When eBay launched in 1995, the premise was simple: allow consumers to sell their unwanted goods to others via online auctions. Today, the multi-billion dollar business has localised sites in over 30 countries. Over 190,000 businesses ...
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UK-based retailer Waitrose has announced a target to cut its packaging in half by 2016 and also changes to its product ranges that will help achieve the target, saving nearly 100t of packaging annually. Waitrose launched its menu from ...
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General Mills released on April 30 its 2013 Global Responsibility Report, which outlines the company's progress and commitments in the areas of health, environment, sourcing, workplace and community engagement. "Through our products, we ...
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Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA, which manufactures lightweight thin-film photovoltaic modules based on copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) using flexible substrate materials, has appointed Sun2Voltage as a ...
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Mrs. Freshley's, a line of snack cakes and pastries from Flowers Foods, Thomasville, GA, has unveiled a brand new look: Packaging with a bright modern design that compliments a new logo unveiled earlier this year. The updated packaging ...
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Unilever’s Unox brand soups, in SIG Combibloc’s combiblocStandard 1,000ml carton packs, are now available in the Netherlands. Daniëlle de Jager, brand manager Unox, and Helger Reitsma, trade category manager for Unilever ...
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Vivid is celebrating a strong start at retail for its new Squeaky Canimal collectables line, with sales increasing five-fold in the first three weeks of availability. The pocket money priced versions of the can-shaped creatures are ...
Booths’ own-brand Whole Hearted Roasted Monkey Nuts’ packaging is transparent. Booths argued to the FSA that the see-through packaging would have been enough to warn customers with peanut allergies about what the bags contained, ...
Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit organization behind ‘Sesame Street’, has joined forces with brand extension agency Parham Santanato to redesign its consumer products packaging worldwide. As part of the packaging refresh, Parham ...
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Mettler-Toledo CI-Vision has unveiled a new CLS Series vision inspection technology, which has been designed specifically for the fresh food industry to inspect labelling. The series, which includes three machine sizes - 200mm, 300mm and ...
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Microsoft's failure thus far to significantly spark PC and tablet sales with Windows 8 has put high expectations on an expected 2013 refresh of the OS, dubbed "Blue." But changes to the operating system's feature set, tweaks to its user ...
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Tyrrells Potato Crisps has been recognised with a prestigious award for outstanding success in exports – not least for its entry into Russia, where it has been able to command a staggering 5 a pack in Moscow's premium food outlets. ...
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Believe it or not but dog houses have been around in one form or another for thousands of years. Archaeological evidence shows that dogs were quite prevalent in ancient Egypt (going back to 4500 BC or so) and were often held in high ...
Breast augmentation, according to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), consistently ranks as the nation’s most popular cosmetic plastic surgery performed each year. As a leading provider of post-surgical compression ...
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According to Slice, the challenge was to create a range "with strong impact, taste appeal and differentiation from the rest of the Activia ranges". Alan Gilbody, creative director at Slice Design, said: "In tune with Activia's latest ...