According to the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Ecuador dominated the world's banana exports this year with it's 30% share of exports. Philippines, Guatemala, costa rica and Colombia respectively by 16.04%, 12.30%, 11.64% and ...
Some of the biggest US-based retailers say that Alibaba would break American local retailers if Congress can’t prevent tax evasion and fraud. These companies have pointed to Alibaba when it hasn’t secured a place in US market. ...
Tags: US-based retailers, Alibala
Cardia Bioplastics Limited (ASX: CNN) has signed a terms sheet with privately held Stellar Films Group (Stellar Films) under which a merger of the businesses of the two groups is proposed. What is the goal? The idea is to create a ...
Tags: Bioplastics, Films, Packaging
Compostable resins, films, bags and custom finished products providers Cardia Bioplastics has announced a merger with Australian privately held Stellar Films Group to create a leader in sustainable packaging. Cardia Bioplastics will ...
Tags: sustainable packaging, Compostable resins, Agriculture
Norwegian carton producer Elopak has developed the Pure-Pak sense carton that has been designed to help combat food waste. The easy-to-fold carton line claims to enable users to fold the carton and squeeze out more of the product from the ...
Tags: food waste, easy-to-fold carton, Agriculture
Fanzz, one of the largest licensed sports apparel and merchandise providers in the Western United States, has chosen Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 for retail, by Junction Solutions, a leading provider of vertical market-specific on-premise and ...
Tags: Microsoft Dynamics AX, retail POS, Textile
McDonald's has announced plans to open restaurants in Kazakhstan in 2015, in conjunction with a local developmental licensee, Kairat Boranbayev. Kazakhstan is McDonald's 120th global market and the 39th market that will be managed as a ...
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Bolton-based family-run furniture and home accessories company, Global Interiors, is set to dramatically expand its operation after receiving a £80k BFS Business Loan which is drawn from a £24m fund delivered by Business Finance ...
Tags: family-run furniture, Furniture
Two-thirds of the world’s largest companies are reporting exposure to water risks, some of which have potential to limit growth. The news comes amid mounting shareholder concern around the business impacts from water scarcity, ...
Tags: Water Risk, water management data
As part of its US expansion strategy, catalyst specialist Umicore has entered into a long-term agreement to recycle cobalt-containing hard metals scrap from Global Tungsten and Powders Corp (GTP) to produce cobalt fine powders. GTP is a ...
Tags: Umicore, GTP, Electrical
BMF, bathroom and heating retailer, has relocated to a new Leeds showroom. The company is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and has moved into a new 4,000sq ft premises on Meanwood Road. It is funded by Leeds City Region ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
CGS, a leading global provider of technology solutions, announced that 3.1 Phillip Lim has chosen the BlueCherry Enterprise Suite to support the domestic and international growth of their business and the development of new sales channels. ...
Flowcrete Americas has moved its center of operations to a new facility to meet a rise in demand for its specialist polymer floor systems across the U.S., Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean. The 30,000 square foot facility, located ...
Tags: Flowcrete Americas, Move, Decoration
Rigid packaging manufacturer Coveris Rigid (Mansfield) UK has developed a completely recyclable thin wall in-mould labelled packaging for the products of First Milk. The new packaging is meant for First Milk's new, low fat Lake District ...
Tags: Coveris, First Milk Products, Packaging
Lectra, the world leader in integrated technology solutions dedicated to industries using soft materials, fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials, announces that Odlo is implementing Lectra Modaris 3D to support its ...
Tags: Odlo, Lectra Modaris 3D, Textile