The Australian retail sector is expected to see a further slowing in growth nationally, with the AFGC CHEP Retail Index showing growth of 4 per cent year-on-year in the March quarter, slowing to 3 per cent by the June quarter. Within this ...
Tags: Retail Sales, retail sector
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 ...
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 ...
Tags: US Markets, NPD Group, apparel sales
North American company Cascades that recovers, manufactures and converts green packaging and tissue paper products has installed a new converting line at its Candiac plant in Quebec, Canada. This line which will become operational in July ...
The traditional Chinese lunar calendar divides the year into 24 solar terms. Grain Rain, as the last term in spring, starts on April 20 and ends on May 5. Grain Rain originates from the old saying, "Rain brings up the growth of ...
Tags: lunar calendar, Grain Rain
This umbrella is made of high density fabric, the set by the Japanese industrial standard of flooding from the experiment, reached the highest level of waterproof standard. Rain falls on it, is a ball shape. Super light and smooth ...
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In the EU, packaging of consumer products has long been an environmental challenge for manufacturers and retailers. As governments try to meet national recycling and recovery targets, they are questioning manufacturers’ commitment to ...
REI announced its support of the 100th anniversary of the National Park Service in 2016 through a multi-year, multi-million dollar partnership with the National Park Foundation, the official charity of America's national parks. The ...
Tags: REI, The national parks, Sporting Goods
Significantly decreased global demand has pressed Taiwan-based crystalline silicon solar cell makers to lower quotes from an average level of US$0.30-0.32/W for polycrystalline silicon models in February 2015 to that of US$0.28-0.32/W ...
China's cooling growth prospects are expected to shift the economic agenda away from the eurozone, although Greece remains firmly in the spotlight because of its precarious funding outlook. China is expected to provide further hints of ...
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China's auto sales accelerated in the first two months of this year, led by demand for sport utility vehicles and minivans. Retail deliveries of passenger vehicles increased by 16 percent to 3.49 million units in January and February, the ...
Tags: Auto Sales, SUV, Minivans
Whereas 2014 was a challenging year for lighting products (with most traditional technology suppliers reporting declining quarterly revenues for lamps and luminaires), many LED-only manufacturers saw their revenues rise, says market ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Traditional Lighting
The Chinese currency has seen sharp volatility against the US dollar this week as a strengthening dollar stokes worries of the yuan's depreciation. The yuan continued to decline against the dollar on Wednesday with its spot exchange rate ...
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According to Bloomberg.com, Apple's latest "bigger than bigger" slogan for the iPhone is turning out more and more apt as the company sets the record as the first US company to be worth more than $700 billion. This is the first time a US ...
It is inevitable that sitting down in front of the television will result in an unintended nap after a hearty dinner. If you've ever sat down to watch a program on TV only to wake up as the closing credits are rolling, there's a new ...
Tags: Wearable Device, wristband