Billabong has teamed up with online brand protection specialist NetNames as it looks to get rid of fake clothing from digital platforms. NetNames offers a monitoring service for retailers that seeks out websites peddling fake goods and takes them down, and works with a number of major corporations including Unilever, Vans, Lowepro, Aviva and P&O…
Probe Manufacturing says that it has completed the purchase of GE’s Heat Recovery Solutions business from General Electric International. It also has closed a related funding agreement with ETI Partners IV LLC. Probe is changing its name to Clean Energy Technologies, Inc. and will trade under the symbol CETI. Earlier this month, Technavio released a…
Baby products etailer FirstCry said it is launching a premium section on its marketplace and physical stores, which will sell international brands and boutique baby products in a bid to capture the elite shoppers’ wallet. The company has already got more than 160 brands on board and expects this business to contribute 10 per cent…
The transformation of Sanggou Bay from a struggling fishing port to an aquaculture leviathan symbolizes what may become one of the big food stories of the 21st century. Aquaculture is the fastest-growing food-producing sector in the world – and China is a big reason why. The country has tripled its fish production over the past…
After a six-month delay to hone the robot for Japanese homes, and a year after the original launch announcement, the Dyson 360 Eye robotic vacuum cleaner has finally gone on sale in stores all over Japan and in Dyson’s new flagship retail store in Tokyo. A recent TechNavio analysis of the residential robotic vacuum cleaner…
Trend Micro is among those leading the charge in the global cloud security software market, according to TechNavio’s Global Cloud Security Software Market report. Altogether, TechNavio estimates the global cloud security software market at around $241 million in 2012, and says it’s anticipated to reach $963.4 million in 2014, averaging a growth rate at about…
HID Global®, a worldwide leader in secure identity solutions, has extended its family of secure polycarbonate (PC) electronic datapages that are the heart of today’s high-security e-passports. Available in both standard (800µm) thin (600µm) versions, the datapages are among the industry’s thinnest and enable governments to issue slimmer e-passports or add security layers on each…
The BYOD trend in the enterprise is fueling demand for enterprise mobile apps to make employees’ personal devices more productive at work. More and more, companies are turning to vendors who provide enterprise mobile app development services, fueling steady market growth over the next few years. Market research firm TechNavio forecasts a 13 percent compound…
Counterfeit eyewear goods are taking a heavy toll on manufacturers’ revenues, and the problem looks likely to escalate, says a new report. The eyewear market overall is set for buoyant growth between 2015 and 2019, with a compound annual growth rate of more than 7 per cent over the period by value and 3.5% by…
RAK Ceramics, a global hi-tech manufacturer of lifestyle ceramics solutions based in the UAE, has, in a strategic move, taken over 100 per cent of its Indian operations by acquiring the remaining eight per cent minority stake in its Indian subsidiary. In 2014, RAK India operations contributed 16 per cent of total tiles sales volume…
