For first-quarter 2015, Ascent Solar Technologies Inc of Thornton, CO, USA - which makes lightweight, flexible copper indium gallium diselenide (CIGS) thin-film photovoltaic modules integrated into off-grid applications and its EnerPlex ...
Hormel Foods has agreed to acquire Applegate Farms, a natural and organic meat products manufacturer, for around $775m. The companies have reached a definitive agreement to this effect. Applegate will operate as a separate, stand-alone ...
India’s textile and garment exports registered an almost flat growth at $41.4 billion in 2014-15, against $40.8 billion in the previous fiscal, falling short of this year’s target of $45 billion, according to media reports. ...
Tags: Garment Exports, Textiles Exports
The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) slashed key interest rate to a record low of 7 per cent at the weekend, laying a foundation for implementing growth-oriented economic policies in the country, the country’s media has reported. ...
For the 13 weeks period ended May 2, 2015, net sales at NYSE listed and apparel marketer Gap Inc were down 3 per cent year over year. Gap Inc.’s net sales declined 3 per cent to $3.66 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2016 ...
Kewal Kiran Clothing, a marketer of Killer, Lawman and Easies denim and apparel brands, reported an 18 per cent year on year surge in net sales for the fourth fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2015. In a BSE filing, the Kewalchand Jain led ...
Tags: Kewal Kiran Clothing, denim, apparel
For the first fiscal quarter ended May 2, 2015 gross margin at US apparel retailer JC Penney expanded 330 basis points to 36.4 per cent of sales, compared to 33.1 per cent in the same quarter of last fiscal. JC Penney reported net ...
Operating loss at Aditya Birla Group Company Pantaloons Fashion & Retail Ltd climbed down by a steep 26.16 per cent year on year in the fourth fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2015. Loss from operations before finance cost, other income ...
For its fiscal second-quarter 2015 (to end-March), Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA (which provides compound semiconductor-based components, subsystems and systems for the broadband and specialty fiber-optics market) has reported revenue of ...
Tags: fiber-optics, Emcore
Small brands with turnovers of Rs 10 crore to Rs 25 crore and mid brands with turnovers of Rs 25 crore to Rs 100 crore were affected by low sentiments, reveals the Clothing Manufacturers’ Association of India (CMAI’s) Apparel ...
Tags: Clothing Manufacturers, Apparel
Driven by Printwear and Branded Apparel sales, consolidated net sales at clothing retailer Gildan Activewear soared 15.9 per cent year over year in the first fiscal quarter ended April 5, 2015. Consolidated net sales in the first ...
Tags: Gildan Activewear, Printwear, underwear
Revenues in the first fiscal quarter ended March 29, 2015 slid 12.8 per cent year over year at Checkpoint Systems, a developer of solutions for the retail industry like loss prevention, etc. According to a Checkpoint press release, its ...
China’s domestic PV demand continues to rise in May. Hence, the leading PV companies are now expanding their businesses into the downstream sector, focusing on PV system in particular. This in turn drives the capacity expansion ...
Tags: PV Systems, PV Moudle
FGL Sports' retail sales and same store sales were both up 8.6 percent in the fiscal first quarter ended April, 4 as same store sales at its flagship Sport Chek chain grew 8.7 percent, according to financial results released Thursday ...
Tags: FGL Sports, Canadian Tire
For its fiscal third-quarter 2015 (ended 28 March), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $83m, down 13% on $95.4m a year ago and down 4% on ...
Tags: Oclaro, CFP2 Module