The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released its 16th annual container stevedoring monitoring report. “Increased competition is delivering improvements in Australian stevedoring, which build on significant gains ...
Tags: delivering improvements, logistics
At the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) Autumn Convention held on 27-28 October in Paris, concerns have emerged regarding a matter which only a few market players have considered with due attention so far, i.e., the volumes of steel ...
Tags: BIR, Convention, Energy
Wang Tiankai, president of China Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC), has been unanimously elected by the Committee of Management of the International Textile Manufacturers Federation (ITMF) as its new president for the next two years. ...
Tags: CNTAC, new president, Textile
The exports of garments and clothing accessories from India increased by 17.6 percent in the first six months of the ongoing fiscal year 2014-15 to touch US$ 8.3 billion, over the same period of the previous fiscal year, according to the ...
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) and the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Textiles and Apparel (CCCT) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which will facilitate exchange of trade and ...
October 22, 2014 Sophie Australian consumers are buying potatoes for taste and convenience, and are keen to purchase more, according to new industry research carried out as part of a potato research study funded by potato levies with ...
Tags: Spud Consumption, Potato
Over half of UK consumers believe energy drinks are bad for ier health, but sales of the drinks are reaching record levels anyway, according to global market research organisation Canadean. Canadean said that to secure the success of this ...
Tags: Energy Drinks, Health Concerns
Australia’s largest multi-brand retail food franchisor and leading wholesale coffee roaster, Retail Food Group Limited (RFG), has announced its entry into a Sale and Purchase Agreement to acquire the global business and intellectual ...
Tags: food franchisor, coffee roaster
Global packaging company Tetra Pak has announced the launch of what it said is the first carton made entirely from plant based, renewable packaging materials. Tetra Pak said the new Tetra Rex carton will be the first in the market to have ...
A majority of UK consumers are distrustful of food and drinks products that offer a ‘magic bullet’ health solution, instead opting for ‘traditional’ health foods such as fruit and vegetables, according to new ...
Tags: Vegetables, Health Cure Products
Hundreds of members of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) and leaders from the global cocoa sector have convened in Copenhagen, Denmark to take further crucial steps toward implementing a comprehensive strategy, called CocoaAction, to sustain ...
Australian supermarket giant Coles will resist moves by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to merge into a single court action the two unconscionable conduct court cases launched against the supermarket by the ACCC. ...
Tags: Coles, supermarket
Australian dairy food company Bulla Dairy Foods (Bulla) has launched a lamington-flavoured ice cream in Australia. Bulla said the ice cream ‘recreates an Australian classic’. The ice cream is made with Bulla Vanilla Ice Cream, ...
Tags: dairy food, Ice Cream
The Bangladesh Ambassador to US, Mohammad Ziauddin, has sought help from the US Government for promoting the readymade garment (RMG) sector of Bangladesh, BSS news agency reported. Mr. Ziauddin, in a discussion with US Congresswoman ...
Tags: Bangladesh, US Government, Accessories
“China heavy truck markets will change in ten years, and the change is not fundamental. China commercial vehicle makers will still take majority of the markets, and domestic commercial vehicle markets will not be dominated by joint ...
Tags: Heavy Truck, commercial vehicle