Editor's note: The following blog was written by James Moore, owner of?Moore's Bicycle Shop in?Hattiesburg,?Miss. Moore is the new president of the National Bicycle Dealers Association. When I opened my bike shop in 1984 an eight-year-old ...
Tags: Transportation, bike
While industrial performance has stabilised, industry's share in Europe's GDP has declined from 15.5% of GDP one year ago to 15.1% in summer 2013. The two industrial Competitiveness reports published today by the European Commission ...
Tags: Service, industry economy
With home prices and household formations rising and household balance sheets healing, the ongoing housing recovery is expected to gain momentum next year even as several challenges remain, according to economists who participated in the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Roland Berger Strategy Consultants has analyzed the role of banks in the internationalization of European small and medium enterprises in its new study: "What role can banks play in the internationalization process of European SMEs?". ...
The Markit Eurozone PMI Composite Output Index rose to a 27-month high in September, signalling the largest rise in activity since June 2011, according to the flash estimate. The flash PMI rose for the sixth consecutive month, up from 51.5 ...
The AEPC-ATDC SMART Bhawan the 4th permanent campus building in NCR was inaugurated at the hands of Dr. Kavuru Sambasiva Rao, Hon’ble Minister of Textiles, Government of India; at Faridabad – Haryana. The AEPC-ATDC Bhawan and ...
Tags: ATDC Faridabad, Knitwear
The children’s apparel industry of Bursa city in Turkey has contributed significantly to the garment sector in the country, Governor of Bursa, Munir Karalogluna said during a meeting with Bursa Children’s Apparel Industry ...
Tags: Turkish Apparel Sector
Confederation of Indian Textile Industry has requested government to restore export benefits under Focus Market Scheme and Incremental Export Incentivisation Scheme on cotton yarn. Reacting to the Notification No.43 (RE-2013)/2009-2014 ...
Tags: Textile Industry
Avery Dennison Corporation, a global leader in labeling and packaging materials and solutions published its new sustainability report. Avery Dennison's sustainability report for 2011-2012 charts the company's progress and new opportunities. ...
Tags: Avery Dennison, Landfills
Tanzania is still working on its plan to establish soda ash processing plant along Lake Natron ecosystem in Longido and Monduli districts of Arusha, because of its socio-economic importance. Arusha Regional Commissioner (RC), Magesa ...
Tags: Soda Ash
The adoption of common safety standards in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment factories has come a step closer, following a meeting of national tripartite partners, the Alliance and Accord and other key stakeholders in the industry. ...
Tags: Bangla Garment, Safety Standards
Chairman AEPC Dr A Sakthivel, on behalf of the garment & textiles industry has expressed disappointment over the increasing the repo rate. In a statement made, Chairman Dr. Sakthivel stated that, “The availability of capital is ...
Tags: AEPC Chief, Apparel
Kao Corp. (4452.T), the biggest maker of toiletries in Japan, has been laid far behind by US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble (P&G) in the Chinese mainland. It entered the market in August 1993, but always suffered a loss-making ...
Tags: consumer goods, Light Industry, Daily Use
India has great potentiality in meeting its need of iron by making use of the minerals, available here. This is the reason; this is one of the leading countries, where iron is produced in great quantity. As the iron ore is available in bulk ...
Tags: Ferro Alloys, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Inditex posted net sales of 7.7 billion euros in the first half of FY13 (from 1 February to 31 July), year-on-year growth of 6%; this figure rises to 8% in local currency terms. Like-for-like sales growth was 2%, on top of a 7% in 1H12. The ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories