Toy suppliers can enter the Toys and Games, Outdoor Toys and Creative Play categories. This year's Practical Pre-School Awards is now open for entries. Hosted by Practical Pre-School Magazine, the Awards celebrates products aimed at ...
Bad phone signal ranks alongside the weather and Katie Hopkins for things Brits love moaning about. The best and worst UK cities have been ranked based on their mobile phone network performance in the second half of 2015. Independent ...
Tags: Mobile phone, Best city
REI reported sales reached a record $2.4 billion in 2015 after a second consecutive year of nearly double-digit growth. Sales increased 9.3 percent from $2.2 billion in 2014, or 11 percent when adjusting for an extra 53-week of sales ...
DSW Inc., as expected, reported earnings in the fourth quarter plunged 61.8 percent to $11.8 million, or 14 cents a share. Results came in ahead of Wall Street's average estimate of 8 cents a share. Comps inched up 0.8 percent in the ...
Tags: DSW, Roger Rawlins, Milestones, Achievements, Q4 earnings
UK retail footfall in February was 1.1% down on a year ago – lower than the 1.2% rise seen in January and the three-month average rate of -0.8% – according to the latest BRC/Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor. ...
Tags: BRC, Retail football, Goverment support
Fairchild Semiconductor of San Jose CA, USA has launched its first 1200V silicon carbide (SiC) diode, the FFSH40120ADN, in its series of upcoming SiC solutions. The 1200V diode's combination of switching performance, reliability and low ...
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Efficient Power Conversion Corp (EPC) of El Segundo, CA, USA, which makes enhancement-mode gallium nitride on silicon (eGaN) power field-effect transistors (FETs) for power management applications, has announced its Phase Seven Reliability ...
Tags: EPC, E-mode GaN FETs, GaN-on-Si
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany says that its new TEN° binning provides the basis for what is claimed to be unprecedented color consistency for white LEDs, used for example as single-LED light sources in spotlights ...
Chemists from Technical University of Munich have found around 50 different chemicals which are responsible for flavouring elements in Parmesan cheese, which could help in monitoring the quality of the cheese. The study authors focused ...
Tags: Molecular Blueprint, Parmesan, Cheese
Researchers in the UK have claimed the first demonstration of laser diodes grown directly on silicon that perform up to 75°C and 120°C under continuous wave (cw) and pulsed operation, respectively [Siming Chen et al, Nature ...
Tags: Quantum dot lasers, GaAs, Silicon substrate, MBE
"We will create an investment environment that is fairer, more transparent and more predictable. China must always be a land that attracts foreign investments," said Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on March 5, in his 2016 government work report ...
Murray Goulburn says it is feeling the impact of a troubled dairy industry, revealing a slump in net profit to shareholders. The dairy company, which owns the Devondale brand, announced a net profit of only AUD$10 million for the six ...
Tags: low milk prices, Murray Goulburn
A higher proportion of Australians living in rural and regional parts of the country are more likely to purchase cheese than consumers living in the bigger Australian cities says a new report from Roy Morgan Research. In the 12 months to ...
Tags: Cheese, Cheese-buying habits
United Natural Foods has reported financial results for the second fiscal quarter and six months ended January 30, 2016. The Company also announced today that it has acquired certain assets of Global Organic/Specialty Source, Inc. and ...
Sappi North America, a producer and supplier of diversified paper and packaging products, has announced the expansion of its LusterCote packaging line. The addition of new heavyweight options provides press operators, brand owners and ...