags: online sales, Apparel
The Co-operative Bank has written down £148.4m after deciding not to go ahead with the implementation of a new core banking platform. The bank revealed the write down as part of its financial results for the six months to 30 June ...
Tags: Computer Products
Freemark Apparel Brands (FAB) is a visionary Canadian cwholesaler that harnesses business prowess and intuition to secure global brands and supply them to prominent retailers. Since its foundation in 2004, FAB has continuously demonstrated ...
Tags: Momentis Fashion System
Grocery merchants in Texas, California and New York will soon have ice cream, frozen foods and fresh produce delivered by tractor trailers whose refrigeration units are powered by fuel cells, a clean technology that makes energy silently ...
On August 26, China's national railway operator China Railway Corporation (CRC) announced that it will issue its third tranche of railway construction bonds in the current year, worth RMB 20 billion ($3.3 billion) and for a term of seven ...
MICROS Systems, Inc., a leading provider of information technology solutions for the hospitality and retail industries, and PayPal, a leader in online and mobile in store payments, announced a new strategic global collaboration to integrate ...
Tags: Payment Services
Irvine Florist promises to make same day deliveries on large flower arrangements for all occasions anywhere in the United States and Canada at the best prices available. The family-owned florist has been making special occasions even more ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use
al Chinese financial search platform Rong360.com received USD 30 million in its second round of financing recently. Ye Daqing, CEO of it, said in an interview on August 2 that it had completed its second round of financing and the ...
An industry consultant group estimates that the market for electric bikes in the U.S. roughly doubled between July 2012 and last month. The group, eCycleElectric International Consultants, searched customs and border protection records, ...
Tags: E-Bike, Transportation