The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) for jewelry declined 5 percent year on year to 171.35 points in October and the reading slipped about 4 points from September's index. The CPI for watches, meanwhile, rose 2.6 percent to 124.42 points, ...
Tags: Jewelry, Consumer Price
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Lectra, one of the leading integrated technology solutions providers for fabrics and technical textile companies, based in France, has launched the latest release of Optiplan, its cutting room optimization solution for apparel ...
Tags: cutting room optimization solution, apparel manufacturing, Textile
Chinese President Xi Jinping. Australian exporters are set to benefit from an historic trade agreement signed between Australia and its largest trading partner, China. This deal, which took nine years of negotiation, represents a victory ...
Tags: PTA, Australian exporters, agriculture
Never in a million years would I have expected to be living the life that I live now. I grew up as a Chinese American in the suburbs of the United States of America, studied Accounting at the University of Washington in Seattle, and started ...
Steviva Ingredients, a global supplier of all-natural, high-intensity and custom sweeteners, recently announced the launch of MonkSweet plus, a natural sweetening solution bringing together optimal levels of proprietary stevia, monk fruit ...
Tags: stevia, monk fruit, erythritol, Agriculture
Men and women are working side by side and are moving China towards the future. From the outside this all looks very equal and harmonious. But do men and women really make no difference between male or female colleagues, employees or ...
Tags: China's Female, Economy Motor
The acquisition of US Foods by food distributor Sysco is not likely to happen in the current year as expected and its talks to secure an approval from antitrust regulators are still going on. In December 2013, Sysco announced that it ...
Tags: food distributor, Federal Trade Commission, Agriculture
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved the commercial planting of a potato that has been genetically engineered to reduce the amounts of a potentially harmful ingredient in French fries and potato chips. The move comes in ...
Tags: genetically engineered potato, acrylamide, Agriculture
Tageos, one of the leading RFID label makers for the apparel industry based in France, has signed an agreement with Round Rock Research LLC, a technology investigation and patent licensing company, for radio frequency identification (RFID) ...
Tags: RFID labels, RFID License, Textile
China and Australia signed a declaration of intent on practically concluding bilateral negotiations on a free trade agreement on Monday. According to the results of the nine-year-long talks, Australia will eventually reduce tariffs to ...
Tags: FTA, horticultural products, seafood
Future Group, a leading Indian multi-format retailer, has chosen dunnhumby, one of the leading global providers of social marketing and advocacy experts, merchandising analytics software, and advertising technology, as its customer science ...
Tags: social marketing, dunnhumby, Apparel
Minted, the online design marketplace that connects consumers with the world’s best stationery and artwork creators, is branching out in textiles. The e-commerce design startup has raised around US$ 38 million in a round led by ...
Tags: Minted, e-commerce design, Textile
Iconic denim apparel marketer - Levi Strauss & Co has partnered with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group to provide financial incentives for garment suppliers in developing countries. This new supplier finance program, which was ...
Tags: denim apparel marketer, Global Trade Supplier Finance, Apparel
Pakistan-based International Textile Ltd (ITL) has deployed SAP’s business software solutions by entering into a partnership with SAP, to bring technology-driven success across its international textile manufacturing. To support ...