Retail Velocity, a leader of demand signal repository and retail execution solutions, announced the release of its Velocity Demand Data Streaming Service that will support SAP Demand Signal Management (DSiM), an SAP HANA application. ...
Tags: Retail Velocity, Textile
EdgeAX, a unit of Visionet Systems, Inc. is pleased to announce the general availability of its Apparel PLM Solution. “We have designed a tight footprint for quicker and easier installs for our partners and customers. The total cost ...
Tags: EdgeAX, Apparel PLM, Textile
The Jones Group Inc. announced a series of actions designed to improve profitability. The Jones Group is committed to improving its direct-to-consumer business, achieving operational excellence and enhancing profitability through strong ...
Tags: Jones Group, Apparel
For the quarter ended March 30, 2013, net sales declined 3 percent to $945 million, operating profit increased substantially to $85 million, and EPS improved to $0.51 from a $0.25 loss a year ago. While net sales for the first quarter ...
Tags: Hanesbrands, Apparel
Baldor Electric Company, a Member of the ABB Group will host a one-day pump systems optimization course on May 16, 2013 in Greenville, South Carolina, designed to help pump users learn how to identify and reduce hidden operating and energy ...
Tags: Baldor Electric, Pump Systems, Pump
The Medical Society of Virginia Insurance Agency (MSVIA) has selected Digital Insurance, an employee benefits-only agency, as partner to help manage its employee benefits program, beginning April this year. Under the terms of the ...
Tags: MSVIA Partners, Digital Insurance
Allied Bakeries is on target to commission its largest bread plant, with a capacity of 10,000 loaves an hour, at Walthamstow in East London this summer. Allied Bakeries plans to commission its largest bread plant, with a capacity of ...
Tags: Allied Bakeries, Food
Hasbro saw its games, girls and pre-school categories grow during the first quarter of 2013. Games posted 26 per cent revenue growth year-on-year during the period. Games that grew in the quarter included Magic: The Gathering products, ...
Tags: Toys
Multinational insurance holding company AmTrust Financial Services has completed the acquisition of Sequoia Insurance and its subsidiaries, Sequoia Indemnity and Personal Express Insurance (Sequoia), for a consideration of nearly $60m. ...
The print technology company will use the event to showcase an extensive range of hardware and software products including the first UK showing of the recently launched Pro C901 Graphic Arts +, which is publicly available in the UK in the ...
Nicaragua ranked among the 11th largest apparel supplying countries to the United States in terms of volume and the 12th largest in value in 2012, thus becoming an important player in the global textile and apparel industry, according to ...
CECO Environmental Corp has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Met-Pro Corp in a cash and stock transaction valued at approximately US$210 million. New York Stock Exchange-listed Met-Pro is a global provider of product recovery, ...
Tags: CECO Environmental, Manufacturing
Zurich-based DKSH has expanded its partnership with Lindt & Sprüngli to Singapore to support Lindt's continued growth in this strategically important market in Asia. Under the agreement, DKSH will provide marketing, sales, ...
Tags: DKSH, Lindt&Sprüngli Partnership
Retailers were awash in data Thursday as the second annual IBD Summit wound down with sessions on key performance metrics used by the National Bicycle Dealers Association’s Profitability Project and why the oft-neglected triathlon ...
Tags: Retailers, IBD Summit
As Opel continues to face losses, the European arm of General Motors has approved the closure of a German plant, at the cost of more than 3000 workers. Reuters reports Opel‘s decision to cease production at its 50-year-old Bochum ...
Tags: Opel, German Plant Closure