Björn Borg decided in late 2011 to launch sales in China in cooperation with a local partner and since fall 2012 has been active in the country through a company with Björn Borg as principal owner (75 percent). As announced in ...
Tags: Apparel Brand, Bjorn Borg
From 10 to 12 September 2013, do not miss the next Indigo Home Edition trade show, in the hall 9 of Brussels Expo, Belgium. With a 3% increase in its exhibitors (vs September 12), Indigo will present creative and updated collections from ...
Tags: Textile, trade show
The overall Technical Consumer Goods (TCG) market in Western Europe achieved a sales volume of €44.3 billion in Q2 2013. This corresponds to a decrease of 3.8%. In the first half of the year sales volume amounted to €92.5 billion, ...
Tags: Telecommunication
The recovery in the eurozone manufacturing sector entered its second month during August. At 51.4, up from a flash reading of 51.3, the seasonally adjusted Markit Eurozone Manufacturing PMI® rose for the fourth successive month to reach ...
Tags: economy
The euro area (EA17) seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 12.1% in July 2013, stable compared with June. The EU unemployment rate was 11.0%, also stable compared with June. In both zones, rates have risen compared with July 2012, when ...
AkzoNobel has announced plans to phase out the production of organic peroxides at its site in Deventer, the Netherlands by the end of 2016. Under the plans, the production activities currently carried out in Deventer will be moved to other ...
Tags: Akzonobel Plans, Construction
The 2014 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG has been caught camouflage-free while filming a commercial in The Netherlands. Shot and made public by YouTube user ‘Gnepiah’, the Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG was spotted while the German manufacturer ...
Tags: Mercedes-Benz, Filming
Royal Philips Electronics has launched new Epiq premium ultrasound system designed to visualize deeper levels of anatomical detail and contrast resolution on patients of all types. Epiq, the new ultrasound system which features nSIGHT ...
Cargill Cocoa & Chocolate has added two new Eco-Combi trucks to transport its Gerkens cocoa powder from its facility in Wormer, the Netherlands to its warehouse operated by DSV in the port of Amsterdam. The company stated that the new ...
Plandent Division, a Finnish full-service dental supply company and part of the Planmeca Group, has expanded its business into the Turkish market. The new Plandent Turkey distribution company is cooperating with ünaldi Medikal, ...
Tags: Plandent Division, Turkey Market
By 2050, there will be two billion vehicles in the world - 1.2 billion more than today - doubling energy demand from 2000 levels, and most of them will still be powered by conventional liquid fuels. Meanwhile, every single litre of diesel ...
Tags: Energy, Transportation
Netherlands-based financial conglomerate ING has inked an agreement with Seoul-based private equity firm MBK Partners, to divest its South Korean insurance business, in a transaction valued at nearly KRW1.84trn (€1.24bn). Following ...
Tags: Insurance, MBK Partners
For centuries, trading with raw material has been an integral part of economic life. Stock exchanges started everywhere and eventually developed into the stock exchanges that exist today, dealing with shares, too. The first stock exchange ...
Tags: Raw Material, Textile
Euro area annual inflation was 1.6% in July 20132, stable compared with June. A year earlier the rate was 2.4%. Monthly inflation was -0.5% in July 2013. European Union annual inflation was 1.7% in July 2013, stable compared with June. A ...
The first estimate for the euro area (EA17) trade in goods balance with the rest of the world in June 2013 gave a 17.3 billion euro surplus, compared with +12.8 bn in June 2012. The May 2013 balance was +14.5 bn, compared with +6.2 bn in ...
Tags: trade economy, economy