New figures from BDO's High Street Sales Tracker have shown that the first week of 2013 recorded the best weekly performance in three years - however January still ended up being a flat month. The overall figures show that like for like ...
Tags: Retailers, Toys, Toys Industry
UK-based MEPS predicted that that the global stainless steel production might hit new record highs in 2012. According to the forecast made by MEPS, the global stainless steel production would reach 34.6 million tons in 2012, rising by ...
Aperam South America, a sole integrated producer of stainless and electrical steels in Brazil said that its shipments remained flat at 151,000 tons in the fourth quarter of 2012 due to seasonal slowdown. In the fourth quarter of last ...
Tags: steel shipments flat, stainless, steels
More than two thirds of consumers say “no” to online tracking. Many consumers around the globe are becoming more cautious about their personal data being collected when on the internet. According to Ovum this is creating a ...
Tags: Internet Economy, EU justice commissioner, data proposal
Over one third of all purchases made on Amazon are from third-party sellers. Amazon CFO Tom Szkutak said that 39 per cent of the “product units” sold on Amazon during the most recent quarter were from third-party sellers, up ...
Tags: Amazon sales, retail business, Amazon
The US Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced Friday that construction spending during December 2012 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $885 billion, 0.9 percent above the revised November estimate of ...
Tags: Construction spending, private construction, Residential construction
The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported Monday that US raw steel production fell 0.3 percent in the week ending February 2, following a 1 percent drop the previous week. Total raw steel production in the United States ...
Tags: raw steel production, Iron, Steel
US cereal giant Kellogg has recorded an increase in full-year profits and reiterated its 2013 outlook. Earnings in the year to 29 December amounted to US$961m, an 11.2% increase on the prior-year period. The growth was boosted by its ...
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Sales of Barbie may have fallen slightly in 2012, but Monster High more than made up for any shortfall. Worldwide gross sales for the Barbie brand were down three per cent, while sales for Other Girls Brands were up 57 per cent, ...
Tags: Monster High dolls, Barbie, dolls
The Australian dollar was flat of the Reserve Bank of Australia's first board meeting for 2013. At 6.30am AEDT the currency was trading at 104.37 US cents, the same level as at yesterday’s close. The RBA holds its first board ...
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Coal exports from the Port Waratah Coal Services (PWCS) terminals based at Port of Newcastle in New South Wales, Australia, totaled 10.15 million mt in January this year, rising by 2.9 percent compared to December 2012, according to the ...
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Novartis Consumer Health has announced that it is voluntarily recalling certain lots of Triaminic Syrups and Theraflu Warming Relief Syrups that were manufactured in the United States before December 2011. Novartis Consumer Health has ...
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US regional retailer Ingles Markets has booked an increase in first-quarter profits, despite what it claims was a "very competitive" holiday season. In the three months ended 29 December, net profit amounted to US$11.6m, a 9.2% increase ...
Tags: retailer, Operating profit, grocery sales
Regional US retailer Harris Teeter has reported higher underlying sales for its fiscal first quarter in a set of mixed financial results. The company saw comparable-store sales increase 2.5% in the quarter ending 1 January. The higher ...
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Worldwide tablet sales jumped in the fourth quarter beyond even some of the most optimistic forecasts to 52.5 million - a growth rate of 75 per cent. The preliminary survey by business research firm IDC showed the tablet market grew 75.3 ...
Tags: tablet sales, tablet market, Apple