Don't blame Windows 8 for plummeting PC sales, a retail analyst said today. "It wasn't about Windows 8, it was much more about the price challenges facing OEMs," said Stephen Baker of the NPD Group, citing U.S. retail sales data the firm ...
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Yahoo's profits rose more than 30 percent in the first quarter, due to a variety of factors including lowered operating costs, though sales at the company declined. Net earnings for the quarter ended March 31 were US$390 million, a 36 ...
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Following the settlement of its debt tender offers, and in keeping with the company’s intention to provide an update as stated in its March 13, 2013 announcement regarding completion of its credit card portfolio sale, Target ...
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Case goods manufacturer and importer Stanley Furniture said its first quarter sales were 2.7% below last year's first quarter and the company's net loss widened to $2.09 million. Sales, however, were 11.4% ahead of the fourth quarter of ...
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Kia Motors global sales for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles increased 2.7% to 653,361 units in the first quarter of 2013, compared to corresponding period last year. In March 2013, sales in China ...
Truck Industry Council (TIC) statistics show that the truck market continues the recent trend of growth compared to the same period in the previous year. The March 2013 truck sales of 2,564 units were the best post-GFC for any March, with a ...
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According to the statistics released by the Turkish Automotive distributor Association (ODD), in the first quarter of this year the domestic passenger car market increased by 17.3 percent compared to the same period last year, with sales ...
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Havertys first quarter sales jumped 13.8% and same-store sales were up 11.5%, as the Top 100 company cited standout merchandising and marketing and a continuing housing recovery working in its favor. Sales for the period ended March 31 ...
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The Ford Falcon, Holden Commodore and Toyota Aurion locally-built trio continued the large segment's sales slump through the first quarter of 2013. Ford's sedan from Broadmeadows fell to just 831 units in March, down 34.8 per cent ...
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As demand for LED lighting products is heating up amid the improving global economy, Epistar is expected to see its gross margin rebound this quarter after posting a record loss last year. Due to oversupply in the LED market, which ...
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In spite of the difficult market conditions prevailing in the first three months of 2012/13 (1 November 2012 - 31 January 2013), GERRY WEBER International AG boosted its Group sales revenues from EUR 165.1 million in the same period of the ...
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Auto parts supplier Tianhe Group announced the financial returns in 2012 recently. Tianhe’s cumulative sales reached 16.444 billion US dollars in 2012, up 1.2% year on year compared to 16.244 billion US dollars of 2011. The ...
J&J Snack Foods has reported another rise in first-quarter sales and a rebound in profits. The US snack maker reported net sales up by 11% for the three months to the end of December, to US$191.4m, mirroring its pace of growth in the same ...
Faced with a pending debt payment at the end of March, Caribbean Cement Company (Carib) has increased the prices by an average 16.5 per cent. Having already implemented a 9.2 per cent price increase in June, the manufacturer should see ...
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US retailer Supervalu, battling to revitalise its business, has decided to close around 60 stores. Supervalu, which has a network of about 4,400 outlets across the US, said it would shut the "under-performing or non-strategic stores" in ...
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