Consumer confidence in Australia is fuelling the rise of ‘savvy shopping’, according to findings from market research organisation Nielsen. Nielsen said Australian consumers were optimistic about their buying habits over the ...
China's central bank seems to have moved to stabilize the yuan despite mounting market sentiment that the currency has been toward the upper limit of its daily trading band for the past week. The reference rate the People's Bank of China ...
After a stronger-than-expected Christmas trading period, retail spending growth will slow heading into 2015, according to the sixteenth edition of the AFGC CHEP Retail Index released late last week. The AFGC CHEP Retail Index is a ...
Tags: Christmas trading, food exports
With Valentine's Day falling on a Saturday this year, U.S. retailers could see a slight bump up in consumer spending, according to a survey conducted by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Prosper Insights & Analytics. Nearly 55 ...
Tags: Jewelry Sales, greeting cards
The University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment index for January rose to an 11-year high of 98.2, helped by a strengthening job market and lower fuel costs. The preliminary reading was the highest since January 2004, and up ...
Tags: job market, fuel costs, Sporting Goods
Indonesian establishment Indofood Sukses Makmur is set to reduce its share in vegetable processing firm China Minzhong Food, a move that would raise $314m. The sale, which is expected to be completed by June, will reduce Indofood's stake ...
Tags: China Minzhong Food, Agriculture
Led by a pick-up in growth in India, which accounts for about 70 per cent of regional output, South Asia’s economic growth is set to reach a four-year high in 2015, according to the United Nations World Economic Situation and ...
Tags: nuclear agreement, Textile
Bord Bia today launched its Export Performance and Prospects Report which reflects a 4% increase in exports for 2014 to reach a record high of almost €10.5bn. Aidan Cotter, Chief Executive, Bord Bia outlined the background to the ...
Tags: milk, drink industry, Agriculture
The United States is set to become an even more dominant market for the diamond industry in 2015. In a reversal of trends that have characterized the industry in the past few years, there has been a shift back from east to west as industry ...
Tags: Diamond Market, diamond industry
Poetry is the earliest form of Chinese literature that originated from folk songs before the written Chinese language even existed. The earliest anthology of ancient poems, Shi Jing (Book of Poetry), which is prized by scholars for its ...
Tags: Literature, Chinese Poetry
U.S. online retail sales for the Christmas season, from November 1 to December 31, rose 15 percent year on year to $53.3 billion, according to comScore Inc. Cyber Monday, December 1, ranked as the heaviest online spending day of the year ...
This is one of the new advertisements that will launch in February as part of the rebranding of Chamilia. It was designed to tell the story of real women and the connection between their jewelry and life experiences, Swarovski said. ...
Tags: life experiences, jewelry, Arts
Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into India have surged by around 25 per cent from a year ago, in the April-October period of the current fiscal year. In the seven months to October 2014, FDI rose some 25 per cent from $13.82 ...
Tags: pharmaceuticals, oil, gas, petrochemicals, Textile
The prices of both imported and domestically produced LPG rebounded in East and South China this week, after falling 21-34% over the previous five weeks, supported by increasing demand and improving sentiment, trade sources said Friday, ...
With falling home prices and slowing growth, Beijing already has plenty on its plate. Such challenges are now fueling concerns about how the current Russian currency turmoil will impact the world’s second largest economy, and ...
Tags: Currency Depreciation, home prices, rubble