The decision of the Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal to prioritise the retail sector in its first annual work programme is a victory for truckies, small business and the travelling public, said national secretary of the Transport ...
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England-based CPI has put its corrugated packaging at the forefront to protect goods in transit and promote brands on their store shelves. CPI packaging director Andrew Barnetson said that while retailers were becoming more demanding in ...
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Former TescoCEO Terry Leahy will take up the post of chairman at B&M Retail after private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice acquired a majority stake in UK discount retailer. B&M, owned by the Arora family, will continue to be managed ...
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Australian retail distributor Metcash has booked a drop in full-year profit. For the 12 months to the end of April, earnings dropped to A$90m (US$90.4m) from A$241.4m in the prior-year. Metcash blamed the decline on restructuring costs ...
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(i) GDP In 2005, the GDP of Xinjiang reached RMB 260.4 billion yuan, 19% of which was produced by the primary industry, 44.7% by the secondary industry and 36.3% by the tertiary industry. The per capita GDP was RMB 13,108 yuan, equal to ...
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(i) GDP Data In 2005, GDP of Tianjin reached 369.762 billion yuan, with per capita GDP of US$ 4,322. The proportions of the primary, secondary and tertiary industries were 3 percent, 55 percent and 42 percent respectively. Growth of GDP ...
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ConAgra Foods is to expand a potato products plant in the US to meet growing demand at home and abroad. The company will add a production line to its Lamb Weston facility in Boardman in Oregon. The US$200m project is expected to be ...
Denim Club India is organising a two day denim b2b event titled InDIGO 2013 after the grand success of InDIGO 2012.The event will comprise of an international denim conference concurrent to a trade exhibition. The objective of this year's ...
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French retailer Auchan has become the latest major name in the sector to plant a flag in India. The privately-held company, which has stores in the Middle East, China and Russia, has struck a franchise deal with Dubai-based Landmark ...
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Global alternative asset manager The Carlyle Group announced the acquisition of a significant minority stake in Penti, a hosiery manufacturer and retailer of women's hosiery, lingerie and swimwear in Turkey. Equity for this investment ...
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In 2012 Australian retail conditions continued to be difficult. Although the fundamentals of the Australian economy improved with growing GDP, declining interest rates and low levels of unemployment, consumer sentiment remained soft with ...
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Qatar First Investment Bank(QFIB),Qatar's first independent Shari'ah compliant bank authorized by the QFC regulatory authority,announced the acquisition of a 40%stake in English Home,the leading retailer of home textile products in Turkey. ...
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Verbatim is expanding its lighting solutions with the release of a range of LED lamps geared at the retail and hospitality industry. The company is a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemicals Corporation. This new line marks its expansion into ...
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BDP Mark Ridler looks at Zumtobel Arcos Tunable White fitting with the firm marketing manager,Steve Shackleton, and discusses the best applications for the product. Peter Stuart reports Lighting designers have long known how changing the ...
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The government's Road Safety Remuneration Tribunal can best address the continuing safety crisis in trucking,which has claimed the lives of six people in the past week alone,by focusing on the retail sector and by conducting a travelling ...
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