FGL cretail sales and same-store sales grew 6.8 percent and 4.8 percent respectively in the second quarter ended July 4, compared with the same period last year, parent company Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC), Limited reported Thursday. ...
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Nordstrom, Inc. reported net sales reached $3.6 billion in the fiscal second quarter ended August 1, up 9.2 percent compared with a year earlier, thanks to acquisitions, the addition of 33 new retail locations and a 4.9 percent increase in ...
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Russia has extended its food imports ban to Albania, Montenegro, Liechtenstein and Iceland in response to Western sanctions over the Ukraine crisis. The country already banned food imports from the US, Canada, Norway, Australia and 28 ...
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Film and sheet extrusion machinery firm Macro Engineering & Technology (Canada) has established a 1.8m wide line having nine extruders and a nine-layer die design for a European customer. The line produces various barrier structures to ...
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Electric motors and motion subsystems firm Johnson Electric Holdings will purchase Stackpole International group of companies, an engine and transmission pumps powder metal components supplier for automotive sector in a deal valued at ...
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US-based CC Industries has purchased closure liner manufacturer Selig Sealing Products from Behrman Capital. Selig supplies highly engineered closure liners for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, healthcare, personal care and industrial ...
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US based apparel marketer Columbia Sportswear Company said its net sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 grew 17 per cent year over year and thereby created a record for second quarter sales. In a press release, Columbia Sportswear ...
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Renewable energy statistics, viewed in isolation, sketch a misleading picture of wind and solar energy growth in China. According to the Energy Information Agency, China's total installed wind and solar electricity capacity was 7% in ...
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Integrated Fabric Resource (IFR), which specialises in the custom design, development, and manufacturing of textile-based returnable packaging systems and containers for various industries, has announced the start of an additional ...
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Global Consumer Confidence stayed relatively consistent for more than a year, declining one index point in the second quarter to a score of 96, according to global performance management company Nielsen's Consumer Confidence Index Report. ...
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McGill University in Canada has developed light-emitting diodes based on aluminium indium gallium nitride (AlInGaN) nanowires on silicon with spontaneous core-shell structures that inhibit non-radiative surface recombination, improving ...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its international rankings of the Top 10 Countries for LEED, the world’s most widely used and recognized green building rating system. The Top 10 list highlights countries outside of ...
US automobile major Ford has issued a callback for around 8,000 vehicles in North America on grounds of snags spotted in parking brake. The recall covers 2015-2016 Ford Explorer, certain models of 2015 Taurus and Flex, Lincoln MKS and ...
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The Australian government will enforce new country of origin food labeling system from 2016 to inform consumers where products are made, grown or packaged. Under the new national standard, locally processed foods will carry a new label ...
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Ethylene glycol manufacturer MEGlobal has announced that its Asian Contract Price (ACP) for monoethylene glycol (MEG) will be $1,000/mt CFT Asian main ports for arrival in August 2015. The new price is $100/mt lower than July 2015 ACP ...