Loom Bands, LEGO Minifigures, anything Frozen...There have certainly been some stand out ranges of toys to define the year, but as the following suggests, there have been some dark horses, too. Looking at NPD figures for the year, ...
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Often considered a throw-in, an afterthought, underlayment for new hard surface glue-down, nail-down and floating floors in residential and commercial installations is anything but. Underlayment that is well matched to the floor covering ...
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The reduction of bank credit available to the diamond industry is a game changer that will influence the market for many years to come. Therefore, this column has chosen bank credit as its most important story of 2014, rising above other ...
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Apple Pay could be introduced to UK retailers ‘in the first half of 2015’, latest reports have suggested. According to the Telegraph, Apple is currently in talks with a number of British banks over plans to introduce Apple Pay ...
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Most of the traditional January or Boxing Day sales now start online before Christmas, even before you've had a chance to pull a cracker. Retailers are not obliged to give you a refund or an exchange if you simply decide you don??t want ...
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TXT Retail, one of the leading providers of integrated and collaborative end-to-end planning, PLM, and supply chain collaboration solutions for the luxury, fashion, and consumer sectors, has launched TXTPlanning 7.0, an advanced version of ...
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The trade website for East Sussex-based upholstery brand Collins and Hayes has enjoyed a significant overhaul, mirroring the developments taking place at the manufacturer to widen its brand's audience and strengthen its appeal. According ...
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Holiday sales as compared to overall annual retail sales have been trending downward for about a decade. Holiday sales in 2013, at $663.5 billion, were 18.7 percent of overall retail sales, well below the peak of 19.6 percent seen in 2004. ...
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New Era Cap announced the introduction of technologically advanced caps designed to meet the specific performance needs of golfers. The company is making the caps available to a limited number of golf shops in 2015. A Golf caps will be ...
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Winners will be crowned at the Toy Industry Awards on January 20th, 2015. The BTHA has confirmed the finalists for the Toy Retailer of the Year Awards 2014. The shortlist is: Independent Toy Retailer of the Year: MIDCO Toymaster ...
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Concerns about labelling and a desire for convenience are trends that are set to continue into 2015, according to global market research organisation Innova Market Insights. Innova Market Insights has released its overview of the Top Ten ...
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The increase in the availability of electric vehicles has the potential to disrupt the fuel retail operations of supermarket giants Woolworths and Coles, according to market research organisation IBISWorld. Fuel retailers such as ...
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U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channels rose a preliminary 1.4 percent year on year in November, the month that marks the beginning of the Christmas-shopping season. While the increase was disappointing, compared with the ...
The retail industry in India is one of the fastest-growing in the world and could see a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10 per cent over 2012-2020, growing from US$ 500 million to $1 trillion in that time frame, says a recent report ...
ICER Brands, a leading apparel marketer, manufacturer, and multi-tier distributor of fashion clothes, has chosen the enterprise software solution by Simparel, a leading developer and marketer of next-generation business solutions for ...