The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) for jewelry dropped 5.1 percent year on year to 161.75 points in December, which was about 4 points lower than November's reading and the lowest since July 2010. The average jewelry CPI for 2014 slipped 4 ...
PPG Industries has announced that David B. Navikas, senior vice president, strategic planning and corporate development, will retire effective March 1. “PPG has benefited greatly from David’s deep knowledge of our ...
Tags: coatings business portfolio, chief financial officer, Construction
Taiwan topped global rankings last year for LED component output value, and the industry is expected to keep up 14% growth throughout 2015 to reach US $5.37 billion, according to statistics compiled by Taiwan’s Photonics Industry and ...
Tags: LED Component, LED Chip
PPG Industries reported fourth quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.71 billion, up $207 million, or 6 percent, versus the prior-year figure of $3.5 billion. Net sales in local currencies grew 10 percent year-over-year, ...
Tags: portfolio management, earnings-accretive cash deployment, Construction
American cereal producer Kellogg has completed the acquisition of a majority stake in Egyptian cake and biscuit maker Bisco Misr, in a previously announced deal worth $125m. Kellogg has agreed to pay £89.86 per share for 85.93% ...
Tags: Egyptian cake, biscuit maker, Agriculture
Lantmannen has agreed to acquire all the remaining shares, it does not already own in Finland-based thin crisp producer Vaasan, from Lion Capital for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition is in line with Lantmannen's strategy to ...
Tags: thin crisp, bakery products, Agriculture
US based consumer goods and farm products company Calavo Growers has recorded an increase of 5.3% in revenue during the fourth quarter of 2014. US based consumer goods and farm products company Calavo Growers has recorded an increase of ...
Tags: consumer goods, Agriculture
Adjusted gross profit in the second fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2014 climbed 57 per cent year on year at NYSE listed Performance Sports Group. As against $39.6 million in the year-ago quarter, adjusted gross profit rose 57 per cent ...
Tags: sales, marketing costs, Apparel
Subaru Canada, in cooperation with Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI), the manufacturer of Subaru vehicles, held the North American reveal of the "SUBARU VIZIV 2 CONCEPT" today at the 2015 Montreal International Auto Show. The "SUBARU VIZIV ...
Facebook is beginning to test a new feature that will allow users to send transcriptions of voice messages via Messenger. This means that the Messenger app will now jot down your audio in text form, and then relay it to your chosen ...
Tags: Facebook, APP, Consumer Electronics
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 83.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, a 1% increase from the fourth quarter of 2013, according to Gartner. These results indicate a slow, but consistent improvement following more than two years of ...
Tags: PC shipments, PC market
The retailer champions Black Friday as the starting gun for Christmas shopping. Shop Direct has seen a four per cent rise in total group sales over the Christmas trading period. Black Friday proved to be the busiest trading day on ...
Tags: Christmas shopping, trading day, Toys
Alvanon has teamed up with leading trend forecasting authority, Fashion Snoops to present a coordinated offering of exciting business solutions for fashion brands and manufacturers at Intermoda 2015, which runs till January 16, 2015 at the ...
Tags: human anatomy, pattern construction, Apparel
“The ongoing political turmoil in Bangladesh has cost the apparel industry Tk 4.5 billion,” the chief of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers & Exporters Association (BGMEA) said. Addressing a media conference, Atiqul Islam, ...
Tags: shipping, clearing and forwarding agents, banks, Apparel
The annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at 0.11 per cent for December 2014 (over December 2013), according to the provisional data released by the Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of ...
Tags: cotton yarn, tyre cord fabric, woollen textiles, Textile