The Japan Toy Association has revealed a nine per cent increase in toy sales for fiscal 2014, driven by sales of toys inspired by the hit video game franchise The Japanese toy market is celebrating its best sales in a decade for fiscal ...
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U.S. specialty jewelry store sales fell 2.4 percent year on year to $2.221 billion in April, according to government calculations. The decline at specialty stores was more pronounced than the sector as a whole, as jewelry and watch sales ...
Tags: jewelry store, Jewelry
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by 6.2% in 2015 according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. This will be the fourth consecutive year of declining volume as the PC market continues to struggle with competition from ...
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SPI: The Plastics Industry Trade Association released a report today titled, “Plastics Market Watch: Plastics in the Fast Lane,” that anticipates an increased use of plastics in automobiles as economic and demographic forces ...
"After completing the construction of 14 wind turbines this year, Haizhuang plans to build 25 to 50 turbines in the United States next year," said Yang Benxin, chairman of CSIC (Chongqing) Haizhuang Windpower Equipment at the WINDPOWER 2015 ...
Tags: Wind Market, US market
PCB and flexible PCB (FPCB) suppliers are expected to post mixed results for the second quarter of 2015 as orders from the iPhone 6 supply chain are expected to begin to subside and demand from the notebook sector will remain flag, ...
Tags: PCB, flexible PCB
Mediterra, a US-based producer of ready-to-eat nutrition bars, has expanded its product presence and would be now available at Whole Foods Markets. Made with various fruits, vegetables, seeds and grains, Mediterra bars are available in ...
Nestle is launching 100 million KitKat bars with specially designed wrappers in the UK and Ireland, as part of its marketing campaign in association with Google. In its biggest redesign of KitKat in 80 years, Nestle will feature 72 ...
Tags: Nestle KitKat, Chunky bars
U.S. specialty jewelry store sales slumped 5.8 percent year on year to $2.019 billion in March, reflecting the sixth consecutive monthly decline. Jewelry store sales during the first quarter of 2015 have fallen 5.6 percent to $6.266 ...
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany SFH 7051 has launched an integrated optical sensor that consumes very little power (maximizing battery life and reliability), designed especially for heart rate monitoring in fitness ...
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U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channels fell 1.7 percent year on year to $5.386 billion in March, as estimated from preliminary government figures. According to Rapaport News calculations, jewelry sales dropped 1.5 percent to ...
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The Apple Watch and other wearables will drive the App Revolution, which we have so successfully ridden for the last seven years, to a whole now level, creating trillions of dollars in value for our economy in coming decades. Using the ...
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The new iPhone sales in China outpaced those in the US for the first time, helped by the Chinese Lunar New Year celebration and it boost Apple's profits in Q1. Apple Inc beat Wall Street's revenue and profit forecasts on Monday on the back ...
Tags: iPhone 6, Apple Watch
Another week of spring planting's come and gone, and the last 7 days saw farmers make a much bigger stride with corn planting than the previous 2 weeks, and that speedy pace is expected to last through at least the next week, forecasters ...
Tags: Corn, Agriculture
Although Apple previously confirmed the phone would launch tomorrow, April 24, the wearable will not actually be available in stores anytime soon, with only a few advanced orders being fulfilled on day one.With prices starting from ...
Tags: Android, iOS, wearable equipment industry