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Ministry of Commerce: The Total Retail Sales up 9% in 2018
Mar 6, 2019Qiankeming, the deputy minister of commerce claimed in the press that the total retail sales of social consumer goods maintained steady and relatively fast growth in 2018. The total sales reached RMB 38.1 trillion, up 9%. Data shows that ...
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Oclaro's Quarterly Revenue up 28% Year-on-Year, Despite 10g Softness in China
Aug 8, 2017For fiscal fourth-quarter 2017 (ended 1 July), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $149.4m (split about 50:50 between client-side/datacoms ...
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Hoping for a PS Vita 2 Release? We've Got Some Bad News
Jun 9, 2017Hoping for a Sony PlayStation Vita 2? Your luck is out, as one Sony exec pours cold water on the prospects of another handheld in the near future. When the PS Vita launched back in Japan in 2011 (and 2012 for the rest of us), the hype was ...
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Late Easter Spurs UK Retail to Biggest Monthly Increase Since April 2006
May 10, 2017Over the three months to April, non-food retail rose by 0.3 per cent while online sales of non-food products were up by 8.2 per cent over the same period. In store sales fell 1.3 per cent. UK retail sales have registered their biggest ...
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Apple in 2017: Biggest Year Ever?
Dec 26, 2016If you thought Apple's last couple of years were big, just wait for 2017. The launch of the large-screen iPhone 6 and 6 Plus in late 2014 sent Apple's fortunes soaring. Apple became the most profitable company in the world, and the ...
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Brown-Forman Q2 Sales Decline 3%
Dec 13, 2016Brown Forman, the maker of Jack Daniel's Tennesee Whiskey, has reported a decline in its second-quarter profit and sales. Net sales dropped 3% year-over-year to $830m. Reported operating income fell 4% in the quarter to $291m. Diluted ...
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Finisar's Growth in 100g Datacom Transceivers Outweighs Drop in Legacy 10g Telecom Products
Jun 23, 2016For fiscal fourth-quarter 2016 (ended 1 May), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported revenue of $318.8m, down slightly on $320m a year ago but up 3.1% on $309.2m last ...
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Finisar's Wavelength-Selective Switch Telecom Sales Growth Offsets Tail-off In 40G Transceiver Datacom Sales
Mar 23, 2016For its fiscal third-quarter 2016 (to end-January), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported revenue of $309.2m, down 3.7% on $321.1m last quarter but up slightly on $306.8m a ...
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Australian Dairy Industry Growth in Winning Formula
Feb 15, 2016Infant formula sales have grown by 30 per cent in the past year according to Dairy Australia’s new Situation and Outlook report released today. The growth in formula sales is the highlight of the report which otherwise reflects an ...
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Oclaro's Quarterly Revenue Grows 8%
Feb 5, 2016For fiscal second-quarter 2016 (to 26 December), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $94.1m (slightly above the $88-94m guidance). This is up ...
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British Marks & Spencer Opens First Store in Beijing
Dec 22, 2015British clothing and food retailer Marks & Spencer has opened its first store in Beijing, located in the CBD area. Costas Antimissaris, International Director of the retailer, says their strategy is to focus on big cities. "Our strategy ...
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Sapphire Crystal Hinders Apple Watch Sales
Nov 11, 2015According to the data compiled by NPD, U.S. watch sales fell to a seven-year low in June 2015. Retailers sold $375 million timepieces during June, 11% less than one year ago. It is the worst decline since 2008, unit sales dropped 14 %. ...
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Blinging Down Botswana's Economy
Sep 18, 2015It’s a long way from New York’s Madison Avenue advertising agencies to Gaborone, but for Botswana a lot is riding on the success of the ad campaign De Beers will launch in the coming weeks. Like oil-exporting countries now ...
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Q2FY16 Operating Income Crashes at J. Crew Group
Sep 1, 2015Operating income at US based apparel marketer J.Crew Group crashed to $2.6 million in the second fiscal quarter ended August 1, 2015, massively down from $36.0 million in the prior fiscal second quarter. “Operating income in the ...
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U.S. Specialty Jewelry Store Sales Fell 4.4% to $2.703 Billion in May
Aug 6, 2015U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 4.4 percent year on year to $2.703 billion in May, according to the latest government calculations. The decline was noticeable considering that preliminary sales of jewelry and watches across all ...
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