Lindex open its doors to a new store in the city Opava.The store is designed and furnished according to Lindex latest store concept and will be the fashion chain's 26th in Central Europe. "We are very happy to be able to offer inspiring ...
Tags: Lindex, New Store, fashion chain, Opava City
Vodafone has reported a significant downturn in revenues for the first six months of fiscal year 2012, with much of the blaming the markets in southern European countries. Revenues for the group were down 7.4% year on year to just under ...
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UK meat packer Hilton Food Group has said its first-half results are "in line" with expectations as it battles depressed consumer sentiment throughout Europe. In its interim update today (6 November), the company said "steady progress" ...
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Tesco, which looks set to leave the US market, today (5 December) announced improving underlying UK sales as investments appear to be starting to pay off for the UK's largest retailer. UK like-for-like sales, excluding both VAT and ...
Tags: Tesco, US market, like-for-like sales, further weakening
The International Engineering Fair is the most important industrial fair in Central Europe, with annual participation of more than 1,500 exhibitors and 80,000 visitors.More than 35% of exhibitors and 10% of visitors come from ...
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Norwegian industrial conglomerate Orkla has entered into an agreement to acquire family-controlled food company Rieber&Soen,by committing to buy 90.11%shares held by the Rieber family,in a deal which values the company at ...
Tags: acquisition, shares, debt-free basis
UK-based meat packer Hilton Food Group said this morning (19 July) that it has been able to grow first-half revenues, despite challenging conditions in its key markets. Hilton's operations have benefited from its geographical diversity, ...
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Anolis LED fixtures have been specified and installed to illuminate both interior and exterior of the impressive central feature at the NováKarolina Shopping Centre in Ostrava. The new 100 million euro development in the Czech ...
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Norwegian food manufacturer Rieber&Søn today(12 July)reported lower half-year sales and profits,blaming low consumer confidence in Europe. Rieber&Son,which had seen sales increase in the first quarter of 2012,booked lower ...
Tags: sales, profits, consumer confidence
The Danish timber supplier group DLH apparently intends to separate from its American subsidiary Inter-Continental Hardwoods. In the current quarterly report for the period from January to March 2012 the company is recorded as a division to ...
Tags: market view, hardwood
MDF/HDF manufacturers intend to keep their sales prices at least stable in upcoming talks to settle on terms for third-quarter deliveries. They aim to do so even though demand has been subdued in April and May and has resulted in further ...
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The price established by the US information service Random Lengths for the benchmark grade of western SPF 2x4 #2&Btr KD for 18 May 2012 was roughly 41% higher than last year’s level at $308/1, 000 bdft and thereby reached a ...
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The longstanding pressure on MDF/HDF prices has remained in place in Central Europe during the first quarter amid a challenging sales environment. Minor price cuts have emerged again, with deals being struck at relatively short notice. ...
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In the early weeks of 2012, timber wholesalers and producers have been registering slightly higher demand for hardwood gluelam boards in Germany and Switzerland than they did a year ago. In contrast, export business to northern and southern ...
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Central European OSB prices remained under pressure at the start of 2012, as they had been in the final quarter of 2011. As a result, prices for large-volume orders and individual projects, in particular, have continued to slide. OSB prices ...
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