Specialty jewelry store sales in the U.S. fell 3.9 percent year on year to $2.37 billion in October. The sharp drop was not as obvious in the preliminary jewelry and watch sales total during the month, which Rapaport News reported on ...
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There's less corn and fewer soybeans on hand in the U.S. right now than the trade expected heading into Wednesday's monthly World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates and Crop Production report. Wednesday's WASDE report shows a ...
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Cotton production in Zambia, a land-locked country in South Africa, has reduced in 2013-2014 farming season to 95,000 tonnes from 102,000 tonnes in the 2012-2013 season, Zambia Daily Mail reported. During 2013-2014 farming season, the ...
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China's imports shrank unexpectedly in November while export growth slowed, fuelling concerns that the world's second-largest economy could be facing a sharper slowdown and adding pressure on policymakers to ramp up stimulus measures. ...
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Genesco Inc. said lower than planned sales and gross margin pressures at its Lids segment in the third quarter and expected continued margin pressure at the segment in the fourth quarter would cause it to lower its guidance for the full ...
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The SAS120 Audio Switch is among SMP's 551 new parts released. Standard Motor Products Inc. (SMP) has added 551 new part numbers to its Standard brand and Intermotor line of import parts. This line expansion features new key category ...
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The German-based international sportswear brand Adidas has recently unveiled the uniforms for the athletes of the American professional basketball league National Basketball Association (NBA). The label, which is the official outfitter ...
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Stressing the major impact hunting and recreational shooting have on Oregon's economy, a broad group of local and regional leaders representing sporting organizations, small businesses and retailers today announced the launch of Hunting ...
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DENSO Products and Services Americas Inc. is announcing the expansion of the First Time Fit starters and alternators that fit hundreds of popular passenger cars, sport utilities, trucks and crossovers. With 246 new part numbers, DENSO ...
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Finland-based paper and packaging company Powerflute has acquired core and coreboard manufacturer Corenso for €102.3m. Powerflute had previously announced that it would invest around €81m in the acquisition. However, the ...
Retailers signed up to Zero Waste Scotland’s Carrier Bag Commitment can record “vital facts about the single-use bags”. The charge in Scotland came into effect in October and requires all retailers to charge a minimum of ...
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According to new figures released by web tracking company Net Applications, Windows 8.1’s monthly usage is steadily on the rise. While the operating system boasted less than seven per cent of web traffic in September, that increased ...
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Australia’s King Island beef brand has received a farm-quality accreditation, boosting its chances of access to premium international markets. With this accreditation, the meat processing company JBS Australia has included the brand ...
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According to technology giant, Google, the numbers of online shoppers in India will nearly treble from the current 35 million to 100 million by 2016. Google India managing director, Rajan Anandan said most of these new online shoppers ...
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Pre-cut lids and shrink sleeves supplier Clondalkin Flexible Packaging Bury has launched a shrink sleeve incorporating a unique code. This unique code is printed on the inner surface of the shrink sleeve which can only be revealed once ...
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