Nationally, the average price of gas shot up by 14.8 cents in the last week. Gregg Laskoski, a senior petroleum analyst for Gasbuddy.com, said he can see the national average increasing by 20 cents -- not quickly, but in increments -- between now and mid-August....
Local footwear designers and budding entrepreneurs can now produce prototypes and even upgrade their skills in Singapore’s first footwear design and education centre....
Micro-Pak Ltd., the leading worldwide distributor of anti-microbial packaging protection, recently announced that their Micro-Pak® Enhanced Packaging Stickers and Micro-Pak PE Sheets are first in the marketplace to earn U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“U.S. EPA”) Registration....
Free shipping does not always have to mean a reduction in your bottom line. Zappos is famous for offering free shipping and free 365 day returns as part of their efforts to deliver a "wow" experience. The reward and ROI Zappos receives in exchange for...
Combined attendance at these events reached nearly 100. Both events included interactive discussions and a high level of participation, with the RFF workshop using new and innovative ways to teach attendees how to manage factory performance by better understanding the business relationships between different...
Sales of Sport Footwear for June 2013 grew in the low-singles in dollars and declined in the low-singles in units, resulting in a mid-single digit increase in average selling price to $58.00....
Tariffs for footwear imported to the U.S., not just from Vietnam, are complicated and arcane, crafted in the 1930s and taking into account the type of material and construction method, said Matt Priest, president of the Footwear Distributors and Retailers of America. Sen. Ron Wyden,...
At least 17 states have tax-free periods planned for 2013, mostly for school-related spending. ...
A welcome trinity of factors - perkier job prospects, summer temperatures and more affordable prices - helped retail sales in June beat expectations....
"A TPP agreement modernizing the current footwear tariff structure would allow Nike to further reinvest into innovation and maintain our global competitiveness, resulting in more high-paying jobs in the U.S.," Sean O’Hollaren, the company's vice president of government and public affairs, said today in a...