Understanding local markets, putting customers at the centre of business and strengthening competitive advantage are key success factors for retailers in the burgeoning Asian markets, said speakers at the recent World Retail Congress Asia ...
Tags: Retail Congress, Apparel
WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's federal budget, released Wednesday, calls for increases in federal research and development spending. The overall spending increase, though shows a decline when adjusted for inflation. The White House ...
Tags: Computer Products, softeware
Demand for recycled-content packaging materials continues to grow in the U.S. But the market and infrastructure for collecting used materials suffers somewhat from various limitations, whether they be financial, logistical or emotional. ...
Tags: packaging materials, packaging
Textile workers of Nigeria want the Federal Government to inject more money for revival of the ailing textile units across the nation. Seeking higher funds, the National Union of Textile Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria ...
Tags: Textile, Garment, textile industry
Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association will train 34,000 workers and mid-level officials in the apparel sector on fire safety by June, said Commerce Secretary Mahbub Ahmed. Ahmed spoke at the United States Trade ...
Tags: Garment Manufacturers, Garment
The DORNBIRN-MFC will take place for the 52nd time and has become the European/American lead event in the field of man-made fibers. The congress is geared towards future themes like sustainability, innovation but also communication with the ...
Tags: Textile, man-made fibers
The U.S government and two other entities involved in investigations leading to the indictment of the late Internet activist Aaron Swartz have asked a federal court in Boston to redact the names of people involved in the case from documents ...
Tags: Computer Products
Despite assurances from the White House and little traction from Democrats in US Congress, a key Republican senator believes that a carbon tax is President Barack Obama's top priority. "That is the ultimate goal of this president," said ...
Tags: Lead Republican, Carbon Tax, Chemicals
The increase was driven by the memory sales Global semiconductors sales increased 1.4% in February 2013 to $23.25bn compared to the sales of $22.93bn in February 2012, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA). In ...
Tags: Semiconductors, Consumer Electronics, Electrical, Electronics
In a recent blog in mid-March, Eric Higham of market research firm Strategy Analytics noted that gallium arsenide device revenue closed 2012 at a new record of just over $5.3bn, albeit up by just under 2% on 2011. The small gain was driven ...
Tags: GaAs device, Semiconductors
Volunteers sponsored by SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, were in Washington, D.C., last week to thank Congressional representatives for recent support for photonics R&D and to urge future support for in several key ...
Tags: photonics, Photonics Society, Electrical
Most brick-and-mortar retailers would benefit from federal legislation that would allow states to collect sales taxes from online retailers, industry leaders say. But opponents of the legislation say it would burden small online businesses ...
Tags: Transportation
US Representative Kevin Cramer, a Republican and North Dakota's lone House member, believes that hardline, pro-drilling arguments from his own party may be hindering the chances of bipartisan support for increasing oil and gas production on ...
Tags: Drilling Rhetoric Hinders, Chemicals, Cramer
Prices for 2012 and 2013 US ethanol renewable credits, also known as RINs, on Monday fell to their lowest levels in March on slowing demand from obligated parties, sources said. On Monday, 2012 and 2013 ethanol RINs were assessed at 57.5 ...
Tags: Ethanol Rins, Slowing Demand, Chemicals
The U.S. Senate has overwhelmingly passed a non-binding proposal to allow states to collect sales tax on Internet sellers that have no presence within their borders. The proposal was an amendment to a 2014 budget bill that the Senate ...
Tags: Internet, e-commerce, Internet Sales