Happy Socks opens the doors to its first U.S. concept store, located in Manhattan at 436 West Broadway, between Prince and Spring Streets. Launched in Stockholm in 2008, Happy Socks has grown into a global brand that is synonymous with ...
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Marco shares his experiences of how getting connected with people makes life in China procurement much easier The plane circles in from the seaside approaching Xiamen, a charming and rapidly developing city in Fujian Province on China's ...
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Emerald Home Furnishings will open a second showroom at the High Point Market in April. The full-line supplier has leased a new 3,800-square-foot showroom in Center Point, 401 S. Hamilton St., space 105. It will be in addition to the ...
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Terry Leberman, a local glass artist, exudes the fervor of a convert when he talks about making glass art. "Oh God, what a feel," he said, grinning and swooping his hands to imitate the motions of learning to blow glass at a Whidbey ...
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REI increased sales by 7.4 percent to $1.93 billion in 2012 but saw net income drop 3.9 percent to $29 milliondue to tighter margins, according to the company’s year-end earnings statement. Gross profit rose 5.2 percent to $803 ...
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When many people think of affordable swimwear, they think of the cheap bikinis sold at discount stores. Unfortunately, most of the bikinis found in discount stores ball up in the crotch area because they're made of inferior fabrics. Those ...
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Last week, EBMag associate editor Alyssa Dalton stopped by the Venture Lighting Institute’s (VLI) training event in Mississauga, Ont. The one-day workshop (led by Mark Duda, in photo) was held on both March 5 and 6, and offered an ...
Researchers in Japan and Switzerland have used a laser treatment of sapphire substrates to increase the thickness of gallium nitride (GaN) layers grown by hydride vapor phase epitaxy (HVPE) to around 200μm [Hideo Aida et al, Appl. Phys. ...
Awards ceremonies are the one night of the year when celebrities go all out with fantastic designer dresses and the Brit Awards, which were held in the UK last week, were no exception. Music’s finest didn’t let the freezing ...
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Precious mediaeval books, usually displayed in glass cases and touchable only with gloves, can now be read in glorious 3D, thanks to a system unveiled at a tech fair in Germany. With the 3D interactive book explorer, developed by ...
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RAK Ceramics, the world’s largest manufacturer of ceramic and porcelain tiles, has gone live with software solutions from SAP in a bid to markedly improve process efficiency and drive sustainable business growth. Phase one of the ...
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US retailer Albertsons LLC has unveiled the leadership team that plans to take the helm, following completion of a deal to acquire a number of stores from Supervalu stores. Albertsons plans to expand its store network through the ...
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Ten colours will feature on the Holden VF Commodore palette with seven carried over from the old car, three dropped, and three introduced. At least on the Calais V-Series show car, two interior trim combinations will be available to match. ...
The bookcase is one of our best weapons against the universe's natural tendency to move things into increasingly disorganized states. Today, it has established itself as one of humankind's most useful and versatile pieces of furniture. But ...
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Have you ever seen a piece of old furniture and thought that it would look perfect in your house — if only it were a different color? Or if you could possibly make all that old varnish disappear? Maybe you stumbled upon a gorgeous ...