Adidas Group reported its sales in Germany, Austria and Switzerland set a record in 2014. Adidas achieved total sales of €1 billion in these three markets in 2014 more than ever before in the company's history. In Germany, the ...
Tags: Adidas, running products, lifestyle products
US demand for construction chemicals used in on-site applications is projected to grow 8.2 percent per year through 2018 to $12.1 billion. Gains will be primarily driven by double-digit increases in building construction expenditures, ...
API Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ: ATNY) (“API” or the “Company”), a leading provider of high performance RF, microwave, millimeterwave, power, and security solutions, today announced results for the fiscal fourth ...
Tags: microwave, millimeterwave, power, security solutions, Electrical
China's top smartphone companies challenged Samsung and Apple with surging sales and revenue in 2014, vowing to scramble for a larger share in a global turf war with the top two makers. As one of the major competitors, telecom behemoth ...
Tags: Smartphone, Samsung, Apple
Asian Paints Ltd. has announced its financial results for the quarter and nine months ended December 31, 2014. “We registered single-digit volume growth in the decorative paint segment in India due to sluggish demand conditions," ...
Japanese barcode printing, labelling, and RFID solution major SATO took a majority stake in Russia-based label manufacturer Okil-Holding, JSC, a move which will strengthen its position in the BRIC region. Acquiring approximately 75% of ...
The latest figures from the British Coatings Federation show that for the second consecutive year, paint sales have outperformed GDP, with an increase of 5 percent in volume during 2014, against economic growth of 3 percent. ...
For fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 28 December 2014), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $413.2m, down 3.4% on $427.7m last quarter but similar to $415.1m a year ago and in the upper half of the target range of $400-420m ...
Tags: LED Demand, LED Lighting Offsets, Electrical
Excluding impact from divestiture of Rockport business, currency-neutral sales at Adidas Group rose by 6 per cent from the previous year in 2014, based on preliminary unaudited figures. In euro terms, sales were up 2 per cent to ...
Tags: net income, Apparel
Johnson & Johnson’s fourth-quarter medical device sales fell by 4.7%, to $6.6 billion, with the biggest drop (7.7%) in the U.S., the company announced this week. Total fourth-quarter sales were down 0.6% year-over-year, to $18.3 ...
Tags: Medical Device Business, Health
The Adidas Group entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Rockport business to a new entity formed by Berkshire Partners and New Balance for a total consideration of $280 million, most of which will be paid in cash with the remainder ...
Tags: footwear brands, Sporting Goods
UK-based Mercian Labels has deployed the new Xeikon Cheetah digital label press to continue its double-digit growth path. The five-colour, high-speed and productive digital label press is planned to be installed in early February at ...
Less than four years after acquiring GSI Commerce for $2.4 billion, eBay Inc. announced Wednesday it was studying whether to spin off the business in IPO as part of a broadening restructuring. The company disclosed the plans in its ...
Tags: broadening restructuring, box retailers, Sporting Goods
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
In an unaudited trading update for 2014, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that it expects full-year revenue to be about £112m (down 11.7% on £126.8m in 2013, but in line with expectations). ...