China's big players are gearing up for a price war in the high-end smartphone sector, and the only big winner will be the consumer. Xiaomi Corp, Huawei Technologies Co Ltd and ZTE Corp's Nubia have all rolled out new products in what has ...
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French food cooperative Agrial has acquired Dutch fresh vegetables specialist Van Oers United for an undisclosed amount. Van Oers United will become a part of Agrial's vegetable division Priméale. As part of the acquisition, ...
Tags: agricultural products, health food, vegetable, brussels sprouts
Donaldson Company, a global leader in engine filtration, has announced that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire 100% of the shares of Industrias Partmo. Partmo is a leading manufacturer of replacement air, lube and fuel ...
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American food and spice company Zatarain has opened its new manufacturing and warehouse facility in Gretna, in the US state of Louisiana. Spread over an area of around 80,000ft2, the $26m facility comprises 10 production lines and ...
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According to JDA Software Group, its 35 JDA customers have been named to the ‘Apparel Top 50 for 2015’ list. “These JDA customers include American Eagle Outfitters, Chico’s, Christopher & Banks and New York & ...
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China's top 100 retailers saw combined sales jump 26.2 percent year on year to 3.37 trillion yuan (544 billion U.S. dollars) in 2014, an industry association official said Thursday. Wang Yao, vice president of China General Chamber of ...
Tags: e-commerce, Online sales, online-sales growth, physical stores
Specialty foods producer Premium Brands, through its subsidiary Hempler Foods Group, has acquired sausage brand Isernio's. Valued at around $12m, the acquisition will bring together two of the US Pacific Northwest's specialty packaged ...
Flavors company McCormick has agreed to acquire One World Foods, Stubb's barbeque sauces supplier, for $100m. Based in Austin, Texas, One World Foods produces and sells marinades, rubs and skillet sauces, in addition to Stubb's barbeque ...
Tags: McCormick, delicious sauces, Stubb's barbeque sauces, food manufacture
Swedish chicken producer Scandi Standard has agreed to acquire Lagerbergs in a SEK105m ($12.7m) deal. The company has signed an agreement to this effect which is subject to Swedish competition authority approval. Said to be the third ...
April's Chinese light vehicle results echoed previous concerns as sales of locally made models grew by as little as 2 percent from a year earlier to 1.91 million units. Leaving aside any discrepancies that might have risen from the timing ...
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Shared autonomous vehicles can pull down automobile sales in the US by 40% over the next 25 years, a trend capable of forcing majors General Motors (GM) and Ford cut output by more than half. Shared autonomous vehicles refer to "robot ...
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UK-based luxury sports carmaker Aston Martin has the US on its radar when it comes to going ahead with its second production unit by this year-end. Alabama stands as the "obvious choice" for the new plant to make the DBX crossover, ...
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South Korean automobile major Hyundai is considering a third factory in India, highlighting the growing importance accorded to the Indian market. Hyundai Motor Group's chairman Mong-Koo Chung who recently met Indian prime minister ...
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General Motors is planning to capture 5% of the car market in India as it expects the annual sales in the country to rise to eight million vehicles by 2025. The Detroit based automaker aims to make India the new global manufacturing and ...
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UK-based Connect Packaging has invested more than £1.5m in purchasing equipments to enhance its potential in the shelf-ready packaging market. The company based in Essex has purchased new printing equipment including a ...
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