The firm has detailed plans to address concerns voiced by its customers during a series of face-to-face meeting held across the UK by Hornby CEO, Steve Cooke. The Hornby Group Ltd has detailed its strategy for targeting independent toy ...
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Drinks giant William Grant & Sons has reported an 8.9% increase in profits after tax for fiscal year 2015, reaching a record high of £147.4m. The company posted a profit of £135.3m in 2014. A planned reduction in third-party ...
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China's industrial profits showed positive changes in August thanks to policy-level efforts to reduce waste and also to a low base of comparison. But economists hastened to add that uneven growth is seen across sectors, and the country ...
Carbonated mixers maker Q Drinks has entered into a national partnership with Breakthru Beverage Group. The partnership gives Q Drinks the same powerful level of distribution and promotion channels in liquor stores, bars, restaurants, and ...
Food supply chain software specialist LINKFRESH has signed a major deal which could be worth up to $5m in joint revenues with Illinois-based FamilyFarms Group. FamilyFarms Group is a farmer-owned organisation focused on delivering ...
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China's industrial profits rose 19.5 percent year on year to 534.8 billion yuan (about 80.3 billion U.S. dollars) in August, official data showed Tuesday. The growth rate was faster than the 11-percent increase registered one month ...
Bentonville, Ark., (Sept. 21, 2016) – As part of Walmart’s continued focus on improving and enhancing the store experience for customers, the company recently awarded more than $200 million in second quarter cash bonuses to more ...
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In what it describes as a momentous perdiod, the multichannel retailer has seen a 39 per cent growth in online sales. The Entertainer is celebrating its seventh consecutive year of growth having reached a pre-tax profit of £6.9 ...
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Drinks giant Diageo is reportedly planning to slash around 400 jobs at its London office in order to boost profits and reduce expenditures. The move from the company is seen to be a part of a three-year initiative designed to save ...
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Major Chinese State-owned enterprises have launched the nation's largest private equity fund, worth 350 billion yuan ($52.5 billion), to finance SOE restructuring as part of China's efforts to advance supply-side reform. The money will be ...
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On the heels of the federal government’s consultation on plain packaging for tobacco products, JTI-Macdonald has launched an awareness campaign to highlight to Canadians and the government the perils of such a move. The online and ...
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John Lewis delivered gross sales of £2.02b for the HY ended 30th July – up 4.5%, with LFL sales growth of 3.1%, ahead of its more critical sales and profit-driving second half. Despite growing sales, operating profit fell by ...
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Dunelm Group has announced its preliminary results for the 52 weeks to 2nd July 2016, reporting another strong year, and maintaining its record of growing sales and profit every year since the IPO in 2006. Dunelm reports in-store ...
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Alita Friedman is tasked with setting yearly budgets, monitoring financial goals and liaising with WIT chairs across various initiatives to maximise profits. Women in Toys, Licensing & Entertainment has appointed Alita Friedman as the new ...
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From the get go, the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) chairmanship of the Kimberley Process (KP) had a fair share of controversies as civil society, and a number of member states, expressed their concern with seating the 2016 chair in Dubai. ...