Peak Performance, Scandinavia's largest technical sports and fashion wear brand, generated revenue of DKK 953m ($154 mm) in the fiscal year ended June 30, up 2.5 percent from the prior fiscal year, or 4.1 percent in currency-neutral terms, ...
Polyethylene films manufacturer BP Plastics is increasing production capacity at its plant in Batu Pahat, Malaysia, in a bid to increase exports. The company invested MYR13.5m ($3.12m) in a new cast stretch film machine from Austria amid ...
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Casual wear brand Pepe Jeans London has unveiled ambitions for its India operations. The brand is looking to double sales in India to up to Rs 1,500 crore in the next three years riding on new categories such as footwear and kids-wear ...
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Global credit-rating agency Fitch has projected Bangladesh's economic outlook as stable for the current year also, but with a footnote that political and banking-sector risks remained on the flip side, a leading Bangladeshi newspaper has ...
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Coles has reported a $1.78 billion profit before interest and tax for the financial year ended 30 June 2015, up 6.6 per cent on the 2014 financial year. Turnover revenue for Coles was $38.20 billion and return on capital was 11 per ...
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Briscoe Group Limited, the New Zealand company making a hostile bid for the 150-store Kathmandu outdoor specialty chain, announced unaudited sales reached NZ$124.2 million ($88 mm) for the 13 week period ended July 26, an increase of 6.47 ...
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Retail major Spencer's plans to add about 2.75 lakh square feet of trading area and take their number of hypermarkets to 132 this financial year from the current 120 in 35 cities across India, according to media reports. As part of the ...
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Exports of readymade garments from Bangladesh registered double-digit decline in the first month of financial year 2015-16, according to the latest government data. In July 2015, Bangladesh earned $2.215 billion in garment exports, ...
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Trading improved in the final quarter of ScS' financial year, resulting in total like-for-like order intake for the 26 weeks to 25th July 2015 being up 1.4% on last year, reports ScS in its latest trading update. Total like-for-like sales ...
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India's annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at minus 4.05 per cent for July 2015 (over July 2014), according to the provisional data released by the Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of ...
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Seeka Kiwifruit Industries has agreed to acquire Australian company Bunbartha Fruit Packers in a A$22m($16.1m) deal. The acquisition covers Bunbartha Fruit Packers' kiwifruit and orcharding business and its associated entities including ...
As Australian-based Chinese students and others are buying up whatever infant formula products are sitting on Australian retail shelves, China is currently considering introducing a registration system for first-time baby formula importers. ...
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Exports of cotton from India to China fell to 26 lakh bales in financial year 2014-15, showing a sharp fall of 56.72 per cent compared to 61 lakh bales exported in the previous financial year, according to the Indian Government. The lower ...
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India’s cumulative readymade garment exports in April-May 2015-16 were to the tune of $3.012 billion, showing an increase of 7 per cent compared to the exports of $2.814 billion in the same period of previous financial year, the ...
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Group revenues climbed 12.9 per cent year over year at UK apparel marketer SuperGroup Plc for the fiscal ended April 25, 2015. According to a press release, Group revenue was up 12.9 per cent to £486.6 million in fiscal 2015 over ...