Fashionistas across the pond could soon be paying less for genuine Made in the USA women's blue jeans. Los Angeles-based Hudson Clothing LLC received a ruling from the UK's customs and tax department exempting its women's blue jeans from a ...
Tags: Womens Jeans, Fat Tax
Statoil ASA has together with its partners Eni Norge AS and Petoro AS made an oil and gas discovery in the Skavl prospect in PL532, close to Johan Castberg in the Barents Sea. Well 7220/7-2 S, drilled by the rig West Hercules, has proven ...
Tags: Oil and Gas News, New Oil and Gas Discovery, Johan Castberg
It is reported that Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) has proposed to levy antidumping (AD) tax on cold rolled stainless steel imported from China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Taiwan. According to the news, the proposed tax rates ...
Tags: Stainless Steel Cold Roll Coil, Cold Roll Coil, Construction, Metallurgy
I joined GreenBlue last fall as the new executive director and Sustainable Packaging Coalition (SPC) director. Now that a year has passed, I would like to take this opportunity to reflect on some key industry milestones in 2013 and talk ...
Since 2010 the government began reducing corporation tax in stages, falling from 28% to 23%. This will be cut to 21% from April 2014 and will reach 20% in 2015. The small profits rate has also been cut to 20%. While the government ...
A new wool and rice straw blended upholstery fabric, which has been developed by a Wellington company, goes into commercial production next year with the potential to create significant demand for New Zealand crossbred wool, while helping ...
Tags: Formary, upholstery fabric, crossbred wool
China's anti-smoking efforts in the past decade have failed to limit the explosive growth of the country's cigarette producers, according to a new report. Annual cigarette production in the world's most populous country has jumped 50 ...
Tags: anti-smoking, cigarette, health
China is extending an existing tax exemption on imported gas to new sources of foreign pipeline gas and imported LNG. The Ministry of Finance announced on Monday that the tax exemption will be granted to pipeline imports from Myanmar, ...
"During the quarter we took the significant step of agreeing to sell our Consumer Products business. We believe separating our two segments will set them up for individual, long-term success and is a good outcome for our stakeholders. ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Dollar General Corporation reported record sales, operating profit and net income for its fiscal 2013 third quarter (13 weeks) ended November 1, 2013. Highlights: - Third Quarter Same-Store Sales Increased 4.4%; Total Sales Increased ...
Tags: Retailer Dollar, Apparel
Plummeting EU sugar prices will pose "a significant challenge" to Napier Brown – the sugar trading subsidiary of the Real Good Food Company (RGFC) – said its chairman Pieter Totté. Falling EU sugar prices represented a ...
Tags: Sugar, Agriculture, Food
Appalachian Mountain Brewery has signed a letter of intent to acquire North Carolina Natural Energy (NCNE), in a strategic move to prepare for wholesale distribution of its craft beer. Based in Florida, North Carolina Natural Energy ...
Tags: Brewery, craft beers
United Natural Foods, Inc. (the "Company") today reported financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2014 ended November 2, 2013. "Continued demand and UNFI's focus on its core strategies delivered strong results during the first ...
Tags: United Natural Foods, Food
Christopher & Banks Corporation, a specialty women’s apparel retailer, reported results for the thirteen week period ended November 2, 2013. Same-store sales increased 4.9%, as compared to the thirteen weeks ended November 3, 2012; ...
Tags: Christopher&Banks, women's apparel
Francesca's Holdings Corporation reported net income of $8.7 million or $0.20 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2013, compared to net income of $10.8 million or $0.24 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2012. Net sales for ...