PCB and flexible PCB (FPCB) suppliers are expected to post mixed results for the second quarter of 2015 as orders from the iPhone 6 supply chain are expected to begin to subside and demand from the notebook sector will remain flag, ...
Tags: PCB, flexible PCB
With an annualized 2.4% from the Q3 of 2014, Japan's economy grew faster than expected Q1 of 2015. Japan GDP annual growth rate initially increases from 0.5% to 2.4 % for 5 quarters and then declines for three quarters up 2014 Q4. Core ...
Tags: GDP Growth, inflation rate
Over 50 per cent of men aged 55 plus that took part in the survey were against removing 'boys' and 'girls' labels on toys. iGen Insight have conducted a nationwide survey to find out whether the public is in support, or against, gender ...
Tags: iGen Mini-Poll, Toys
Australian wine exports rose by 3.6 per cent in volume and 3.9 per cent in value of wine exports in the 12 months to end of March 2015, according to the latest findings from the Australian Grape and Wine Authority (AGWA). Australian wine ...
Tags: Wine Exports, Wine
Revenue from 10, 40 and 100 Gigabit optical transceivers sold to telecom service providers fell by 7% from 2013's $820m to $762m in 2014, according to the biannual report '10G/40G/100G Data Center Optics' from market research firm IHS ...
Cereal maker Post Holdings is planning to consolidate its ready-to-eat cereal business with MOM Brands, a move that will put around 200 jobs at risk. The new business, Post Consumer Brands, will be moved to Minnesota. The company will ...
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With 10.8 per cent annual growth, supply chain management (SCM) and procurement applications outpaced most software markets to total US$9.9 billion in 2014, according to Gartner. The SCM and procurement software market experienced solid ...
Costs - related to areas like more efficient manufacturing processes, applications, use of energy and logistics – were a major focus of attention at the European Coatings Show (ECS) in Nuremberg, Germany, in April. The three-day ...
China is pushing for exports of industrial capacity, a new economic dynamic. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will witness the signing of several deals on industrial capacity cooperation in Brazil, the first leg of his Latin America tour, said ...
Net sales for the first quarter ending March 31, 2015 slipped 9 per cent over the prior year first quarter at American Apparel, Inc., a manufacturer, distributor and retailer of branded fashion basic apparel. An American Apparel press ...
Driven by Bonita brand sales, revenue in the first quarter ended March 31, 2015 rose 3.4 per cent year over year at German apparel marketer Tom Tailor Group. “And also despite a challenging environment, we were able to hike sales by ...
Tags: Bonita, apparel, textile market
For the first quarter of 2015, orders received by the Italian textile machinery manufacturers grew 8 per cent over the same period of the previous year. “This was mainly driven thanks to a positive performance in foreign ...
Tags: Textile Machinery, foreign markets
The latest BCSC/LDC vacancy monitor has found the number of shops in UK shopping centres trading as ‘multiples’ has increased in the last year, with the data showing a rise of 1.3% in the number of ‘multiples’ and a ...
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
U.S. specialty jewelry store sales slumped 5.8 percent year on year to $2.019 billion in March, reflecting the sixth consecutive monthly decline. Jewelry store sales during the first quarter of 2015 have fallen 5.6 percent to $6.266 ...