The nation's Top 25 furniture and bedding retailers grew sales 7% last year to a combined $26.14 billion, thanks in part to a bedding specialty store segment that was on fire, the addition of two rent-to own giants to the ranking and ...
UNIONS are warning they will launch industrial action targeting the State Government and ForestrySA if an agreement cannot be reached between timber processor Carter Holt Harvey and the State Government to lower the price of logs. Speaking ...
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Coming off the success of their Las Vegas Market Chatter Over Cocktails, the Next Generation-NOW group has announced it is hosting its first online NGN Huddle on August 22 at 11 a.m. PDT. NGN Huddles are the perfect place for members to ...
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Starting yesterday,Microsoft began releasing the final code of Windows 8 to developers,IT professionals and businesses that license the company's products in volume. That's all well and good for them,but how can you get your hands on ...
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UK-A number of important additions to the London edition of the PLASA Professional Development Programme have been announced.The 80 free-to-attend sessions form the backbone of the 2012 edition of the PLASA Show,which takes place on Sunday ...
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New ART Logo pictured above ART, the association for the home accent and accent furniture segment of the home furnishings industry, announced the first stage of their rebranding process beginning with a new logo and tag line, "A ...
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Security firm Entrust has announced that it is withdrawing from a voluntary online security standards organisation that it co-founded and co-chaired for six years. The move follows the introduction of a mandatory Intellectual Property ...
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Luger Research/LED professional announced that their membership application has been accepted by the International SSL Alliance(ISA)making them the first publishing house to join this not-for-profit NGO.They join members from ...
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John Vamos has stepped down as chairman of Office Brands, the umbrella group for Office National, Office Products Depot and O-Net. Office Brands director and director of Paul John Office National, Paul Toohey, will act as interim chairman ...
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Over the past six months FIRA reports a significant rise in membership and clients, across all areas of the business. FIRA continues to show growth with regards to attracting and retaining members. Since March, FIRA has welcomed 10 new ...
THydraulic Institute (HI) members have approved a bylaw change which broadens eligibility for associate membership to include companies that manufacture products or develop software for use in or with pumps and pumping systems. he new bylaw ...
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Facebook is on the hunt for 22 new recruits to make up its new London-based engineering team. Based in Covent Garden,the Facebook team is to focus on key areas such as mobile and platform. The team will be led by software engineer ...
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UK retailer Nisa has said it is joining trade association Co-operatives UK. The member-owned food and drink retailer said the move would allow it to "strengthen" its mutual style business model. With a turnover of more than GBP1.5bn ...
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Stung by their mistreatment by the corporate management of STMicroelectronics,the company's small shareholders have set up a defence group called the STMsmallshareholders group. The stmssg web-site takes ST corporate management to ...
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UK-As booking opened at 9am this morning,strong exhibitor numbers,record breaking pre-registration figures and a new focus on content provision were creating a buzz about PLASA 2012.With four brand new theatres and 80 free-to-attend ...
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