For the first fiscal quarter ended May 2, 2015 gross margin at US apparel retailer JC Penney expanded 330 basis points to 36.4 per cent of sales, compared to 33.1 per cent in the same quarter of last fiscal. JC Penney reported net ...
Pantone Color Institute announced the creation of an official new Pantone Color, Minion Yellow. Based on the Minions from Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment’s Despicable Me global film franchise, including the upcoming ...
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French food manufacturer Soulie Restauration, a unit of William Saurin, is launching a whole new ready meal product packed in a packaging solution provided by RPC Barrier Containers. The new 'Shake Me' range is based on the principle ...
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French food manufacturer SouliE Restauration, which is a part of packaged and canned food specialist William Saurin, has chosen packaging solution from RPC Barrier Containers for its new ready meal range ‘Shake Me’. 'Shake Me' ...
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The overall PV market price in the first quarter of 2015 is expected to remain constant until the end of the Lunar New Year. Afterwards, shipment demand will decrease and pricing will drop. The beginning of the holiday season in China meets ...
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The worldwide automotive-use LED market (combination of before market and after market) is projected to reach US$2.5 billion by 2018, with a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 9% from 2014-2018. In particular the automotive LED value ...
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Following on the 2012/2013 investment program and the resulting enhancement of its global presence, Rieter is setting new priorities in the implementation of its strategy, among which includes growing faster than the market. Rieter said ...
With US refineries expanding their capacity to process more domestic light oil in the coming years, the US Energy Information Administration on Tuesday said it expects refinery crude inputs to reach 15.52 million b/d this year and 15.61 ...
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North Carolina is famous for its high-tech Research Triangle, but lately it seems that state government IT projects are bound for IT's equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle. As you may remember from an earlier Risk Factor story on state ...
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CFOs are frustrated with "excessive IT costs" and limited insights into their business despite IT investments, acccording to joint research from Oxford Economics and consulting firm AlixPartners. The two organisations initially brought in ...
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A multimeter is also known as a VOM (Volt-ohm meter). It is an electronic unit used to measure voltage, current and resistance. Hence, it amalgamates various measurement functions in just one unit. A digital multimeter (DMM,DVOM) ...
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The NHS has selected US developer Basho's open source database Riak to underpin its efforts to rebuild its Spine infrastructure. The new project, dubbed Spine2, will replace the existing infrastructure that was implemented as part of the ...
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Corporate Floors is pleased to announce the acquisition of the commercial assets and talent of Simply Floor It and the addition of William R. Henry. Bill brings over 25 years of commercial real estate experience to the product sales team, ...
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Garmin today announced a portable head-up display device for smartphone navigation apps that costs $129.99 and can be used in any car. Called HUD, the device will be available later this summer. It projects directions from the ...
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The Acculamp family now includes a 25W 2000-lm PAR38 lamp powered by a pair of COB LEDs, and also smaller SSL products in the MR16 family including a 400-lm lamp. Acuity Brands has expanded its Acculamp family of LED replacement lamps ...