The American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA), Franklin Furniture Institute and Mississippi Manufacturers Association have once again collaborated to present a Manufacturing Summit on the campus of Mississippi State University. ...
Tags: logistics issues, process automation, transportation needs
The exports of garments and textiles from the Southeast Asian nation of Vietnam surged 44.9 percent year-on-year in February 2014 to reach US$ 1.3 billion, the Ministry of Industry and Trade has reported. In the first two months of the ...
Tags: Garment, Textile Exports, Apparel
National Retail Federation President and CEO Matthew Shay and NRF Chief Economist Jack Kleinhenz issued a response to the organization's February jobs report. "While there are signs of modest momentum in the economy, now is not the time ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, Retail Industry
The Government of Karnataka, a state in southern India, through the Department of Handloom and Textiles, has invested Rs. 13 billion under various schemes during the current financial year, reports The Hindu. Addressing a one-day ...
Tags: Textiles Sector, Textile
Twice as many businesses intend to increase their levels of capital investment in the months ahead compared to those which will reduce their spending, with Australia’s record low borrowing costs and steady levels of confidence about ...
Tags: Economic Growth, logistics
Americans spent more in January, but the increase came from a surgeA transient variation in the current and/or potential at a point in the circuit. in spending on heating bills during the harsh winter. Spending in areas such as autos and ...
Tags: Energy Costs, durable goods
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) for China's manufacturing sector was at 50.2 percent in February of the current year, down 0.3 percentage points compared to January but remaining above 50 percent , according to China's National Bureau ...
Tags: Manufacturing PMI, Mineral
Chairman AEPC, Mr. Virender Uppal, welcomed the move to extend the 2% duty credit scrip under the Market Linked Focus Product Scrip (MLFPS) for RMG sector (2% Duty credit scrip, HS 61 & 62) to EU and USA for exports from 01/04/2014 till ...
Tags: global markets, Apparel
Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. announced the promotion of Eugene A. Castagna, previously the Company's Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, to the role of Chief Operating Officer. Susan E. Lattmann, formerly the Company's Vice President – ...
Tags: Bed Bath, Textile, Management Team
Serbia, a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, has invited investment in the country’s textile sector from Turkish companies, InSerbia reported. Speaking at a textile fair in Novi Pazar city located ...
Luxottica said it set a new net sales record of more than €7.3 billion in 2013, an increase of 7.5 percent in currency-neutral (c-n) terms and 3.2 percent at current exchange rates compared to 2012. ADVERTISEMENT The Italian ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation, eyewear
Costco has started the promotional drive for its first Queensland warehouse, with the retailer announcing that it is nearing completion on construction of the big box store and that it has begun recruiting staff. The warehouse — ...
Tags: First Queensland Store
The exports of textiles and apparel from India are likely to miss the target of US$ 43 billion set for the current financial year by about $1 billion, Textiles Minister K Sambasiva Rao has said, Business Standard reported quoting PTI. ...
Tags: Indian Textile, Textile Exports, Apparel
Italian company E.Miroglio would be investing 55 million lev for fabric production in Bulgaria this year, reports Sofia News Agency. Edoardo Miroglio, head of the Italian firm, said the company would invest 55 million lev in its ...
Tags: Bulgarian Textiles, Italian Firm, Textile
US Steel Corp. confirmed Monday that it will lay off workers at its Lorian Tubular Operations plant in Ohio, although the brief statement did not indicate how many workers would be affected or when the layoffs would be implemented. ...
Tags: Tubular Plant, Mineral