John Lewis delivered gross sales of £2.02b for the HY ended 30th July – up 4.5%, with LFL sales growth of 3.1%, ahead of its more critical sales and profit-driving second half. Despite growing sales, operating profit fell by ...
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China's consumer goods retail sales grew 10.6 percent year on year in August, accelerating from the 10.2-percent growth posted in July on the back of robust online sales. Total retail sales of consumer goods amounted to 2.75 trillion yuan ...
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EVEN Electric, a new venture has been announced in Ottawa, Canada to drive global sales and distribution network for electric vehicle transportation with multi-brand, new and pre-owned vehicles through retail and online channels. EVEN ...
Online sales of non-food products in the UK continued to outperform the market in July, growing 11.2% YOY. This is lower than the above-trend growth of 14.7% seen in July 2015, but up from the previous month (9%) and in line with the ...
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India’s Amul dairy brand maker Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF) has partnered with Ahmedabad-based e-commerce solution provider firm to sell its products through an online portal and mobile app. Amul, the ...
Entertainment and character licensing remains the largest category, accounting for $113.2 billion, or 45 per cent of the total global licensing market. Retail sales of licensed products have jumped a significant 4.2 per cent on the ...
Tags: International Licensing Industry, licensed merchandise
Debenhams has announced its trading update for the 15 weeks to 11th June. LFL sales grew by 0.2%, with online sales up 7%. In the 15 week period, gross transaction value rose by 0.5%, taking the cumulative YOY performance to growth of 1.3%. ...
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New Zealand-based dairy co-operative Fonterra is set to test online sales of its Tip Top ice cream brand in China. The company plans to sell Tip Top ice creams online through TMall platform operated by Chinese e-commerce major Alibaba. ...
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China's retail sales of consumer goods increased 10.3 percent in the first quarter year on year, official data showed on Friday. The first-quarter reading was 0.4 percentage points lower than that recorded in the whole of last year, ...
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China is introducing a new tax which will impact Australian food companies that rely on selling their products online. Details of the tax are not yet clear however it is expected that online purchases from outside of China will be ...
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REI reported sales reached a record $2.4 billion in 2015 after a second consecutive year of nearly double-digit growth. Sales increased 9.3 percent from $2.2 billion in 2014, or 11 percent when adjusting for an extra 53-week of sales ...
John Lewis has continued to outperform the market in uncertain trading conditions, with gross sales up 2.8% to £4.56bn (4.4% on a 52 week basis). To ensure that customers can shop whenever and however they want, John Lewis has ...
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Furniture was again the top-performing category and the main contributor to retail growth in February, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. After hitting a record of +16 in January, GfK’s Major Purchase Index ...
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A screen shot of Rakuten online store. [Photo: global.rakuten.com] Rakuten, Japan's e-commerce market leader, and JD.com, China's leading direct online sales company, on Wednesday announced the signing of an agreement to establish a ...
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China's emerging industrial sectors, inspired by technological innovation and innovative policies, have developed rapidly in 2015. The boom in telecommunication, high-tech manufacturing, e-commerce, new energy and other emerging ...