The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced that Mobile and Prichard, Ala., are among 22 communities selected to receive technical assistance to pursue development strategies that support smart growth and sustainability ...
True Fit, a retail SaaS company, which helps consumers find apparel and footwear styles that fit and flatter said, it reported a strong growth in 2014 and also received $15 million in equity funding. In 2014, True Fit said it doubled the ...
Tags: footwear styles, apparel, Textile
During visits to firms in China's smartphone supply chain in November and December 2014, Digitimes Research found that their shipments to the domestic market were weak in the fourth quarter of 2014. But their exports remained strong. Many ...
Tags: Smartphone, Smartphone Industry
SABMiller has announced that its organic lager volumes witnessed 1% decline in the third quarter ended 31 December 2014, due to fall in demand in China and Colombia. According to the figures released by the company, group net producer ...
Tags: beer market, Agriculture
The University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment index for January rose to an 11-year high of 98.2, helped by a strengthening job market and lower fuel costs. The preliminary reading was the highest since January 2004, and up ...
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Each month, North Coast Research surveys a large sample of paint retailers throughout the U.S. to get a sense for current business trends. Please note that of the three primary architectural coatings channels (paint stores, home centers ...
Tags: Coatings Industry, paint stores, home centers, Construction
U.S. factory production rose in December as manufacturers churned out more furniture, computers and steel, offsetting a small decline in autos. The Federal Reserve says factory production increased 0.3 percent last month, the fourth ...
Tags: computers, steel, Electrical
Global tablet shipments are estimated to drop 11.8% on year to reach 244 million units in 2015 as demand for high-end and entry-level tablets has both become saturated, while large-size smartphones and inexpensive notebooks are gradually ...
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Most Americans (51%) say they would never consider enrolling in a pay-as-you-drive insurance program, a significant increase from 37% last year, according to a new insuranceQuotes.com report. Millennials are the most likely to sign up for ...
According to Golf Datatech, golf rounds played on a national level were down 7.7 percent in November 2014 compared to November 2013. Year-to-date golf rounds were down 1.8 percent. Public access play in November was down 8.5 percent and ...
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China's annual economic growth likely slowed to 7.2 percent in the fourth quarter, the weakest since the depths of the global crisis, a Reuters poll showed, which would keep pressure on policymakers to head off a sharper slowdown this year. ...
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The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) anticipates that, despite expected growth in cotton consumption this season, a world production surplus of 1.7 million tons is still expected. This, according to ICAC, will bring 2014/15 ...
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China's stock index futures opened mixed on Wednesday, with the contract for settlement in January 2015, the most actively traded, down 3.6 points at 3,655.8. The contract for settlement in February 2015 opened 0.4 points higher at 3,716.0. ...
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Diamantaires were happy to see the back of 2014. After all, it was a tough year in which polished diamond prices declined, accelerating the general downtrend evident since mid-2011. Therefore, there is understandably some uncertainty about ...
Global demand for industrial silica sand is forecast to advance 5.5 percent per year to 291 million metric tons in 2018, with a value of $12.5 billion. Accelerations in construction spending and manufacturing output worldwide are expected ...
Tags: Silica Sand, glass