Chile is planning to implement strict rules for tobacco, including plain packaging that depict the gory consequences of consuming such products. The government is proposing a bill that mandates tobacco firms to bring in changes in ...
Tags: Plain Packaging, Cigarettes
Leading Swiss bathroom manufacturer Laufen will be marking its fifth appearance at Sleep in London this autumn with variety of new products making their UK debut. Demonstrating the design potential of innovative materials such as ...
Tags: furniture, bathroom furniture
The wooden toy firm is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year by detailing plans to take on the South American, Indian and Chinese markets, as well as continue the success of Petilou next year and beyond. Pre-school specialist Le Toy ...
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Depreciation of China's currency offers opportunities for economies in Europe Last week's depreciation of the yuan stoked fears that European exports to China could be hit. As the euro and the pound strengthened, concerns started to grow ...
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Set to be launched in September, the Furniture Industry Research Association's Furniture Design Toolkit (FDT) aims to provide designers with the tools needed to incorporate ergonomics, user trials, standards and legislation into the design ...
Tags: furniture, domestic furniture, office furniture, hospitality furniture
Over 100 children took part in the event marking International Friendship Day. On Friday, more than 100 children took part in London’s first ever children-only volunteering event to mark International Friendship Day. The event was ...
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Antiques Roadshow's Bunny Campione will open the inaugral event celebrating 200 years of childhood and taking place in November 2016. Collections of rare antique dolls, teddy bears and toys will be heading to London Olympia as part of a ...
Retail footfall in July was 1.1% lower than a year ago, up from the 1.5% fall in June and slightly above the three-month average of -1.2%, according to the BRC/Springboard Footfall Monitor for July 2015. High streets and shopping centres ...
Oil prices gained Monday as data showed China imported more crude in July. China imported 30.71 million tons of crude in July, up 29 percent on year to a record high, according to the data released Sunday by General Administration of ...
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Researchers at the Stockholm University in Sweden have developed pacakging from films of zeolite and nanocellulose, that can remove the odor emanating from food items, such as durian. The films have the potential to absorb the gas ...
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Boden, one of the leading British fashion brand, has selected Centric Software, Inc., to provide its product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. The company will deploy the solution including mobile apps across design, development, ...
Tags: apparel, footwear, luxury goods
London-based Opera Investments plc (which was formed to acquire businesses or or assets in the natural resources sector) has reached a non-binding heads of terms agreement to acquire SoloPower Systems Holdings Inc of Portland, OR, USA for ...
UK-based Pollard Boxes will showcase an array of techniques utilized for making boxes capable of catalyzing premium positioning, on-shelf appeal and brand differentiation for personal care and drinks products at Packaging Innovations London ...
In all, 100 new BMW i3 electric cars can be availed under DriveNow car sharing for urban mobility in Berlin, Hamburg and Munich in Germany. DriveNow, which has added 470,000 customers across the globe during the past four years, has been ...
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As one of 30 finalists at the UK Royal Society of Chemistry's Emerging Technologies Competition 2015 in London on 29 June, Seren Photonics Ltd of Pencoed Technology Park, UK was awarded third place in the 'Materials' category for its ...
Tags: Seren's technology, LED