Propelled by a 25% increase in the first quarter at Vans and stronger gross margins, VF net income rose 26% to $270,417,000 from $215,216,000 for the three months ended Mar. 31 on a 2% revenue increase to $2,582,230,000 compared to ...
Tags: Vans, Outdoor&Action Sports
The profitability of an average 100 million gal/year (378 million lit/year) ethanol plant based in the Midwestern US region surged in April to the highest since November 2011 due to falling input costs, a study from Iowa State University ...
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The sudden fall in gold prices recently has proved to be a boon to the jewellers as consumers pan India went on buying spree and as a result jewellery sales saw a huge increase of 40 to 50%, as we normally see during Akshay Tritiya and Dhan ...
Tags: Apparel, Jewellery Industry, Accessories
In first quarter results published this morning (3 May), the group reported that revenues for the period rose by 4% year-on-year to €1.89bn, while EBITDA profit slipped 2% to €241m. Pre-tax profits, meanwhile, fell to €57m ...
Tags: Smurfit Kappa, Packaging
The Men's Clothing Stores industry has proven to be especially sensitive to the economic recession. Sinking consumer sentiment, brought about by skyrocketing unemployment and a slowdown in personal disposable income growth, limited ...
Tags: Ibisworld, Mens Clothing
Tang Eng, one of the major stainless steel producers in Taiwan released its list prices for May The company decided to cut its list prices for 300 grades, 201 grades and 202 grades by NT$3,000/ton, NT$400/ton and NT$1,500/ton ...
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Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp (NSSMC) sets to bring up plate prices for domestic sales to reflect the higher raw materials costs caused by the rapidly weakening Japanese Yen. It's known that some US$50/ton extra will be added from May ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Steel
Japanese Nisshin Steel announced to raise its domestic prices for austenitic cold rolled coils (CRC) and tubes by ¥20,000/ton and increase its domestic prices for ferritic CRC and tubes by ¥10,000/ton from June deliveries. A ...
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The success of infrastructural setup is the basis for economical developments in any country. In any country economy cannot function if the roadblocks for development are not smoothened out. These roadblocks are lack of adequate ...
China Steel Corp. (CSC), the largest carbon steelmaker in Taiwan is going to release its list prices for steel plates for June on April 19th. Market participants predicted that CSC might leave its list prices for steel plates unchanged for ...
Tags: Steel Plate Prices, Mineral
Mohawk Industries, Inc. today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the Marazzi Group for approximately $1.5 billion with a combination of cash and equity giving Mohawk the leading position in worldwide ceramic tile. The ...
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COMPANIES that participated in cartel activity in the glass manufacturing industry face prosecution by the Competition Tribunal following an investigation by the Competition Commission. The commission’s investigation, which started ...
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US agribusiness firm Cargill has reported that its net earnings declined by 42% for the third quarter of 2013 to $445m, compared with $766m in the same period of 2012 due to severe US drought that affected the company's meat processing ...
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Companies in Vietnam sold 7.55Mt of cement in the first quarter of 2013, a 15% rise year-on-year compared to 2013 according to the Ministry of Construction. This occurred despite a year-on-year fall of 30% to 2Mt in March 2013. The country ...
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Cement manufacturers in India are hopeful that the government will take the promised action to boost the country's industrial climate, according to a recent report. Cement demand was slightly subdued in the last financial year, forcing ...
Tags: Cement, Construction