Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday saw record online retail sales supported by strong mobile growth, according to IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark Reports. Report highlights include: Historic Mobile Milestone Spucrs Online Shopping: ...
Australian wholesaler and distributor of groceries and hardware products Metcash Limited (Metcash) has announced a drop in its Underlying Profit after Tax of 9 per cent, to $101.7 million, which it said was due to “ongoing operating ...
Tags: hardware products, groceries, Agriculture
The ISM is the important data announced by the institute for supply management that leading indicator of economic health. According to ISM,business can quickly respond to market conditions. It can also reflect the degree of economic ...
U.S. jewelry and watch sales combined fell 0.6 percent year on year to $5.461 billion in October, according to preliminary estimates by Rapaport News. While the data is subject to several revisions, it currently marks the first monthly drop ...
Believe it or not, the fourth quarter is traditionally a slow period for the diamond trade. That may be a stark realization for some, especially on the eve of Thanksgiving weekend that signals the start of the Christmas shopping season. ...
Tags: diamond trade, Arts
American apparel brand Tommy Hilfiger’s India joint venture with Arvind has registered a 66 per cent rise in its profits in the last fiscal year ended March 31, 2014, the company said in a filing to the Registrar of Companies. ...
Tags: retail sales, apparel brand, Apparel
Retail sales remained resilient in the year to November, with the pace of growth expected to accelerate once again in the crucial Christmas run up, according to the CBI’s latest quarterly Distributive Trades Survey. The survey of ...
Just like Australia Post, the UK's Royal Mail is experiencing a loss of profitability from the parcel boom and mail bust. It is, however, also looking down the barrel of Amazon’s own delivery network, which threatens future growth ...
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Children's specialty apparel retailer, The Children's Place said its net income for the thirteen weeks ended November 1, 2014 slipped 15 per cent from a year ago quarter. For the third quarter of 2014, net income at Children’s Place ...
Shoppers to spend $45 billion in pre-Christmas retail sales Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has found retailers will be able to count on some steady improvement in retail sales over the Christmas ...
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U.S. adults are planning to spend $720 on gifts for the Christmas season, according to Gallup's latest survey, representing a 3 percent increase from 2013, but a decrease of about 6 percent compared with 2012 and 2011. Forty-six percent of ...
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Ecommerce sales in the third quarter of 2014 accounted for 6.6 per cent of total retail sales, on adjusted for seasonal variation but not for price changes basis, the Census Bureau of the US Department of Commerce has announced. During ...
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Heimtextil, which runs from January 14-17, 2015 will see a series of lectures on online retail and marketing and is aimed at retailers and interior furnishings specialists. Within the framework of the 'Webchance Academy', Heimtextil will ...
Tags: online retail, interior furnishings specialists, Textile
Appalachian Mountain Brewery, announced 3nd Quarter revenue increased significantly and was up 38 % to $266,283 compared to 2nd Quarter 2014 at $192,450. Revenue increased by 77% to $266,283 for Q3 2014 versus $150,703 for Q3 2013. AMB's ...
In a series of practical-based lectures, Heimtextil will pick up on a crucial theme for the sector – that of online retail and marketing. Within the framework of the 'Webchance Academy', the trade fair will provide information on ...
Tags: Heimtextil, Online Trade, Furnishing