One week ahead of Spring Festival, China's firework companies are feeling heavy pressure as they face a stagnant market going into their busiest sales period, with demand shrinking amid bans on firework displays. Setting off fireworks ...
Tags: Fireworks Industry, firework
For the fourth fiscal quarter ended January 4, 2015, Gildan Activewear said it slipped in to losses, when compared with fourth fiscal quarter of previous year. Gildan reported a net loss of US$41.2 million or US$0.34 per diluted share for ...
Tags: Gildan Activewear, Apparel
Notebook shipments (excluding detachable models) by the top-five vendors as well as top-three ODMs suffered a sequential decline of 25% and 19%, respectively, in January due to a high level of inventory at channels which resulted mainly ...
Tags: Notebook, top-three ODMs
Deckers Brands reported earnings in its third quarter ended Dec. 31 rose 7.5 percent to $149.4 million, or $4.50, but missed its original guidance. Overall Ugg sales grew 6.5 percent but Ugg Classic styles declined due to a slow October and ...
Tags: casual boots, weather boots, Sporting Goods
LED packaging service provider Everlight Electronics, in view of the high risk of inventory value depreciation due to quick changes in LED lighting prices, will gradually shift the focus of its own-brand LED lighting marketing from indoor ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED packaging service, Lights
When the Boston Red Sox in 2004 won their first World Series in 89 years, I noticed that the championship t-shirts, hats and other gear were on the streets of Boston within hours of Game 4. Knowing a bit about manufacturing, I found out ...
Tags: of LEDs, processors, drivers, Electrical
For the full year of 2014, sales at global specialty chemical company, Eastman Chemical grew by just 2 per cent over 2013 to $9.5 billion. Operating earnings for 2014 amounted to $1.6 billion, a slight increase compared with 2013, while ...
Tags: end-market demand, hygiene, Apparel
Jackson Family Wines has acquired US-based family winery Siduri Wines, which produces California Pinot, for an undisclosed amount. This follows Jackson Family's acquisition of Zena Crown and Gran Moraine vineyards in Oregon's Willamette ...
Tags: winery equipment, Agriculture
Nearly 15 years ago a number of industry players—manufacturers, distributors, retailers, contractors, software providers and others—got together and decided to start the process of bringing the industry’s technology into ...
Tags: B2B Web Services, distributors, retailers, contractors, Construction
AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX) today reported preliminary unaudited results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2014. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, John Gilbertson, stated, “The quarter was not as active as last year as ...
For fiscal second-quarter 2015 (ended 28 December 2014), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $413.2m, down 3.4% on $427.7m last quarter but similar to $415.1m a year ago and in the upper half of the target range of $400-420m ...
Tags: LED Demand, LED Lighting Offsets, Electrical
Just about everyone in the microelectronics industry is familiar with two patterns: Moore’s Law and the Semiconductor Cycle. These two cycles have taught me the power of patterns and forecasting. Our industry understands how to ...
Tags: plan revenue, inventory levels, Electrical
Lord Daniel Sportswear, Florida-based apparel firm, has selected NGC Software’s extended fashion Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, to manage its growing specialty apparel business. Lord Daniel Sportswear will be able to ...
Tags: ERP Solution, screen printing, Textile
Qosina Corp. Qosina announces new gas filter, in stock and ready for delivery. Qosina is pleased to announce the addition of a new gas filter (#28248), in stock and ready for immediate delivery. The internal rib design allows for maximum ...
Tags: gas filter, immediate delivery, Health
Most China tier-1 solar PV module suppliers have sold out until the second quarter of 2015, according to IHS. Along with the consolidation of the PV module industry, China tier-1 suppliers increased their market share from 34% in the first ...
Tags: PV Module Suppliers, Lights