13 million shoppers across the UK will spend £1,280 million on Saturday, December 21st, says CRR British consumer spending is set to reach £2.24 million per minute on Panic Saturday, according to a study by VoucherCodes.co.uk ...
Tags: Toys, Christmas Toys
Argos: "We have seen an unprecedented demand for Furby Boom this year" Hasbro is shipping additional Furby Boom stock to meet UK demand this Christmas. The company is bringing in another 80,000 Furby Booms to cope as recent demand has ...
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Marks and Spencer will market all toys as gender neutral by spring 2014 Let Toys Be Toys are celebrating today after Marks and Spencer stated it is to market all toys as gender neutral by spring 2014. The group started putting pressure ...
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VTech predicts it will retain the number one spot for the full year VTech has become the number one manufacturer in the UK infant toy market for the first time, according to the latest NPD figures. In a year that has seen the firm pick ...
Tags: Toys, Infant Toy
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economists recently provided 2014 projections for major commodities produced in Texas, with many pointing to past drought conditions as a key factor in making or breaking a crop. The Plains region of ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
With millions of real Christmas trees discarded after the festivities, a UK carpenter has come up with an eco-friendly Christmas tree- made from wood. According to Joost Taylor, the wood is sourced from protected redwood forests in ...
Tags: Christmas Tree, Eco Christmas Tree, Christmas Tree Toy, Toys
Puma announced a new long-term partnership with the Mario Balotelli. The Italy Striker becomes the latest sporting sensation to join Puma's family of star players and athletes that includes Usain Bolt, Sergio Agro, Cesc Fregas, Marco Reus, ...
Tags: Apparel, Puma, Sports Apparel
Currently, monoclonal antibody agents have been successfully used in the treatment of tumors, cancers and other serious diseases as a heavyweight in the biopharmaceutical industry. In 2009-2012, the market size of monoclonal antibody agents ...
Spring Air's international licensees and staff met at Herb Morgenstern's 150,000-square-foot factory in Fresno, which the group toured. FRESNO, Calif. — Spring Air licensee Herb Morgenstern recently hosted almost three dozen ...
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Boyd Marks has joined Capel Rugs as manager of sales for Alabama and the Panhandle region of Florida. A dedicated and respected sales representative, Marks has worked with some of the best-known brands in the Southeast. During his 18 ...
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A survey conducted by Havas Worldwide, an international marketing company, and published in December 2013 finds that consumers are placing greater emphasis than ever on how green and sustainable companies are when making product selections. ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Warmupthe has announced its entrance into the Best of KBIS contest for its interactive energy monitoring thermostat, the 3iE. Entries will be displayed at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (KBIS) in Las Vegas from Tuesday, Feb. 2 to ...
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All new electricity generation in Australia will come from renewable energy through 2020, according to a new report from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) [PDF]. The bulk of the new power will be wind, with large-scale scale ...
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North Carolina is famous for its high-tech Research Triangle, but lately it seems that state government IT projects are bound for IT's equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle. As you may remember from an earlier Risk Factor story on state ...
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Unit labour costs (ULCs) in the OECD area were unchanged in the third quarter of 2013 from the previous quarter, with growth in labour productivity (0.4%) only slightly outpacing a rise in labour compensation (0.3%). The pattern of ULCs ...