Tokyo is the world’s hottest market for retail expansion, attracting 63 new brands last year as leasing momentum in core areas remained strong, despite mixed signals in the economy and an increase in the sales tax to eight per cent in ...
“The booming Indian retail sector will need around 56 million workforce by 2022,” says a report from the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). “The sector will also have one of the highest incremental human ...
The kitchen is the heart of the home, where families gather to enjoy meals and talk together. Kitchen furniture comes in many styles including modern, contemporary, retro, traditional, and cottage, with each style having its own distinct ...
For the first fiscal quarter ended May 2, 2015 gross margin at US apparel retailer JC Penney expanded 330 basis points to 36.4 per cent of sales, compared to 33.1 per cent in the same quarter of last fiscal. JC Penney reported net ...
Australia's 14 million shoppers have shifted their shopping habits over the last decade according to the work of Roy Morgan Research. The key determinants in grocery shopping habits include food safety, location and good value. ...
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China's State Council has unveiled a ten-year national plan, Made in China 2025, designed to transform China from a manufacturing giant into a world manufacturing power. The plan, endorsed by Premier Li Keqiang, is the country's first ...
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Tuesday called for improved import and export policies to offer more choice to the domestic market. Boosting domestic demand is key to ensuring steady growth and successful economic restructuring, said a ...
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Driven by redemption of $0.5 billion of preferred securities in December 2014, net income at NYSE listed Kimberly-Clark (K-C) was knocked down by 35.71 per cent year on year in the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. According to a K-C ...
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Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany says that it has increased the output of its IR Oslon Black family for the second time in six months, making the new SFH 4715AS and SFH 4716AS the most powerful infrared light-emitting ...
Ford Motor has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in its joint venture (JV) with Russian car company Sollers as well as provide additional funding to the Ford Sollers JV. The Ford Sollers JV produces and imports Ford products, ...
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k-Space Associates Inc of Dexter, MI, USA (which supplies thin-film metrology tools for the semiconductor, compound semiconductor and solar markets) has reported revenue for its patented kSA BandiT wafer and film temperature monitoring ...
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With only a few days to go for the eighth edition of the Indian Premier League, a leading men’s fashion brand has now joined the cricket bandwagon. The upcoming edition will see Jack & Jones associate itself with the game as the ...
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American Express can spot “unusual” activity on Australian cardholders’ cards because their spending patterns are predictable. Its survey this month has found that only 10% of Australians are impulse shoppers. 85% shop the ...
Based on its recent analysis of the process tunable diode laser (TDL) analyzers market, Frost & Sullivan recognizes Mettler-Toledo AG with the 2014 Global Frost & Sullivan Award for Competitive Strategy Innovation & Leadership. ...
Tags: TDL, GPro 500, Construction
US-based chicken processor Koch Foods is reportedly planning to invest $7.5m on expansion of its chicken processing plant in East Gadsden, Alabama.The Gadsden City Council approved non-education tax abatements for the company, which is set ...