Reversing the trend of recent years, the Americas region is the king of the luxury goods spending hill, estimated to grow at four percent in 2013 versus 2012, surpassing the estimated 2.5 percent growth rate for China, as luxury spending in ...
Tags: Luxury Goods, luxury market
In August 2013 compared with July 2013, seasonally adjusted industrial production grew by 1.0% in the euro area (EA17) and by 0.5% in the EU28, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In July ...
Tags: Industrial Production
Internet access in the EU28 is widespread and today people use the internet for a wide range of activities, among others to order goods and services online. In the EU28 in 2012, 75% of individuals aged 16 to 74 had used the internet in the ...
Tags: Online Purchases, Online Shopping
Businesses and their senior managers should be made accountable for truck maintenance by extending the chain of responsibility laws, according to Australian Trucking Association chairman David Simon. Mr Simon was opening the trucking ...
Bucket elevators are used for a wide range of purposes in construction sites, commercial, agricultural and mining sectors. This equipment is basically used to move bulk materials from one place to another effortlessly. There are several ...
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The US Census Bureau and the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, through the Department of Commerce, announced Thursday that total August exports of $189.2 billion and imports of $228.0 billion resulted in a goods and services deficit of $38.8 ...
Tags: Trade Deficit, Mineral
According to a release from the US Census Bureau Friday, new orders for manufactured durable goods in September increased $8.2 billion or 3.7 percent to $233.4 billion. This increase, up five of the last six months, followed a 0.2 percent ...
Tags: durable goods, Mineral
Arkieva designer and supplier of a full suite of Advanced Planning and Scheduling (APS) software tools announced the appointment of Dr. Ken Fordyce to the position of solutions director, semiconductor and analytics. Fordyce is joining the ...
Tags: Arkieva, Ken Fordyce
Advances in materials science and nanotechnology have created several new functionalities in coatings, going beyond their original basic protective and decorative attributes. However, mismatched perceptions among coating developers and ...
Tags: Functional Coatings, Construction
Recently, good news came from the two major oil fields in Northwest China and Northeast China: the new generation BGT2 premium joint OCTG developed by Baosteel lately achieved successful downhole in both Jilin Oil Field and Talimu Oil ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, oil, Oil Fields
According to a report by the Food Institute, consumer packaged goods (CPG) marketers introduced nearly 1,900 new products in 2012. With new products hitting store shelves in numbers not seen since pre-recession years—or ever before in ...
Package recyclability is a major driving factor affecting purchasing decisions by both product manufacturers and their customers. Not only does product packaging account for a significant space in landfills, but many of the current disposal ...
The Ontario Trucking Association (OTA) said this week that diesel fuel taxes and driver/vehicle registration fees paid by the trucking industry should not be used to fund the Metrolinx transit plan for the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area ...
Tags: Diesel Fuel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Amer Sports, Mavic's parent company, posted a 1 percent growth in sales in the third quarter to $841 million (608.9 million euros). But the company said its 5 percent growth target for the full year remains on track. Last year Amer had ...
Tags: Transportation
Bunge North America, a unit of food processing firm Bunge, is set to acquire wheat milling business of Grupo Altex in Mexico. Grupo Altex produces a wide range of products from wheat including, bread flour, prepared flours for baked ...
Tags: Wheat Milling Business, Bunge