Just like Australia Post, the UK's Royal Mail is experiencing a loss of profitability from the parcel boom and mail bust. It is, however, also looking down the barrel of Amazon’s own delivery network, which threatens future growth ...
Tags: Royal Mail, Parcel Pinch, Service
Testex, an official partner institute of the Oeko-Tex Association in China, participated in the recently concluded, Intertextile Shanghai Apparel Fabrics trade show. Over 3,500 international and national exhibitors took part in the autumn ...
Better Cotton Initiative (BCI) and The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) signed an agreement to implement sustainable processes in cotton production in Pakistan. APTMA will be the implementing agency within Pakistan to ...
The National Retail Federation (NF) has expressed disappointment on reports that the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) are taking a break from contract negotiations. “We are ...
Tags: contract negotiations, Apparel
Absolut Elyx - the first single-estate, luxury vodka - will create a private pop-up club, Casa Elyx during Art Basel's Miami Beach show this year. Inspired by the effervescent creativity arising out of Latin America, and Miami's position ...
Set to be the biggest Cyber Monday in the UK to date. A study by RetailMeNot is predicting that shoppers will spend over £1.3 billion on presents this weekend (Friday November 28th to December 1st) in the UK. The study estimates ...
Tags: Cyber Monday, Toys
The TIA is urging retailers to get their nominations in before the deadline of November 28th. Time is fast running out to enter the Toy Retailer of the Year Awards 2014. And the TIA is urging UK retailers to enter the proceedings before ...
Tags: Toy Retailer, nominations, Toys
Independent retailers across the UK will be hoping to entice Christmas consumers with a shopping challenge over the next month, as the Celebrate an Independent Christmas campaign returns, hoping to boost consumer awareness of local ...
Tags: Christmas, Shopping Challenge, Furniture
Consumer demand for antibacterial packaging, Canadean Antibacterial packaging designed to delay the development of germs and bacteria in canned products is set to become a hit with UK consumers, according to new findings from market ...
Meat and greet: where Aussies buy their fresh meat Fresh meat is central to most Australians’ diets, with a growing proportion of us buying it in any given week. While this growth is evident among country and city residents, ...
Tags: fresh meat, Agriculture
Shoppers to spend $45 billion in pre-Christmas retail sales Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has found retailers will be able to count on some steady improvement in retail sales over the Christmas ...
Tags: Pre-Christmas Retail, Agriculture
Australia’s snacking habits revealed, Nielsen Eating between meals is extremely widespread with 96 per cent of Australians saying they regularly consume snack foods, according to new research from global market research ...
Tags: snack foods, Fruit, Agriculture
Vape A Vet is a project that has been receiving quite a lot of support from various organizations in the electronic cigarette community such as the American Vaping Association. The project aims to help the veterans as well as their families ...
Hamburg based KTG Agrar has acquired the deep-freezing facility in Manschnow, which currently processes about 20,000 tonnes of frozen vegetables per year. With a capacity of 10,000 pallets, the plant comprises three packaging lines and ...
Canadian establishment LoneTree Cider has entered into a distribution partnership with 2X4 Brewing & Imports for the US market. An import and distribution agreement to this effect was signed between both the companies. Under the agreed ...