VF Corp reported revenues rose 8 percent in its fourth quarter to $3.3 billion, compared with the same period of 2012, driven by double-digit growth in its Outdoor & Action Sports, Sportswear, international and direct-to-consumer ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying. Weekly export sales were lower than expected, but still more than what's needed to meet USDA projections and it was a good week for shipments. Around ten to fifteen percent of ...
Tags: Soybean, Agriculture, Food
Urban Outfitters, Inc., a leading lifestyle specialty retail company operating under the Anthropologie, BHLDN, Free People, Terrain and Urban Outfitters brands, announced record net sales for the quarter and year ended January 31, 2014. ...
The bedding industry posted modest gains for 2013, with units increasing by 1.5% and dollars climbing by 2.1%, according to preliminary figures released by the International Sleep Products Assn. The figures showed the innerspring segment ...
Tags: Light Industry, Daily Use, bedding industry, bedding
Costco Wholesale Corporation reported net sales of $7.99 billion for the month of January, the four weeks ended February 2, 2014, an increase of six percent from $7.51 billion during the similar four-week period last year. For the ...
Tags: Costco Sales, Apparel
Branch Manager of Los Angeles: Chuck McCombs has been in the electrical wholesale industry for the past 30 years and each one of those years was spent at Main Electric. Having started out in the warehouse, Chuck jokes he has done ...
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NORTH KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Walker's Food Products Co. in Missouri recalled approximately 2,200 pounds of chicken salad products because of misbranding and an undeclared allergen. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food ...
Tags: Chicken
Deckers Outdoor Corp. promoted Dave Powers, currently president, global direct-to-consumer (DTC), to president of omni-channel, reporting to the CEO. In addition to continuing to oversee Deckers' domestic DTC operations, he will also ...
Tags: DTC, UGG, E-Commerce channel, Omni-Channel strategy
Smythson, the British luxury leather goods and stationery brand, has said that Jacques Bahbout, chairman and owner of Smythson, has also taken on the role of chief executive officer of the firm, following the departure of Andy Janowski ...
Tags: luxury goods, marketing
The Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), along with partners from the Electric Power Research Institute and the University of Colorado have completed a comprehensive study to understand how wind power technology ...
Tags: NREL, NWTC, PFC, wind turbines
TEC will unveil Design FX grout – a stain-proof, ready-to-use grout – as well as an expanded line of flooring adhesives at the International Surfaces Event Jan. 28-30 in Las Vegas. At the International Surface Event, Surfaces ...
George's Inc., in Springdale, Ark., recalled some 1.25 million pounds of frozen par-fried chicken tenders due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said Monday ...
Tags: Frozen Chicken, Recalled, food safety
American Tire Distributors Holdings Inc. (ATD) has purchased Hercules Tire Holdings LLC, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission 8-K filing on Jan. 24. 2014. Hercules Tire Holdings owns 100% of the stock of the Hercules Tire & ...
More consumer tires are sold through the independent tire dealer distribution channel than any other, by far. However, it is not the fastest growing channel. That "honor" belongs to -- drum roll, please -- auto dealerships. While ...
Tags: MTD, dealership, tire
K&M Tire Inc. added warehouses, grew the Mr. Tire and Big 3 Tire marketing programs, upgraded its web-based tire ordering system and expanded commercial and farm tire offerings in 2013. At its annual dealer meeting in mid-January in ...
Tags: K&M, Mid-Tex Wholesale Tire, Cheryl Gossard, warehouse