Over the years, signal integrity concerns have moved from RF and esoteric high-speed designs into the mainstream. Rare is the project these days that doesn’t have to consider transmission lines and controlled impedanceThe total ...
Tags: esoteric high-speed designs, transmission lines, Electrical
Genesco Inc. announced that comparable sales, including both stores and direct sales, increased 10 percent for the quarter-to-date period ended Jan. 3, from the equivalent period last year. Same store sales increased 9 percent and sales ...
Specialty womenswear retailer, The Wet Seal said it was closing 338 retail stores or around 66 per cent of its store count, effective on or about January 7, 2015. The apparel retailer decided to close the stores after assessing its ...
The new Australian Franchising Code of Conduct has come into effect, as of 1 January 2015. From 1 January 2015, the previous Franchising Code was repealed and replaced with a new Code which will applies to all franchise systems operating ...
Jack Wolfskin has reached an agreement to buy out its Chinese distributor and licensee over the next two years to clear the way for a new subsidiary it will establish in the People's Republic of China, or PRC. In exchange for a two-year ...
Tags: Jack Wolfskin, Chinese Distributor
GT Advanced Technologies has announced that following the bankruptcy court's recent approval of its settlement agreement with Apple, GT is now pursuing ASF furnace opportunities for sapphire cover glass applications across the broader ...
China's State Council (central government) has ordered its subordinate agencies and local governments to stop offering subsidies and tax incentives for China-based LED epitaxial wafer and chip makers because such offering has disrupted ...
Tags: LED industry, LED wafer
Genesco Inc. said lower than planned sales and gross margin pressures at its Lids segment in the third quarter and expected continued margin pressure at the segment in the fourth quarter would cause it to lower its guidance for the full ...
Tags: gross margin, planned sales
DSW Inc. reported third-quarter earnings declined 9.8 percent to $49.6 million, or 55 cents a share. But earnings came in better than Wall Street estimates and sales in all major categories accelerated compared to the first half. Comparable ...
Tags: women's footwear, Sporting Goods
Diageo pursues tequila, drops whiskey Global alcoholic beverages giant Diageo has announced an agreement with distiller Casa Cuervo to acquire full global ownership and control of tequila brand Tequila Don Julio. In return, Diageo has ...
Tags: Tequila, Whiskey, Agriculture
NASDAQ listed, Sears Canada reported a 15 per cent drop from a year ago quarter in the third fiscal quarter ended, November 1, 2014. In third quarter of 2014, Sears sales reached $834.5 million, down 15 per cent from $982.3 million for ...
Tags: Sears sales, full-line store leases, Apparel
Global notebook shipments, which are expected to decline 2.1% on year in 2014, will further drop 1.7% in 2015 to reach 168 million units, despite Microsoft's attempts to stimulate demand in the PC market. Microsoft's termination of ...
Tags: notebook shipments, Windows XP, PC market
Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (NAIST) has claimed the highest breakdown voltage to date for a diamond metal-semiconductor field-effect transistor (MESFET) [Hitoshi Umezawa et al, IEEE ...
Driven by acquisition of Jos. A. Bank and also rise in retail segment sales, clothing marketer Men's Wearhouse said it reported a 24% revenue hike in the second quarter ended August 2, 2014. Total net sales increased 24.1% or $155.8 ...
Researchers in USA and Saudi Arabia have been exploring the potential of using 'van der Waals epitaxy' (vdWE) to grow gallium arsenide (GaAs) on silicon [Yazeed Alaskar et al, Adv. Funct. Mater., published online 26 August 2014]. The team ...