The post-recession years have been challenging for the UK beer market, with sales dropping by over 500 million litres between 2009 and 2013 alone. However after five consecutive years of decline, new findings from market research Mintel has ...
Tags: beer market, cider market bode, Agriculture
Amazon, world’s leading online retailers, has announced that sellers on the website have sold a record-setting more than 2 billion items worldwide in 2014. A large number of sellers on Amazon have adopted the Fulfillment by Amazon ...
Tags: cross-border trade, easy returns, award-winning Amazon customer service
For the third fiscal quarter ending November 1, 2014, retailer, Sears Holding Corp reported a marginal drop in net loss vis-a-vis the quarter ended November 2, 2013. Net loss at Sears totalled $548 million or $5.15 loss per diluted share ...
Tags: Sears Holdings, Apparel
Gildan Activewear Inc., which is the largest supplier of branded athletic socks in the United States, reported record fourth quarter adjusted earnings per share of $1.00, up 20.5 percent compared to last year, but projected a loss for the ...
The Valspar Corporation has reported fiscal fourth quarter 2014 net sales of $1.2 billion, an increase of 11 percent over the prior year. Reported net income and earnings per diluted share for the current year include nonrecurring items, ...
Driven by wholesale and direct-to-consumer segments sales, revenues at fashion retailer Vince Holding, surged 20 per cent year on year for the third fiscal quarter ended November 1, 2014. Vince said in third quarter of 2014, its net sales ...
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Thanksgiving Day and Black Friday saw record online retail sales supported by strong mobile growth, according to IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark Reports. Report highlights include: Historic Mobile Milestone Spucrs Online Shopping: ...
Nordic Capital spun off 30 percent of its holdings in Thule Group AB Nov. 26 for SEK2.2 billion, or about $295 million, in a highly successful initial public offering on Nasdaq Stockholm. Nordic sold 26.1 million shares, or 26.1 percent ...
Tags: IPO Values, Sporting Goods
Sales grew by just 1.5 per cent in the thirteen weeks to November 1, 2004 period from a year ago quarter, at NYSE listed and omni-channel retailer of women's clothing, Chico's FAS. For the third quarter of 2014, Chico’s reported net ...
Tags: omni-channel retailer, net sales, Apparel
Rémy Cointreau Group achieved consolidated sales of €471.8m for the first six months to 30 September 2014. The trend for the period (an organic(**)decline of 5.6%) thus showed some improvement compared with the 2013/14 fiscal ...
Tags: Liqueurs, Spirits, Agriculture
In the third quarter ended September 30, 2014, consolidated net earnings at German sports footwear and apparel marketer, Puma plummeted 45 per cent from a year earlier quarter. Puma said its net income plunged to €29 million in the ...
Tags: Q3 Net Income, Currency Effects, Apparel
For most new products it is hard enough persuading consumers to notice the product, let alone try it, become loyal to it, or start recommending it to friends and family. In the fleeting half-second between a shopper noticing a new product ...
Tags: repeat purchase rates, taste, Agriculture
Mondelez International, the maker of Oreo biscuits and Cadbury's chocolate, posted a 11% decline in earnings in the third-quarter of fiscal 2014 compared to the same period a year ago, as a result of weaker revenues and higher expenses. ...
Ezaki Glico, Japanese snacks maker, is aiming to make its Pocky biscuit into a RM3.34 bn (US$1 bn) brand. The company with 92-year history is planning to grow overseas by promoting its stick-shaped, chocolate-coated Pocky pretzels in ...
Tags: Pocky pretzels, snacks maker
Ashland Inc, a manufacturer of specialty chemical solutions, said it has hired William Wulfsohn as its new CEO, who replaces James O'Brien, who retires at the end of December. Wulfsohn, 52, brings nearly 30 years of world-class chemicals ...
Tags: specialty alloys, powder metal stainless steels, Textile