article thumbnail

Why India Is a Rising Star Among Exporting Nations

The Small Business Blog

According to the 2013 Global Manufacturing Competitiveness Index (GMCI), a survey of 550 senior manufacturing executives from around the world, India currently ranks a surprising fourth in manufacturing competitiveness, behind only China, Germany and the U.S. My company, international trading website Alibaba.com, currently has 2.9

Suppliers 100
article thumbnail

From the archive: The role of workplace design in employee engagement

Workplace Insight

For example, a project room for intense activity amongst three to six people could feature a high seating position to support movement and active brain activity, with whiteboards and technology to share digital content. Instead, leaders today seek transparency, a connection with their teams and to lead by example.

article thumbnail

Social marketing 101: respond to your customers about social issues too

Service Untitled

At first Northface ignored the comments on their Facebook page, but as irrefutable evidence of Allied Feather and Down being one of their suppliers who support the foie gras industry, Northface needed to address the issue. It is interesting to note that by 2013 all animal testing for cosmetics will be banned across the European Union.