The third meeting of Cotton Crop Assessment Committee (CCAC) kept its estimate for the cotton crop season 2014-15 unchanged from the previous meeting at 13.488 million bales. At the meeting, chaired by Amir Marwat, secretary, Ministry ...
The Renminbi exchange rate will remain stable in 2015, a macro economic report from China International Capital Corporation (CICC) predicted Monday. "Despite the weaker spot exchange rate of the Renminbi against the dollar, the ...
U.S. chain-store sales rose 2.2 percent year on year for the week that ended on December 27 and included the final shopping days before Christmas, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. ...
Global demand for industrial silica sand is forecast to advance 5.5 percent per year to 291 million metric tons in 2018, with a value of $12.5 billion. Accelerations in construction spending and manufacturing output worldwide are expected ...
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“Degradable natural fibres have an advantage over synthetics when it comes to the environment. Having said that, there are developments in the pipeline to aid the environmental sustainability of synthetics,” the head of a full ...
Tags: synthetics, wool, cashmere, alpaca, Textile
The demand for LED chipsets, primarily for the LED lighting market, is forecast to increase substantially through 2018. According to DisplaySearch, measured in standard units (500 by 500 micron chip size), demand for LED chipsets are ...
Tags: LED Chipsets, LED lighting segment, Lights
In spite of ecommerce making significant progress in the last few years, it will account for only 5.9 per cent of the total retail market worldwide in 2014, forecasts eMarketer. In its first-ever forecast of the global retail market ...
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The worldwide automotive-use LED market (combination of before market and after market) is projected to reach US$2.5 billion by 2018, with a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9% from 2014-2018. In particular the automotive LED value ...
Tags: LED Market, LED lightings, Lights
Adidas and New Balance have joined the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) in yet another sign of how important the sector has become to sporting goods brands. The two companies, as well as Timex, L'Oreal and the ridesharing companies ...
Tags: tracking devices, Sporting Goods
Many of Colorado's resorts recorded more than a foot of new snow in the last 48 hours, according to Colorado Ski Country USA, which said all 21 of its members ski areas and resorts reported fresh powder. Resorts near the Continental ...
Tags: ski areas, fresh powder, Sporting Goods
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that the 3D printing footprint at the 2015 International CES® has doubled from the 2014 CES. Returning for its second year, the 3D Printing Marketplace, presented by TCT ...
Tags: 2015 CES, 3D Printing, Consumer Electronics
The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)® today announced that the smart watch footprint at the 2015 International CES® will more than double in size from the 2014 CES. The Smart Watch Marketplace will return for a second year and ...
The state of the trade continues to be reported as positive, but less so than in the previous two quarters. Confidence has been resolutely positive since the start of 2013, and respondents had previously improved their reports further ...
Tags: actual balance, Office Supplies
The packaged LED lighting market is forecast to reach a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11%, from 2013-2019, while the market for LED modules used in lighting will reach a CAGR of 23.9%, over the same time period, according to IHS. ...
Tags: LED Modules, Packaged LEDs, Lights
According to a USDA December report, global cotton output in 2014/15 is forecast at 119 million bales, slightly below the previous season as a yield reduction more than offsets increased area. “Considerable production declines in ...
Tags: cotton output, Textile