China is to reduce import taxes by more than 50 per cent on some consumer goods, including apparel, in a bid to encourage an increase in domestic spending, according to media reports. The Chinese finance ministry has said that it will ...
Tags: Import Duty, Consumer Goods
Once implemented, the Goods & Service Tax (GST) may in particular, impact Indian ecommerce retailers, who may witness their costs going up. Costs may move northwards for online retailers or their vendors as they would be liable to pay ...
Tags: Indian Ecommerce Players, Apparel
Coles has seen success but there is a lot more hard work ahead according to Managing Director John Durkan. Speaking at a strategy briefing day last week, Durkhan looked back on the wins and losses over the last year for the supermarket. ...
Tags: Coles, in-house brands
Global online fashion retailer Boohoo has selected Visual IQ, the leading cross channel marketing attribution software company, to provide marketing attribution management solutions across TV and digital channels in support of its 2015 ...
Harvest Specialty Mills has raised funding to build a grain cleaning, milling and packaging facility in Greater Toronto Area, Canada. The C$2.6m ($2.12m) funding will be invested in a 21,000ft2 Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points ...
Reliance Retail, part of Reliance Industries, plans to launch multi-channel shopping across all its formats to tap the fast growing e-commerce segment, according to media reports. The company, which operates its business under five ...
A study by German market intelligence firm GfK has found the situation for retail in crisis countries in Europe has improved. GfK has carried out a comprehensive analysis of the retail scene in 32 European countries. The study examined ...
Tags: European Economy, German market
Leading industry body, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) expects the retail market in India will touch $1.2 trillion by 2020 and $2.1 trillion by 2025 from the present level of $550 billion, generating 10-12 million jobs in the next ...
Tags: retail market, Apparel
In a move to bring top talent back to India, Snapdeal, one of India’s largest online marketplace, has announced the appointment of Gaurav Gupta as vice president – engineering. In his new role, Gupta will spearhead the ...
Tags: Snapdeal Beefs, Beefs
Industrial restructuring, growth in services good indicators of improving conditions, say experts Positive signs have started to emerge in China's economy since the second quarter, suggesting deepened industrial restructuring amid rapid ...
Tags: Industrial restructuring, Positive signs, China's economy
The number of unplanned truck standstills can be cut by 80 per cent. This is revealed in a study conducted by Volvo Trucks. In the long term, the aim is that unplanned standstills should entirely disappear. One key explanation for this ...
Tags: Truck Standstills, truck
Textiles secretary SK Panda has expressed optimism about the future of the handloom sector. At a meeting in New Delhi to discuss the revival of handloom, with particular focus on increasing earning of handloom weavers, Panda asserted that ...
Tags: Handloom Sector, Textile Ministry
The Peek&Cloppenburg KG Group in Hamburg, Germany, a leading multi-label fashion retailer, has recently deployed TXTPlanning as its corporate merchandise planning platform, software by TXT Retail, leading provider of integrated and ...
The food industry is capitalising on a booming licensing industry by ensuring big names such as Frozen feature on more packaging. Streets Ice Cream is leading the way in Australia, announcing it will bring to life the favourite ...
Tags: Frozen Franchise, food industry, booming licensing industry
The number of unplanned truck standstills can be cut by 80 per cent. This is revealed in a study conducted by Volvo Trucks. In the long term, the aim is that unplanned standstills should entirely disappear. One key explanation for this ...
Tags: Volvo Trucks, transport industry