As has been the case over the last four months, retail sales have shown growth albeit not at startling rates. That was the case again for July retail sales in data released by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail ...
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The investments represent one of the largest projects in the company's history. NYCO sales and marketing director Sander Kool said: "Our focus is quality and flexibility which we achieve by constant innovation and investment. "NYCO's ...
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Australian businesses are taking longer to pay each other in 2013 compared to a year earlier, in an indication that their level of financial health has not improved. Despite edging down in the June quarter, businesses are taking 54 days ...
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Easyhome, Canada's largest merchandise leasing company, said a 9.9% uptick in revenue for the second quarter, driven primarily by its Easyfinancial short term consumer loan portfolio, set a new record. Revenues of C$53.8 million were up ...
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Consumer goods giant Dorel Inds. said declines across all three of its operating segments resulted in overall revenue and earnings decreases for the second quarter of the year. The company's bright spot was its home furnishings segment, ...
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The Ifo Indicator for the world economic climate fell slightly. Both assessments of the current economic situation and the six-month economic outlook deteriorated somewhat. The recovery in the world economy is not really making any headway. ...
THE Australian dollar is lower, driven down by strong US data, a weak local inflation measure and a bleak federal government budget forecast. At 5pm AEST the local unit was trading at 89.07 US cents, down from 89.58 cents yesterday. The ...
THE Australian dollar continued to fall after it was reported that claims for US unemployment insurance benefits last week fell to a five-year low. At 6.30am AEST the local unit was trading at 89.29 US cents, down from 89.58 cents at ...
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To address the demand for low-migration solutions, Flint Group introduced The announcement follows the launch of Novasens conventional sheetfed offset inks in 2010, with the new Ultraking 4500 LM PREMIUM and 4600 LM PLAS PREMIUM ...
Osram achieved a good performance in a challenging macroeconomic environment in the third quarter of fiscal 2013. Revenue rose 2% year over year on a comparable basis – excluding portfolio and currency effects – to almost ...
It follows the success of the brand's two most recent Limited Edition sleever campaigns for Valentine's Day and spring. The new additions will be will is a Barcelona-themed sleever designed to reflect "heritage and origins of the brand". ...
In a statement published today (1 August), the global packaging giant said the time was right to split its Australasia and Packaging Distribution (AAPD) business from Amcor's other operations. Amcor said the demerger of AAPD into a ...
The polyethylene closure system, called Easy-Lock, is made of self-mating micro-hooks. Aplix said that consumed find it easy to use and the pack helps reduce food waste by keeping products fresher for longer. 'Innovation' Aplix UK ...
The expansion increases production capacity at the plant by more than 50% to greater than 600,000 metric tons of aluminium sheet per year. The $340m investment represents the largest capital expansion by Novelis in South America in the ...
Top 100 retailer Havertys said second-quarter profits more than doubled on a 12.9% increase in sales. The company, which has 119 stores in the South and Midwest, said same-store sales rose 11.2% and the average ticket was up 7.7%. Net ...
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