At its Investor Day held in Germany, the Adidas Group unveiled its new strategic business plan until the year 2020, which aims at further accelerating growth by significantly increasing brand desirability. “This is expected to ...
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Patterned sapphire substrate (PSS) maker Rigidtech Microelectronics is seeing strong orders in March and expects continued growth into April, with 4-inch units expected to be at the forefront, according to company president Hung Wen-ching. ...
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At its Investor Day in Herzogenaurach, the Adidas Group presented its new strategic business plan called "“Creating the New,” designed to accelerating growth significantly. Revenues are projected to increase at a ...
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Driven by strong revenue growth and gross margin expansion, net income at sports goods marketer, Nike for the third fiscal quarter ended February 28, 2015 surged 16 percent year over year. In the third quarter of fiscal 2015, Nike said ...
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Lessons for food marketers as sugar consumption in UK tumbles As the health debate surrounding sugar continues, food marketers are reviewing their product formulation and marketing strategies. Nearly half (46 per cent) of UK ...
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The online marketplace has sold 1,000 Prince Charming costumes in the last three months. Sales of Cinderella slippers and Prince Charming costumes are on the rise as Disney’s live action remake readies for release in the UK. ...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) in the Chinese mainland jumped 17 percent year on year in the first two months of 2015, settling at 22.48 billion U.S. dollars, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) announced Tuesday. The pace slowed from a 29.4 ...
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The surge in Chinese outbound tourism is boosting domestic companies' overseas acquisitions in travel industry. As more high-spending Chinese visitors go abroad, they become a lucrative source of business for hotels, restaurants, retailers ...
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The decline in soft drink consumption among Australians has slowed. For young Australians aged under 25 years, soft drink consumption is actually increasing year-on-year, according to new findings from market research organisation Roy ...
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China's auto sales accelerated in the first two months of this year, led by demand for sport utility vehicles and minivans. Retail deliveries of passenger vehicles increased by 16 percent to 3.49 million units in January and February, the ...
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Chinese leaders and economists have said China must up its game to boost export growth against the backdrop of an anemic global economic recovery. SIX-PERCENT GROWTH Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng said on Saturday that China is confident ...
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Dramatic monetary policies in Europe have lots of potential to create a new surge of hot money inflow into China, says Simon Derrick, chief currency strategist at the Bank of New York Mellon. Hot money is speculative money that flows ...
According to a new report from Tractica, the global wearable devices market will grow from 17.0 million device shipments in 2013 to 187.2 million units annually by 2020, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 34 percent. The ...
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Apparel marketer, Rocky Brands said its net sales for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014 touched a record figure and also surged 28.2 per cent year over year. Fourth quarter net sales at Rocky Brands expanded 28.2 per cent to a ...
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Industry expands as an increasing number of Chinese people opt for healthier lifestyle Even when she was in her 20s, Tiffany Tang says she never felt so full of energy and healthy. Since starting to jog with her family and friends over ...
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