The corn and soybean crops in the U.S. are massive. Monday's USDA Crop Production report shows the soybean crop continues to skyrocket in size, but the corn crop's slightly smaller than earlier estimates. Now, speculation's rising that ...
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Seeing where his new truck came from “was like a live episode of “How It’s Made!” This photogenic 2013 M2-106 Freightliner with its 16,000L tank was custom built for the Fort Erie, ON-based water hauler Dennis ...
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For third-quarter 2014, deposition equipment maker Aixtron SE of Aachen, Germany has reported revenue of €45.6m, down just 1.3% on €46.2m both last quarter and a year ago. The utilization rates of most tier-one LED chip makers ...
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Shimano Inc. reported sales for the nine months ended Sept. 30 were up nearly 21 percent compared with the same period last year thanks in part to a weaker yen. Sales of of Bicycle Components were brisk in North America, while sales of ...
Tags: Bike Components, Sporting Goods
UK-based packaging company Macfarlane Packaging has launched what they claim to be the country’s first ‘letterboxable’ range of packaging. This new range of packaging has been made to fit the size of letterboxes so that ...
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The move is a direct response to consumer feedback that highlights the biggest single frustration for online shoppers is products sent in packaging that is unnecessarily large and therefore unable to get through their letterbox. A recent ...
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The move is a direct response to consumer feedback that highlights the biggest single frustration for online shoppers is products sent in packaging that is unnecessarily large and therefore unable to get through their letterbox. A recent ...
Tags: Macfarlane, 'Letterboxable', Packaging
It used to be that we adults just had to worry about keeping up with our children in the smarts department. (Remember the first time you had to ask your offspring to show you how to use email or Facebook?) Now, as the technological ...
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This week has seen a steady increase in sales for John Lewis as the cooler weather starts to have a positive impact across all directorates. The start of the week was particularly strong, with sales softening slightly approaching the ...
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The global apparent steel demand for 2014 will increase by two percent to 1.56 billion metric tons, following a growth of 3.8 percent in 2013, according to the short range outlook presented at the 48th annual meeting of the World Steel ...
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Following dull September sales, US apparel retailer - JC Penney revised downwardly comparable store sales for the third quarter of 2014, which it now expects to be in the low-single digit range, compared to its original guidance of ...
Rotary Lift's new space-saving ATO7 7,000 lb. capacity two-post lift helps shop owners get more productivity out of tight spaces. The lift features an overall width of just 10 feet, 3 inches – 14.5 inches less than a traditional ...
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Analytiqa The UK Post Office is changing, undertaking the biggest modernisation programme in retail history and introducing longer opening hours across its network. Almost 2,000 of its branches are now open on Sundays, and over 5,000 ...
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Ritani has partnered with a number of fine jewelry brands and designers, as well as up-and-coming talent from the Fashion Institute of Technology, to launch the Ritani Designer Collections program. The program works like this: Each ...
Economists at the World Trade Organization (WTO) have downwardly revised their world trade growth estimate for 2015 to 4 percent from the previous estimate of 5.3 percent. For 2014 also, the WTO has reduced its world trade growth ...
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