AATCC has won yet another Tabbie award for an in-depth feature article, published in the March/April 2013 issue of AATCC Review, written by the association’s former Features Editor, Glenna Musante. The annual Tabbie Awards are ...
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Capillary Technologies, the market leader in cloud-based retail customer engagement management, announced that it has closed a $14 million Series B round of venture financing. This new investment adds to the $17 million of Series A funding ...
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The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS), the standards and technology division of the National Retail Federation, announced the release of the Compliance Audit Interchange, a specification that allows organizations to share ...
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The Association for Retail Technology Standards (ARTS), the standards and technology division of the National Retail Federation, announced the release of the Compliance Audit Interchange, a specification that allows organizations to share ...
Tags: ARTS, NFR, Apparel, Acessories
A new report has analysed the costs and savings associated with a range of sustainable building strategies and challenged the perception that sustainable buildings are more costly to construct. The report commissioned by The Building ...
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Figures released by the Public Health England PHE have revealed that standardized packaging of tobacco products could help the UK save up to £ 500m. These new figures follow a data released by the Australian treasury in December ...
Alcohol bottles need to have health warning labels similar to those on cigarette packets, a group of UK parliamentarians have recommended the government. The All Parliamentary Group on Alcohol Misuse has made ten recommendations to the ...
The All Parliamentary Party Group on Alcohol Misuse in the UK has recommended warning labels on alcoholic drinks to mitigate related health problems in the country. The group has recommended that the bottles need to be labeled with ...
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Activity in China's vast factory sector expanded at the fastest pace in 27 months in July on stronger demand, a government survey showed, adding to evidence that the economy is regaining momentum after a burst of government stimulus ...
Schwebel Baking Company today announced it has voluntarily withdrawn certain products from the marketplace after Listeria was discovered during a scheduled environmental assessment of its Youngstown bakery. "Although there is no evidence ...
The National Retail Federation lowered its retail sales forecast for 2014 because of slow growth recorded during the first half of the year, but said sales are expected to grow significantly faster over the next five months. NRF forecasted ...
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Wineries of all sizes across the nation, and Massachusetts adults, have a reason to be cheered by Governor Patrick's signature on the state budget today, which included a long anticipated revision to the state's wine shipping law. "We ...
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Footfall in June was 0.7% down on a year ago, down on the 0.2% fall in May and below the three-month average of a 0.3% decline, according to the British Retail Consortium-Springboard Footfall Monitor. Footfall on the high street was 1.7% ...
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The Outdoor Furniture Manufacturing industry has suffered over the past five years due to lackluster recovery and high import competition, and smaller enterprises in the United States will struggle over the next five years, as they lack the ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing, Outdoor Furniture