French retail giant Casino has booked a 35% jump in third-quarter sales, boosted by a strong international showing and a contribution from acquisitions. In a sales update released yesterday (15 October), Casino said group sales increased ...
Ahold today (4 September) admitted it is weighing up the options for its stake in ICA, the Sweden-based retailer. The Dutch retail giant owns 60% of ICA, which has stores in Sweden, Norway and the Baltic states. Ahold said it wanted to ...
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Booker has said Makro's performance in the second quarter was "challenging" as the firm booked an increase in group sales. Sales in the 12 weeks to 14 September 2012 climbed 4.3% and 3.3% in the first 24 weeks of the year. The wholesale ...
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UK frozen food retailer Iceland Foods has reported a 14% increase in full-year profits as it reported a solid increase in sales despite fierce competition. Iceland booked net profit before tax of GBP147.5m (US$229.8m) for the 53 weeks to ...
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US food group Campbell Soup Co. has recorded a drop in first-quarter earnings as costs related to its acquisition of Bolthouse Farms hit profits. In the three months to 28 October, net earnings amounted to US$265m, an 8% drop on last ...
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Africa and the Middle East have driven a rise in exports of food and non-alcoholic drinks from the UK in the first half of 2012, figures show. For the six months to the end of June, food and soft drinks exports increased by 2.2% to ...
General Motors (GM) and its joint ventures (JVs) in China reported a 9.7% increase in November 2012 sales to 260,018 vehicles, compared to the same period in 2011. Shanghai GM vehicle sales rose 21% to 136,444 vehicles in November 2012 ...
Automaker Ford has reported a 56% rise in sales in China to 67,505 vehicles in November 2012, compared to the same period in 2011. Ford sells passenger cars in the country which include the imported Ford Edge, increased 74% to 51,602 ...
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MJC Probe (MPI), which specializes in the manufacture of probe cards for wafer testing, has announced that revenues for November 2012 increased 20.9% sequentially to NT$292 million (US$10 million). MPI's revenues for November 2012 fell by ...
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PTI reported that Mahindra & Mahindra's vehicle sales rose 18% to 48,143 units in November compared with 40,722 sold during the same month a year ago. According to a statement issued by the company, the company's domestic sales rose 23% ...
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HOUSTON - Bedding retailer Mattress Firm said sales jumped more than 50% in the quarter ended Oct. 30 due largely to acquisitions and store openings. Same-store sales, however, also rose 6.6% in the quarter as the company continued to ...
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Indian automobile firm Tata Motors' global sales increased 26% to 139,655 vehicles in March this year. In March, global sales of all commercial vehicles - Tata, Tata Daewoo and the Tata Hispano Carrocera range - increased 12% to 63,791. ...
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Tata Motors Group global sales increased 12% in May 2012 to 96,089 units, including Jaguar Land Rover compared to May 2011. Cumulative sales for the fiscal stood at 182,466 units, an increase of 7% compared to the corresponding period in ...
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Kia Motors global sales for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercial vehicles increased 13.4% to 245,238 units in March 2012, compared to corresponding period last year. In March 2012, sales in general markets increased ...
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Japanese carmaker Nissan has reported 16.7% rise in its sales to 2,625,410 units during first half (H1) of 2012, while the domestic sales also increased 31.1% to 366,569 units during the period. Nissan's global production during H1 ...