U.S. specialty jewelry store sales slumped 5.8 percent year on year to $2.019 billion in March, reflecting the sixth consecutive monthly decline. Jewelry store sales during the first quarter of 2015 have fallen 5.6 percent to $6.266 ...
Australian supermarkets Woolworths and Coles, along with food brands Kellogg’s, Vegemite and Milo are among the top 10 ‘meaningful brands’ for Australians, according to new findings from communications and marketing ...
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Pasta snacks producer Vintage Italia has secured new equity boost from private equity firm Silas Capital, which will allow the company to kickstart the growth of its Pasta Chips brand The company will use the capital in expanding ...
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In a recent survey of inline exhibitors, we discovered that, while Skyline has the largest market share among portable display buyers, there is an interesting split within the whole: New exhibitors are more likely to buy their displays over ...
Orkla has reported a 10% increase in operating profit , totalling NOK 725m in the first quarter of 2015. The Branded Consumer Goods business achieved EBIT (adj.) of NOK 769 million, an improvement of 11% from the first quarter of 2014. ...
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Northern winters are rough on concrete. Driveways, floors, paths … for months on end, any outdoor concrete surface on your property has been exposed to continual freeze-thaw cycles and possibly salt or other chemical snowmelt ...
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The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Start of Summer, the 7th term of the year, begins on May 6 and ends on May 20 this year. Start of Summer signals the transition of seasons. On this day, the ...
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Cosmetics packaging company Quadpack has launched a new dropper that offers dosage of the perfect amount and is controlled by a Yonwoo 15ml dropper tube. The tube has been developed in a way to allow just a single drop to fall on the ...
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business will showcase new ENVIROCRON HTE (high-transfer-efficiency) powder coating along with its entire line of architectural and industrial powder coatings at the 2015 Powder Coating Show in ...
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Another week of spring planting's come and gone, and the last 7 days saw farmers make a much bigger stride with corn planting than the previous 2 weeks, and that speedy pace is expected to last through at least the next week, forecasters ...
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Two years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, Bangladesh’s Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) believes that all initiatives undertaken after the industrial disaster should soon meet the expected outcome. The consequences and lessons ...
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UK eCommerce business leaders are turning their attention to high-growth consumer markets in the US, China and India, according to a new report commissioned by business process outsourcing provider (BPO) arvato and World Business Research ...
Schott announced that it will continue to invest in its pharmaceutical packaging plant in Itupeva, Brazil on the occasion of its 80th manufacturing anniversary in the country. The company said that it will supply locally-produced ...
Swiss personal care company Arbonne International, LLC or Arbonne has introduced its first sports nutrition line called PhytoSport which is aimed at athletes and activity enthusiasts. PhytoSport collection combines science with natural, ...
Italian fashion retailer Benetton said it has contributed an additional $1.1 million to the Rana Plaza Trust Fund, doubling the sum recommended in an independent assessment of its contribution by PwC. “This payment of $1.1 ...
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