F&F, the clothing brand sold exclusively in the UK by Tesco, has announced plans to open more than fifty new franchise stores over the next five years in new markets across the Middle East and in Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. ...
Ciech published its report for Q1 2013. EBITDA (operating profit plus the value of depreciation/amortisation) amounted to PLN 132 million, compared to PLN 95 million in Q4 2012 and PLN 126 million in the same period a year earlier. ...
Specialty bedding producer Dormeo Octaspring is adding a manufacturing operation to its facility here, the company announced. Dormeo said it has invested more than $500,000 to retrofit its 30,000-square-foot facility with new ...
Tags: Dormeo, U.S.Manufacturing, Light Industry
The Qingming Festival Pure Brightness Festival or Clear Bright Festival, Ancestors Day or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice, usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian ...
Qingming is one of the 24 Solar Terms in traditional Chinese culture, which refers to the warming of weather and blooming of plants. During the Qingming time, the climate in the South of China is getting warm and Spring is coming. However ...
Tags: Climate Feature, Qingming Festival
To expand in the Baltic markets, Lee Cooper, a leading denim brand from UK, appointed Poldma Trading as its new licensee for Estonia. As a part of its debut in Estonian and Lithianian market, the brand would to feature an introductory ...
Tags: Lee Cooper, Baltic Market, Apparel
Alberta-based Bri-Chem Corp. said Thursday that during Q1 2013, net earnings were $1.8 million compared to net earnings of $2.9 million for 2012, a decrease of 36.6 percent. Bri-Chem is wholesale distributor and manufacturer of oil and gas ...
Tags: Pipe Market, steel pipe
Hasbro is offering special Littlest Pet Shop toys exclusively to Toymaster members. Retailers can hand out loyalty cards to customers, which are stamped every time a toy is bought. Once the customer has collected five toys, they'll ...
Tags: Toys Exclusive, Toys, Hasbro
Windows has announced that the mysterious Windows 8 update known previously as "Windows Blue" is to be known in the wild as Windows 8.1. Microsoft's chief financial officer for Windows, Tami Reller, announced the free patch yesterday, ...
Tags: Windows, Computer Products
The League of American Bicyclists has announced 17 new Bicycle Friendly Communities (BFC), bringing the total to 259 in 47 states. In addition, Fort Collins, Colorado, moved from a gold to platinum-level community, joining Portland, Oregon, ...
Cosmic Cycles, a well-known retailer in Flagstaff, has recently reopened in a new location with a new owner. Scott Heinsuis, a longtime employee of the shop, purchased the business last year after it closed for the winter and moved it into ...
Tags: Cosmic Cycles, bike
Marks & Spencer announces plans to refocus its clothing strategy on the values that made the brand famous as it reasserts its leading position on quality and style with the launch of its forthcoming Autumn/Winter collections. The vision ...
Tags: M&S A/W Collection, Apparel
Danielle Trofe's Tree Floor Lamp uses a thin wooden structure and Edison style light bulbs to mimic a winter tree's silhouette. Like branches on a bare tree this?handcrafted floor lamp's engaging form is both raw and chic. Source: ...
Tags: Tree Floor Lamp, Lamp
Germany-based steelmaker Salzgitter Group has issued its financial results data for the first quarter of the current year, stating that the performance of the company was overshadowed by persistently unfavorable general economic conditions ...
Tags: Salzgitter, Loss, Steel
Asian grain prices are expected to be higher in the next few days as investors take leads from late plantings in the US, one of the world's largest exporters, trade participants said. The most active wheat futures for July delivery on ...
Tags: US Plantings, Asian Grain Price