Wesfarmers has attributed its latest successful half-yearly results to a strategic emphasis on customer service, good value and improved product ranges in its Coles supermarkets and other retail stores. The parent company of Coles ...
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The worldwide wearable device market took a big step forward in the fourth quarter of 2015, fueled by the growing popularity of fitness trackers and the Apple Watch. According to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly Wearable Device Tracker, vendors ...
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Kush Bottles, a premier supplier of packaging solutions and accessories for the legal cannabis industry, plans to exhibit at CannaCon – the nation's largest cannabis business marketplace, grow expo, and education series. The event ...
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SanDisk has announced robust and intelligent solutions to store vast data that will be generated through connected applications in automotive and industrial markets. The company introduced its latest generation SanDisk Automotive flash ...
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At the Mobile World Congress (MWC 2016) in Barcelona, Spain (22–25 February), M/A-COM Technology Solutions Inc of Lowell, MA, USA (which makes semiconductors, components and subassemblies for analog RF, microwave, millimeter-wave and ...
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2 Sisters Food Group is reportedly negotiating to sell its Fox's Biscuits unit to Burton's Biscuits, which is owned by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan. The sale, which is being advised by Rothschild could bring the valuation of 2 Sisters ...
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Specialty ingredients provider Mantrose-Haeuser has announced plan to acquire Holton Food Products Company, to expand its presence in the bakery market. Holton Food Products Company is a US-based supplier of food stabilizer and dry egg ...
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A law forcing tobacco companies to wrap their cigarettes in plain packaging could be in force in New Zealand by the end of 2016. New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has confirmed a bill, which is on pause, would be resumed. He expected ...
Heineken’s subsidiary and Jamaican brewer Desnoes and Geddes (D&G), which produces Red Stripe, is planning to resume production of the beer in Jamaica by the end of 2016. The initiative is part of a bigger strategy of Heineken to ...
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Technology solutions provider JBT has acquired certain assets of advanced X-ray food inspection systems provider Novus X-Ray for an undisclosed sum. Following the acquisition Novus X-ray technology will be integrated into JBT's Protein ...
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Campbell Soup is launching a $125m venture capital fund, Acre Venture Partners, to invest in food startup companies, seeking new areas of interest for growth. The company will be the limited partner in the new venture capital fund and ...
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In its report 'Global Packaged Gallium Nitride (GaN) LED Market 2016-2020' – which forecasts a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 5% – market research firm Technavio has profiled the top four leading vendors (Cree ...
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GaN Systems Inc of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (a fabless developer of gallium nitride-based power switching semiconductors for power conversion and control applications) has extended its global product sales coverage and added technical ...
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Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has explored the 2016 outlook for the global shipping industry and believes that global shipping companies, and drybulk and containership operators in particular, will continue to face difficult ...
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Coopers Brewery is adding Danish beer Carlsberg Mid 3.5% to its portfolio. The beer will be brewed at Coopers’ Regency Park factory in South Australia and is planned to be sold nation-wide by March. Coopers National Sales and ...
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