Automotive brands were responsible for two of the top 10 most complained about advertisements in 2013. Ads for the Nissan Pulsar and Jeep Compass ranked fifth and sixth respectively on the list complied by the Advertising Standards Bureau ...
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I joined GreenBlue last fall as the new executive director and Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) director. Now that a year has passed, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on some key industry milestones in 2013 and talk ...
November was a record-breaking month for a number of brands in Australia, with Renault, Subaru and Fiat Chrysler all posting best-ever sales. Released yesterday, the November sales figures reveal Renault enjoyed its biggest single month ...
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Introduced for the 2013 model year, the new-generation Toyota Avalon dramatically energized the sedan’s position in the highly competitive premium mid-size segment, blending emotional design, more engaging performance, new technology ...
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GPS device brand Soleus has added compatibility with Strava to its Sync desktop software. The software upgrade allows users of Soleus' GPS watches and bike computer to upload activity data from their computers to their Strava accounts. ...
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What four agriculture items would show up on a list of the 101 most important objects in American history? Probably not the four selected by Smithsonian from its “101 Objects That Made America.” But if you guessed cotton gin, ...
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With the first faint rays piercing the economic gloom after five years there is anecdotal evidence that things are beginning to warm up for lighting design. The British Chambers of Commerce released an optimistic Quarterly Economic Survey ...
UK-based design agency Purple Creative has created new packaging design for Glenfiddich Distillery's new single maltScotch whisky Glenfiddich Spirit of a Nation. The packaging comes with white color palette. The design agency has used ...
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FoodMinds, a food and nutrition consulting and communications agency, has developed a new service Food Label Compass in partnership with Nutrition Impact. The new service helps in creating a specialized suite of nutrition analysis, ...
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OLEDs are already used in the displays of smart phones or digital cameras today. They offer an especially bright image with high contrast, but come with a serious drawback: typically, only one quarter of the electrical energy invested in ...
CamelBak revenue was down 5 percent in the third quarter, a decline being blamed on cold, wet weather and the U.S. military's drawdown. The effect of the military drawdown were expected, but the weather was not, executives at Compass ...
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Fox Factory Holding Corp. reported that sales for the third quarter increased by $9.4 million, or 12.9 percent, to $82.3 million, compared with the same period last year. The growth was largely driven by mountain bike and powered-vehicle ...
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Successful product introductions helped promotional upholstery source American Furniture Mfg. to a 26.7% sales increase in the third quarter, parent company Compass Diversified Holdings reported. American's sales of $26.3 million in the ...
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The Toyota FJ Cruiser Ultimate Edition has been unveiled at the 2013 SEMA show in Las Vegas, commemorating the SUV’s approaching sales end. Ending its US sales at the conclusion of the 2014 model year, the Toyota FJ Cruiser Trail ...
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Fresh exterior styling, revised cabins and the availability of new driver assist technologies headline the enhancements to the updated Volvo XC60. Local customers will have to wait until around April to gain access to Volvo’s new ...
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