ARAMARK, a leader in providing professional services, has been named to the list of the world's premier service providers. The company has again been named one of the Global Outsourcing 100, the prestigious list of diversified outsourced ...
The Dutch Ambassador Gerben de Jong opened a new vocational training center in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This training center is an initiative of C&A and fully funded by the C&A Foundation. The new facility introduces a new course, specifically ...
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Campbell Soup Co has signed a deal with Grupo Jumex and Conservas La Costeña that will expand its manufacturing and distribution capabilities in Mexico but result in the loss of 260 jobs. The deal, announced today (15 February), ...
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US food group Campbell Soup Co. has recorded a drop in first-half profits as costs related to its acquisition of Bolthouse Farms hit earnings. Earnings in the six months ended 27 January fell to US$430m, a 7.3% decline on last year, the ...
Hewlett-Packard has issued new guidelines to limit the use of student labor at its supplier factories in China, in what it claimed was the first of its kind for the IT industry. The company issued the guidelines to address "the ...
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Japanese automobile manufacturer Nissan has opened a paint plant in Smyrna, Tennessee in the US, which the company claims as its most advanced plant. The new 250,000sqft facility will be located adjacent to the company's vehicle ...
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The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) released three new resources designed to assist U.S. apparel and footwear companies as they navigate mounting social responsibility reporting requirements and other important social ...
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LEDs are getting more than a cursory glance from retailers with some big-name chains opting to fit them in their stores. Angeline Albert asks some major retailers if they are now ready to fully embrace the technology. Much has been ...
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Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Karel De Gucht, Commissioner for Trade made following statement: “We are deeply saddened to learn of the deaths of young workers from a ...
The dream of a high school diploma became reality recently for 98 employees of Denimatrix in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Denimatrix is part of the Textile and Apparel Division of Lubbock, Texas-based Plains Cotton Cooperative Association ...
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Experts and readers of PC Magazine Russian Edition present awards to the best software solutions of 2012 BERLKSHIRE, ENGLAND, January 17, 2013 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Panda Security's free solution, Panda Cloud Antivirus, has received the ...
A Canadian think tank called on Tuesday for continued scrutiny of U.S. security vendor Blue Coat Systems after a new technical analysis showed wide use of its products in countries with human rights and censorship concerns. The Citizen ...
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Packaging supplier in the US, A&R Box and Packaging has announced the addition of new products to its environmentally catalog of products, as part of its corporate social responsibility. According to the company, the new products include ...
Bringing together the world's leading retailers and their business partners, Retail's BIG Show is set to commence next week, offering a speaker lineup never seen before. The four-day convention, held January 13-16, 2013 at the Jacob ...
The biggest global fashion brand based in Asia, Uniqlo, and its parent company Fast Retailing Group, committed to eliminate all releases of hazardous chemicals throughout its entire global supply chain and products by 2020, in response to ...
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