The National Retail Federation (NRF) predicts that U.S. Christmas-season retail sales will increase 4.1 percent year on year to approximately $619.9 million for the months of November and December 2014. The projected increase is higher ...
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U.S. jewelry and watch sales rose 4.3 percent year on year in July, according to preliminary government calculations, representing the strongest monthly gain so far this year. Earlier this month, and beginning with June's provisional sales ...
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De Beers is talking about change, urging the trade to be proactive in dealing with a persistently uncertain and volatile market environment. While the company has directed its message to the diamond industry at large, and specifically to ...
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The International Manufacturing Technology Show 2014 (IMTS 2014) of Chicago, held Sept. 8-13, brought Taiwan's exhibitors some US$50 million of orders on-site, suggesting bright market outlook for the island's machine-tool makers at least ...
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The latest report by the National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) and the Association of Postconsumer Plastic Recyclers (APR) has revealed that the US recorded a recycling rate of 31.2% for PET bottles last year. This ...
Tags: Pet Bottles, Bottles Packaging
Nike Inc. announced that Cindy Davis, president of Nike Golf, plans to retire from Nike. Davis joined Nike Golf USA as general manager and has served as president of Nike Golf since 2008. "We thank Cindy for her leadership throughout the ...
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Chrysler is recalling 18,245 vehicles due to issues with airbags which may deploy unexpectedly if the car passes through minor obstacles like potholes. The affected vehicle includes 2013-2015 Ram C/V Tradesman cargo vans, featuring two ...
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For Chinese solar manufacturers, the fourth quarter is the most important time for solar photovoltaic installations. It is then that Chinese vendors speed up deployment to meet the central government’s annual targets. The Chinese ...
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Online shopping has the potential to contribute about 20 percent of Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), according to the CEO of Jumia Nigeria, Nicolas Martin. Martin, discussing on the topic ‘E-commerce as next driver of ...
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Date: Nov 25th- 28th, 2014 Address: Shanghai New International Expo Center Booth No. for Made-in-China.com: E3 470 2,718 exhibitors from 38 countries and around 180,000 trade visitors from 141 countries: Bauma China set new records ...
Tags: Bauma China 2014, All-Ways Expo Sourcing, construction machinery
Format-wise, the Obama Administration's policies in the Ukraine crisis appear to have troubles in two aspects: the rebalance to the Asia-Pacific and containment of Russia. First, national strength in the United States is falling short of ...
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Cormar Carpets, has re-launched its hugely successful, Easy Clean, Sensation carpet range with six brand new colours. Value-for-money and practicality has become a top priority for many consumers choosing a new carpet, as they ...
China and the U.S. are benefiting from and straining under 35 years of normalized relations. There have been tons of exports shipped from China to our shores during this time. However, none are more important than Chinese culture. The ...
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Airlight Energy of Biasca, Switzerland, which supplies proprietary technology for large-scale production of electricity using solar power and for energy storage, has partnered with IBM Research, aiming to bring affordable solar technology ...
Tags: CPV IBM, Electrical, Electronics
Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, reported that in August of the current year the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in the European Union member states (EU-28) was 10.1 percent, the lowest value since ...
Tags: Economy, Unemployment Rate