GfK’s UK Consumer Confidence Index has stayed at the same level this month at -2. Two of the five measures used to calculate the Index Score saw decreases this month, two of the five measures stayed at the same level and the remaining ...
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Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by 2.7% in 2014, an improvement from the previous forecast of negative 3.7%, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. Although third-quarter results were a few points ahead of forecast ...
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The laser diode market will rise at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 12.6% from 2014 to 2020, according to the report ‘Laser Diode Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 – ...
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Argos has teamed up with Transport for London (TfL) to launch its first Underground store at Cannon Street Tube station. The new Argos Collect store, which officially opened today, has been designed to give customers convenient access to ...
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With the exception of just a handful of acres relative to the entire nation, the 2014 corn and soybean crop is essentially in the books. Monday's USDA-NASS Crop Progress report shows 94% of the nation's corn crop and 97% of its soybeans ...
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Independent retailers across the UK will be hoping to entice Christmas consumers with a shopping challenge over the next month, as the Celebrate an Independent Christmas campaign returns, hoping to boost consumer awareness of local ...
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The growing problem of product counterfeiting has raised its head a number of times this year. Now global market research and consulting company, MarketsandMarkets, has released a report on what counterfeiting means to the packaging ...
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Mother Nature has the Midwest on a seesaw, and the ride is taking a cold turn this week after a weekend when warmer temperatures melted much of the snow on the ground from the previous weekend. Now expectations are for that ride to turn ...
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Shoppers to spend $45 billion in pre-Christmas retail sales Peak retail industry body the Australian Retailers Association (ARA) has found retailers will be able to count on some steady improvement in retail sales over the Christmas ...
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Brazil’s JBS buys Primo Smallgoods Australia’s largest meat processor, marketer and export JBS Australia has signed a $1.45 billion deal to acquire ham, bacon and smallgoods producer Primo Smallgoods. The brands of the Primo ...
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U.S. adults are planning to spend $720 on gifts for the Christmas season, according to Gallup's latest survey, representing a 3 percent increase from 2013, but a decrease of about 6 percent compared with 2012 and 2011. Forty-six percent of ...
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For the third fiscal quarter ended Nov. 1, 2014, earnings per share zoomed 43 per cent from a year earlier quarter at women’s apparel retailer, L Brands. L Brands reported net income of $131.8 million or $0.44 per share in the ...
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Retailer Target Corporation said its third fiscal quarter ended November 1, 2014 adjusted EPS of $0.54 was above the expected range of $0.40 to $0.50. However, the adjusted earnings per share were 2.9 per cent lower from $0.56 earnings ...
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AAA Travel reports nearly 46.3 million Americans will journey 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving weekend, the highest number for the holiday season since 2007. This is a 4.2% jump from last year. Almost 90 percent of ...
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We all need to eat – and that means we all need food packaging, with most of us handling some form of food pack several times every day. Whether it’s the cereal box at breakfast, the sandwich packet at lunch, perhaps a snack in ...
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