Nestle's share price increased this morning (9 August) as the Kit-Kat maker booked an increase in first-half profit and reaffirmed its full-year guidance. The Swiss food giant reported an 8.9% increase in earnings of CHF5.12bn (US$5.26bn) ...
Tags: food, share price, emerging markets, price rises, cost-cutting, water
Bodymetrics, the body-mapping technology company that helps consumers find perfect fitting clothes, launched its first 'Body-Sizing Pod' in Northern California at Bloomingdale's Stanford Shopping Center store in Palo Alto. The company had ...
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According to a new report, "Status of the LED Industry," a cost reduction per lumen of packaged LEDs by a factor ten is necessary for mass LED adoption to occur in lighting. Growth of the LED industry has come initially from the small ...
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Yole Développement and EPIC announce their report dedicated to the LED industry:"Status of the LED Industry".The report presents all applications of LEDs and associated market metrics,LED cost reduction opportunities,entire LED value ...
Tags: LED industry, LED, Packaged LED Market, Yole Développement, EPIC
Makers will boost the luminous efficacy of white LEDs, targeting 200 lm/W and above, and pursue breakthroughs in substrate materials, epitaxial chips and preparation.The southern province continues to solidify its status as the key hub for ...
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UK-Christie today announced its partnership with Canada's Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade's(DFAIT)'Invest in Canada'.Christie has provided two striking digital displays featuring Christie MicroTiles and Christie Entero ...
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IDG News Service-Microsoft on Tuesday began publicly previewing a new webmail service for consumers called Outlook.com that will eventually replace Hotmail. Microsoft also expects that Outlook.com will draw people away from competing ...
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Jesta I.S., Inc. a leading provider of enterprise business solutions for retailers, manufacturers and distributors primarily in the apparel, footwear and soft goods industries worldwide, announced that A|wear, a leading ladies fashion ...
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Jay Mutschler joined Staples in 2008 with the company's acquisition of Corporate Express. Having served as president of Corporate Express (US) he was appointed senior vice president of Staples Advantage, the business-to-business contract ...
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Computerworld-The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act(ACA),which the Supreme Court found constitutional last month,requires all states to roll out health insurance exchanges where consumers can compare in one place plans based on ...
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Zhongtian Lighting Co.,Ltd.has received a big order of$5 Million and partnered with large distributors in Europe and America by propagating its LED light brand through e-commerce,combining the module factory to supply LED lights to ...
Tags: China, LED, lighting, Zhongtian Lighting, Europe, America
IDG News Service - The U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration's first step toward developing a consensus on mobile privacy standards may be the wrong step, privacy advocates said. The NTIA's first multistakeholder ...
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Flannels the UK's largest independent luxury retail group, has upgraded its head office systems supplied by Eurostop so that all elements of the business are now fully integrated. The retailer is now able to manage stock levels more ...
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Japanese convenience store operator Lawson said today (3 July) its continued focus on fresh food in its stores allowed it to grow its customer base during the first quarter of the year. Lawson said operating profit increased 8.4% on the ...
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Computer Generated Solutions (CGS), a leading global provider of technology solutions, announced that American lifestyle company and apparel provider, Peace Love World, has successfully implemented the BlueCherry Enterprise Suite software ...
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