Film explores the life of Carroll Spinney, the actor who has played Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch on Sesame Street since 1969. The Toy Industry Association, in partnership with toy design firm Peru Meridian Studios, will be hosting a ...
Tags: Toy Fair, professional networks, Toys
NYSE listed apparel retailer, Macy’s, Inc has unveiled a series of initiatives to evolve its business model and invest in continued growth opportunities as consumers change the way they shop. These include a restructuring of ...
Tags: shopping experience, via mobile, Apparel
Google has announced it is preparing to trial its Project Ara smartphones later this year, but to get in on the modular action you’re going to have to move to Puerto Rico. At the second Project Ara developer’s conference (via ...
Tags: Google, Consumer Electronics, Phones
U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 7.1 percent year on year to $2.734 billion in November -- the latest sign that jewelers in the U.S. have been facing economic headwinds. Furthermore, the sales figures from November, the month that ...
Tags: specialty jewelry, jewelry
US federal officials have found a link between strains of Listeria bacteria found in a California apple processing plant and the ones responsible for an outbreak that took lives of seven people and left several people sick in 2014. ...
Flipkart.com, India’s leading ecommerce marketplace, has announced the launch of an exclusive online store for Banarasi sarees, in association with DC handlooms, Ministry of Textiles, as a joint effort with the ministry to offer ...
Etailer Snapdeal.com has signed a MoU with Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI) to provide ecommerce industry intelligence to FDDI design students. Snapdeal will impart training to students on e-commerce business and ...
Tags: leather goods, handbags, wallets, Apparel
Vina Concha y Toro has opened its new Center for Research and Innovation in Chile's Maule Valley. This latest initiative from South America's principal wine producer, representing an initial investment of approximately U.S. $5 million, is ...
Tags: trellising, pruning practices, molecular biology, Agriculture
The firm will take on the role of global manufacturer and will distribute a new range of toys in the UK, Asia, North America, Canada and Latin America. US toy company Jazwares has signed a deal with FremantleMedia Kids & Family ...
Tags: Tree Fu Tom, Toys
The inaugural Sports Tech Conference and Marketplace presented by the Sports & Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) made its successful debut earlier this week at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. CES attracts ...
Engineered Printing Solutions continues to revolutionize the product decoration process by progressively expanding the advanced printing solutions they offer. They are now offering new and improved FlexiCure UV LED curable inks which they ...
Tags: UV LED curable inks, Health
New York-based investment company Gramercy Property Trust has acquired Alpha Packaging’s 211,000-square-foot manufacturing facility located in Overland, Missouri, for $11m. The property in the St. Louis County, which serves as ...
Tags: food, beverage, pharmaceutical industries, Agriculture
Craft Sportswear North America has named Eric Schenker as its new chief executive officer. Schenker previously held the position of director of sales and marketing and will take over the role of CEO on his 10-year anniversary with Craft. ...
Tags: skiing, biking, running, alpine skiing, Sporting Goods
Gilero Medical device industry partners merge to provide seamless design through distribution services EG GILERO is the merger of four trusted companies in the medical device industry whose roots go back decades. GILERO Biomedical, ...
Apparel marketer and NYSE listed Ennis, Inc reported a 7.6 per cent year on year hike in sales for the three months ended November 30, 2014. Third quarter of 2014 sales totaled $147.0 million, up 7.6 per cent from a year earlier quarter. ...
Tags: pricing pressures, apparel division, Apparel