In its trading statement for the 26 weeks period to July 25, 2015, UK fashion retailer Next reported a 3.5 per cent year over year hike in full price sales. “Next full price sales for the first half of fiscal 2016 grew 3.5 per cent, ...
Tags: Next Retail, Clearance rates, Apparel
British casual wear brand Crew Clothing has launched a store expansion programme after reporting a 12 per cent rise in sales last year, according to media reports. Sales grew by £6.5 million ($10 million) for the year ending 26 ...
Tags: Crew Clothing, casual wear
Khadi sales have jumped after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call last October advocating the need for use of such products, micro small and medium enterprises (MSME) minister Kalraj Mishra has said, according to media reports. "Khadi ...
Tags: textile manufacture, textile sales
China's June imports of thermal coal slumped to a four-month low of 6.21 million mt, a 43% on-year drop and down 4% on the previous month, according to customs data released Wednesday. The tally comprises bituminous and sub-bituminous ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, lignite, Coal
R&P and Shanghai Hop Zenith Chemical Trading have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for floating a joint venture to set up a unit in China for production and distribution of Thermoplastic PolyOlefin (TPO) compounds for the ...
Tags: automoblie manufacture, auto parts
Since the implementation of policy of subsidies for purchasing agricultural machinery in 2004, China agricultural machinery industry has maintained double-digit growth, even with the operating revenue growth rate of 33.8% in 2011. However, ...
Tags: agricultural machinery, tractor
US-based Kettering University's Advanced Power Electronics Lab (APEL) has joined hands with German automotive lighting and electronic products firm HELLA for bringing about an innovation towards charging electric vehicles (EV). HELLA has ...
The premier event for Asia composites industry will hold its 8th annual session at the SUNTEC Center in Singapore October 20-22, 2015. Its main theme will be Business Opportunities in Asia. “Today, Asia represents almost 50% of the ...
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The first edition of Prima Mu held in Shanghai brought together 900 selected garment firms and a total of 1,580 operators to the Hall hosting textile and accessories precollections, including 66 Italian exhibitors. “63 per cent of ...
Tags: grament manufacture, textile accessories, fabric accessories
Meypack's new case packer is designed to end-package folding boxes containing pouches of milk powder into trays with or without lids, as well as wrap-around cases. Called the VP 453, the machine can process eight different formats – ...
Tags: new packaging, packaging design, packaging machine, packaging box
SPTS Technologies Ltd of Newport, Wales, UK (which is owned by Israeli firm Orbotech) has sold its Thermal Products business to SPP Technologies Co Ltd (SPT), a subsidiary of Sumitomo Precision Products Co Ltd (SPP) that specializes in the ...
Tags: SPTS Thermal processing systems, SPP technologies, semiconductor
Awarded in the best Outdoor Toy category, Lil’ Monkey will find out if it has been awarded a Gold, Silver, Bronze or Highly Commended accreditation at the Right Start presentation ceremony in October. TP Toys' Lil’ Monkey Dome ...
Tags: Right Start award, Lil'Monkey, toy
Transportation for London (TFL) has commissioned China-based automobile maker BYD Company to replace the city's famous red double-decker buses with battery-powered electric versions. Mayor of London Boris Johnson said: "Many believed that ...
Latvia’s largest alcoholic beverages wholesaler SPI Distribution (Latvia) has changed its name and from July will work under the name Amber Distribution Latvia. According to Seymour Ferreira, Board Chairman of Amber Beverage Group ( ...
Paintistanbul & Turkcoat International Congress on Paints, Organic Coatings, Polymers and Raw Materials will be held March 22-23, 2016 in partnership with Vincentz Network GmbH & Co. KG at Gorrion Hotel, stanbul. The Congress will provide ...
Tags: chemicals, Polymers, Raw Materials