Johnson & Johnson’s fourth-quarter medical device sales fell by 4.7%, to $6.6 billion, with the biggest drop (7.7%) in the U.S., the company announced this week. Total fourth-quarter sales were down 0.6% year-over-year, to $18.3 ...
Tags: Medical Device Business, Health
UK-based Mercian Labels has deployed the new Xeikon Cheetah digital label press to continue its double-digit growth path. The five-colour, high-speed and productive digital label press is planned to be installed in early February at ...
In an unaudited trading update for 2014, epiwafer foundry and substrate maker IQE plc of Cardiff, Wales, UK says that it expects full-year revenue to be about £112m (down 11.7% on £126.8m in 2013, but in line with expectations). ...
Taiwan topped global rankings last year for LED component output value, and the industry is expected to keep up 14% growth throughout 2015 to reach US $5.37 billion, according to statistics compiled by Taiwan’s Photonics Industry and ...
Tags: LED Component, LED Chip
US based consumer goods and farm products company Calavo Growers has recorded an increase of 5.3% in revenue during the fourth quarter of 2014. US based consumer goods and farm products company Calavo Growers has recorded an increase of ...
Tags: consumer goods, Agriculture
It's a bumper celebration for Wild Card Games' Sean Byrne, following a year of bestsellers lists and awards for his firm's range of travel themed board games. Wild Card Games is celebrating a bumper start to the year, having achieved ...
Tags: Wild Card Games, Toys
In what has become an annual tradition, Chaco named its sales agency of the year at its recent sales meeting with the donning of the official gecko green jacket in a nod to golf's ultimate award at The Masters. Chaco selected Outdoor Sports ...
Tags: golf, Sporting Goods
UK retail sales declined by 0.4%, on a like-for-like basis from December 2013, when they had increased 0.4% on the preceding year, finds the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. On a total basis, sales were up 1%, against a 1.8% rise in ...
Tags: home categories, Furniture
Sika has reported record sales in every region and also says that all relevant growth targets for full-year 2014 have been exceeded. An above-average increase in net profit is expected for the business year 2014. In the fourth quarter of ...
Tags: emerging markets, Construction
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
China's crude imports from its major suppliers rose significantly in November versus a year ago, with Russian cargoes hitting a record high, although shipments from top exporter Saudi Arabia fell 5.9% to 3.99 million mt, detailed data from ...
Tags: Crude Imports, pipeline oil
Affected by the global economic recovery of uncertainty, this year's the asean countries growth momentum is healthy but conservative.According to the latest issue of the international monetary fund annual economic outlook report this year, ...
Tags: economic recovery, Asian nations
Johnson Outdoors Inc. reported sales increased 10 percent to $84.9 million in the fourth quarter ended Oct. 3 compared with $77.3 million in the fourth fiscal quarter of 2013 due to double-digit growth in both Marine Electronics and Outdoor ...
Rémy Cointreau Group achieved consolidated sales of €471.8m for the first six months to 30 September 2014. The trend for the period (an organic(**)decline of 5.6%) thus showed some improvement compared with the 2013/14 fiscal ...
Tags: Liqueurs, Spirits, Agriculture
Hiro Sake, the hand-crafted, premium spirit from Japan, announced expansion into three new major markets: California, Texas and Nevada. Hiro is a brand positioned to be the first premium Japanese sake to be recognized and ordered, easily, ...