Earlier in December 2014, Australian Food News reported that food manufacturing was one of four manufacturing sub-sectors to expand in November 2014, according to the Australian Industry Group Australian Performance of Manufacturing Index ...
Tags: Food, Beverage, Agriculture
The Asus ZenWatch has been released in the UK, hitting retailers almost a week ahead of planed. Having been unveiled back in September, Asus has now now brought its Moto 360 and Samsung Gear S rival to UK retailers for the first time. ...
Tags: Asus, Consumer Electronics
Shoppers to spend $45 billion in pre-Christmas retail sales Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has found retailers will be able to count on some steady improvement in retail sales over the Christmas ...
Tags: Pre-Christmas Retail, Agriculture
Australia Post has officially opened its upgraded Sydney Parcel Facility, part of a $2 billion investment in capability across the country that will dramatically increase capacity in time for the Christmas rush. The upgrade to the ...
Tags: Parcel Facility, logistics
New results from the NPD Group reveal that sales have been driven by the arts and craft, building sets and youth electronics categories. LEGO, Loom Bands and Panini Stickers have helped the British toy market experience its best sales ...
Tags: LEGO, Loom, toy market
This year’s gradually improving business outlook looks set to continue into 2015, with the latest survey of Australian firms revealing that an increasing number expect to lift their sales and profits, sell their goods and services at ...
Warninks, a brand owned by Scottish spirits producer William Grant & Sons, has expanded its product range with the launch of new vodka liqueur - Warninks White. The new vodka liqueur offers a blend of white chocolate and mint, and it ...
Tags: White Chocolate, vodka
Public will be able to drop off old and used jigsaws at selected Hobbycraft stores where they will receive money off vouchers for any Jumbo puzzle in the shop. Jumbo Games has partnered with Hobbycraft stores to launch a jigsaw amnesty ...
Tags: Jumbo, Hobbycraft, Toys
DC Comics, Marvel, How To Train Your Dragon 2 and Adventure Time lines all looking to make Q4 one to remember for the dress-up firm. Rubie's is predicting its new light-up Frozen dresses will be one of its biggest hits this Christmas. ...
Tags: Frozen Dresses, Rubie, Toys
Picks up the Australian Toy Association's Games Toy of the Year 2014 Award. Zed the Zombie Unrest in Pieces has won the Australian Toy Association's Games Toy of the Year 2014 Award. Created by Fotorama and distributed throughout the UK ...
Tags: Toy
Sales of traditional toys in the industry's five largest European markets (France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK) were flat in 2013, according to information from the NPD Group. While sales grew in France (+0.7%), Germany (+1.5%) and ...
Tags: Toy
Half of all jars will have a new label reading ‘Bring out’, replacing the traditional ‘Branston’ so that when on shelf, the jars will read ‘Bring out (the) Branston’. For minimal financial investment ...
Tags: Pickle Packaging, Packaging
The new premises provide 30,227 sq.ft of modern warehouse/industrial accommodation with a total site area of approximately 2.08 acres and with a very prominent frontage to the busy A461. The company's sales director Giles Foden ...
Tesco's UK like for like sales drop 2.4 per cent, while Morrisons sees a 5.6 per cent fall in sales Tesco has revealed that it experienced weak trading over the crucial Christmas period. Britain's biggest supermarket chain announced ...
Tags: Tesco, weak trading, Christmas sales, Morrisons, Marks, Spencer, grocer
In the UK, sales have dropped 9.9 per cent over the period Mothercare plc experienced a slow Christmas trading period, according to its latest results, covering the 12 week period to January 4th 2014. The firm's worldwide network ...
Tags: Mothercare, Christmas trading, slow, worldwide network sales