For advertising special properties of clothing items, many manufacturers and retailers are already using independent certificates and certifications through neutral institutions such as the Hohenstein Institute. The experts from the Swabian ...
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Giant Bicycle employees and dealers are mourning the death of Fred Teeman, who died March 9 of cancer at age 67. Teeman worked for Giant for 19 years before retiring in 2007. Prior to joining Giant he worked for Schwinn. Teeman joined ...
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The Dixie Group, Inc. reported financial results for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2012. Net sales for fiscal 2012 were $266,372,000, up slightly versus the prior year on a non-GAAP adjusted comparable 52 week basis, as detailed on the ...
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Serta is following up on its blockbuster iComfort line of gel memory foam beds with the launch of a new high-end iComfort line. Called iComfort Directions, the line introduces what Serta says is the industry's first dual-action gel memory ...
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A string of successful product introductions helped Bassett Furniture Inds.record a 21.4%sales increase in the quarter ended Nov.24. The company said the increase was driven by its Bassett Home Furnishings retail stores and independent ...
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Computerworld-The Kindle Fire has been snuffed out--in a good way. Amazon said Thursday that the$199 Kindle Fire tablet sold out after less than a full year on the market. Amazon claims that since its launch,the Kindle captured 22%of ...
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Microsoft will shine the spotlight this week on SharePoint's new 2013 version at a conference devoted to the popular collaboration server, but recently acquired Yammer may grab substantial attention. While Microsoft has detailed ...
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Office has been a wildly successful product for Microsoft, but its continued dominance is far from assured as software moves to the cloud and employees bring their own tablets and smartphones into work. On Monday, when Microsoft is ...
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Trussing manufacturer MILOS recently staged a very successful product seminar and safety awareness workshop at its facility in Guangzhou, China, which was well attended by companies and individuals from Hong Kong, Macau, Thailand and ...
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Microsoft's pricing of its Surface RT tablet was called "aggressive" by some analysts today, "mystifying" by others, even as they all remained skeptical that it's low enough to make inroads on the dominant player, Apple's iPad. "It's an ...
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SCHOTT has received"Brand of the Century"honors from German Standards for its CERAN®brand.SCHOTT has been setting the standards for cooking comfort and quality for more than 40 years and can be considered indispensable to the kitchen ...
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The subsidiary company Optronik Berlin GmbH is also included in the sale. The Munich company specialized in lighting measurement equipment will expand the sensing division of the Japanese Group with its successful product range. The ...
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Instrument Systems GmbH, a Munich company specialized in lighting measurement equipment, is sold by the Company founder and President Richard Distl to Konica Minolta Optics, Inc. The subsidiary company Optronik Berlin GmbH is also included ...
Amazon on Thursday heated up the tablet competition with the introduction of new Kindle Fire HD tablets, including a model with LTE capabilities and another model with an 8.9-inch screen that can display images at a resolution of ...
Nestle's share price increased this morning (9 August) as the Kit-Kat maker booked an increase in first-half profit and reaffirmed its full-year guidance. The Swiss food giant reported an 8.9% increase in earnings of CHF5.12bn (US$5.26bn) ...
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