U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channel were flat in May, up just 0.4 percent year on year, at $7.1 billion as estimated from preliminary government figures. According to Rapaport News calculations, jewelry sales rose a touch, up ...
DS Smith is expanding its market share in Spain after agreeing to buy Spanish company Grupo Lantero's corrugated products business. The recyclable corrugated packaging provider said the €190 million purchase, including assumed debt, ...
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Plastic packaging giant RPC Group is surging ahead with more acquisitions to boost growth. Speaking at a media event in central London this week, chief executive Pim Vervaat said that the company was becoming a leader in plastic products ...
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Tukatech, US-based leading provider of fashion technology solutions, has released TUKA3D 2015, the newest version of Tukatech’s 3D system for digital development from prototyping to ecommerce. TUKA3D 2015 is a thoroughly tested ...
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Debenhams has issued a trading update for the 15 weeks and the 41 weeks to 13th June 2015, and confirms the business is on track to meet full-year market expectations. Group gross transaction value was up 0.4% for the 15 weeks, and 1.7% ...
Flokser Group, a producer of leather and suede fabrics has developed an innovative artificial leather fabric using bio based materials from DuPont Tate & Lyle Bio Products and BioAmber. A BioAmber press release informed that Flokser ...
Lectra, an integrated technology solutions firm dedicated to industries using soft materials-fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials has announced that Bertrandt has chosen Lectra's DesignConcept solution to optimize ...
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US apparel retailer Kate Spade & Company has named Emilia Fabricant as president of the North America region effective June 29, 2015. “In this role, Fabricant will oversee the Company's North America business, with responsibilities ...
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Snapdeal, one of India’s largest online marketplace has announced its partnership with the government of Himachal Pradesh to launch India’s first special e-commerce zone at Dharamshala in the presence of the state’s chief ...
For its fiscal fourth-quarter 2015 (ended 3 May), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported revenue of $320m, up 4.5% on about $306m both a year ago and last quarter. The ...
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Fisker Automotive and Technology Group (FATG), which was purchased by China-based Wanxiang last year following its bankruptcy, will come up with a manufacturing unit in California, US, to revive its Karma hybrid electric car. The new ...
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Just four months after the Connected Cree LED Bulb's launch in January, Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has announced its compatibility with home automation firm SmartThings (part of the Samsung Global Innovation Center). "Cree is committed ...
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Packaging firm Litecool has opened a clean room facility in the UK, for conducting research on LED packaging technologies, resulting in in-house transition of conception into pre-production. The new unit, armed with the equipment for ...
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Chinese officials will undergo traditional Chinese culture education since in September through textbooks to enhance their skills, the Chinese Academy of Governance said Monday. Observers said that the textbooks will complement China's ...
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U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 2.4 percent year on year to $2.221 billion in April, according to government calculations. The decline at specialty stores was more pronounced than the sector as a whole, as jewelry and watch sales ...
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