The online shopping market in Australia continues to grow strongly and in 2013 is expected to account for 7% of total retail sales. Total online spending is forecast to amount to $18.3 billion in 2013, with the average annual spend online ...
Tags: Aussie Retail Sales, Apparel
Verizon Wireless became the first U.S. carrier to join the Ubuntu Carrier Advisory Group, but it is not clear whether it will eventually promote phones running the open-source Ubuntu OS on its network. Canonical, the company behind the ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Leaders from Coca Cola, Coles, Telstra, GraysOnline, Walgreens and the National Broadband Network will come together in Sydney on Wednesday for Australia's leading supply chain and logistics event, the Smart Conference & Expo. Smart 2013 ...
Tags: Service, Smart Service
China once again leads the A.T. Kearney Retail Apparel Index. The Apparel Index also includes a number of countries from Latin America and the Middle East showing that these regions continue to offer compelling opportunities. The Retail ...
Referring to comments made in a conference call covering the supermarket chain's first quarter (Q1) trading performance, Shirley told FoodManufacture.co.uk: "They were talking about the strength of the own-label business, which has ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
Hudson's Bay Company reported its results for the 13-week period ended May 4, 2013 (the "first quarter"). The first quarter was characterized by strong same-store sales growth at Hudson's Bay, partially offset by a low single digit ...
Tags: Hudson's Bay, Apparel
The Inditex Group generated net sales in the first quarter of 2013 (1 February to 30 April) of 3.6 billion euros, growth of 5% year-on-year. Net income amounted to 438 million euros, 2% more than in the first quarter of 2012. Highlights: ...
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Iceland Foods has big plans for its processing arm and exports that will put reports of falling annual profits and weak sales growth into perspective, according to one director. The discount frozen food chain bought manufacturer Loxton ...
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India’s most popular Bollywood actor, Salman Khan, has taken the ‘Being Human’ Foundation one step further in reaching out to youth, by announcing a tie-up with Myntra.com, India’s leading online fashion store. Being ...
Tags: India, Apparel&Accessories, Salman Khan
Lenovo Group Ltd on Wednesday unveiled smart TV products developed with Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corp amid reports that the Chinese company is buying Sharp's TV plant in Nanjing. Beijing-based Lenovo is planning to sell 1 million ...
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New Look announces full year results for the 53 weeks to 30th March 2013.New Look EBITDA jumps 29% driven by successful turnaround and 50% increase in online sales. Financial Highlights - Group Sales +2.5% to £1.48bn Group ...
Tags: Apparel, Look Group
Facebook is gearing up for a new project to simplify its advertising platform, making it easier for marketers to decide how to place ads across the site. One of the plan's major goals is to reduce redundancies in the 27 different types of ...
Tags: Facebook, Advertising, Marketers
New China Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (SHSE: 601336 and SEHK: 1336) said last weekend that it has gained go-ahead from its board of directors to set up an e-commerce unit with a registered capital of CNY 100 million. The plan, though not ...
Tags: China Life, Online Sales Unit
UK retail sales for May underline the growing importance of online sales, which “saved retailers’ bacon”, last month, according to consultancy firm KPMG. Online sales 'saved retailers' bacon' in May, said KPMG ...
Tags: British Retail Consortium Sales Monitor, Online sales, KPMG
Belk, Inc., the nation’s largest family owned and operated fashion department store company, announced operating results for its fiscal first quarter ended May 4, 2013. Tim Belk, chairman and chief executive officer of Belk, Inc., ...