The holiday forcast from Deloitte estimates total holiday sales in the $981-986 million range for the Nov.-Jan. timeframe, a moderate improvement from the 2.8% gain generated during the 2013 season. Deloitte is also forcasting a 13.5-14.0% ...
Tags: holiday sales, shopping visits
Nippon Paper Industries will likely report a 25% year-on-year increase in operating profit to around 13 billion yen ($118 million) for the six months ending Tuesday, falling short of a prior projection of 16 billion yen amid soft corporate ...
Tags: Paper, printing paper, Office Supplies
U.S. Retail Sales rose 3.0% from the prior year for the week ended Sep. 13, but were down 2.6% from the prior week, according to the Intl. Council of Shopping Centers/Goldman Sachs Weekly Chain Store Sales Index. Sales were strong for ...
Tags: Retail Sales, Sporting Goods
Pre-registered buyers total more than 600 for October showcase. This year's TIA annual Fall Toy Preview runs from October 7th to 9th, with registration of buyers looking particularly healthy. Buyers from several major retailers have ...
Tags: Registration, Toy Preview, Toys
The Brazilian cotton trade has turned cautious in the just concluded fortnight, mainly from price volatility in Brazil, rise in global prices in early September and the dollar valuation against Brazilian currency real, which has also led to ...
Vietnam and India have identified garments and textiles as one of the important areas of potential growth in bilateral trade. On the occasion of a State visit to Vietnam by Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, both nations issued a joint ...
Halberd Corporation entered into a binding term sheet this week to enter into a definitive agreement to acquire control of Sarasota, Florida based I-TAP, Inc. The definitive agreement is expected to be signed in the next two weeks. I-TAP, ...
Tags: Halberd Corporation, I-Tap, Agriculture
Following the hostile bid made by Dollar General to acquire Family Dollar Stores, Family Dollar confirmed that Dollar General has commenced an unsolicited conditional tender offer to acquire all of the common stock of Family Dollar for ...
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Driven by acquisition of Jos. A. Bank and also rise in retail segment sales, clothing marketer Men's Wearhouse said it reported a 24% revenue hike in the second quarter ended August 2, 2014. Total net sales increased 24.1% or $155.8 ...
Japanese companies TDK and Toray Industries are streamlining their fund transfers to and from China to cut costs, a move many other businesses are expected to follow now that the Chinese government has eased financial regulations. ...
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Following the slightly weakening quotations of the New York cotton futures, the CIF Bremen Index too followed suit, although the corresponding Euro prices remained stable due to a stronger dollar. In the local German market, the number ...
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The global average retail price of LED lamps was $22.03 in August, down 1.26% on the prior month and down 10.49% year-on-year, according to the August 2014 release of the IHS Technology LED lamp Retail Price Tracker. Picture: Global ...
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Ever since the policies of electric vehicle promotion are established all over the highly developed countries, battery technologies had become the key to solve the stability issue of the electric vehicles. After the alliance of Tesla and ...
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Offers for Chinese domestic spot aluminum alloy ADC12 rebounded Tuesday, mainly on higher primary aluminum ingot prices despite no significant change in physical buying interest during the current summer lull, industry sources said. ...
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Russian steel giant Magnitogorsk Iron and Steel Works (MMK) has announced that its Turkey-based subsidiary MMK Metalurji registered a quarter-on-quarter growth of 26.7 percent in its sales revenues in the second quarter of the current year, ...
Tags: MMK, Growth, Metallurgy