The UK retail and property sectors are poised to hear whether the Chancellor will use his final chance to make meaningful reforms to the business rates burden in his Autumn Statement, according to the British Council of Shopping Centres ...
Tags: Property Sectors, Retail, Furniture
Steinhoff International said it has acquired a major stake in apparel retailer, Pepkor for R62.8 billion, which gives the budget furniture firm entry in to Africa's fast-growing garment markets. The South African furniture maker purchased ...
Tags: garment markets, furniture maker, Apparel
The Coca-Cola Company, SABMiller and Gutsche Family Investments (GFI) will combine the bottling operations of their non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages businesses in Southern and East Africa. The new entity, Coca-Cola Beverages Africa ...
Tags: Coca-Cola, bottling operations, Agriculture
VoiceID has teamed up with Staff Australia to provide pre-employment training for prospective warehouse employees on Honeywell’s Vocollect voice technology. This will speed up their productivity and efficiency once they get on the ...
Tags: Voice Technology, Service
Winners of the longest running national awards program in the supply chain, logistics and transport industry have been announced. The Australian Supply Chain & Logistics Awards, run by the SCLAA, have been serving the industry for over ...
Thailand's Ministry of Indsutry and Japan's Fukui Prefecture have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop cooperation among small and medium enterprises (SMEs) of both countries. Fukui prefecture is known for its textiles, ...
Tags: memorandum, medium enterprises, Textile
US Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, a senior member at the US Congress Homeland Security, has appreciated Bangladesh for being a role model for encouraging women working in the readymade garment (RMG) sector, while talking to Bangladesh ...
Tags: Role Model, women empowerment, Apparel
Retail sales remained resilient in the year to November, with the pace of growth expected to accelerate once again in the crucial Christmas run up, according to the CBI’s latest quarterly Distributive Trades Survey. The survey of ...
China's top economic planner singled out on Wednesday seven areas for public-private partnerships to fuel the country's economic growth. The National Development and Reform Commission said the plan will be implemented as soon as possible. ...
Tags: economic growth, Private Companies
China will boost service outsourcing industry to forge a new advantage in foreign trade and offset weakening exports, the central government announced on Wednesday. China will bolster outsourcing businesses of high technology and high ...
Tags: outsourcing industry
New research by Beyond Zero Emissions, referenced by Ross Garnaut at the recent Melbourne Economic Forum, details what it calls “the vast gap between Australian government projections and the realities of trade in a carbon-constrained ...
Tags: Transport Jobs, Risk
The Vidarbha unit of the Textile Association India (TAI) is hosting the 12th International & 70th All India Textile Conference on January 17 and 18, 2015 at Nagpur. The theme of the conference is ‘Cotton, textile & apparel value & ...
Tags: textile industry, clothing industry, Apparel
The commerce minister of Bangladesh, Tofail Ahmed, has urged Australian buyers to visit readymade garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh, BSS news agency reported. Speaking at a joint forum in Melbourne, Australia, Ahmed said the ...
Tags: RMG factories, Apparel
The Indian economy is showing signs of a turnaround, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). However, new reforms, some of which are introduced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, need to be implemented ...
Tags: Indian economy, Textile
The garment industry in Myanmar has great potential for growth in the next 10 years, if it works towards development with strategic planning, according to the members of the Myanmar Garment Manufacturers Association (MGMA), Myanmar Times ...
Tags: garment industry, Apparel