From the earliest days, Ruggieri Brothers of Cranston, R.I., was a hometown, family business. Founded in 1949, the original Ruggieri brothers included Ed, John and my grandfather Anthony. All three brothers served in the military during ...
Tags: post-war housing boom, commercial community, Construction
Diamantaires were happy to see the back of 2014. After all, it was a tough year in which polished diamond prices declined, accelerating the general downtrend evident since mid-2011. Therefore, there is understandably some uncertainty about ...
Fanzz, one of the largest licensed sports apparel and merchandise providers in the Western United States, has chosen Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for retail, by Junction Solutions, a leading provider of vertical market-specific on-premise and ...
Tags: Microsoft Dynamics AX, retail POS, Textile
StyleRunner, one of the top online retailers of activewear, has selected NetSuite SuiteCommerce, an e-commerce product of NetSuite Inc, one of the leading providers of cloud-based ERP solutions and omnichannel commerce software suites, for ...
For the third fiscal quarter of 2014, gross margin at apparel retailer JC Penney expanded 710 bps over the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. In the third quarter ending November 1, 2014, gross margin stood at 36.6 per cent of ...
Tags: apparel retailer, gross margin, Apparel
In partnership with Infor, a supplier of business application software, the Institute of Logistics at the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) organized a round table conference for the second time last month, under the theme ...
Net loss climbed nearly 27% from a year earlier at Hancock Fabrics, Inc., a retailer of fabrics, sewing materials, etc, in its second fiscal quarter ended July 26, 2014. Hancock reported a net loss of $3.3 million, or negative $0.16 per ...
Tags: Textile, Fabric, Hancock Fabric
Tough market conditions led to Swedish fashion retailer – Bjorn Borg, a marketer of innerwear and sportswear, witnessing decline across all key financial parameters including sales, net profit and EPS in the second quarter of 2014. ...
Tags: Tough market, Bjorn Borg, Apparel
For fiscal third-quarter 2014 (ended 27 June), Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has reported revenue of $587m, up 22% on $481m last quarter and 34.6% on $436.1m a year ...
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NetSuite Inc., the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP and omnichannel commerce software suites, announced the acquisition of London-based Venda, a leading provider of ecommerce solutions for an undisclosed amount. ...
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For the second-quarter 2014, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $95.1m, up 5% on $90.8m last quarter but down 2.5% on $97.4m a year ago. Data Storage ...
Tags: Veeco MOCVD MBE ALD, Electrical, Electronics
UK-based food producer Whitworths has selected global enterprise applications company IFS Applications 8 to improve manufacturing efficiency, stock control and supply chain forecasting. To be deployed across the whole business, supporting ...
Tags: Whitworths, IFS, Agriculture
In 2013, the company reported a 10.8% growth in the first half. Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei has reported a 19% increase in its first half revenue in 2014 to $21.8bn, compared to last year, and 18.3% rise in the company's ...
Tags: Huawei, revenue, Accessories
NetSuite Inc., the industry's leading provider of cloud-based financials / ERP and omnichannel commerce software suites, announced its participation as a diamond sponsor at the Internet Retailer Conference and Exhibition 2014, being held ...
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Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will host a live webcast of its investor presentation on May 15, 2014, beginning at 8:30 a.m. EDT. Cooper Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President Roy Armes and Chief Financial Officer Brad Hughes, as well ...
Tags: Tire, Tyre, Auto Parts