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Interviews Rajiv Jain, manager of international investments for the Vontobel Funds, concerning investments abroad. Significance of investing directly in foreign markets than by relying on U.S. multinationals for global exposure; Opportunities in consumer nondurables in Europe; Comment on the cellphone sector and Nokia.

Presents a tabular representation of producer price indexes by durability of product, not seasonally adjusted in the U.S. as of January 2002. Total durable goods; Nondurable goods; List of manufactures.

Presents a chart on producer price indexes for durable and nondurable goods, not seasonally adjusted in the United States from June 2000 to June 2001. Total manufactures; Total raw or slightly processed goods.

Presents a tabular representation of price indexes by durability of product, not seasonally adjusted in the United States. Total durable goods; Total nondurable goods; Total manufactures.

The article reports decline in factory orders as of May, 2017 along with rise in demands of nondurable goods.

The article evaluates several soft goods including the Nocturne Collection of Egyptian cotton sateen woven sheeting from Matouk, the Dancing Tangerine pillow from Cotton + Quill, and the dip-dyes pure linen pillow from Surya.

Presents data on producer price indexes by durability of product from May 1998 to May 1999. Total durable goods; Total nondurable goods; Total manufactures; Total raw of slightly processed goods.

The article offers information on the century-old supplier of soft goods, iWeiss which continue to adopt market to build its legacy. President David Rosenberg says that the company wants to use what it learned from theater work to other areas and the company develops partnerships with companies such as J.R. Clancy, Stage Technologies, and Serapid. It mentions that the company introduced new ViaWinch product.

The article offers information on the 15 million-dollar renovation project of the Hilton New Orleans Riverside hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana in 2012. It says that the project includes a soft-goods renovation of 1,156 guestrooms like carpeting, wall vinyl, and drapes, and incorporation of additional hotel features like double queen rooms and sealing of doors that adjoin rooms. Furthermore, the hotel management plans to remove the minibars from some hotel rooms.

The article discusses the state of the soft goods and luxury linen vendors as of September 2011 following positive earnings despite a difficult 2011 year in sales. It notes that the sector faced an even more difficult climate than other vendors due to the spike in cotton prices experienced earlier in 2011. Vendors are cautiously optimistic as a positive trend in spring/summer 2011 was observed since the 2009 lows. Vendor sales survey results from HomeAccentsToday.com are provided.

The article discusses the initiatives of many digital printers to use their technology to create customize furniture and soft goods for the home as well as office and retail spaces. It notes the addition of personalized furniture, textiles and soft goods to a large company's promotional item and cites the growing interest in digitally printed wallpaper. It also highlights the future trends in digital technology and the opportunities being created by digital printing for designers and interior decorators.

The article offers information on the status of the soft goods industry. It states that a slow economy means lower home sales which affects a certain portion of the soft goods market. However, innovative retailers are maintaining the freshness of their products. It also reports that there are several executives willing to take the challenge of the economic environment in the coming years saying that they will try their best to meet their retail partners' and customers' demands.

The article features Southwest Creations Collaborative, a not-for-profit enterprise based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The women who work for the organization produce many types of soft goods for a variety of commercial clients. The model for Southwest Creations came from work done by Muhammed Yunus and the Grameen Bank, the 2006 winners of the Nobel Peace Prize. One key issue that drives the organization is finding more industrial customers such as Sud-Chemie, a multi-national organization with a plant in Belen.

The article provides updates on the economic performance of new factory orders for manufactured goods in the U.S. for the month of September 2006. The 2.1% increase in factory orders was less than the 3.7% increase projected by IFR Markets. Within durable goods, new orders increased 0.5%. On the other hand, new orders for manufactured non-durable goods declined 4.6% following a revised 0.6% drop in August.

The article discusses the year 2000 industry forecast from the 25th Soft Goods Outlook report of Kurt Salmon Associates (KSA). The annual survey of retailers, manufacturers, and textile suppliers reveal that the strong performance of soft goods will continue to improve in 2000 with a 5 percent gain in unit sales for men's and boys' apparel, 4 percent for women's, and 3 percent for girls. The KSA report also notes that retailers can expect a 9 percent sales gain in the first half of 2000 with a profit growth of 20 percent.

