For the third year in a row, Retail’s BIG Show has been acknowledged as a trade show to be reckoned with - growing each year in size and scope and seen by trade show professionals as one of the retail industry’s leading events. ...
Checkpoint Systems, a leading global supplier of shrink management, merchandise visibility and apparel labeling solutions for the retail industry, announced that it is launching MetalPoint HyperGuard, a new digital, software-driven solution ...
The Australian dollar was lower yesterday after worldwide confidence was dented by news on Friday of weaker than expected employment growth in the US last month. At 5pm, the dollar was buying $US1.0379, down US0.36c. The US jobs report ...
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The Australian dollar was lower today after world-wide confidence was dented by news on Friday of weaker-than-expected employment growth in the US in March. The Australian dollar was trading at $US1.0373 in late afternoon trading compared ...
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Manufacturing activity in China expanded at its fastest pace in almost a year last month, according to latest industry data. The official purchasing managers' index (PMI) hit 50.9 in March, the highest since April 2012 when the figure ...
The bedding industry took a dismal turn in February, with units declining 7.4% and the dollar value of wholesale shipments dropping 6.7%. For the first two months of the year, units are down 3.9% while dollars are down 3.2%, according to ...
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The Samsung Galaxy S 4 will be loaded with cool features—but I predict that some of the coolest will trickle down to the older S III, which is currently one of the most highly-rated smart phones in our Ratings. And currently, the S ...
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Small business optimism has returned to levels not seen in almost two years according to a new survey. The survey, conducted by Bibby Financial Services, showed 65 per cent of small businesses are more optimistic about sales growth in the ...
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The new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone with HSPA+ costs $236 for materials, up 15% from the equivalent Galaxy S III, according to a virtual teardown by IHS iSuppli released Tuesday. There is an added $8.50 in manufacturing costs for the ...
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Ontario's industrial, commercial and institutional construction industry is feeling positive about its prospects in the coming year, announced the Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS) at its 13th annual State of the Industry and Outlook ...
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U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has sided with more than 100,000 petition signers who asked the government to legalize the unlocking of smartphones. The White House on Monday agreed with petitioners who asked the Library of ...
This year's Spring Fair International welcomed 68,116 visitors through the doors of the Birmingham NEC earlier this month - a rise of six per cent in 2012. Buyers attended from independent retailers, as well as major stores such as ...
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The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold on the ratification of a contract between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 63 Office ...
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Developers using Microsoft's mainstay Visual Studio IDE on Windows will be able to build native Apple iOS mobile applications via version 2.0 of the Xamarin development platform, which is being announced Wednesday. Leveraging the Mono ...
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Spring Fair International, organised by i2i Events, opened on February 3rd 2013 at the NEC and welcomed over 68,116 visitor’s, including more than 5,000 international buyers looking to export British goods abroad - with overall ...
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