The Shullman Research Center found that 21 percent of U.S. adults who plan Christmas shopping expect to purchase jewelry this year; however, the percentage increases dramatically for the top 41 percent of households, or those earning ...
Tags: Christmas Jewelry, Crafts
U.S. chain-store sales increased 3.2 percent year on year for the week that ended on August 9, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) and Goldman Sachs. However, comparable-store sales fell 1.4 percent compared ...
Tags: Goldman Sachs, chain-store sales
Blue Nile is being challenged by rising diamond prices, forcing the online jeweler to seek out growth in other areas. As diamond prices rise, eroding Blue Nile’s competitive advantage that its lower online prices offer, consumers will ...
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The opening of the Ghaghoo diamond mine, located in Botswana’s Central Kalahari Game Reserve (CKGR), that took place this week was not only a significant milestone for the mine’s owner Gem Diamonds, but also for the country ...
Tags: diamond mine, diamond
U.S. retail sales rose 3.6% during the final week of September. Business was described as brisk at apparel stores, wholesale clubs, dollar and electronic stores and discounters for the week ended Sep. 27. The gains offset weakness at ...
Tags: apparel stores, electronic stores
According to the American Iron and Steel Institute, in the week ending October 4, 2014, US domestic raw steel production was 1,825,000 net tons while the capability utilization rate was 75.9 percent. Production was 1,850,000 net tons in the ...
Resistors, switches and sensors aren’t sexy, especially against the bright lights and flashy dance shows competing for attention at this week’s Ceatec show in Japan. But if you want to see the future of electronics, the ...
Tags: Component Makers, Gadgets, Electronics
Following on-site investigations at a supplier, Opel/Vauxhall is expanding its safety check for Corsa and ADAM to include about another 1,000 cars in Europe. This is in addition to the 8,000 that were communicated last week. The ...
Tags: Opel/Vauxhall, 1000 Cars, Accessories
Following the first Pepro (Equalization Premium Paid to the Producer and/or Cooperative) auction which took place on September 25, stakeholders in the Brazilian cotton market are acting carefully in signing new trades. Brazilian cotton ...
Tags: Brazilian Cotton, Cautious, Textile
For Chinese solar manufacturers, the fourth quarter is the most important time for solar photovoltaic installations. It is then that Chinese vendors speed up deployment to meet the central government’s annual targets. The Chinese ...
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Following on-site investigations at a supplier, Opel/Vauxhall is expanding its safety check for Corsa and ADAM to include about another 1,000 cars in Europe. This is in addition to the 8,000 that were communicated last week. The ...
Tags: Opel/Vauxhall, Expand, Accessories
Shutting out Chinese solar producers from the lucrative US market is as damaging to them as blocking out the sunlight. The US Department of Commerce on July 5 determined a new set of anti-dumping duties on solar products from China and ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Solar Panel
The Asian price spread between high density polyethylene and ethylene feedstock turned negative Thursday, September 25, falling to minus $5/mt from parity a day before, due to the bearish PE market amid continued firm ethylene, Platts data ...
Tags: HDPE-Ethylene, PE
The Middle Eastern toy retailer has secured a 27,000 sq. ft. site in the UK's capital. Middle Eastern toy retailer, The Toy Store has secured a 27,000 sq. ft. site on Oxford Street. The shop will mark the retailer's first in the UK and ...
Tags: Toy
The toy firm offers young fans the chance to win iPads and Air Storm product bundles. Re:creation is giving kids the chance to win an iPad and a bundle of Air Storm products with the launch of its new online game and competition. Based ...
Tags: Creation, Air Storm Challenge, Toys