Owing to its large population and rising disposable incomes, India continues to be an attractive long-term retail destination, says the Economic Survey 2014-15. Citing AT Kearney’s Global Retail Development Index (GRDI), the ...
Tags: retail destination, Apparel
For the full year of 2014, sales at global specialty chemical company, Eastman Chemical grew by just 2 per cent over 2013 to $9.5 billion. Operating earnings for 2014 amounted to $1.6 billion, a slight increase compared with 2013, while ...
Tags: end-market demand, hygiene, Apparel
AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX) today reported preliminary unaudited results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2014. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, John Gilbertson, stated, “The quarter was not as active as last year as ...
Deckers Brands, which owns the Ugg, Teva, Sanuk, Ahnu and Hoka One One brands, has appointed David E. Lafitte chief operating officer (COO), effective Feb. 2. Lafitte previously served as the company's general counsel and replaces Zohar ...
Tags: manufacturing, IT, inventory management, Sporting Goods
TTI, Inc., the world’s leading specialist distributor of passive, connector, electromechanical and discrete components, now stocks Vishay’s new AY2 series of AEC-Q200-qualified, AC-line-rated ceramic disc safetyClass X ...
Tags: connector, electromechanical, discrete components, Electrical
Journelle, a seller of high-end innerwear and loungewear, and Alton Lane, a maker of men’s custom-tailored clothing, have deployed NetSuite to run their core retail business processes from order management, inventory management, ...
PPG Industries reported fourth quarter 2014 net sales from continuing operations of $3.71 billion, up $207 million, or 6 percent, versus the prior-year figure of $3.5 billion. Net sales in local currencies grew 10 percent year-over-year, ...
Tags: portfolio management, earnings-accretive cash deployment, Construction
CheckPoint Systems, a leading global supplier of merchandise availability solutions for the retail industry, has launched new RFID labels that are certified by ARC at the Auburn University RFID Lab for four apparel categories, in order to ...
Tags: apparel categories, retail industry, Textile
Barfresh Food Group, a manufacturer of frozen, ready-to-blend beverages, has secured 20 new retail and institutional accounts in Los Angeles and San Diego. These new accounts have signed on to offer its customers Barfresh's unique line of ...
Tags: frozen beverages, food service, Agriculture
For its fiscal third quarter ended November 1, 2014, net loss at The Wet Seal, a leading specialty retailer to young women nearly tripled from the year ago quarter. In the third quarter of 2014 net loss nearly tripled to $36.0 million or ...
Blumberg Grain has entered into a partnership with the Government of Egypt to develop an integrated food security system for grain storage. The phase I of the project, which is said to be the world's largest integrated food security ...
Tilly’s, Inc. reported third-quarter earnings slid 16.4 percent to $5.1 million, or 18 cents per share as selling, general and administrative costs grew 15.4 percent, or more than twice as fast as net sales, which grew 6.1 percent. ...
Tags: Tilly, Expenses, Sales, Sporting Goods
Impacted by foreign exchange fluctuations, NYSE listed, apparel marketer, Gap Inc reported flat sales growth in the third quarter of fiscal 2014-15 as against the same period of previous fiscal year. For the third quarter of 2014, Gap net ...
Tags: Sales Growth, Exchange Fluctuations, Apparel
Perry Ellis International reported sales declined 5.3 percent in the third quarter to $203.3 million, but managed to cut its loss in the period to $437,000, or 3 cents a share, from $3.0 million, or 20 cents, a year ago. Executives said ...
Fujitsu, one of the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) companies offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services, has implemented a field trial to enable a new customer experience utilizing ...