Marks and Spencer group plc full year results 2012/13 52 weeks ended 30 March 2013. Full year results: - Group sales up 1.3% at £10.0bn - Total UK sales +0.9%: Food +3.9%; General Merchandise -2.4% - Like-for-like UK sales -1.0%: ...
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Wesfarmers’ managing director Richard Goyder has announced that Target’s outlook has been downgraded. The retailer’s earnings for the 2013 financial year to date have been affected by a number of factors, including: ...
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A number of ducal states similar to city-states in ancient Greece existed in China during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (770-221BC). These states contended with one another for supremacy efforts to conquer neighbors and ...
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Kongsberg Evotec AS, a Kongsberg Maritime company, will provide the complete back deck solution for handling of up to 20 streamers simultaneously aboard a GC Rieber owned new-build seismic exploration vessel, awarded by builder Kleven. ...
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F&F, the clothing brand sold exclusively in the UK by Tesco, has announced plans to open more than fifty new franchise stores over the next five years in new markets across the Middle East and in Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. ...
Spring Festival (The Chinese New Year) (1st of the 1st month) The biggest and most celebrated festival in China and part of east and Southeast Asia. This usually runs over 3 days not including the weekend and is at the end of January or ...
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Chicly modern, sophisticated and full of endless personality and charm, Wicanders has taken their stylish cork flooring to the next level with their brilliant Pebbles collection. A collection presenting high-end quality with unrivaled ...
Vocollect, a business unit of Intermec, and a leader in voice-enabled solutions for mobile workers, has unveiled its new Talkman A700 solution that introduces a voice industry first – integrated voice and scanning in one wearable ...
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The Qingming Festival Pure Brightness Festival or Clear Bright Festival, Ancestors Day or Tomb Sweeping Day is a traditional Chinese festival on the 104th day after the winter solstice, usually occurring around April 5 of the Gregorian ...
To expand in the Baltic markets, Lee Cooper, a leading denim brand from UK, appointed Poldma Trading as its new licensee for Estonia. As a part of its debut in Estonian and Lithianian market, the brand would to feature an introductory ...
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MakieLab the only UK tech firm invited by the Prime Minister's office to showcase unique dolls. 3D-printed doll company MakieLab is moving up in the world fast after handing custom Makies to HRH Prince Harry and Prime Minister David ...
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Xylem Inc. has launched a new closed-vessel, ultraviolet (UV) disinfection solution optimized for large-scale wastewater treatment plants, industrial and water reuse applications. Xylem?s Wedeco LBX 850e system is a new highly ...
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Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "A Profile of the Saudi Arabia Paint Industry" report to their offering. The publication of the fourth edition of the report 'A Profile of the Saudi Arabia Paint Industry' is ...
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The Qingming Festival is an opportunity for celebrants to remember and honour their ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, joss paper accessories, and/or ...
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Qingming Festival is when Chinese people visit the graves or burial grounds of their ancestors. Traditionally, people brought a whole rooster with them to the graves visited but the occasion has become less formal over time. The festival ...
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