Oxford Industries, Inc. announced financial results for its fourth quarter and 2013 fiscal year ended February 1, 2014. For fiscal 2013, a 52-week year, consolidated net sales rose 7% to $917.1 million from $855.5 million in fiscal ...
Asia Pacific retailers are focused on expanding in the Asia Pacific region, a recent global report by CBRE Research has found. The How Active Are Retailers Globally? survey found that Asia Pacific-based retailers see significant potential ...
Tags: Asia Pacific Retailers, Region Expansion, mature retail sectors
John Lewis' gross sales have grown strongly throughout the past year, increasing by 7.5% in total and passing the £4b mark for the first time, and total like-for-like sales grew by 6.4%. Operating profit before restructuring costs was ...
Tags: Furniture, Furnishing
Research into the emerging field of quantum computing will be carried out at the Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (IIIS) at Tsinghua University in Beijing using recently purchased plasma systems from UK-based etch and ...
Tags: OIPT, Electrical, Electronics
February 17, 2014 Sophie Langley An apple a day really does keep the doctor away, research shows Prescribing an apple a day to all adults aged 50 and over would prevent or delay around 8,500 vascular deaths such as heart attacks and ...
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New research quantifying the risk of admission to hospital for self-harm has identified a raised risk of self-harm among groups of patients with certain physical illnesses. While it is known that psychiatric illnesses are associated with a ...
Tags: Risk of Self-Harm, Certain Physical Illnesses, migraine, psoriasis, eczema
The discovery of seven new regions of DNA linked to type 2 diabetes could lead to new ways of thinking about diabetes and new treatments for the disease, researchers suggest. The findings were among the results of the largest study to ...
Tags: genetic effects, compiled genetic information, biology of the disease
A UK-based company is developing solar-cell technology that could help advance the market for integrating solar energy-harvesting glass into commercial buildings. Oxford Photovoltaics (PV) -- co-founded by Oxford University physicist ...
German automaker BMW Group is set to commence the production of its new MINI Hatch in the Netherlands starting summer 2014. The move follows its recent start of the production at the company's MINI plant in Oxford, England in November ...
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In the spring collection Lindex introduces the most important building blocks, the absolute must haves, in a man´s wardrobe, everyday basics such as the casual chinos, a good selection of shirts - the oxford shirt, the checked shirt ...
U.K. based Oxford Nanopore Technologies has made good on a promise made two years ago to produce an inexpensive genome sequencer that is based on nanopore technology. David Jaffe, with the Broad Institute reported to an audience at the ...
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MOSCOW, Jan. 31 (UPI) -- Twenty-five percent of Russian men die before age 55, the average life expectancy for Russian men is age 64, and many blame vodka, researchers say. The study, published in the Lancet, found Russian male smokers ...
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After creating a mark in the adult fashion industry, the British womenswear brand Preen is now foraying into a unique pint-size venture. The label is prepping up to unveil a new childrenswear collection, which will be a downsize ...
Tags: Womenswear, Childrenswear
UK-based etch and deposition system maker Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology (OIPT) has appointed Andrew McQuarrie as VP of sales & service in the USA. McQuarrie has more than 28 years of experience in semiconductor and related ...
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When it comes to graphene and photovoltaics, for the most part it's only been a story about replacing the indium tin oxide (ITO) used as the transparent electrodes of organic solar cells. But last year Spanish researchers in collaboration ...
Tags: Graphene, Perskovite, organic solar cells, Electrical, Electronics