In the early 80s, a young Ogilvy & Mather art director, John Curran, was feeling a long way from home. He’d been in Australia for many months, but his girlfriend had just arrived with a lot of his memories in her suitcase. He ...
Food Concepts Plc, the Nigerian parent company of Free Range Farms, Butterfield Bakery and Chicken Republic, has partnered with South Africa based Pioneer Foods. Deji Akinyanju, Food Concepts Chairman, said: "The partnership will benefit ...
Tags: Pioneer Foods, Food Concepts, Bakery
The Indian textile and apparel industry will clock double digit growth rates of between 8 to 12 per cent or even more in the next fiscal, a top official at textile major Raymond said. Sanjay Behl, CEO at the lifestyle business of ...
Tags: Textile Sector, Textile
Lower-tier cities will be focal point for expansion this year The fast-moving consumer goods market recorded slower growth last year, although momentum picked up in fourth-tier cities. The FMCG sector expanded 5.4 percent last year, ...
Mumbai-based packaging material manufacturer Essel Propack has started operations of its fifth plant in China to expand its manufacturing capabilities in Egypt and China. The company built the 5,000m2 plant in Changshu to cater to the ...
A new Coca-Cola campaign has been launched in Israel and, once again, unique packs were the order of the day. Waqas Qureshi caught up with the soft drinks giant to discover how it came up with its summer push. The brief Design two ...
Tags: Coke Drive, Bottles
Food manufacturing was one of four manufacturing sub-sectors to expand in November 2014, according to the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index (Australian PMI). Food manufacturing expansion Among the ...
Tags: Dairy Products, beverages, tobacco
India’s FMCG start-up Global Consumer Products is set to enter the country’s chocolate business with a new brand. The start-up plans to launch its own brand initially in the four southern states early next year, Business Line ...
As the end of 2014 draws near, Canadean forecasts the top trends which will influence consumer behaviour in 2015, and provides an insight into how manufacturers and marketers can target these evolving consumer needs to drive sales over the ...
Tags: craft offerings, FMCG market, Agriculture
Walking around your local supermarket aisle should give you a clear indication that many brands need to up their game when it comes to catching the modern shopper’s eye. In the first part of my ‘Supermarket Sweep’ series, ...
In addition to Woolworths, Coles, and Metcash, Bidvest, NAFDA, Ausfec Limited, FoodTraders, OfficeMax, Staples, Office National, HealthShare NSW, SP Health and many other buying organisations are now using GS1 Australia’s SmartMedia ...
Tags: SmartMedia service, visually engaging, digital assets, Service
Over half (53%) of life sciences and healthcare manufacturers prioritise quality assurance over cost in selecting their supply chain partner, and the industry is on the fence (48% vs. 52%) about whether the pharmaceutical industry will soon ...
Tags: Healthcare, Service
The growing problem of product counterfeiting has raised its head a number of times this year. Now global market research and consulting company, MarketsandMarkets, has released a report on what counterfeiting means to the packaging ...
Tags: Packaging Market, Packaging
Manufacturers ‘gambling’ on the increasing influence of health, Canadean The fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry might think some trends, including a trend towards ‘healthier’ items, are bigger than they ...
Tags: gambling, health, Agriculture
UK-based corrugated retail and shelf-ready packaging manufacturer TRM Packaging, along with the Flint Group, has opened a new colour lab. The installation and investment on the colour lab is a part of the five-year partnership of the two ...
Tags: TRM Packaging, colour lab, Agriculture