A logical step toward long-term sustainability of the fashion industry, the new Higg Index was announced by clothing and footwear firms including Nike, Marks & Spencer, Levi Strauss, Walmart, Adidas, VF Corp, Arvind Mills, Li & Fung, TAL ...
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Canada-based Canyon Creek Food has launched its new refrigerated soup in Walmart, a move which will allow the company to cater to its customers across Western Canada. The company has announced that this development comes after it entered ...
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Wal-Mart Stores has deepened its commitment to developing a sustainable supply chain,through measures designed to lessen the environmental impact of global procurement. Speaking at an event in Beijing, Wal-Mart president and CEO Mike Duke ...
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AkzoNobel unveiled its 2013 Color of the Year,Indigo Night.The rich blue shade was determined by the company through a study of social and economic trends from around the globe.Last year,AkzoNobel selected a juicy red Terra Cotta Rose as ...
Retailers are at war and it's not just the usual competition.The battle here is all about logistics and it presents an opportunity for the materials handling industry to provide solutions to meet the new challenges. Just look at Wal-Mart ...
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South African retailer Massmart Holdings said its growth remained "steady" in the 20 weeks to 11 November but warned on margins for the second half. Notwithstanding "political uncertainty, both nationally and globally", South African ...
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South African retailer Massmart has booked an increase in annual profits on the back of improved sales. The company, in which Wal-Mart Stores owns a majority stake, yesterday (22 August) filed an 8.9% increase in underlying headline ...
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Wal-Mart Stores has announced it will create 4,000 jobs in Canada this year, in a bid to support the company's growth plans. As a result of the job creations, Wal-Mart will employ 94,000 staff by January 2013. The news forms part of the ...
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In January 2011, Costco became the first retailer to require its suppliers to ship product on block pallets similar to the pallets available from CHEP, PECO and iGPS. Is the Costco requirement having an impact on the pallet market? That is ...
Hellmann's, a US-based mayonnaise brand owned by Unilever United States, has launched its new limited edition flavor Southwestern Ranch Flavored Reduced Fat Mayonnaise. The new creamy flavor can be used as a dipping sauce for snacks ...
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Around our Connecticut-based Auto Test Center,where we have an abundance of overcrowded,indifferently maintained roads and four distinct seasons of crummy weather,we're drawn to automotive gadgets that promise to make us cooler,warmer,less ...
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Old South Foods, a leading bottler and co-packer of restaurant foods, has converted its 16-ounce barbecue sauce decanter from glass to hot fill polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles from Amcor Rigid Plastics, the world's leading producer ...
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Canadian Agriculture minister Gerry Ritz has said the XL Foods plant at the centre of an E.coli outbreak will only re-open when there is written proof that there is no health risk from its products. XL Foods in Alberta had its ...
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Walmart Canada announced a first-of-its-kind sales floor LED lighting retrofit, with all of the overhead sales floor lighting at its Brampton North (located at Highway 10 and Bovaird Road in Brampton, Ontario) supercentre from conventional ...
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Walmart, a leading food retailer in the US, has suspended a seafood supplier after an advocacy group for foreign workers released a report revealing poor working conditions at the site. According to the advocacy group, the National ...
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