All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Retail Manufacturing

Innovation in the digital signage and interactive solutions industry is creating new ways for all businesses who direclty court consumers to engage their customers more effectively and increase sales. Acceptance is now moving beyond early adoption as the digital signage market alone reached $2.5 Billion...

The beauty market is based on the spectacular marketing promises. We are dealing with human hope to eternal youth and eternal beauty. So, women (and more and more men) look to the new products to stay young and healthy. The only one thing to increase the sell out in store is the innovation. The market...

The article mentions that nearly all toys and 70% of US shoes come from China along with many other goods.  The US trade policy and imposition of duties on China could damage a long-standing trade relationship and cause global markets to suffer.

  -Masco (MAS) is one of the largest manufactories, sellers and installers of brand name home improvement products in the U.S. along with a strong global business. Their products and services are quite diverse in this sector with plumbing, cabinets, a decorative & specialty home assortment...

Moissanite at its very best, only duplicates a medium to low color diamond in appearance. Why would a person spend the kind of money necessary to purchase this stone and only get a medium to low grade item. When customers wish to buy a substitute for anything, they want the top of the line in the product...

1. Charles and Colvard reported a 78% decline in 1st quarter earnings citing in part higher inventory and slower sales.2. Moving forward, C & V will need to adapt to the new realities of $1,000/toz gold and to current trends in consumer behavior in order to ensure it has a profitable future.

  This article is very sparse, and the subject matter relatively old. It discusses the decision by Levi Strauss to change auditors, leaving KPMG for PriceWaterhouseCoopers. With KPMG in charge, the Levi Strauss had suffered a number of issues relating to restatements and KPMG’s assertions...

1.  Recall of pet foods now consists of product which includes wheat gluten, rice protein, and corn gluten.2.  The common thread between the U.S. pet food recalls is the substance of contamination (melamine) and above mentioned ingredients imported into the U.S. from China.3.  FDA...

1.  This is not related to the pet food recall in the United States.2.  This could be considered "intentional contamination" instead of "unintentional contamination" like so many other product recalls.3.  Results and conclusions are the same regarding raw material ingredients.

1.  Of course higher protein equals higher price. 2.  The end result of this investigation should at least mandate the traceablity of ingredients used in pet foods.3.  Testing and sampling of raw materials may be required and enforced. 4.  Pet food manufactures should...