Capillary Technologies, the market leader in cloud-based retail customer engagement management, announced that it has closed a $14 million Series B round of venture financing. This new investment adds to the $17 million of Series A funding ...
Tags: Capillary, Venture Funding, Textile
Tommie Copper Holdings, Inc., the original innovator and first-mover in the new category of copper-infused performance apparel, announced that it has entered into a strategic partnership with Tengram Capital Partners ("Tengram"), a private ...
Tags: Tommie Copper, Apparel, Accessories
Over the last ten-and-a-half weeks relentless spec and trade selling has pushed the December contract nearly 1700 points lower and it still remains to be seen where this decline ultimately leads to. From a technical perspective we are now ...
With nearly 130 artisans from 32 countries worldwide participating, the summer 2014 edition of Artisan Resource will be the largest event since its initial launch in 2012. Artisan Resource, which runs concurrently with NY NOW, the Market ...
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Russian steelmaker Severstal has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary 7027940 Canada Limited has entered into a definitive agreement with Corsa Coal Corp., a Canadian public company, for the sale of PBS Coals Inc., a metallurgical ...
Tags: Severstal, agreement, Metallurgy, Mineral
The Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China has planned to set up a 20 billion yuan (about US$ 3.2 billion) fund to support the textile and apparel industry in the province. This was disclosed by Yan Qin, deputy secretary-general of the ...
Tags: China's Xinjiang, Industry, Textile
The packaged food, drink and grocery product manufacturers in New South Wales, Australia, are set to launch a new program to increase the recycling of bottles and plastic drink containers in the state. The program, which will see the ...
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Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), operated and funded by the Government of South Korea, is planning to launch a fashion fund to boost Korea-China apparel products, reports The Korea Times. Apparel with ‘Made in ...
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One week ahead of its annual Board meeting, the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety (ABWS) announced it will extend compensation benefits to workers from two months' to up to four months'wages for workers displaced as a result of factory ...
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July 24, according to the Wall Street journal reported that the international monetary fund (IMF) released its world economic outlook report. By the United States, China and other emerging market countries weak economic growth, the global ...
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Australian Wool Innovation (AWI) will further fund the expansion of the popular Lifetime Ewe Management course (LTEM), investing an additional $800,000 for the further expansion of the course to 2017. AWI has been the principal funder ...
Tags: sheep producers, cotton
BA Glass Group is all set to upgrade and expand two container glass production facilities in western Poland upon receiving a €16.5m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB). Said to be the first part of the total approved ...
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Olayan Financing Company (OFC) has bought 51% stake in juice and beverage manufacturing firm Gulf Union Foods (GUFC) from a group of investors including Jadwa Investment. As part of the transaction, Jadwa has divested 30% stake in Gulf ...
Tags: OFC, Jadwa Investment, Agriculture
Contract packaging firm Aphena Pharma Solutions has secured funds from the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED), the Talbot County Council (TCC) and the Town of Easton to expand its facility in Easton, Maryland. ...
Tags: Aphena, Secured Funds, Packaging