Net profits surged 17 per cent from a year ago period at Swedish apparel retailer H&M Group for the full fiscal year ended November 30, 2014. The Group’s profit after tax increased to SEK 19,976 million or corresponding to SEK 12.07 ...
Tags: apparel retailer, network expansion, Apparel
Jabong.com, India’s leading fashion online store, got its Net Promoter Score (NPS) process certified by Nielsen and declared that it has attained an NPS of 73 per cent, based on surveys conducted during September 2014, for customer ...
Tags: customer satisfaction, online store, Apparel
As the tax authority said, China's pilot program to replace business tax with value-added tax (VAT) reduced tax revenue by 191.8 billion yuan ($30.7 billion) in 2014, the tax authority said Wednesday. The country expanded the VAT reform to ...
Tags: VAT Reform, Tax
As the US Department of Commerce reduced the average anti-dumping and anti-subsidization tariff rate imposed on China-made PV modules in 2012 from 30% to 17.50% at a review in early January, prices for polycrystalline silicon solar cells ...
Tags: Solar Cells, PV Modules
Melbourne-based confectionery company Betta Foods has entered into administration, in an attempt to save the business by selling it. Established in 1954, Betta Foods produces liquorice and marshmallow products under the Capricorn and ...
Australians are drinking 25 per cent less alcohol than 40 years ago, according to a new report prepared by the Australian Liquor Stores Association (ALSA). ALSA said the report, which it said was based on data sourced from the Australian ...
Tags: Liquor Stores, alcohol, Agriculture
The US International Trade Commission (USITC) has officially voted to uphold the findings that China and Taiwan PV manufacturers have been dumping their products. The tariffs against PV imports will follow the Depart of Commerce's (DOC) ...
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced the next phase in its ongoing plan to improve safety and reduce methane emissions from its gas system through an expanded strategic alliance with Silicon Valley based Picarro Inc. PG&E ...
Tags: methane emissions, gas system, Auto
Gap Inc. has decided to close its Piperlime brand, including the online platform and single store in New York, by the end of the first quarter of fiscal year 2015. The company is committed to executing against its long-term strategy of ...
The US International Trade Commission (ITC) has judged that imported PV products from China and Taiwan have been substantially detrimental to the US PV industry and consequently, about 70% of Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell ...
Tags: PV Makers, solar cell, Lights
Coal provides nearly two thirds of China's energy, but for mining companies, this winter could not be more chilly. The government has done its best to save the day, but it is not enough to force up the price of coal, even in the short ...
Tags: Coal Industry, Coal
ShopClues, an Indian online marketplace said it has raised over US $100 million in Series D from a group of investors led by Tiger Global, which also saw investments from a majority of existing investors. Founded in Silicon Valley in June ...
Tags: online marketplace, Apparel
A new regulation by the UK government will ban cigarette branding and force tobacco firms to implement standardised packaging of all cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco for retail sale. The move by the government is in line with ...
Tags: Tobacco Products, retail sale, Agriculture
InnerWorkings, a marketing execution firm, has been named US marketing partner of Edrington, the international maker of iconic Scotch whiskies and other premium spirits. Under the long-term multi-year agreement, InnerWorkings will produce ...
Tags: branded materials, point-of-sale displays, Agriculture
The weather world's been talking for months about the prospect of the southern oscillation index tilting from La Nina to El Nino, a shift that normally signals more crop-friendly, mild and moisture-plentiful weather for the Midwest. But ...