Mattel has enjoyed a spike in net sales in its second quarter 2017 financial results. The firm reported that net sales were up by two per cent as reported and up by three per cent in constant currency, versus the prior year's second ...
Packaging and specialty products provider Supremex has acquired folding cartons supplier Staurt Packaging for $17.5m on a cash-free and debt-free basis. Supremex will pay an additional amount of about $2.1m in two years based upon ...
Stephens & George has invested in saddle stitching and perfect binding systems, in a bid to expand its operations. As the installation of our second Bolero B9 gathers pace, we reflect on the reasons behind our investment within our ...
For full-year fiscal 2017 (to end-April), fiber-optic communications component and subsystem maker Finisar Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA has reported record revenue of $1449.3m, up 14.7% on fiscal 2016’s $1263.2m. However, for fiscal ...
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Further uncertainty surrounding the general election results is expected to fuel further decrease in spending and sales. Consumer spending in May has dropped for the first time in four years, with the uncertainty from last week’s ...
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Games and puzzles have proven to be one of the fastest growing toy categories on a global basis, according to Euromonitor. The market research firm revealed that the category registered an eight per cent in growth during 2016, outpacing ...
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Brazil-based meat processing company JBS has agreed to sell its beef operations in three South American markets to companies controlled by Minerva for $300m. Under the deal, JBS’ beef businesses in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay ...
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Frigoglass SAIC has announced unaudited results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2017 First Quarter 2017 Highlights Sustained growth momentum in Europe driven by increased sales to Coca-Cola bottlers and breweries Double digit ...
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Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) International has reported a net income of $10.8m, or $0.14 diluted earnings per share, for the third quarter ended 31 March 2017, compared to $3.8m, or $0.05 diluted earnings per share, for the same period ...
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Over the three months to April, non-food retail rose by 0.3 per cent while online sales of non-food products were up by 8.2 per cent over the same period. In store sales fell 1.3 per cent. UK retail sales have registered their biggest ...
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Sexy Tesla sports cars aren’t the only vehicles that deserve the battery treatment – drayage vehicles, school buses, garbage trucks and cargo haulers are also going electric. And the ranks of those medium- and heavy-duty ...
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For fiscal fourth-quarter 2017 (to 1 April), Qorvo Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA (which provides core technologies and RF solutions for mobile, infrastructure and defense applications) has reported revenue of $642m, up 5.7% on $607.1m a year ...
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Berry Global Group has reported results for its second fiscal 2017 quarter, referred to in the following as the March 2017 quarter. Net income for the March 2017 quarter was $72 million ($0.54 per diluted share) compared to $59 million ...
Avery Dennison has announced preliminary and unaudited results for its first quarter ended 1 April 2017. First Quarter 2017 Results by Segment Organic sales change refers to the increase or decrease in sales excluding the estimated ...
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Taiwan's LCD monitor shipments dropped 6.2% on year to reach below 20 million units in the first quarter of 2017, while worldwide shipments also experienced a similar decline of 6.8% on year. For the second quarter, Taiwan's volume will ...
Tags: LCD monitor, LCD