The National Retail Federation released its 2013 economic forecast today, projecting retail industry sales (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) will increase 3.4 percent, slightly less than the preliminary 4.2 percent ...
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The Australian sharemarket had its strongest day in almost two weeks yesterday, outstripping minor gains on Wall Street as strength in healthcare stocks, banks, telecommunications and consumer discretionary companies offset a drop among ...
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Skylanders has generated more than $500 million in US retail sales in just over a year. This includes sales of accessory packs and figures. GfK data also puts Skylanders at number three in the highest selling video games franchises in ...
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Last week may have been the first week back at our desks after the new year, but we hit the ground running with news that Unilever sold its Skippy peanut butter business to Hormel Foods. At first glance, a mainstream brand like Skippy ...
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NYMEX January crude futures settled 88 cents lower at $85.89/barrel Thursday, while the rest of the complex also declined on a weak equities performance and US dollar strength. January heating oil settled 2.31 cents lower at ...
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Plexus Cotton Limited reported that New York (NY) futures have trended lower this week, as December fell by 369 points to close at 71.53 cents. With harvest in the Northern Hemisphere gaining momentum, the market finally came under some ...
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US food company General Mills has announced that it has improved the nutritional profile of 68% of its US retail sales volume since 2005. The company noted that in 2012, it has improved nearly 16% of its US retail sales volume. ...
Ted Baker releases interim results for the 28 weeks ended 11 August 2012. • Retail sales up 15.4% on a 12.6% increase in average retail square footage - UK and European retail sales up 7.9% to £74.7m - US retail sales ...
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