U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channels closed out the year with disappointing results in December as sales fell 1.6 percent year on year to $15.245 billion, according to preliminary data. Furthermore, the government revised ...
Tags: Jewelry, Watch Sales
Have you ever had the sadness facing a disappointing slice of toast when you were starving at the midnight? Have you ever excepted a miracle of a hot chip vending machine that deep fries frozen chips when you get hungry? A Perth-based ...
Electronic store chains lose another round to online. Where does it end? Are electronics store outlets doomed? It was indeed a merry Christmas for online retailers. Results for the season show a strong expansion of sales in the US, fueled ...
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Official Facebook page was launched just nine months ago. Epoch making toys has revealed that its Sylvanian Families Facebook page has now attracted over 50,000 likes. The Facebook page was launched just nine months ago, and has proven ...
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Halfords Group plc reported same-store sales by its Cycling and Travel Solutions stores increased 7.6 percent and 5.7 percent respectively in the 15 weeks and fiscal third quarter ended Jan. 9. The UK’s leading retailer of ...
Tags: Same-Store Gains, Sporting Goods
The NPD and BTHA kick off Toy Fair 2015 with news of a 4.4 per cent increase in toy sales for last year. The British toy market achieved a 4.4 per cent increase in 2014, reaching £3 billion at retail and enjoying its best result ...
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The retailer champions Black Friday as the starting gun for Christmas shopping. Shop Direct has seen a four per cent rise in total group sales over the Christmas trading period. Black Friday proved to be the busiest trading day on ...
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"We are looking forward to continuing this success in 2015, as we launch more premium, innovative RC products into the UK market." Propel RC enjoyed a strong end to 2014 with Q4 sales 'exceeding expectations' over the Christmas period. ...
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The group has reported sales of £1.82 billion for the 18 weeks leading to January 3rd this year, seeing an increase of 0.8 per cent. Argos’ like-for-like sales remained broadly flat for the 18 weeks to January 3rd, 2015, while ...
Tags: Christmas Results, trading period, Toys
It's a bumper celebration for Wild Card Games' Sean Byrne, following a year of bestsellers lists and awards for his firm's range of travel themed board games. Wild Card Games is celebrating a bumper start to the year, having achieved ...
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Vail Resorts reported season-to-date total lift ticket revenue at the company's nine mountain resorts, including an allocated portion of season pass revenue for each applicable period, was up 9.3 percent compared to the prior year ...
Tags: ski areas, Sporting Goods
Red meat prices already on the rise as farmers restock and Japanese agreement comes in The Australian red meat industry has seen cattle and sheep prices soar, as it welcomes the news that the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement ...
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U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 7.1 percent year on year to $2.734 billion in November -- the latest sign that jewelers in the U.S. have been facing economic headwinds. Furthermore, the sales figures from November, the month that ...
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Intrawest Resorts Holdings Inc. reported that sales of season pass and frequency products are up approximately 7 percent in units and 16 percent in dollars from the beginning of the ski season through Jan. 4 compared with the prior year ...
UK retail sales declined by 0.4%, on a like-for-like basis from December 2013, when they had increased 0.4% on the preceding year, finds the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. On a total basis, sales were up 1%, against a 1.8% rise in ...
Tags: home categories, Furniture