Walmart will convene approximately 1,500 people, including representatives from more than 500 supplier companies, 32 states, major retail industry leaders and other retailers, at its U.S. Manufacturing Summit. According to a press release, ...
Tags: Walmart, Manufacturing, Processing Machinery
Water the commodity gold of 21st century? Bless the bats of agriculture Vile dog meat markets still thriving in China Danger is part and parcel of agriculture. Row crops or livestock, grain bins or cotton gins, tractor or trailer, ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, dog meat
BOISE, ID (BRAIN) — Multi-sport retailer Idaho Mountain Touring has opened a second location in Meridian, just west of its downtown Boise store. The 6,000-square-foot Meridian store, which opened in June, is a full-service shop, ...
Tags: Transportation, bike, mountain bikes
Seattle-based Windows, Doors & More announced its co-founder Ken Hall will transition ownership of the business to new owner/operator Rick Locke. The company will mark its 20th year in 2013 and Hall felt the timing was right to take this ...
Tags: Construction, Windows, Doors
New retailer Rolling Hills Bikes recently opened in downtown Moscow, home of the University of Idaho. Andrew Pratt and Collin Priebe moved to Moscow from Bellingham, Wash., where they both worked for several years at Kulshan Bikes. Pratt ...
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US-based Ninkasi Brewing has introduced new Oktoberfest to its Prismatic Lager Series, in time for fall season. The second Prismatic Lager Series beer is brewed by using malts such as Pilsner, Vienna, and Carahell, as well as with hops, ...
Tags: Ninkasi Brewing, Beer Oktoberfest
Boot Barn, America's largest western and work wear retailer, will celebrate the opening of its newest store in Ammon, Idaho, across from Grand Teton Mall next to Target. The store has now opened, with the official Grand Opening Sale ...
Tags: Workwear Retailer, Idaho Store
McCain Foods, a frozen food company based in Canada, plans to invest more than $100m to expand its manufacturing plant in Burley, Idaho, US, in order to boost the production of potato products. The expansion involves the addition of a new ...
First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA, which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services, has announced the appointment of Sharon Allen to ...
Tags: Solar Appoints, Electrical, Electronics
DOE has published a collaborative study focused on developing new estimates of residential lighting usage and energy consumption at the national and regional levels. The study, Residential Lighting End-Use Consumption Study: Estimation ...
Tags: Lighting
Google's Eric Schmidt has set tongues wagging yet again, but this time it's not about?what he said?but what he?didn't?say. The search giant's Executive Chairman was?spotted at the Allen and Co. media conference?on Thursday using ...
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We rely on our cars every day to get us where we need to go, but what do you do when your primary mode of transportation disappears? A motor vehicle is stolen every 44 seconds in the United States and July and August are the top two months ...
Tags: Auto Parts, Car, car safety
US-based Frontier Soups has introduced new You Pick Six Pack of gourmet soup mixes, which will allow home cooks to prepare quick and healthy summer meals. The new You Pick Six Pack soup mixes are available in 34 varieties, including 28 ...
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Val Vanderpool has joined Bicycle Retailer and Industry News as a staff reporter. Vanderpool recently relocated to Orange County after spending the past year and a half piloting a demo van and teaching women’s clinics at bike shops ...
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Club Ride sales in the first quarter increased by 154 percent over last year, partners in the Idaho-based clothing brand said this week. The sales growth was about 9 percent greater than internal projections. “We remain confident ...