Hasbro plans to cut back in order to save $100 million per year by 2015. The toy giant made the announcement as part of its preliminary full-year financial results for 2012, following weaker than anticipated consumer demand for toys ...
Tags: Hasbro, Toys, Lower Christmas Sales
Together they consumed $45.3bn of semiconductors during the year Samsung has overtaken Apple by becoming the top global semiconductor consumer in 2012, according to a new report from Gartner. Gartner's design total available market ...
Tags: Samsung, Apple, Semiconductor Consumption
The U.S. International Trade Commission has decided to review an earlier decision that found Samsung Electronics' products infringed four patents owned by Apple. The four patents relate to the ornamental design of a device, commands ...
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Unifi, Inc. released preliminary operating results for its second fiscal quarter ended December 23, 2012. The Company reported net income of $2.4 million, or $0.12 per share, compared to a net loss of $7.6 million, or $0.38 per share, for ...
Tags: Unifi, second fiscal quarte, profits
UK baker Warburtons has extended its Half & Half bread offering further with the launch of sliced rolls. Half & Half Sliced Rolls join Warburton's Medium and Toastie loaves launched late last year. The baker said it is hoping the launch ...
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News that Flowers Food has emerged as the "stalking horse" bidder for various Hostess Brands bread brands in the US caught our attention this week. Meanwhile, an entirely different kind of horse got tongues wagging on this side of the pond ...
Tags: Flowers Food, interview, just-food
Chinese firm Lenovo has overtaken Acer in the volume of EMEA PC sales made by quarter, to become the second biggest PC maker in the region, behind HP. According to figures for the fourth quarter of 2012 from analysts IDC, a sustained ...
Tags: Lenovo, Acer, EMEA PC sales, company news
Yamaha Motor Corporation U.S.A.'s Parts and Accessories Division (YPAD) announces it is selling Contour video cameras through Yamaha dealers nationwide. The partnership helps dealers meet consumer demand for high-quality, easy-to-use and ...
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DTS, Inc., a leader in high-definition audio solutions and audio enhancement technologies, today announced that it will be showcasing its next generation audio technologies for all markets in which the company does business at CES 2013 ...
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The latest developments in live mobile broadcasting, which brings popular TV shows to mobile devices, will be highlighted next week in the Mobile TV TechZone (Central Hall 14340) of the International CES. Consumer demand for live, on-the-go ...
Tags: live mobile broadcasting, TV shows, Mobile TV TechZone, International CES
Owl and Game by Garcia y Vega announce the latest innovation in cigarillos, FoilFresh Gold. Cigarillo lovers will strike gold with this new 24k smoking experience. Small HTL cigarillo is the largest segment in the cigar category and small ...
Tags: Owl, Game, Garcia y Vega, packaging, Gold Standard
US commercial crude stocks likely rebounded slightly last week, following a massive bout of end of year destocking over the prior week, according to a Platts survey of analysts conducted Monday. Analysts polled expect crude stocks to have ...
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An ASSOCHAM report said that the quality of governance, inflation and the government’s fiscal situation will remain the key differentiators in 2013 between India managing to cope up with the global slowdown and further erosion in the ...
Tags: ASSOCHAM, economic, economic situation, industry
The brief: To target the on-the-go food market, Asda launched a dressing for salads. It needed a convenient format for consumers and shift away from the traditional bottles. It also needed an easy to open format. Client: Asda Brand: ...
Tags: food market, Asda, food preparation, culinary creations
Golden Bear decides to ramp up development following strong consumer demand. The official Woolly and Tig toys will hit shelves two months earlier than usual. Since becoming master toy licensee for the hit pre-school TV show, Golden Bear ...
Tags: Woolly toys, Tig toys, toys, Golden Bear