For coatings producers one of the big benefits of the sharp fall in oil prices in the second half of last year (2014) should be a drop in raw material costs. Some commentators are also predicting a rise in demand due to the effect of ...
Tags: Oil Prices, Raw materials, Construction
Worldwide PC shipments totaled 83.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, a 1% increase from the fourth quarter of 2013, according to Gartner. These results indicate a slow, but consistent improvement following more than two years of ...
Tags: PC shipments, PC market
Microsoft has lifted the lid on two new Lumia devices for emerging markets, and they're both extremely easy on the wallet. The Lumia 435 sells for just €69 (£54), while the Lumia 532 goes for €79 (£61). That makes ...
Tags: Microsoft, Consumer Electronics, Windows 8.1
China's economy will enter a new phase, as innovation becomes a personal pursuit for entrepreneurial success. According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, China's absolute input in research and development was ...
The International Cotton Advisory Committee (ICAC) anticipates that, despite expected growth in cotton consumption this season, a world production surplus of 1.7 million tons is still expected. This, according to ICAC, will bring 2014/15 ...
Tags: cotton consumption, Textile
The Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries (MoAF), Oman, has started to restore the local cotton variety farming in Oman and aims to cultivate up to 120 acres of land in the next few years, Muscatdaily.com reported. The revival project ...
Tags: raw material, cotton cultivation, Textile
Asus has finally officially unveiled the Asus Transformer Book Chi line-up of hybrid Windows laptop/tablet devices. Teased last year at Computex, the trio of new laptops now has a full list of specs and prices, with the flagship T300 ...
Tags: Asus, Book, Consumer Electronics
The National Retail Federation’s Cyber Monday Expectations Survey shows fewer Americans planned to shop online on Cyber Monday, likely because they know online retailers are offering bargains much earlier in November than in the past. ...
Global cotton prices which have plummeted in recent months, has triggered ‘Minimum Support Price’ measures from governments of large cotton producing countries, says ICAC. In 2013/14, the Cotlook A Index averaged 91 cents/lb, ...
Tags: Global cotton prices, cotton producing countries, Textile
The LED packaging industry’s value is anticipated to only rise an estimated 3.2% on-year in 2015, from this year's US$14.6 billion to US$15 billion, according to the latest “Global LED package Industry Report” released by ...
Tags: LED Packaging, LED Lighting
Although sales surged 20% from a year earlier quarter at Amazon.com in the three months to September 30, 2014, net loss soared more than ten-fold in the quarter. Net loss rose massively Amazon to $437 million in the third quarter of 2014, ...
Tags: Sales, Amazon, Accessories
U.S. consumers who purchase gifts during the 2014 Christmas season anticipate spending an average of $596.53, according to the National Retail Federation's (NRF) annual holiday intentions survey. The anticipated figure represented an ...
Tags: Jewelry, Precious Metals
A series of iron ore projects may be affected as a result of the low prices the market has seen for the product, according to media reports. Last week, the product reached $83.60/mt in the Chinese spot market, and from the beginning of ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese spot market
Town Shoes Limited announced the opening of its first two DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse locations in Canada. DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse will open at Heartland Centre in Mississauga and Woodland Hills in Newmarket, Ontario, on Aug, 7. DSW's ...
Tags: DSW, Canada, Sporting Goods
Academy Sports + Outdoors will open four stores in the Orlando, FL area in 2015. The four stores will be located in Kissimmee, Lake Mary, Waterford Lakes and Melbourne. In addition, Academy has formed a multi-year partnership with the Univ. ...