Traders of mined diamonds are divided over how to best respond to the growth of their laboratory-grown counterparts. Last week, India’s Bharat Diamond Bourse (BDB) became the second exchange to ban trading of man-made diamonds, ...
Spurred by the summer weather and fixed interest rates, the group is hopeful consumer confidence will 'ride high into August'. Total UK retail sales have seen a 2.2 per cent lift on a like for like basis from July 2014, as improved ...
GfK’s UK Consumer Confidence Index decreased three points to 4 in July. Joe Staton, head of market dynamics at GfK, says: “Concerns about the general economic situation in the UK for the next 12 months appear to be weighing ...
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Despite a disappointing start to 2015 with -0.2 GDP change in the first quarter, economic analysts are confident that America's GDP growth will hover just over 3 per cent for the rest of the year, says the Confederation of British Industry ...
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Global Consumer Confidence stayed relatively consistent for more than a year, declining one index point in the second quarter to a score of 96, according to global performance management company Nielsen's Consumer Confidence Index Report. ...
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GfK’s UK Consumer Confidence Index has increased six points to 7 in June. All of the five measures used to calculate the Index saw increases this month. Joe Staton, head of Market Dynamics at GfK, says: “We’re seeing a ...
The government of Canada is investing $1.5m in Prince Edward Island (PEI) potato industry to help farmers in detecting and removing foreign material from potatoes. The move comes in response to recen t challenges faced by the region over ...
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Wholesale shipments of sports and fitness products increased by 3.5 percent in 2014, propelling the industry to total sales exceeding $84.2 billion, according to the latest State of the Industry Report published by the Sports & Fitness ...
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The IATA reports that air freight volumes were up 3.3% in April compared to a year ago, which was below the 4.3% expansion seen so far this year. The April result provides a clearer reading of air freight market performance, after holiday ...
Automobile manufacturers Nissan and BMW have joined hands for building a grid for charging stations to be used by electric vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles (PHEVs) across South Africa. As part of the Memorandum of Understanding ...
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India recorded the highest index score in consumer confidence in Asia-Pacific of 130, a one-point increase from the previous quarter and a level that has not been reached since 2011. Confidence in India has been on the rise for six ...
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IRL has announced the launch of a new edition of its single country report A Profile of the Indian Paint Industry. In this study, IRL examines India’s paints and coatings market independently and not as part of a regional study on the ...
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 ...
RPM International Inc. has reported record sales for its fiscal 2015 third quarter ended February 28, 2015, but incurred an as-reported loss for the quarter due to a one-time, non-cash net charge for a tax accrual related to the possible ...
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GfK’s UK Consumer Confidence Index has increased three points this month to 4. All five measures used to calculate the Index saw increases this month. Nick Moon, MD of social research at GfK, says: “At +4, the Index is the ...
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