First-quarter steel exports surged 40.7 percent to 25.78 million metric tons as mills responded to weak domestic demand and falling prices, the China Iron and Steel Association said on Wednesday. "Although domestic steel companies face ...
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67699 heavy trucks were sold in March this year, up 145.72% over last month and down 30.27% over last year, and the accumulated sales this year decreased by 33.66% over last year. And the top three truck makers are Dongfeng, Sinotruk and ...
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Big 5 Sporting Goods Corporation reported sales during the first quarter increased to $243.6 million from net sales of $231.3 million for the first quarter of fiscal 2014. Same store sales increased 3.9 percent for the first quarter of ...
The group has issued its trading up date for the period from January and added that overall beverage can volumes were up 5%. Growth was strong in the UK, Russia, Germany and Italy. Rexam said that the boost in volumes was driven by energy ...
The European economy is forecast to grow by circa 1.2% this year, given fresh impetus by the €60 billion a month of quantitative easing recently initiated by the ECB. This has caused a significant depreciation of the euro; we’ll ...
PPG Industries’ industrial coatings business will showcase new ENVIROCRON HTE (high-transfer-efficiency) powder coating along with its entire line of architectural and industrial powder coatings at the 2015 Powder Coating Show in ...
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The protein and sandwich supplier AdvancePierre Foods has completed the acquisition of the manufacturing assets of American stuffed sandwich maker Better Bakery on undisclosed terms. Better Bakery's production operations will now be moved ...
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Doritos, a brand owned by PepsiCo's Frito-Lay division, has launched Doritos Roulette chips in the US. The Doritos Roulette, which are Doritos Nacho Cheese flavoured chips, were first introduced in Mexico and were later introduced in ...
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Cabela’s Incorporated reported total revenue increased 14.0 percent to $827.1 million in the first quarter ended March 28 due primarily to the opening of new stores and associated growth at its credit card business. Cabela's Retail ...
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Central Indiana-based small-batch artisan distiller Hotel Tango will be using Owens-Illinois’s (O-I) new Forte bottle for packaging its military-inspired spirits. The bottles are a part of O-I's Covet Classics collection of luxury ...
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Lenovo Group, the world's largest personal computer maker, is targeting 40 percent of the PC market in China and revenue of $10 billion in the 2015 fiscal year, said Yang Yuanqing, the company's chairman and CEO. Yang said at the Lenovo ...
The U.S. consumer price index (CPI) for jewelry dropped 3.5 percent year on year to 165.6 points in March, which was basically unchanged from February. Comparatively, the CPI for watches was basically flat, or up 0.2 percent year on year, ...
BEHR Interior Paint has been ranked highest in customer satisfaction, according to the J.D. Power 2015 Paint Satisfaction Study. The study found that BEHR interior paint ranked higher than all other interior paint brands and performs ...
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A market study by global information company, The NPD Group has found that New York and Los Angeles are the largest US markets in terms of apparel sales, but smaller markets such as Orlando and Washington, D.C. are the top markets driving ...
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In constant currency, sales at UK fashion retailer Primark were 15 per cent ahead from the first half of fiscal 2014, for the 24 weeks period ended February 28, 2015,. At actual exchange rates and as a result of the weakening of the ...
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