In the six months to February 2015, revenue surged 24.2 per cent, while operating profit zoomed 40.2 per cent, both from a year ago periods, at Japanese apparel marketer Fast Retailing. Fast Retailing which owns the Uniqlo brand, said ...
Tags: Fast Retailing, Uniqlo Japan, Apparel
Wheat futures told the story best early Monday morning: An 11-cent drop in the nearby futures contract in overnight trading was a surefire sign that it rained in the Plains . . . or that the trade thinks it did. Rain did fall, but it ...
Cherokee Global Brands has entered into a new license agreement with Sports Direct International plc to launch a broad assortment of Tony Hawk signature clothing and accessories online and in Sports Direct stores throughout Europe this ...
Monday's USDA Crop Progress report showed more than 40% of the nation's winter wheat crop in good or excellent condition. Yet many wheat farmers say their wheat acres are in trouble as the drought continues its onslaught in areas where ...
Tags: Wheat Wrap, farmers, Agriculture
The winter wheat crop in parts of the Plains is falling in quality while farmers are seeing delays in the mid-South as corn-planting fights to move north into the Midwest, where another set of weather challenges and potential delays could ...
Tags: National Agricultural Statistics Service, Warm temperatures, Agriculture
Although visitor numbers fell at the recently concluded Interfiliere Hong Kong, mainly due to the close-by Chinese New Year, it was made up with visitors from newer countries visiting the show. This edition of Interfiliere Hong Kong saw ...
Tags: Interfiliere Hong Kong, sustainability projects, Apparel
In the first two months of 2015, prices of competing crops like wheat, maize, and soybean all declined while cotton prices held steady. “The recent gain in cotton price has made sowing of the white gold attractive and may mitigate ...
Tags: ICAC, world average yield, Textile
Summer/Resort 2015 and Autumn/Winter 2015 ranges, straight off the just concluded Lakme Fashion Week (LFW) and Amazon India Fashion Week (AIFW) runways, are up for digital pre-order at Indian shopping destination Exclusively.com. The ...
Tags: Lakme Fashion Week, customisation, Apparel
Dunelm Group plc has issued a trading update for the third quarter of its current financial year, comprising the 13-week period ending 28th March 2015. Total revenue grew by 10.7% to £216.2m. However, total like-for-like growth ...
Tags: Dunelm Group, Home Delivery sales, Furniture
Amazon India Fashion Week, Spring-Summer edition hosted by the Fashion Design Council of India (FDCI) will run from October 14-18, 2015, while Autumn-Winter edition will be held from March 16-20, 2016. “These bi-annual events ...
Allison Transmission recently announced that Ohara Corporation’s new SM100S Antarctic snow vehicle, the first such product Ohara has released in 10 years, will be equipped with an Allison 4000 Series™ fully automatic ...
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The coming of spring brings with it a number of seasonal tasks. One of them is inspecting your outdoor space to see how your hardscape has survived the winter and repairing damage as necessary. (Hardscape, in case you're unfamiliar with the ...
Nathan Sports is once again partnering with select run-specialty retailers nationwide, on the brand's 2015 spring hydration campaign, “We Run on Water.” The campaign kicked off Friday, Mar. 20 the first ...
Tags: Nathan Sports, Hydration, Sporting Goods
From Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Minions to Bing! and The Clangers, our Retail Advisory Panel believes that strong film and TV licenses will help the industry to another successful year. Growing consumer confidence and the ...
Tags: Minions, Star Wars:The Force Awakens, Toys
L. L.Bean expects to open its first Ohio store in November 2015. The store will be located at Legacy Village, a popular lifestyle center in Lyndhurst, OH , just outside of Cleveland. The 16,000 square-foot store will employ approximately ...
Tags: shopping center, fly-fishing, Sporting Goods