Central controls for lighting have been added to the list of ‘ordinarily’ incorporated items in dwellings. That means that the technology will be eligible for a reduced rate of VAT in scenarios such as new builds or conversions ...
Tags: Lighting Controls, Lighting
This September Scotland will vote on whether to leave the UK or not. But how might the outcome affect the country's retailers? By the end of this summer, a question will be asked of Scotland with the potential to change the UK as it is ...
Tags: Toy Industry, Independence
It’s late August, and joining Goodwood and the Notting Hill Carnival is the newest seasonal event on the calendar: speculation about new iPhones. One particular nugget lighting up fans’ eyes – and burning a hole in their ...
Tags: Notting Hill Carnival, iPhones, Electronics
Swedish apparel retailer, H&M Group said its revenues inclusive of VAT rose 17 percent in local currencies in July 2014, from the same month of last year. In the one year period ending July 2014, H&M added 374 stores worldwide, which ...
Tags: H&M, Apparel, Accessories
Clothing lost its title as the best performing category UK-retail sales in July 2014, falling to sixth place, but outperformed all other categories on a three-month basis, says the latest report from BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. ...
Tags: Clothing, Category Title, Apparel
After speculators had sold nearly 8 million bales net since early May, they finally seemed to move to the sidelines, allowing the market to recover some of its losses this week. The latest CFTC report as of July 29 showed speculators ...
Tags: Speculators, Decline, Textile
In June 2014, the H&M Group total sales including VAT increased by 12 percent in local currencies compared to the same month last year. Sales in June were negatively affected by calendar effects of approximately 3–4 percentage ...
In his Budget speech for Nepali fiscal year 2014-15, that begins on July 16, 2014, Finance Minister Ram Sharan Mahat has proposed special waiver of value-added tax (VAT) for readymade garment (RMG) industries. The step is aimed at ...
Tags: Mahat, Apparel, Accessories
China's coal production and sales were lower in June, compared with year-ago levels and the previous month, data released Wednesday by the China National Coal Association showed, as sluggish demand and falling prices weighed on miners. ...
Prices in China's domestic thermal coal market slumped dramatically in Monday's Asian trading session as the effect of Shenhua's cut to its thermal coal prices late last week and depressed buying interest among Chinese power plants took a ...
Tags: Thermal Coal, Coal Prices, coal
Uncertainty over the scale of widely-expected price cuts by Chinese coal producers for July domestic cargoes has cast a cloud over the South China market for imported thermal coal, market sources said Tuesday. Because of this, buyers and ...
Tags: Thermal coal, Domestic Cargoes
Gujarat based Sintex Industries Ltd is setting up a big spinning unit which will house 320,000 spindles at a location in Pipavav – Gujarat. “Sintex which till now used to produce high-end structured dyed yarn shirtings at its ...
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Despite weak fundamentals and largely negative sentiment, the futures and swaps markets recovered some ground through the day, leading to some support for ore prices. Platts assessed the 62% Fe Iron Ore Index up 50 cents from Monday at ...
Tags: steel rebar, ore prices
The Asian seaborne cargo market for 5,500 kcal/kg NAR imported thermal coal was weaker Monday, with bids slipping to about $70/mt CFR South China amid talk Chinese coal producer Shenhua was on the verge of cutting prices. Buying interest ...
Tags: Shenhua Price, CFR China
Event will help people in the industry understand how they can use consumer research to test and improve their products. Kids Brand Insight is launching The Toy Consumer Research Bootcamp, an event to help people in the industry ...