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Clothing retailers scramble to revise Bangladesh sourcing strategies 3 May 2013 | 02:39 pm
The Walt Disney Company has added its name to the growing number of clothing retailers that are switching their sourcing strategies to avoid suppliers in Bangladesh, following the collapse of a factor...
US M&A growth set to boost consultancy spend 3 May 2013 | 02:37 pm
According to newly released results from the 2013 McGladrey Private Equity Survey, more than three-quarters of respondents (77%) are optimistic about their own economic conditions, with 20% reporting ...
Global CRM software spend ramps up 3 May 2013 | 02:12 pm
Salesforce.com passed SAP as the lead vendor in the worldwide CRM software market in 2012. "Competition among CRM software vendors really heated up in 2012, as major players continued to vie for broa...
EU considers Bangladesh trade restrictions 2 May 2013 | 03:38 pm
Bangladesh currently enjoys duty and quota-free access to EU markets and means that its garment export industry is worth some $19bn a year with 60% of the clothes made in Bangladeshi factories making ...
Europe urged to rein in telecoms regulation 2 May 2013 | 02:54 pm
The study by Plum Consulting for the European Telecommunications Network Operators Association (ETNO) noted that the European telecommunications sector is at a "crossroads". "It has been confronted w...
UK firm wraps up 'carbon positive' packaging plastic 2 May 2013 | 02:40 pm
The product, derived from sugar cane and dubbed New Polyair, is a refined version of a material originally launched in 2009. "New Polyair is the only 100% recyclable, carbon positive material on the ...
Korean contingency plans 'vital' for electronics industry 1 May 2013 | 02:31 pm
Tensions between North and South Korea have been at a heightened level recently following threats by the North to carry out further tests on its nuclear weapons and a series of military exercises by t...
Asia-Pacific fires up coal-powered electricity generation 1 May 2013 | 02:26 pm
The popularity of coal as a fossil fuel is compelling power plant owners to make technological improvements to the production process in order to reduce the environmental impact of coal emissions, acc...
Rising oil prices drive demand for electric fleet vehicles 1 May 2013 | 02:16 pm
Analysts note that both plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) have become widely available in Asia Pacific, North America, and Western Europe, and are being introduced i...
Primark to compensate victims of supplier factory disaster 30 Apr 2013 | 02:26 pm
Pressure has come on the clothing retailer after the eight-story Rana Plaza complex, located just outside the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, collapsed on the 24 April, resulting in the deaths of an est...
