French retail giant Casino has booked a 35% jump in third-quarter sales, boosted by a strong international showing and a contribution from acquisitions. In a sales update released yesterday (15 October), Casino said group sales increased ...
Carrefour today (30 August) reported a fall in half-year profits but shares in the French retail giant rose as analysts had expected a steeper decline. The French retail giant booked recurring operating income of EUR769m (US$965.3m), down ...
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Carrefour today (11 October) claimed its domestic business is improving after reporting an increase in third-quarter French revenues, although underlying sales were down. Sales in France "showed an improvement", the retailer said, ...
Barry Callebaut, the Swiss B2B chocolate manufacturer, today (5 July) reported a 2% increase in sales for the first nine months of its fiscal year, with contracts in the Americas helping revenue. Sales were up 2.3% to CHF3.59bn ...
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French cheese maker Groupe Bel has said growth remained "firm" in the first nine months of the year due to "steady expansion" in emerging markets. Sales for the first nine months of 2012 increased by 5.6% to EUR1.96bn (US$2.5bn). During ...
Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut has reaffirmed its mid-term guidance, depsite booking a drop in full-year profit. In the 12 months to the end of August, the company reported a net profit of CHF142.6m (US$151.7m), down from CHF178.6m ...
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L'Occitane ranks #1 in both Brazil and Russia, and Westin Hotels & Resorts leads in India in the new L2 Digital IQ Index: Brazil Russia India. The Index, the first study of its kind, measures the aptitude of over 100 prestige brands across ...
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French retail giant Carrefour has suggested that efforts to improve the performance of its hypermarkets in France were paying off, despite sales falling in the second quarter of the year. Like-for-like sales from Carrefour's French ...
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Carrefour CFO Pierre-Jean Sivignon has insisted he expects a series of measures to help improve the retailer's performance after it reported another quarter of falling sales in its domestic market. Speaking on the firm's earnings call ...
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Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut insisted it is "confident" on the outlook for the coming fiscal year after investments weighed on the group's bottom line. Barry Callebaut booked a drop in net profit this morning, with earnings for ...
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Even though sales of some mobile devices are booming,overall confidence in the tech sector continues to erode as economic weakness puts downward pressure on the computer market. The Nasdaq Computer Index slumped Friday afternoon,hitting ...
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KLA-Tencor has announced its next-generation LED patterned wafer inspection tool, the ICOS WI-2280. Designed specifically for defect inspection and 2D metrology for LED applications, the ICOS WI-2280 also provides enhanced inspection ...
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Average pricing in October for crystalline silicon (c-Si) solar modules declined in nearly all worldwide regions because of weak demand in Germany, according to IHS. The average price per watt for c-Si solar modules declined in a range of ...
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Due to the global economic downturn, demand for LED lighting has been weakening. Meanwhile, efficiency and price-performance ratio have been increasing, and the penetration rate of the LED lighting market is expected to continue rising. ...
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Liberty International Underwriters Europe (LIU Europe) has hired Mark Esdaile as assistant vice president in its trade credit and political risk team. Esdaile will be based at LIU Europe's London headquarters in Minster Court. In his ...