The National Retail Federation has issued a statement from David French, senior vice president for government relations following a news conference with state and local officials who urged Congress to act on sales tax fairness legislation ...
Tags: Sales Tax, Construction
New Zealand’s Blue Sky Meats has acquired Gore-based Clover Export in a bid to offer better services to its customers. With this acquisition, Blue Sky Meats can offer processing capacity in beef and venison. It will also help the ...
Tags: Blue Sky Meats, Agriculture
Mexico is set to host the third edition of ExpoProducción, at the World Trade Center in Mexico City, from February 4th to 6th, 2015. ExpoProducción is expected to be the event of the year for everyone involved in apparel, ...
Tags: home textiles, apparel, Textile
Live Oak Brewing in the US has broken ground on a new brewery in Austin, Texas, a move that will ramp up the company's production capacity. The proposed brewery will include a custom German-built brewhouse, millroom, lab, cold storage and ...
Tags: Brewery, cold storage, Agriculture
Auto supplier Takata has told US lawmakers that it is yet to identify the cause behind the explosion of its air bags, but refused to extend the recalls to all the 50 states of the US. The Japanese company suspects high humidity to be the ...
G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. reported that organic net sales increased 12 percent in the third quarter ended Oct. 31 and by 21 percent including results at G.H. Bass, which it acquired in November 2013. The brand management company, which ...
Tags: Outwear Sales, Sporting Goods
General Motors is planning to recall around 316,357 SUVs and sedans mainly North American region, due to issues related to low-beam headlights which can stop working. The affected vehicles include 2006-2009 Buick LaCrosse sedans, ...
Tags: General Motors
Honda has called other automakers to join in an industry wide third-party testing of Takata airbag inflators to fix the issue as soon as possible. The company is encouraging automakers to engage in independent engineering analysis to test ...
Continental Tire the Americas LLC is recalling certain ProContact GX SSR MOE tires, size 225/45R18 95H XL, manufactured June 22, 2014, to July 28, 2014. They were used for front axle fitment on 2015 Mercedes-Benz C-Class vehicles. The ...
Tags: tires, front axle fitment, Auto
More consumers "shopped small" on Saturday, but spent less money on average than a year ago, according to the results from the Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey, released today by the National Federation of Independent ...
Tags: shopped small, Sporting Goods
Shoe Carnival Inc. exceeded its net sales, comp store sales and earnings guidance in the third quarter thanks to strong sales of fashion boots, the roll out of national advertising, the addition of new brands in its women's department, and ...
Tags: fashion boots, Sporting Goods
The Vale Bridgecraft upholstery brand has promised a a raft of activities in 2015, through which it aims to create a greater presence in both the trade and consumer marketplaces. The unique show centre model created by Vale Bridgecraft ...
Link Piazzo, a member of the Sporting Goods Industry Hall of Fame who served as Chairman of the NSGA Board of Directors in 1962, passed away Nov. 14 in his hometown, Reno, Nev. He was 95. Piazzo, the son of Italian immigrants, was ...
Tags: golf, baseball, hunting, Sporting Goods
The National Retail Federation’s Cyber Monday Expectations Survey shows fewer Americans planned to shop online on Cyber Monday, likely because they know online retailers are offering bargains much earlier in November than in the past. ...
Major furniture supplier Furniture Link International, owner of the UK brand Wilkinsons Furniture, has rebranded its business to VIDA Living. Group MD Niall Wogan says: “As we were able to more clearly define our business and its ...
Tags: Wilkinsons Furniture, VIDA Living, Furniture