CEOs from the ports of Seattle and Tacoma added their voice over the weekend to a growing chorus calling for President Barack Obama to assign federal mediators to resolve contract negotiations between the Pacific Maritime Association and ...
Tags: Pacific Maritime Association, International Longshore, Sporting Goods
Textured Jersey Lanka PLC (TJL) recovered and bounced back in the second fiscal quarter of 2014-15, by reporting a quarter-on-quarter top line growth of 29% and its bottom line skyrocketing 72%. In the reporting quarter, TJL posted ...
For the third fiscal quarter of 2014, gross margin at apparel retailer JC Penney expanded 710 bps over the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. In the third quarter ending November 1, 2014, gross margin stood at 36.6 per cent of ...
Tags: apparel retailer, gross margin, Apparel
For third-quarter 2014, specialty metal and chemical products firm 5N Plus Inc of Montreal, Québec, Canada has reported revenue of $114.4m, down 16% on $136.6m last quarter but up 5% on $108.6m a year ago. “We reported ...
Tags: 5N Plus, chemical products
The analyst presentation that De Beers published this week on behalf of Anglo American was as revealing as the company’s much publicized Diamond Insight Report. Whether this was a once-off publication or not, the presentation was ...
For the third-quarter 2014, epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has reported revenue of $93.3m, down on $99.3m a year ago and $95.1m last quarter (and below the mid-point of the ...
Tags: Veeco, MOCVD Revenue, LED segment
PPG Industries' commercial coatings group held its semiannual Commercial Truck Shop Conference Sept. 21-23 in conjunction with the 2014 fall PPG MVP Business Solutions Conference at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Conference Center in ...
Tags: Commercial Truck, PPG, commercial coatings
Navistar is planning to introduce new OnCommand Connection remote diagnostics features on its trucks. The OnCommand Connection will include customised geo-fencing capabilities to filter the vehicles dashboards into geographic zones, and a ...
Tags: Navistar, Oncommand Connection, Accessories
Acquisition of Tony Hawk brand acquisition and continued global organic growth of the Cherokee brand led Cherokee Global Brands, a global marketer of lifestyle brands to post a 17% and 16% in net sales and net income, respectively for the ...
Tags: Global Organic Growth, Sales, Apparel
The diamond industry needs to support programs to uplift its vast artisanal mining sector. The more than 1.5 million diamond diggers – predominantly in West Africa – and their estimated 10 million dependents, remain the most ...
Tags: Diamonds
Back in May I read a post by Eyal Rosenberg, CEO of payment automation software maker Nipendo, who made reference to an auto industry survey that highlighted the importance of supplier liquidity, including the negative impact that a slow ...
Tags: Chain Financing, trade tips
The UK food and beverage industry leads in having energy management goals planned for the next five years, with 64% considering to increase their investment in the next 12 months. Approximately 70% of the food and beverage companies ...
Tags: Beverage, Energy Management Measures, beverage industry
Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) fueling infrastructure maker TruStar Energy along with Energy Systems Group (ESG) has been given a contract to build transit fast-fill CNG fuel station in Indiana for CityBus. CityBus provides transit service ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Transportation
Even though graphite companies have been ever increasing blips on investors’ radar screens over the past couple of years, the space got a massive visibility and validation boost when the already iconic Tesla Motors announced its ...
Tags: Graphene, Panasonic, Electrical