The Dow Chemical Company and the Smithsonian Science Education Center announced today they will collaborate on The Dow Smithsonian Teacher Scholar Program. The program is designed to enhance teachers’ skills related to STEM (science, ...
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Huami Co Ltd expects sales of its Xiaomi Mi Bands will reach 10 million in the third quarter, making it the largest maker of wearable fitness devices in the world. Launched last year, the Mi Band monitors fitness levels and tracks sleep ...
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Coca-Cola Enterprises is planning to reduce 10% of calories per litre across its portfolio by 2020 in an effort to address thdbe growing obesity problem in the US. The company is also planning to reduce carbon footprint of its business by ...
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Destination Maternity Corporation, the world's leading maternity apparel retailer reported a marginal dip in net sales for the first quarter ended May 2, 2015. Net sales for the first quarter of fiscal 2016 were $141.6 million compared ...
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, including textile and clothing firms, face several challenges—access to finance, rickety infrastructure, patchy energy supplies and security concerns, says a recent Economist ...
The Mafatlal brand of Mafatlal Industries has been awarded India’s No.1 Brand in 2014 under India’s Best Textile Company category by the No.1 Brand Awards Council. The award was presented recently at a ceremony in Mumbai. ...
According to a recent report one third of all food produced in the world ends up as waste, costing consumers globally more than £259bn per year. In addition, around 200,000 tonnes of the 15 million tonnes of food thrown away in the UK ...
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PPG Industries has announced plans to expand its investments in global communities where the company operates with the launch of a $10 million initiative called "Colorful Communities." The program, which will focus on renewal projects ...
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The HP Indigo 20000 Digital Press - a web-fed version of HP Indigo's wider press platform – was one of 20 products awarded by the European Digital Press (EDP) Association last week. Bringing home the trophy for 'best packaging ...
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BASF is hosting a week-long program in New York City to address one of the world’s pressing future challenges: urban development to meet our growing population. Thought leaders, scientists, students and citizens are participating in a ...
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Berghaus, an outdoor brand said it has joined the international Bluesign sustainability system, which is part of an ongoing programme designed to eliminate harmful substances from the firm’s supply chain. “Berghaus will do ...
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Philip Morris International (PMI) and British American Tobacco have sued the UK Government over plain packaging regulations for cigarettes. In their lawsuits filed in the English High Court, the twocompanies claim that the new ...
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India’s largest bank, State Bank of India is aggressively trying to grab a piece of the business in the digital commerce space and has tied up with three major e-commerce players in the last two days. On May 21, SBI signed two ...
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Michael Stephen, chairman of the Oxo-biodegradable Plastics Association and deputy chairman of Symphony Environmental Technologies, discusses how this material biodegrades in the outdoor environment. Oxo-biodegradable plastics have from ...
The Peek&Cloppenburg KG Group in Hamburg, Germany, a leading multi-label fashion retailer, has recently deployed TXTPlanning as its corporate merchandise planning platform, software by TXT Retail, leading provider of integrated and ...