Products nowadays are subject to ever-shorter market cycles: By constantly offering new functions and design elements, manufacturers are attempting to reinvent products that have become part of everyday life, such as washing machines or ...
Tags: Customer Satisfaction, Profits
The Etam Group generated sales of €1,216.9 million in 2012, including a positive currency impact of €40.3 million relating mainly to the appreciation of the yuan against the euro. This represents an increase of 2.8% versus 31 ...
Tags: Etam Group, Apparel
In contrast to reports by Catalogs.com women's retailers, leading Catalogs.com men's retailers report that when it comes to shopping, men purchase classics over trends. Male shoppers also prefer to buy products that reinforce their personal ...
Tags: Apparel, men Apparel
The acquisition strengthens and complements PowerSecure’s existing LED business with additional product lines and an expanded customer base, and adds strong skill sets around product design, product commercialization, manufacturing ...
Tags: LED Business, LED, Lighting
Fits.me announced total Series A investment in the company of close to £5 million. Series A investment has been subscribed by existing investor SmartCap, with new participation from Conor Venture Partners, Fostergate Holdings Limited ...
Tags: Textile, Textile Industry
Reportedly, Fitch Rating has affirmed the long-term Foreign Currency Issuer Default Rating of Tata Steel Limited as "BB+." Tata Steel UK Holding is also affirmed "B+" that reflects the negative outlook for the Indian based steel maker. Tata ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
The CEO of archiving service Evernote this week said his company will soon release branded hardware with partners, as it moves toward creating its own devices. "We won't actually do the manufacturing, but we'll do the co-design together," ...
Tags: Computer Products, Hardware
The crisis at mobile phone maker Nokia is intensifying as sales of its once-bedrock feature phones fell by more than 21 per cent in the first quarter, according to the company's latest financial report. Feature phones have kept the ...
Tags: Computer Products, Nokia
Tony Lo offered a thumbnail sketch of the global cycling market through Tony’s Report — a short weather report for the industry. Europe? The weather has been cloudy, rainy and windy. First quarter sales were hammered by bad ...
Tags: cycling market, Lo
The Rieter Group held its own in 2012 against difficult market conditions worldwide. Order intake for the year as a whole declined by 12% to 839.7 million CHF, although Rieter received more orders in the second half-year than in the first. ...
Tags: Textile, Rieter Group
bebe stores, inc. announced the appointment of Michelle Landgrebe as Executive Vice President, General Merchandising Manager of its 2b division, effective immediately. In her new role, Ms. Landgrebe will be responsible for merchandising, ...
Tags: Bebe Stores, Apparel
The interdependency on continuous power supply has become critical with the growth in sophistication and technology. Today, the modern lifestyle has absolutely transformed into luxurious necessities, and thus the dependencies on ...
Tags: Gensets, Essential Devices
Sulzer Pumps has opened its third service center in China, located in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province in Southwestern China. With this new facility, Sulzer Pumps further strengthens its service network within this important market. ...
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On the heels of a pessimistic outlook during the fourth quarter of 2012, US business leaders show signs of increased optimism in the performance of the nation’s economy according to the latest data from the Grant Thornton ...
As mentioned in the interim report for H1 2012/13 IC Companys’ future quarterly reporting will be presented differently in order to reflect the new segmentation of the business. This will have effect as of Q3 2012/13. The new ...
Tags: business segments, Apparel