Top 100 retailer Havertys said second-quarter profits more than doubled on a 12.9% increase in sales. The company, which has 119 stores in the South and Midwest, said same-store sales rose 11.2% and the average ticket was up 7.7%. Net ...
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Vistaprint N.V., a leading online provider of professional marketing products and services to micro businesses and the home, announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2013. Fourth quarter 2013 ...
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The future of Lotus has been secured, with the brand’s Malaysian owner committing to a three-year investment program to rejuvenate the embattled British sports car maker. DRB-Hicom managing director Tan Sri Mohd Khamil Jamil told ...
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German carmaker Volkswagen Group has reported 5.5% rise in its sales during the first half year of 2013 to 4.7 million vehicles, compared to 4.45 million units sold during the corresponding period in 2012. The carmaker sold 1.87 million ...
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Customers in Retail, Luxury Goods and Fashion, has recorded revenues in excess of € 26 million, with about 12% growth versus 2012. International revenues account for more than 50% of the total. Revenues from planning software for ...
Family Dollar Stores reported that for the third quarter of fiscal 2013 ended June 1, 2013, net sales increased 9.0% to $2.57 billion and net income per diluted share for the quarter was $1.05 as compared to $1.06 in the third quarter of ...
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Despite a significant decline in unit shipments, revenues for the US TV market are expected to remain flat in 2013 compared to 2012 as larger, higher-priced sets account for an expanded portion of sales, according to research firm IHS. US ...
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Existing-home sales improved in May and remain solidly above a year ago, while the median price continued to rise by double-digit rates from a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors. Total existing-home sales, ...
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Burlington Coat Factory Investments Holdings, Inc. and its operating subsidiaries (the Company), a nationwide retailer based in Burlington, New Jersey, announced its operating results for the first quarter ended May 4, 2013. Operating ...
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Japan's largest city gas utility, Tokyo Gas, sold 1.111 billion cubic meters of gas in May, up 7% year on year but down 8.4% from April as demand eased after winter, the company said Friday. Sales to the main industrial sector rose 18.1% ...
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Greencore has reported a significant increase in its half-year results, despite the problems it has faced with the horsemeat contamination scandal. Coveney acknowledged that the UK retail environment was a tough one The convenience ...
Belk, Inc., the nation’s largest family owned and operated fashion department store company, announced operating results for its fiscal first quarter ended May 4, 2013. Tim Belk, chairman and chief executive officer of Belk, Inc., ...
Strong gains from Chrysler, Ford and Nissan and healthy demand for pick-ups and SUVs has seen new-vehicle sales increase eight per cent in the US in May. A total of 1,443,311 vehicles were sold across the country last month, setting the ...
China, the world's largest food consumer, continued to lead global consumption of Bordeaux wines in 2012, according to the latest industry data. During the year, it imported 64 million liters of Bordeaux, twice of the volume of Germany, ...
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Irn-Bru manufacturer AG Barr is still committed to a merger with Britvic, according to its latest financial statement covering the 15 weeks from January 27 to May 12. AG Barr 'outperformed a sluggish market' said Panmure Gordon The ...