China's surprise devaluation of the yuan on Tuesday, when the country's central bank set the official value of the renminbi about 2% weaker against the dollar, has not hit the petrochemicals complex in a significant way, industry ...
Tags: polymer, carbide PVC
GfK’s UK Consumer Confidence Index decreased three points to 4 in July. Joe Staton, head of market dynamics at GfK, says: “Concerns about the general economic situation in the UK for the next 12 months appear to be weighing ...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, Furniture
Global Consumer Confidence stayed relatively consistent for more than a year, declining one index point in the second quarter to a score of 96, according to global performance management company Nielsen's Consumer Confidence Index Report. ...
Tags: Consumer Confidence, economy
Global automakers will manufacture fewer vehicles in China this year than they are able to because of slowing demand in the world's largest auto market, a reversal after years of rushing to build factories. The average level of capacity ...
Tags: auto market, passenger-vehicle
The Auckland Council in New Zealand is switching on to electric vehicles (EVs), substituting 10 of its petrol vehicles with two all-electric Nissan Leafs and eight Toyota Prius hybrids. If everything works as planned, the civic body will ...
Tags: automobile manufacture, auto accessories, petrol vehicles
Despite buying a little more than 500,000 mt of scrap in the first three months of this year, China is dominating the steel scrap market, according to the latest Bureau of International Recycling World Mirror on ferrous metals. China ...
Tags: Ferrous Scrap, Steel Scrap
China is capable and confident it can maintain the capital market stable and sound, said a commentary of People's Daily, the flagship newspaper of the Communist Party of China (CPC). Since mid-June, the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index ...
Tags: Capital Market, stock market
Sherwin-Williams colormix 2016 collection, unveiled today, anticipates the optimistic spirit of 2015 will continue to drive trends in the world of color. The annual Sherwin-Williams color forecast collection cultivates this positive outlook ...
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GfK’s UK Consumer Confidence Index has increased six points to 7 in June. All of the five measures used to calculate the Index saw increases this month. Joe Staton, head of Market Dynamics at GfK, says: “We’re seeing a ...
The National Australia Bank’s price and production forecast report expects wool and cotton prices to generally rise in Australian dollar terms. The NAB report provides production and price forecasts for 2015-16 for seven major ...
Tags: National Australia Bank's, Rural Commodities Index, wool industry
India has risen to 15th position on the back of solid growth in retail sales and strong prospects for future GDP growth, according to global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney's Global Retail Development Index (GRDI) 2015 that surveyed ...
Tags: India retail, E-commerce, Economy
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) continue to face a myriad of challenges in the current business environment, and this is unlikely to change in the near future. Disruptive technologies and innovation are accelerating the need for ...
India recorded the highest index score in consumer confidence in Asia-Pacific of 130, a one-point increase from the previous quarter and a level that has not been reached since 2011. Confidence in India has been on the rise for six ...
Tags: Nielsen Consumer, Textile
Small brands with turnovers of Rs 10 crore to Rs 25 crore and mid brands with turnovers of Rs 25 crore to Rs 100 crore were affected by low sentiments, reveals the Clothing Manufacturers’ Association of India (CMAI’s) Apparel ...
Tags: Clothing Manufacturers, Apparel
Chinese shares ended higher on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index surging 3.13 percent, or 134.06 points, to finish at 4,417.55 points. The Shenzhen Component Index soared 3.10 percent, or 454.74 points, to close at ...