U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channel were flat in May, up just 0.4 percent year on year, at $7.1 billion as estimated from preliminary government figures. According to Rapaport News calculations, jewelry sales rose a touch, up ...
Huami Co Ltd expects sales of its Xiaomi Mi Bands will reach 10 million in the third quarter, making it the largest maker of wearable fitness devices in the world. Launched last year, the Mi Band monitors fitness levels and tracks sleep ...
Tags: Wearable Devices, Fitness Devices
Pakistan's National Assembly standing committee on textile industry has recommended 2 per cent uniform rate of sales tax, against the proposed 5 per cent by the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), on five leading export-oriented sectors - ...
Driven by technology innovations, silicon-based power electronics will continue their domination of the fastest-growing and largest markets, allowing silicon to maintain an 87% market share, worth $20bn by 2024, and constraining ...
Cotton Council International (CCI), which works in conjunction with the National Cotton Council to promote US cotton exports, is all set to launch its 25-year old flagship brand COTTON USA in India. Under COTTON USA brand, CCI ...
Tags: Cotton Council International, US cotton exports, cotton
Extrusion and thermoforming company Par-Pak Europe, the UK division of the Waddington Group, has bought packaging firm Deltaform and its subsidiary Chiltern Thermoforming, to expand its position in the European market. Deltaform and ...
Tags: Par-Pak Europe, European market
The new iPhone sales in China outpaced those in the US for the first time, helped by the Chinese Lunar New Year celebration and it boost Apple's profits in Q1. Apple Inc beat Wall Street's revenue and profit forecasts on Monday on the back ...
Tags: iPhone 6, Apple Watch
The National Development and Reform Commission, the nation's top economic planner, said on Friday that retail prices of gasoline would be hiked by 300 yuan ($48.55) a metric ton, or 0.22 yuan a liter from Saturday, while diesel prices would ...
Tags: Gasoline, gasoline prices
This started as a blog post about creative exhibit design, but turned into a post about creative exhibit designers, because without the designers, you don’t get the creative design. It’s that simple. Creative exhibit ...
The decision by the Federal Court of Australia to order Coles Supermarkets Australia Pty Ltd (Coles) to pay penalties of $2.5 million for making a claim that its par baked products were “fresh”, is likely to have broad ...
Tags: bakery products, bakery
The textile industry of Tamil Nadu has appealed the state government to reduce VAT on raw cotton and cotton yarn cones from 5 per cent to 2 per cent which would be on par with the 2 per cent CST. According to a SIMA press release, the ...
Tags: Cotton Yarn, textile industry
Ecco reported profit after tax increased 7.6 percent in 2014 while revenues grew 9.1 percent. The gains came despite challenging conditions in some markets, most notably in Russia and the Ukraine, which suffered serious economic problems. ...
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Tirupur Exporters’ Association (TEA) has requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to expedite the process for finalising a free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union. A requisition letter has been sent to the Prime ...
Tags: Tirupur Exporters, FTA with EU, garment
Chinese leaders and economists have said China must up its game to boost export growth against the backdrop of an anemic global economic recovery. SIX-PERCENT GROWTH Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said on Saturday that China is confident ...
Tags: economic growth, export growth
You can use your microwave for a lot more than making popcorn and reheating leftovers. It drastically cuts cooking time on things like veggies, fish, and shellfish. Baked potatoes can be zapped in the microwave and finished in the oven. ...
Tags: microwave, Baked potatoes