Millions of garment workers across Bangladesh who put in 13-hour shifts making Western clothes for the lowest industry wages in the world are waiting to learn if they have finally been granted a pay r…
Millions of garment workers across Bangladesh who put in 13-hour shifts making Western clothes for the lowest industry wages in the world are waiting to learn if they have finally been granted a pay r…
Food retailers in the US have recently been paying a great deal of attention to controlling the energy consumption of their stores, investing in new lighting and refrigeration equipment and energy man…
Chinese online game developer and operator Shanda Games has launched a new outsourcing platform, osp.sdo.com:8080, and has started accepting qualification applications from outsourcing vendors.
The ne…
At a time when many experts are not convinced that container shipping is really out of the woods, container capacity is being added to the world fleet. According to France’s Alphaliner, a record…
Supermarkets and restaurants are increasingly borrowing from each other’s playbooks to entice value-oriented customers. While supermarkets are stepping up their restaurant-quality, ready-to…
In the past it would have been unusual for a retailer to acquire a position in one of its franchisees but attitudes are changing now. British retailer Mothercare has revealed plans to take a 25 percen…
Mobile-phone maker Nokia Corp. has launched a search for a new CEO, people familiar with the situation said last week.
The move comes as current CEO, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, struggles to find traction f…
Sales at Australian supermarket chain Coles have outpaced bigger food-and-liquor rival Woolworths for a third straight quarter.
Coles’ food and liquor sales were AUD5.87 billion (USD5.27b) for t…
Danish shipping giant AP Moller-Maersk is strengthening its presence in Hong Kong by more than doubling its HK-registered fleet from 17 to 39 ships.
Hong Kong managing director Dipak Dash stated th…
Indians are the most optimistic about job prospects and personal finances globally, according to a survey by consultancy firm Nielsen.
According to the Nielsen Global Consumer Confidence report, 92 pe…