Beer sales in the UK have increased by 1.3%, after nine consecutive years of decline during which beer sales dropped by 24%. According to British Beer & Pub Association (BBPA), the surge in beer sales comes after two duty cuts on alcohol ...
Tags: Beer Sales, tax cuts, beer
Deckers Brands reported earnings in its third quarter ended Dec. 31 rose 7.5 percent to $149.4 million, or $4.50, but missed its original guidance. Overall Ugg sales grew 6.5 percent but Ugg Classic styles declined due to a slow October and ...
Tags: casual boots, weather boots, Sporting Goods
Global smartphone shipments grew 31% annually from 290.2 million units in fourth-quarter 2013 to a record 380.1 million in fourth-quarter 2014, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics. "An impressive 1.3 billion ...
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China's top smartphone companies challenged Samsung and Apple with surging sales and revenue in 2014, vowing to scramble for a larger share in a global turf war with the top two makers. As one of the major competitors, telecom behemoth ...
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Brewdog has established a new import and distribution division in the UK, a move that comes after it signed an agreement to import beers from US-based craft brewer Stone Brewing. Under the agreed terms with Stone Brewing, Brewdog will ...
Tags: import beers, Agriculture
Lentuo International ("Lentuo" or the "Company"), a leading non-state-owned automobile retailer headquartered in Beijing, today announced that it has begun a strategic expansion into the electric vehicle ("EV") and plug-in hybrid EV ("PEV") ...
Tags: electric vehicle, plug-in hybrid EV, Auto
2XU has added professional athlete and World Champion Triathlete Craig “Crowie” Alexander and his triathlon coaching company Sansego to its growing portfolio of rand ambassadors. Crowie will train, compete and recover in 2XU ...
Tags: wetsuits, compression wear, cycle, Sporting Goods
3M has reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.81 per share, an increase of 11.7 percent versus the fourth quarter of 2013. Sales grew 2.0 percent year-on-year to $7.7 billion. Organic local-currency sales grew 6.3 percent with acquisitions ...
Tags: income margins, shareholders, Construction
Falling LNG costs and rising domestic gas prices in China have made opportunistic purchases increasingly attractive for non-traditional LNG buyers, which are now putting pressure on state-owned terminal operators to gain access to their ...
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The vintage Boba Fett action figures is expected to reach between £10,000 and £15,000. A highly sought-after Star Wars action figure is heading to auction with the expectation to fetch between £10,000 and £15,000. ...
Crocs Inc. announced its Gregg Ribatt will start working as its new CEO Jan. 28 and that Jason Giordano, managing director of Blackstone's Private Equity Group, has joined its board of directors. Ribatt, who was named at Crocs newest CEO ...
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Alliant Techsystems Inc. stockholders approved Tuesday the company's proposed merger with Orbital Sciences Corp., clearing the way for the spin-off next week of its firearms and Bushnell business as a new publicly traded company called ...
Tags: Vista Outdoor, Sporting Goods
HanesBrands, a marketer of innerwear and basic apparel said it will expand production at its Clarksville sheer hosiery facility and reduce offshore sourcing. HanesBrands which markets brands like Hanes, L’eggs, Just My Size and ...
Tags: innerwear, basic apparel, Apparel
Jabong.com, India’s leading fashion online store, got its Net Promoter Score (NPS) process certified by Nielsen and declared that it has attained an NPS of 73 per cent, based on surveys conducted during September 2014, for customer ...
Tags: customer satisfaction, online store, Apparel
Pasternack Enterprises Inc of Irvine, CA, USA (which makes passive and active RF, microwave and millimeter-wave products) has appointed Tim Galla as product manager for Active RF Components. Galla has more than 25 years of product ...
Tags: limiters, mixers, oscillators, circulators, Electrical