The definition of an "ugly Christmas sweater" is any sweater with a Christmas theme that is considered in bad taste, tacky, or gaudy. While what is in bad taste is debatable, general consensus says that more is uglier, more embellishments, ...
Tags: Christmas Sweater, Sweater, Apparel
DESPITE deep reservations about domestic political instability and shaky conditions in the resources sector, professional investors expect local shares to shrug off May's malaise and see the All Ordinaries index retest 5000 points by ...
Tags: economy
The creation of Android malware is now mature enough for there to be development cycles that mimic those of the legitimate software world, a report from Juniper Networks has concluded. According to the?firm's annual survey of the ...
Tags: Android, Software, Commercial Software, Computer Products
Let’s face it. Christmas is the single biggest holiday event in the jewellery world. For US jewellery retailers, this highly commercialized holiday typically accounts for 30-50% of the yearly business. Now is the time to prepare ...
Tags: Christmas, Arts&Crafts
Shell is hoping to extend the life of an offshore oil field in Brazil's Campos Basin until 2021, potentially adding five years of operation and as many as 20 million more barrels, Osman Tosun, the company's field development manager, said ...
Tags: Chemicals
In the 1990s Virgin and British Airways brought you the 'dirty tricks' scandal; this month Lighting brings you its very own corporate intrigue: Trollgate! We usually wouldn't bore you with the minutiae of publishing warfare but this ...
Marks & Spencer (M&S) today publishes its latest Plan A Report which shows progress against the programme’s 180 sustainability commitments, including its stretching 2015 targets. 139 of the 180 commitments have been achieved ...
Tags: Apparel, Marks&Spencer
Tesco continues to struggle across Europe, with like-for-like sales excluding petrol down 5.5% as “tough economic conditions, challenging competitors and over-dependence upon out-of-favour hypermarkets” take their toll. ...
Tags: chilled convenience meals, frozen beef, Tesco, Darren Shirley
MooresCloud, a start-up company headquartered in Australia, launched its new product, Holiday by MooresCloud at CeBIT Australia 2013. Holiday by MooresCloud is the world's first connected, intelligent, beautiful and easy-to-use festive ...
Tags: Interactive and Intelligent Christmas Lighting, Lights&Lighting
Australia bakery business Ferguson Plarre Bakehouses have launched carbon neutral bags across its network of 58 stores in Victoria. According to the company, the new bags are manufactured by Lombard The Paper People, and meet ...
The toy industry will face one of its most aggressive fourth quarter trading periods this year. Retail giants including nationals, grocers and online sites such as Amazon are set to cut toy prices below RRP in a battle for market share ...
Tags: Toys, toy industry, Christmas Toys
Aggressive price cutting happens every Christmas in the toy industry. We know this – before anyone points out that we're maybe stating the bleedin' obvious with this month's cover story. However, no one has ever previously predicted ...
Slow Seven will be unveiled at official press event; winner will have their products sold in store over Christmas. The Slow Toy Team has revealed that the Harrods' Toy Kingdom will play host to the Slow Toy Awards 2013. The Slow Seven ...
Tags: harods, hoarrods toy kingdom, slow toy movement, sloy toy awards 2013
Grocer believes new Nutmeg Kid's line will 'draw more customers into stores' and drive toy sales. Supermarket Morrisons expects toy sales to continue to rise, thanks to the new Nutmeg kids’clothing line. The grocer believes ...
Tags: Morrisons, Toys, Clothing Label
With low footfall, rising rents and online competition, running a High Street store is more challenging than ever. So, why not open one just for a month or a week? The toy industry has already dabbled in pop-up shops over the past few ...
Tags: Pop-up Shops, Toys