ARLINGTON, VA — The weight of the loads U.S. truckers haul is getting heavier, according to the American Trucking Associations’ (ATA). The ATA’s advanced seasonally adjusted For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index rose 1.3 percent ...
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Earlier this month Airsprung Group announced that all of its group companies would be joining the Furniture Industry Research Association, (FIRA). As a result, the companies have updated their websites to pull together in one place the ...
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As a membership warehouse club, everything we sell at Costco has to be of better value than our competitors in the marketplace,” Costco MD Patrick Noone told the audience at a Packaging Council of Australia Industry Leaders Forum in ...
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(Boston) – The U.S. EPA announces that BJ's Wholesale Club is the first wholesale club and the most recent participant in EPA’s Food Recovery Challenge, a national initiative aimed at encouraging businesses and institutions to ...
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Growing concern over regulatory compliance issues impacting the home furnishings industry has resulted in membership growth at the American Home Furnishings Alliance, the association reports. “The complexity of issues like the new ...
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Against the backdrop of the recent 2014 APC Awards announcements, APC CEO Stan Moore considers the value of recognition, sustainability, and signing up. PKN: Why was this awards program established? Stan Moore: It is important to ...
Flooring contractor Designer Contracts has been admitted as a corporate member of the Furniture Makers’ Company – the furnishing industry’s charity. As a corporate member, Designer Contracts will help to support ...
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Members of the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) have provided feedback to start another Common Electrical Interface (CEI) 56G project to complement the existing 400G roadmap that was started last year. The project defines ...
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Law360, New York (July 21, 2014, 2:52 PM ET) — Panasonic Corp. along with units of Hitachi Ltd. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. were slapped with an antitrust class action in California federal court Friday alleging they participated ...
Tags: Circuit Board, Electrical, Electronics
Sales of outdoor products look to be picking up steam this summer as sales of outdoor footwear, apparel and hardgoods increased 6.8 percent to $1.18 billion in the five-week fiscal month of June. The growth trend for the month represented ...
Tags: Sales, Outdoor Products, Sporting Goods
Two Internet resellers of UPC barcodes used by retailers for price scanning and inventory purposes, have settled charges that they violated the Federal Trade Commission Act by inviting competitors to join in a collusive scheme to raise the ...
Mecox Lane Limited, a multi-brand and multi-channel retailer in China, announced that its board of directors has approved a spin-off of the Company's apparel and accessories business through the sale of Mixblu Limited and its subsidiaries ...
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Airsprung Group PLC has joined the furniture industry's leading research body. The Furniture Industry Research Association has unparalleled industry knowledge and is the only organisation that provides support for all market sectors and for ...
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Vantage Apparel, leading manufacturer and decorator of logo apparel, has been chosen by PGA of America as an apparel supplier and the exclusive embroiderer for its Member Merchandise Program. The Member Merchandise Program allows the ...
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We don’t regard Chrysler, Ford and General Motors as the Big 3 anymore, and for good reason. Detroit’s near-total dominance of the American car market and the U.S. policies that shape it is a fading memory. They operate in a ...
Tags: Power of Detroit, Trade Alliances