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: ...
Are tire sales advertised on Black Friday good deals or not? To find out, you need to know the specifics of what is being offered. Modern Tire Dealer Editor Bob Ulrich decided to do that for you. In his latest blog, he checks out the ...
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Retail sales of sporting goods in October increased 1.2 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month and 3.6 percent unadjusted over 2013, according to an analysis of government data by the National Retail Federation. Overall retail sales ...
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The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that U.S. Christmas-season retail sales will increase 4.1 percent year on year to approximately $619.9 million for the months of November and December 2014. The projected increase is higher ...
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Following the slightly weakening quotations of the New York cotton futures, the CIF Bremen Index too followed suit, although the corresponding Euro prices remained stable due to a stronger dollar. In the local German market, the number ...
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Helen Dickinson, British Retail Consortium Director General, said, “May has seen shop price deflation remain unchanged at 1.4 per cent, the thirteenth consecutive month of deflation." Highlights: -Thirteenth consecutive month ...
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The US hot-rolled coil steel sheet market Wednesday saw prices trend move down for the second time this week as buyers and at least one producer reported lower offers and transaction prices. One Midwestern service center source said HRC ...
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Ross Stores, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has approved a succession plan under which Barbara Rentler (56), President and Chief Merchandising Officer will become Chief Executive Officer and Michael O'Sullivan (50) will continue ...
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The focus in the Chinese spot market was back on domestic thermal coal prices, which buckled in Asia trade and caused buying interest on cargoes of imported fuel to sink below $75/mt CFR South China in many cases, said market sources. ...
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With the Super Bowl coming up, you may be in the market for a big-screen TV, whether your first or an upgrade. The good news is that you can find jumbo-sized sets with compelling features at prices that a couple of years ago would have ...
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Retailers may find purchasers looking for big TV bargains in coming days, if results from a recent survey conducted by shopping services website FatWallet standup. FatWallet, which offers links to current coupons, promotional offers and ...
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ICE Cotton gained over 4 cents for the week on the back of spec buying, improved technicals and rising open interest, and the continued rawdown of US cotton stocks through strong export sales (223k overall). Although domestic basis levels ...
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ShopperTrak estimated that, during the holiday shopping season of November and December 2013, national retail sales increased 2.7 percent although foot traffic decreased 14.6 percent when compared to the same two months last year. The ...
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Spot prices of 98.5% 553-grade silicon metal in Asia rose this week as sellers raised offer prices due to output cuts in South China. Platts assessed the Chinese export spot price at $2,040-2,060/mt FOB China Thursday, up from ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Jeff Bezos' idea to let self-guided drones deliver packages may be too futuristic for Washington to handle. The Amazon CEO is working on a way to use the small aircraft to get parcels to customers in 30 minutes or less. ...
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