The seaborne iron ore market reversed losses Thursday, as an influx of buying activity suddenly emerged in the spot market. Platts assessed the 62% Fe Iron Ore Index at $116.25/dry mt CFR North China Thursday, up $1.50/dmt from Wednesday. ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Interest Resurfaces, spot market
Warmer spring weather spurred continued consumer spending and activity this March. According to the National Retail Federation – the world's largest retail trade association – March retail sales, which exclude automobiles, gas ...
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The total market for packaged LEDs is forecast to increase in revenue at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.9% from 2013 to 2018, according to Strategies Unlimited’s annual report ‘The Worldwide Market for LEDs: Market ...
European coatings companies have been hoping that this year would bring a revival in their domestic markets as the European Union economies, particularly those in the eurozone, started to show signs of recovery around mid-2013. But the ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coating
CCA has announced it expects its earnings will decline Food and beverage company Coca-Cola Amatil (CCA) has announced it expects its group earnings before interest and tax for the first half of 2014 to decline by around 15 per cent ...
Tags: beverages, Agriculture, Food
It is well known for its global standards in four areas, producing much literature on these topics: Food safety Consumer products Packaging and packaging materials Storage and distributionworld. Consumer and industry ...
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ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), is a globally recognized leader in the development and delivery of international voluntary consensus standards. Today, some 12,000 ASTM standards ...
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Pollution of the oceans and climate change has sparked concerns not just about the status of the marine environment but also about the impact on seafood safety and public health. In the global seafood market, European added-value lies in ...
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Import volume at the nation’s major retail container ports is expected to increase 6.1 percent in April, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates. ...
In response to the March 2014 Job Report, The National Retail Federation (NRF) today issued the following statements. "After a long, harsh winter that put many retailers at a disadvantage in terms of inventory control and staffing their ...
According to a nationwide survey and analysis from the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Americans' satisfaction with their shopping, buying, and consumption experiences is at a 20-year high. "A satisfied customer is often a ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
In the first three months this year, sales of passenger cars and commercial vehicles in Turkey declined by 24.46 percent year on year to 115,272 units, according to the statistics released by the Turkish Automotive Distributors Association ...
Tags: Passenger Car, Auto, Transportation, vehicles
Once quitting smoking was simply a matter of a patch, gum or tablet, but new research from Mintel sees smokers in the UK increasingly turning to E-cigarettes to beat the habit, with the market for such products in the UK growing an ...
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The exports of garments from Thailand are expected to touch US$ 7.8 billion in 2014, due to signs of global economic recovery, especially in the EU countries, Mrs. Duangkamol Jiambutr, Deputy Director-General of the Department of ...
Tags: Garment Exports, apparel exports, Apparel
The EC is proposing stricter laws for organic foods The European Commission (EC) has proposed a new Regulation or organic products and labelling of organic products, saying that consumer and producer concerns are at the heart of the new ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food, organic foods