Net profit at Spain based Inditex Group, the biggest global apparel marketer soared 28 per cent year on year in the first fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2015. In the three months to April 30, 2015, an Inditex Group press release, said its ...
Tags: apparel marketer, apparel
The Auspicious Leaves The 5th lunar month is marked as "Poison" month in Chinese Farmer's Calendar. This is because the gem, insect, fly, mosquito, and pest are active in this summer month and people is easy to catch infectious disease. ...
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Earlier this year, I blogged about the excitement in China generated by the news that its Dalian Wanda Group planned to invest $1.09 billion to build and operate a luxury hotel in London. At the time of their announcement (made in the ...
Axalta Coating Systems, a global manufacturer of liquid and powder coatings, is the title sponsor for this Sunday's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway called the Axalta "We Paint Winners" 400. Axalta's sponsorship reflects the ...
Tags: Powder Coatings, Paint, Coating, Construction
Argos has refreshed its Heart of House and Colourmatch ranges, which also includes new designs from Habitat ahead of the Autumn-Winter season. Over 400 new items have been introduced to Argos' Heart of House homewares and furniture ...
German automaker Volkswagen has inked an agreement with Chinese joint venture partner SAIC Motor for expanding its main Shanghai Volkswagen (SVW) plant in Anting for electric vehicle production in China. The agreement was inked between ...
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Indonesian pulp and paper major Asia Pacific Resources International (April) has decided to make peace with green activists, throwing its weight behind the drive to put an end to deforestation. In response to international pressure group ...
Tags: Packaging, Paper, Environment Protection
Global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney's Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) 2015 shows that C. China's GDP growth of 7.4 per cent in 2014 was its lowest in a quarter century. Yet, relative to other developing markets, its ...
Tags: Retail, China Retail, Economy, Service
The long-term consequences of China's coming stockmarket correction are the ones to fear IF YOU were a Chinese worker you could have spent the past year toiling to earn a living. Or you could have bought some shares and sat on the sofa ...
Tags: Share Prices, Economy, Stockmarket
Brilliant Bicycles, a Los Angeles-based company that sells entry-level bicycles direct to consumers via the Internet, has raised $1.5 million in seed capital from six investors including Aspiration Growth. Brilliant Bicycle is scheduled ...
BASF is participating in the 10th CESIO World Surfactant Congress at the Haliç Congress Center in Istanbul, Turkey, from June 1 to 3, 2015. In keeping with the theme "Surfactants in a Globalizing World — Creating New ...
Automobile maker Ford will arm its 2016 Ford Escape and Fiesta vehicles with SYNC3 technology, a communications and entertainment system capable of responding to driver's commands. Ford SYNC, currently installed in more than 12 million ...
Tags: Ford, Auto, Car, Auto Parts, Auto Technology, Engine
Research Institute Innventia is partnering with various organizations in Sweden to develop packaging systems that reduce food wastage. The institute has formed a consortium with materials and packaging producers, food producers, the ...
Tags: Food Wastage, Packaging
MTEX Technologies will display its ‘Micro Digital Textile Industry’ solutions at ‘Meet the Manufacturer’ conference and trade show which will be held from June 3-4, 2015 in London’s historic Tobacco Dock. ...
Australia has dropped another place in world competitiveness rankings, falling further in economic performance and government efficiency rankings, raising concerns about our competitiveness as a smart economy. In releasing the Australian ...