New orders for manufactured goods decreased 0.4% in April, after gaining a revised 2.2% in February, first reported as a 2.1% increase, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New orders for manufactured goods increased 2.1% in March, after dipping a revised 0.1% in February, first reported as a 0.2% increase, the Commerce Department reported Monday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A chart is presented that lists values of the U.S. manufacturer's new orders in millions from December 2014 to February 2015 and comparison with February 2014 figures for industries including manufacturing, nondurable goods, and durable goods.

New orders for manufactured goods increased 0.2% in February, after falling a revised 0.7% in January, first reported as a 0.2% decline, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

New orders for manufactured goods dropped 3.4% in December, after falling a revised 1.7% in November, first reported as a 0.7% decline, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Wholesale inventories increased 0.8% in November, the Commerce Department reported Friday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Wholesale inventories increased 0.4% in October, the Commerce Department reported Tuesday. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reports on 1994 supermarket sales of soft goods in the United States. Status of the hosiery business; Sociological changes behind the decline; Establishment of casual Friday wear; Body contouring pantyhose.

Wholesale inventories increased 0.3% in September, the Commerce Department reported Wednesday. Wholesale sales grew 0.2%. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The value of wholesale inventories rose 0.7% in August while sales were down 0.7%, data released Thursday morning by the U.S. Commerce Department showed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

WASHINGTON (MNI) - The Q2 GDP revision was about as expected, and the rebound after a harsh winter sets up for better but still moderate real growth for the rest of 2014. Q2 real GDP was revised to +4.6%, about as expected. Nonresidential investment was revised up, mainly in manufacturing structures. Exports were revised higher based on new source data on travel, and inconsumption healthcare was revised up but recreation and 'other' lowered in offsets. … [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article informs that the wholesale inventories in the U.S. has increased 0.1 percent in July 2014, as reported by the U.S. commerce Department. Topics include increase in inventories and sales of durable goods, increase in sales of nondurable goods, and decline in the inventories-to-sales ratio.

The article reports on the contraction in the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) to 2.9 percent in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2014. Topics discussed include error in the estimation of the data in the healthcare services which replaced Medicaid enrolments related to the start of the U.S. healthcare law Obamacare, loss in corporate profits and the financial and nondurables goods like food and energy.

The article reports on the data released by the U.S. Commerce Department, which revealed rise in the wholesale inventories in December 2013. It noted that the inventories rose 0.3 percent and sales were increased by 0.5 percent as per the calculation by the news service provider Market News International. Topics discussed include rise in the sales of durable, nondurable goods and petroleum, decline in automobile sales and rise in the retail trade sales to 0.2 percent in December 2013.

The article evaluates several soft goods including the Moroccan stars pillow from Peking Handicraft, the bedding from John Robshaw Textiles, and the Downey Collection of bedding from Eastern Accents.

The article evaluates several soft goods including the Ostricht Pillows from Howard Elliott, the Sea Glass Acrylic Throw from Victorian Heart, and Needlepoint Pillow Series from Michaelian Home.

The article offers information on global news service providing company Market News International Inc.'s report which details O.5 percent rise in wholesale inventories and 1.0 percent gain in sales in November 2013. It discusses gains in nondurable goods such as farm products, apparel and drugs categories along with gain in petroleum. It mentions fall in durables goods sales despite rise in auto sales and professional equipment sales.

The article focuses on data released by the U.S. Commerce Department as of December 2013 related to wholesale inventories and sales market in the U.S. According to the data, automobile sales have decreased by 4.5 percent, value of wholesale inventories increased by 1.4 percent while sales decreased by 1.0 percent. It also mentions that the value of durable inventories increased by 0.4 percent and the value of non-durable inventories decreased by 3.0 percent.

the article mentions that financial market surveys conducted by Washington has predicted that there has been a fall in value of new factory orders. It discusses the change in marketing patterns and sales and demand of nondurables orders excluding transportation and Non-transportation durables and mentions that while petroleum and coal products registered an increase in shipments, nondefense capital goods shipments were down by 1.5 percent.