Hit by online delivery woes in the peak Christmas season, Marks & Spencer (M&S) reported the 14th consecutive quarter of decline in the general merchandise division sales for the thirteen weeks to December 27, 2014. M&S posted a 5.8 per ...
Tags: food sales, womenswear, Apparel
In the first quarter of fiscal 2015 ended November 29, 2014, net sales rose 2.3 per cent to $2.56 billion from $2.50 billion in the first quarter of fiscal 2014 at US based retailer, Family Dollar. Comparable store sales for the 13-week ...
Tags: customer transactions, depreciation, property taxes, Apparel
The United States is set to become an even more dominant market for the diamond industry in 2015. In a reversal of trends that have characterized the industry in the past few years, there has been a shift back from east to west as industry ...
Tags: Diamond Market, diamond industry
Rising production costs and falling global crude prices are prompting Chinese oil companies to reduce output and explore other options for sustainable profit growth in the long term, a leading industry expert said on Tuesday. Part of the ...
Tags: crude prices, Crude Oil
Universal has filed suit against companies that create mixtapes for prison care packages in the states. The music giant says its copyright has been infringed by the mixtapes, and is now seeking damages. According to Universal, ...
Tags: Files, CES, Consumer Electronics
Samsung reckons its profits have slipped by a staggering 37.4 per cent year-on-year in the run up to Christmas 2014. The South Korean tech giant outed its pre-earnings guidance, revealing a predicted operating profit of 5.2 trillion ...
Tags: Samsung, CES, Consumer Electronics
Thoresen Thai Agencies Public Company (TTA) has acquired nine percent stake in Chinese canned food maker Sino Grandness Food Industry Group for around S$24.5m ($18.3m). The acquisition forms a part of TTA's long-term diversification and ...
Tags: water chestnut, sweet corn, fruit, vegetable juices, Agriculture
In the process of sales, there always be the peak season and off-season, to some extent, the market will have cold period, this kind of phenomenon is very normal,and how to deal with this kind of situation is the best time to super catch ...
Richard Phillips Marine, Inc., a contractor specializing in marine construction, and Clackamas County Water Environmental Services in Oregon reached an agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve violations of the ...
Tags: outfall pipes, fill material, Agriculture
A new report from Japan suggests Apple is setting up for a delivery of mass-produced OLED displays. According to Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (via GForGames), Foxconn is going to be manufacturing the OLED panels at its brand new factory. ...
Tags: Apple, OLED, Consumer Electronics
RadTech, the non-profit trade association for UV+EB technologies, has announced its board of directors for 2015. Peter Weissman of Quaker Chemical Corp. has assumed the RadTech presidency while Lisa Fine of Joules Angstrom UV Printing ...
Spot import premiums for London Metal Exchange-registered brands of copper cathode on a CIF China basis inched up as the import-related loss has turned into a profit, while the import interest has generally stayed thin after the New Year ...
Tags: Copper Import, Copper
Apparel marketer and NYSE listed Ennis, Inc reported a 7.6 per cent year on year hike in sales for the three months ended November 30, 2014. Third quarter of 2014 sales totaled $147.0 million, up 7.6 per cent from a year earlier quarter. ...
Tags: pricing pressures, apparel division, Apparel
Samsung's earnings in Q4 rebound from the prior quarter on brisk chip sales and reduced marking costs, a regulatory filing showed Thursday. Samsung Group is reorganizing its business empire to make it easier for the children of Samsung ...
Tags: Samsung, Mobile Chip
The consumer public has put out the call, and the hog industry is responding in a big way at the start of what's likely to be a year of major growth for the U.S. hog herd. New data show the breeding herd has climbed by 4%, with the number ...
Tags: hog industry, Agriculture