Games specialist Drumond Park is celebrating another successful year of business. According to NPD’s Top Games Manufacturers performance table, the firm remains number two in the UK, in terms of full-year percentage value. It ...
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The National Retail Federation released its 2013 economic forecast today, projecting retail industry sales (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) will increase 3.4 percent, slightly less than the preliminary 4.2 percent ...
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Given the fact that retail sales and consumer spending represent roughly two-thirds of total economic activity in the United States, it is fairly east to surmise that the current numbers are not where they need to be to lift economic growth ...
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Plum Organics, a US-based organic, kids nutrition company, has acquired Plum UK - a leading organic baby food producer in the UK, a move which marks the company's first international expansion. The acquisition enables Plum to offer ...
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US baby food producer Plum Organics has acquired London-based organic baby food firm Plum UK. The acquisition signals the start of international expansion for Plum Organics, it said today (24 January). It also positions the firm as a ...
Consumer products executives expect their highest growth to come from the warehouse club channel compared with any other retail sales channel over the next three years, including mass merchandise, grocery, and e-commerce, according to new ...
Southwire Company kicked off the 2013 year with a reorganization of its senior management structure, with Jack Carlson (first photo) now leading all of the company’s sales and marketing and product development efforts in North ...
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According to the British Retail Consortium footfall in December was 1.2 per cent lower than in 2011, despite seeing a 0.4 per cent rise last November. The UK’s worst-hit locations this December were the North & Yorkshire, down ...
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In the year of 2012, in face of the increasingly complicated and severe international situation and arduous tasks of domestic reform, development and stability, the Central Party Committee and the State Council took scientific development ...
In December, the total retail sales of consumer goods reached 2,033.4 billion yuan, up by 15.2 percent year-on-year (nominal growth rate. The real growth rate was 13.5 percent. The follows are nominal growth rates if there's no additional ...
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Mothercare says it's "making solid progress" and is on-track with its three-year transformation plan. The retailer reported a 5.9 per cent like-for-like sales drop in the UK during its fiscal Q3 period (the 13 weeks ending January 12th, ...
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The sharemarket closed at its highest level in 20 months yesterday as consumer staples, consumer discretionary, financial, energy and healthcare sectors enjoying strong gains as investors were frustrated with a lack of significant dips in ...
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The Australian dollar was trading higher after climbing above 105.5 US cents during the overnight offshore session. The local currency rose in line with a strong rally on Wall Street, where the S&P500 index was up 0.8 per cent late in the ...
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The Australian sharemarket had its strongest day in almost two weeks yesterday, outstripping minor gains on Wall Street as strength in healthcare stocks, banks, telecommunications and consumer discretionary companies offset a drop among ...
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The Australian dollar has closed flat after a quiet domestic session, with investors focused on the upcoming release of local and overseas economic data. At 5pm AEDT today, the local currency was at 105.53 US cents, little changed from ...
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