As more global fast food chains rush to China for expansion, they also have to face the costly headaches in a fast-changing food supply environment plagued by repeated safety scandals. Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp recently announced ...
Tags: fast food, Food Production Monitor
Activity in China's services sector grew modestly in February as new orders rose at their quickest pace in three months, a private survey showed just a few days after the central bank cut interest rates to stimulate the world's ...
Tags: HSBC Services, PMI
French chocolate manufacturer CEMOI is planning to launch a factory in Ivory Coast, targeting the local and West African market, a company official said. CEMOI senior employee in Ivory Coast was quoted by Reuters as saying: "I can ...
In the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015 which had 14 weeks, net sales at kids apparel retailer, Carter’s, Inc rose 12.9 per cent from the fourth quarter of fiscal 2014 which had 13 weeks. Carter’s said, consolidated net sales ...
Tags: Carter's, Apparel Retailer, Apparel
For the fourth fiscal quarter ended January 31, 2015, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc, the biggest global retailer posted a 1.4 per cent year over year hike in consolidated net sales. Consolidated net sales for the fourth quarter amounted to $130.7 ...
Tags: Wal-Mart, e-commerce
Traditional preserves brand Anathoth Farm has launched a new Sweet Chilli Relish in Australia. Anathoth Farm is based in Geraldine in New Zealand and produces a range of farm-made jams, curds and relishes, which are sold in Coles ...
Tags: Sweet Chilli Relish, jams
LED lighting technology firm Flip Chip Opto Inc of Fremont, CA, USA has announced its P-Series of high-power LED flip-chip/chip-on-board (COB) products. The high-performance lighting modules consist of patented 3-Pad LED flip chips with a ...
Tags: Flip Chip, LED lighting
The US government has given approval for Raytheon Company of Waltham, MA, USA to export a gallium nitride- (GaN)-based Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Patriot sensor to Patriot Air and Missile Defense System partner nations. ...
Tags: Patriot Radar, AESA Sensor
Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on 'GaN on GaN' (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has launched a small, low-profile series of light engines that provide fixture ...
Tags: LED technology, Optical Light
The Eastern Coatings Show, sponsored by the Eastern Coatings Federation, Inc., will again be held at the Taj Mahal Hotel and Resort in Atlantic City, New Jersey, from June 1st to June 4th, 2015. According to Bob Whiteley, the president of ...
Sacmi Packaging showcased its new products for trays and cases erection at Fruit Logistica, the international exhibition of fruit and vegetable processing technology, which was held in Berlin, Germany, from 4-6 February. At the event, the ...
Tags: Sacmi, Fruit Logistica, Packaging
Favourable government policies, low wages, shorter sea route and growing garment exports make Myanmar an attractive option for Indian textile entrepreneurs, says Rajesh Kumar Shah The garment sector in Myanmar has grown enormously since ...
Tags: garment exports, Textile
Industrial thread and consumer textile crafts marketer, Coats plc has added David Gosnell as non-executive director, with effect from February 19, 2015, who will also chair the Remuneration Committee. David who retired from Diageo plc as ...
Tags: Industrial thread, Textile
The Chinese currency has seen sharp volatility against the US dollar this week as a strengthening dollar stokes worries of the yuan's depreciation. The yuan continued to decline against the dollar on Wednesday with its spot exchange rate ...
Tags: China's New Yuan, Chinese currency
As it enters into February, the off-season market before the long Chinese New Year vacation leads spot prices of certain solar PV products such as polysilicon, wafer and PV cells to drop. Prices of PV modules remain relatively flat because ...
Tags: Solar PV, Solar Cell