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Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma Announces Temporary Measure Extending the Shelf Life of Pre-Sliced Parma Ham
Greetings everyone. We hope you remain safe and well. We wanted to share the message below from the Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma on a temporary measure extending the shelf life of pre-sliced Parma Ham. We also want to let you know we are preparing a survey to send this month to get a sense of where the market is, and how the Consorzio can best support sales of Prosciutto di Parma in this dynamic environment. The Consorzio del Prosciutto di Parma is pleased to inform you that we’ve successfully implemented a measure to help Parma Ham producers deliver product ... |
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IMC To Host Together Safely Webinar on June 17
ATLANTA / HIGH POINT / LAS VEGAS – (June 12, 2020) – International Market Centers (IMC) will host a webinar outlining its Together Safely Master Plan on Wednesday, June 17 at 1pm ET / 10am PT, sharing health and safety protocols for its summer markets in Atlanta and Las Vegas. “As we reopen our campuses and resume our markets in the current environment, it is paramount that everyone – buyers, sellers and staff – fully understand the new protocols and commit to following them,” said Bob Maricich, IMC CEO. The hour-long webinar will address the on-site experience including contactless registration procedures, ... |
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New Hope Network is Cancelling Natural Products Expo East and Launching Spark Change
New Hope Network misses gathering with the natural & organic products community, and we are sad to announce that we will need to wait until 2021 for us all to be together in person again due to the continued impact of the COVID-19 crisis on events and travel. While we were excited to welcome the community to Philadelphia Sept. 23-26 for Natural Products Expo East and have spent the last three months creating detailed health and safety plans for the event, we have made the difficult decision to cancel. We are making this decision now—more than three months before the ... |
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Fiskars Design Team Led By Petteri Masalin is awarded Red Dot Design Team of the Year 2020
Essen / Germany May 28, 2020 - This year’s “Red Dot: Design Team of the Year” title of honour goes to the Fiskars Design Team led by Petteri Masalin. Making the everyday extraordinary – with this goal in mind, the Creative Design Lead and his crew create premium-quality products for garden, cooking and crafting enthusiasts. With groundbreaking innovations, a natural approach, unparalleled functionality, ergonomics and the right balance between complexity and simplicity, the designers won over the jury for the Red Dot Award: Product Design a number of times. Outstanding design quality Fiskars’ pioneering design achievements are attributable to two factors. Firstly, the products’ ... |
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Kuhn Rikon Announces Independent Retailer Partnership Promotion During COVID-19
May 18, Novato, CA – In an effort to help independent retailers during these unprecedented times, Kuhn Rikon is, for the first time ever, reaching out directly to independent retailers with a unique collaborative promotion. The promotion is simple, and is accessible even to small retailers without a shoppable e-commerce site. To participate, stores simply reach out their usual customers with a unique discount code provided by Kuhn Rikon. Customers can shop the Kuhn Rikon webshop using that code. The customer receives 10% off the standard retail price, while the store receives a 20% commission for each sale generated by their promo ... |
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IMC Releases White Paper Detailing Retail Buyer Perspectives During COVID-19
ATLANTA / HIGH POINT / LAS VEGAS – (May 26, 2020) – A new survey of the gift, home furnishings and apparel industries commissioned by International Market Centers (IMC) reveals that, while the COVID-19 crisis has significantly impacted all retail sales across the United States, store owners and operators are looking toward re-opening and recovery and expressing a near-term need for new product. Survey respondents also reported an intention to source product at physical markets provided reasonable safety protocols are implemented and indicated that digital tools will likely play an important role as a complement to in-person markets during the recovery ... |
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Specialty Food Association Names Bill Lynch Interim President
MAY 18, 2020 -- NEW YORK, NY: The Board of Directors of the Specialty Food Association announced today the appointment of Bill Lynch as the organization’s Interim President. Mr. Lynch, who has more than 20 years’ experience with the Association, will take over leadership of the organization as the contract expires for the current President, Phil Kafarakis. "The Specialty Food Association has undergone a significant transformation over the past few years and we sincerely thank Phil for his leadership and guidance in pioneering programs that will have a lasting impact on the SFA and its over 4,000 Members,” said Becky Renfro ... |
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Libbey Commences Chapter 11 Reorganization with $160 Million in Agreed Financing
TOLEDO, Ohio, June 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Libbey Inc. (NYSE American: LBY) ("Libbey" or the "Company"), one of the world's largest glass tableware manufacturers, today announced that the Company and its U.S.-based subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions for a court-supervised reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Libbey's international subsidiaries in Canada, China, Mexico, the Netherlands and Portugal are not included in the Chapter 11 proceedings and are operating in the normal course of business. Libbey expects to use the court-supervised restructuring process to strengthen its balance sheet to navigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and better position ... |
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Weingut Zilliken Saar Valley Winery Joins Loosen Bros. USA Import Portfolio
May 7, 2020 (OREGON CITY, Oregon) – Loosen Bros. USA, the U.S. import company owned by Ernst Loosen of Germany's Dr. Loosen estate, is thrilled to announce that the highly acclaimed Saar Valley winery, Weingut Forstmeister Geltz Zilliken, has joined its portfolio. In an agreement reached earlier this year, but interrupted by the double crises of the tariff on EU wines and the coronavirus pandemic, Loosen Bros. USA is now the exclusive importer of Zilliken in the U.S. ABOUT WEINGUT ZILLIKEN Weingut Zilliken is one of the leading wine estates of Germany's diminutive Saar region, a tributary of the Mosel. ... |
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Cibus Rescheduled To May 2021
(Parma, 11 May 2020) – The 20th edition of Cibus, the international Food Exhibition, has been rescheduled for next year, from 4 to 7 May 2021. The decision, taken by Fiere di Parma and Federalimentare, has been mutually agreed with ITA – Italian Trade Agency and the businesses of the Italian agri-food supply chain. An international forum entitled "CIBUS FORUM -FOOD&BEVERAGE SECTOR AND COVID: FROM TRANSITION TO TRANSFORMATION" will be held in Parma in September, later this year. While in the next few days, an innovative digital Sourcing and Business Matching platform, called “My Business Cibus” will be launched. Regarding Cibus, initially rescheduled for September 2020, we recognized the absence of the ... |
