Epicor Software Corp., a global provider of business software solutions for manufacturing, distribution, retail and services organizations, announced that it has added several new features, including an enhanced repair shop customer quoting ...
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NYSE-listed retailer of casual apparel - Aeropostale, Inc reported a 13% year-on-year decline in net sales and a corresponding decrease in comparable store sales for the second fiscal quarter of 2014. For the second quarter of 2014, ...
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American food company Dole has announced plans to expand its Springfield plant to increase its production capacity. As part of the expansion, the company will invest around $9m in the installation of three new packaging lines and one ...
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Offers for Chinese domestic spot aluminum alloy ADC12 rebounded Tuesday, mainly on higher primary aluminum ingot prices despite no significant change in physical buying interest during the current summer lull, industry sources said. ...
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As it prepares for its $43 billion merger with Medtronic, Covidien has purchased a small California medtech company. The price was not disclosed. Privately held Reverse Medical Corp. (Irvine, CA) makes devices to manage acute stroke and ...
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Burger King is currently engaged in discussions to acquire coffee and doughnut chain Tim Hortons in a deal that would expand its product base in Canada and save corporate taxes. Both the parties are working on a deal that would create a ...
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Second-tier motherboard makers have been forced to hike their prices in the China market as the ongoing probe into possible tax evasions by the China government has pushed up operation costs for suppliers, according to industry sources. ...
The U.S. Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration says the IRS needs to do a better job collecting the medical device excise tax created under Obamacare. The inspector general looked at 5,107 Forms 720 from the first half of 2013 ...
As of mid-August, American families had scratched only the surface of their back-to school shopping lists, with the hope that the best deals of the season are yet to come, says a survey done by the National Retail Federation (NRF). ...
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Researchers from the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, have found that a 20% tax imposed on sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) could reduce obesity in young adults. According to the data presented, the 20% price ...
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This September Scotland will vote on whether to leave the UK or not. But how might the outcome affect the country's retailers? By the end of this summer, a question will be asked of Scotland with the potential to change the UK as it is ...
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As a result of same stores sales declining 6.8 percent, combining with closure of a few stores, overall revenue at retailer Sears Canada Inc. declined 11.9 percent year-on-year in the 13-week period ended August 2, 2014. In the second ...
Wesfarmers’ Officeworks has reported a record result for the 12 months to 30 June 2014. The business achieved total sales of $1.57 billion, up 4.7 per cent on the prior year. Earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of $103 million, ...
Apparels and home fashions off-price retailer, NYSE-listed The TJX Companies, Inc reported a 7% year-on-year hike in net sales to touch $6.9 billion in the second quarter ended August 2, 2014. Consolidated comparable store sales increased ...
Tough market conditions led to Swedish fashion retailer – Bjorn Borg, a marketer of innerwear and sportswear, witnessing decline across all key financial parameters including sales, net profit and EPS in the second quarter of 2014. ...
Tags: Tough market, Bjorn Borg, Apparel