Steven’s Bicycles has been a Fresno fixture at its Palm and Shields location since 1955, but the retailer will be closing its store there Nov. 22 to move to the Figarden Loop in Northwest Fresno at Brawley. Construction is in its ...
October retail sales figures released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF) were both up, albeit to varying degrees. Commerce reported that October retail sales at $428.1 billion were ...
If October is truly the month that sets the tone for the holiday shopping season, then data from Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers, might portend a positive season's greetings ...
Positive retail sales numbers in the month of October point to a good holiday sales season ahead. According to the National Retail Federation – the world largest retail trade association – October retail sales, excluding ...
Tags: Retail Sales, Textile
The department of National Chamber of Apparel Industry (CANAIVE) in the Mexican state of Puebla-Tlaxcala, organized participation of 11 apparel firms from the region, at the recently held ‘El Buen Fin’ ( The Good Weekend) ...
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Chinese handset maker ZTE is planning to launch a smartwatch next year, making it the latest company to throw its hat into the emerging gadget segment. ZTE said on Monday that it was preparing the device, and pointed to the first quarter ...
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Panel makers have been engaged in inventory adjustment for the past 4-5 months, and now hold less than one month of inventory, according to sources at Taiwan-based LCD driver IC firms. Nonetheless, panel firms remain conservative about ...
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With Black Friday and Cyber Monday fast approaching, analysts say the outlook for the busiest shopping days of the year will be challenging for most retailers facing aggressive competition and still-cautious shoppers. John D. Morris, Retail ...
NRF calculated retail industry job gains at 37,600 in October, and 295,000 year-over-year, a 2.4 percent increase over 2012. Job gains were seen in every retail sector with the exception of clothing and clothing stores, which witnessed a ...
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Now that Halloween is (almost) behind us, many people's attention will turn to Christmas shopping. How can packaging push shoppers' hot buttons? Will behaviors of early shoppers for the 2013 holiday season presage future holiday shopping ...
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Data recently released from Panjiva, an online search engine with detailed information on global suppliers and manufacturers, showed overall strong global trade numbers for the month of September. U.S.-bound waterborne shipments in ...
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J. C. Penney Company, Inc. announced that it has teamed up with shopkick, the most widely used real-world shopping app that rewards shoppers for simply walking into stores. Just in time for the key holiday shopping season, JCPenney ...
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Taiwan channel retailers expect Apple's iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display to be available in the local market as early as late November. Since iPads are mostly sold standalone, the new Apple tablets are expected to take a lot ...
Tags: iPad Air, New iPad Mini
The bike industry likely will never tally all the delays and extra costs that resulted from the federal government shutdown that ended Thursday. Many shops lost sales as local federal workers were out of work, and many businesses dependent ...
Tags: bike, Transportation
Yandy.com, the leading ecommerce website for women’s Halloween costumes and intimate apparel, is proud to introduce exclusive food-themed costumes that are sure to turn a few heads just in time for the busy Halloween shopping season. ...