From Feb. 1, e-commerce firms such as Amazon.com and Walmart-owned Flipkart Group will not be able to sell products from companies in which they have an equity interest or form exclusive agreements with sellers.Intended to prevent predatory pricing and deep discounting, the curbs follows intense lobbying by India’s many millions of small shopkeepers and the middlemen who serve them, particularl…
Read moreThis predicament could undermine the sustainability of Japan’s recovery and highlights just how difficult it will be for the central bank to even get close to its 2 percent inflation target any time soon.Many retailers see lower prices as essential to appealing to Japan’s thrifty consumers. The nation’s biggest retailer Aeon Co. said its price cuts on own-brand groceries actually boosted …
Read moreYet, three years after the U.S. healthcare company completed construction of production facilities for cosmetics and baby products on the 47-acre site, they stand idle.Two sources familiar with J&J’s operations in India and one state government official told Reuters production at the plant, at Penjerla in Telangana state, never began because of a slowing in the growth in demand for the products…
Read moreThe legislation is seen as a boost to the Nepalese garment industry which has been on the verge of collapse since the expiry of Multi Fibre Agreement, popularly known as quota phase out, in January 2005. After the expiry of MFA, the US government has been imposing around 17 per cent tariff on import of cotton apparels.The Nepal programme is authorized for ten years and is designed to help Nepal…
Read moreA decision on the matter is due next week, the paper said, without specifying a reason for the possible ban.Swatch reached a deal with Weka in 2013 to progressively cut the number of watch movements – the tiny mechanisms that make a watch tick without help of a battery – ETA sells each year so as to reduce its dominant market position.คำพูดจาก Read more
This report, entitled “International Textile Machinery Shipment Statistics” (ITMSS), was produced in cooperation with 200 textile machinery manufacturersคำพูดจาก สล็อตเว็บตรง. The survey tracks developments in the industry since it was first published in 1974.This edition, dedicated…
Read moreThe British Retail Consortium said total retail spending tumbled by 4.4% compared with its figures for November 2018 which included the Black Friday period, unlike this year.Adjusting for that discrepancy, and for differences in the proximity to Christmas of the BRC’s November sales measurement period, the figures looked better for retailers.
Adjusted sales rose 0.9% year-on-year, the big…
Read moreThe Hanjin Greece docked at the Port of Long Beach in California early Saturday morning and workers were hauling off containers of products destined for U.S. retailers, labor union officials said.But ending the Hanjin shipping crisis could be a protracted affair. Port operators, cargo owners, longshoremen, shippers and others all must reach financial agreements with Hanjin before each ship can …
Read moreHyosung is a fibre manufacturer and its Creora brand is the world’s largest for elastane, while it also makes Mipan nylon and speciality polyester.Whitmarsh-Knight will oversee marketing for these products having previously been the firm’s Managing Director for HD Wool Active Insulation, as well as its its EMEA Marketing Director, and having worked for Invista.คำพูดจาก Read more
The German fashion e-tail giant’s co-CEO Rubin Ritter said “a diverse and inclusive company culture will make us a more successful business in the long term. However, investing in diversity and inclusion is more than just a business strategy for us. It is simply the right thing to do”.The company had set targets for more women in management positions by 2023 and has already achieved some …
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