Six men have been charged by the Joint Organised Crime Group (JOCG) for their involvement in the attempted importation of almost three tonnes of MDMA and crystal methamphetamine (ice) into Sydney. This seizure is estimated to be worth up ...
Tags: Drug Trade, crystal methamphetamine, Service
Publishing its submission to HM Treasury ahead of the Autumn Statement on 3rd December, the British Retail Consortium (BRC), has highlighted the consensus across the business world that the business rates system is in need of fundamental ...
Tags: Retail Consortium, HM Treasury, Furniture
Global beverage giant Coca-Cola has launched a limited edition range of 250ml cans of different colours to celebrate the arrival of the new slimline small Coca-Cola can. The coloured cans will be the first packaging change for Coca-Cola ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, Colour, Agriculture
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
Start planning that next adventure; a new ride is on its way. After revealing the iM Concept car today at the Los Angeles Auto Show, Scion announced that a production version of the versatile five-door compact hatchback will be coming to ...
Tags: new Scion model, sporty ride, Auto
For the main part of China’s history, women were dominated by a patriarchic system and forced to a background role. Only in recent history have they reached a more equal position in Chinese society and started to visibly shape the ...
Tags: Role of Women, China's history
Ahead of the impending party season, a special womenswear brand, peppered with a swag South American flavour, has been launched in the UK. Titled as Ashanti Brazil, the e-commerce site, which is set to take the European fashion scene by ...
Tags: womenswear brand, Ashanti Brazil, Apparel
British waste and recycling company, Business Waste, says that a spike in the theft of paper and cardboard meant for recycling is to be blamed on scrap thieves who are looking for soft targets. The company feels that increased security ...
Tags: Rising Paper, Cardboard Theft, Printing
Retail sales volumes continued to grow in the year to October, with another strong rise expected in the month ahead, according to the CBI. The CBI’s latest monthly Distributive Trades Survey of 124 firms showed a third successive ...
Tags: High Street Sales, Furnishing
The decade of the 1950s saw women's clothing in China lose all aesthetic significance after the founding of New China. After experiencing the Great Leap Forward [*note] and the People's Communalization Movement [*note], Chinese women's ...
The full decade of the Cultural Revolution movement from 1966 to 1976 saw China's fashion go underground, buried under a sea of grass green army uniforms and Mao suits. But by the end of the year 1976, the winter of fashion discontent was ...
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is helping to modernise public transport in the Romanian city of Pitesti with a RON 58.5 million loan (€13 million equivalent) to the municipal transport company Publitrans ...
Tags: EBRD, Transport, Accessories
U.S. jewelry and watch sales rose 4.3 percent year on year in July, according to preliminary government calculations, representing the strongest monthly gain so far this year. Earlier this month, and beginning with June's provisional sales ...
Tags: Jewelry Sales, Watch Sales
There is a saying about how soccer is perceived in three big nations: Americans are not interested in watching soccer games but are good at playing it; Chinese like watching it but are poor players; Indians are neither fond of it nor able ...
Tags: World Cup, Sporting, China Sporting
Patagonia will close all four of its stores in New York City until 3 p.m. Sunday to support the People's Climate March, President and CEO Rose Marcario announced on a company blog. "The People’s Climate March in New York City on ...