In first-quarter 2015, smartphone sales reached 310 million units, up 7% year-on-year but slowing from the 19% year-on-year growth in Q4/2014 (which reached 346 million units). This was due to year-on-year shrinkage of -14% in China and -5% ...
Tags: Smartphone Sales, 4G Market
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) slashed key interest rate to a record low of 7 per cent at the weekend, laying a foundation for implementing growth-oriented economic policies in the country, the country’s media has reported. ...
The World Bank’s East Asia and Pacific Economic Report April 2015 paints a favourable picture for Vietnam. According to the report, medium term projections reflect gradual improvement in GDP growth and macroeconomic stability ...
Tags: Vietnam's Growth, GDP growth
Earnings per share on a non-GAAP basis surged 23 per cent at apparel marketer PVH Corp which has brands like Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger in its portfolio for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2014. PVH said its fourth quarter ...
Tags: PVH Corp, Heritage brands business, Apparel
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 ...
Tags: sports goods, Nike, Nike brand
Nike Inc. reported earnings rose 16.0 percent in its third quarter ended Feb. 28, to $791 million, or 89 cents a share, versus Wall Street's consensus target of 84 cents. Sales rose 7.0 percent to $7.46 billion. Sales on a currency-neutral ...
Tags: Nike, Earnings, Sporting Goods
Macroeconomics plays a critical role in operation of any business as prevailing economic conditions affect individual businesses as well. Entrepreneurs and others business people must take these factors into consideration as part of their ...
Tags: GDP, economic conditions, Electronics
In previous posts, I examined the high-tech industry in significant detail by picking a representative sample of leading systems, software, and semiconductor companies. Taken as a group, the selected firms serve the full range of ...
Tags: Electronics Industry, Electronics
China's cross-border capital flows will remain volatile this year amid uncertainties both at home and abroad, the country's forex regulator said on Sunday. As China gradually moves to make its foreign exchange mechanism more ...
Although domestic orders appeared to rise, overall orders with the Italian textile machinery sector dropped in the fourth quarter of 2014, primarily from a dip in overseas orders. In the fourth quarter, overall textile machinery orders ...
Tags: Textile Machinery, textile
Carlsberg is planning to shut two of its 10 breweries in Russia due to economic crisis and stringent market regulation, which have hit sales in the country. The closure of Baltika-Chelyabinsk in Chelyabinsk and Baltika-Pikra in ...
On January 15,2015, NAVECO 2015 marketing business annual conference was held in Nanjing. From all over the country, NAVECO dealers, service providers and the special vehicle factory representatives and industry media press got together in ...
Tags: marketing innovation, production ability, Transportation
On January 16 and 17,2015, Dongfeng Liuzhou 2015 marketing business annual conference was held in Guangzhou. From all over the country, Dongfeng Liuzhou heavy truck dealers, service providers and the special vehicle factory representatives ...
Tags: macroeconomic trends, heavy truck market, Transportation
Led by a pick-up in growth in India, which accounts for about 70 per cent of regional output, South Asia’s economic growth is set to reach a four-year high in 2015, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and ...
Tags: nuclear agreement, Textile
Despite a sharp decline in oil prices, the world economic outlook is subdued, weighed down by underlying weakness elsewhere, says the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest update to the World Economic Outlook (WEO). Compared ...
Tags: oil prices, world economic outlook, Textile