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Reliance Consumer Products launches Campa in Nepal through Chaudhary Group partnership
Reliance Consumer Products launches iconic Campa soft drink brand in Nepal, marking entry into market with Chaudhary Group partnership. Reliance Consumer Products Limited (RCPL) launched the Indian soft drink brand Campa in Nepal today through a...

WEBTOON Launches Consumer Goods Division
WEBTOON's production company has been renamed WEBTOON Productions Image via Webtoon Entertainment's website© WEBTOON EntertainmentWEBTOON Entertainment announced on Thursday a major organizational shake-up, including the creation of a Consumer...

Maison Guerlain launches hand creams featuring packaging with Amcor polymer
Maison Guerlain has launched its new Aqua Allegoria hand creams that feature packaging with CleanStream post-consumer recycled polymer from Amcor. These hand creams are claimed to have been formulated with over 97% natural-origin ingredients,...

Ocean cargo volumes to rebound in July: NRF port tracker
Import cargo volumes at U.S. ports are slated to rebound in July after a double-digit drop in late spring, according to the Global Port Tracker published July 9 by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. July volumes are projected...

JB Hunt peak surcharges begin earlier amid trade uncertainty
J.B. Hunt Transport Services’ peak season surcharges are beginning earlier this year due to global trade complexities, executives said during a Q2 earnings call Tuesday. “As trade policy negotiations continue, we are anticipating continued...

How marketers are using AI-driven digital twins to scale creative content faster, more efficiently
AI offers retail and consumer goods brands a wealth of solutions that transform creativity and reduce time and cost of resource-intensive tasks across the content supply chain. As witnessed at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity in June 2025,...

Reliance Launches Campa Cola in Nepal with Chaudhary Group Partnership
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Reliance Consumer Products Limited (RCPL) officially launched its Campa Cola brand in Nepal on July 14, 2025, marking a significant entry into the country’s beverage market. This initiative comes through a partnership with the...

Kyrgyzstan revises restrictions on single-use plastics
Kyrgyzstan has modified its legislation, titled ‘On Limiting the Circulation of Polymer Film Bags and Plastic Items in the Territory of the Kyrgyz Republic’ to relax certain planned prohibitions on single-use plastics. The Times of Central Asia...

Sonoco to expand adhesives and sealants production with $30m investment
Sonoco Products Company has announced a capital investment of $30m in its Orlando, US, facility aimed at increasing its production capacity in the adhesives and sealants sector. The move is expected to add 100 million units to the company’s annual...
The tell-tale signs you're being 'job-ghosted'
'Ghosting' in the jobs market is worse than ever, experts say, as high unemployment rates put all the "power in the hands of businesses". Rich Howell, owner of consumer goods recruitment agency Marvel FMCG, told Yahoo News that in his 11 years in...

Hazard in a box: How to manage the fire risk of lithium-ion batteries increasingly used in consumer goods
Electric Vehicles Experts said that fires from electric vehicles (EVs) are rare globally, noting that there are strict regulations around EV batteries. These e-vehicles also often come with layers of built-in protection systems such as advanced...

Brooklyn Dumpling Shop Launches Investment Round Led By RSE Ventures To Further Accelerate Growth Across Restaurants, Consumer Products, And Foodservice
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) NEW YORK, July 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Brooklyn Dumpling Shop , the high-growth culinary-driven concept providing distinct takes on classic menu items and Asian-inspired cuisine, today announced the launch of a new...

WEBTOON Forms Consumer Goods Division

The Spanish Group Gives Retail Industry Language Translation Pointers For Countering Market Confusion
(MENAFN- GetNews) "A Certified International Language Service Offering Translation in 123 Languages."Connecting Through Language is Key to Supporting Market Growth, Cementing the Two Rs of Retail IRVINE, CA - The Spanish Group , an internationally...

The Key to Scaling B2B Personalization With GenAI: Data Standards
Listen NEW! Listen to article Sign in or sign up to access this audio feature! No worries ... it's FREE! Marketers who are strategically integrating generative AI with robust data standards are achieving unprecedented content personalization at...

It’s official: no vegan milk is as good for you as dairy
Unfortified vegan milks are “not an acceptable alternative” to cow’s milk and high intake of soya drinks can be toxic to young children, a British team of experts has concluded. Oat, almond and soya milks have become popular with up to 10 per cent...

‘I Know What You Did Last Summer’ Review
By the time “I Know What You Did Last Summer” came out in 1997, the slasher-movie genre was 25 years old, and everything that could be done to it had been done. It had arisen, from ragtag nightmares like “The Last House on the Left” (1972), out of...

Brokers Face the Future: Event Contracts, Data Rules, and UK Retail Shake-Up
“It’s Hard to Make Predictions, Especially About the Future” The quote on the difficulty of forecasting future events has been attributed to individuals as varied as Nobel laureate in physics Niels Bohr and baseball legend Yogi Berra (who also...

Contractual hiring in Q4FY25 hit by geopolitics, new banking rules and end of festive season, says Indian Staffing Federation
Temporary hirings by Indian companies increased at the slowest pace in four years in 2024-25 (FY25) as demand for short-term staffing was hit by geopolitical uncertainty. According to the Indian Staffing Federation (ISF), the industry body for...

Beijing Says it Will Rein in EV Sector’s ‘Irrational’ Competition
China’s cabinet vowed on Wednesday to contain “irrational” competition in the country’s electric vehicle industry. State broadcaster CCTV said ministers pledged to boost the monitoring of prices and to increase probes into vehicle costs. The...