Retail sales of sporting goods in October increased 1.2 percent seasonally adjusted month-to-month and 3.6 percent unadjusted over 2013, according to an analysis of government data by the National Retail Federation. Overall retail sales ...
Tags: sporting goods
Higher product clearance promotions drove down gross margin in the first fiscal quarter ended October 27, 2014, at women’s apparel retailer and NASDAQ listed, Bebe Stores. Bebe Stores said gross margin from continuing operations as ...
Rhodia, the synthetic fibre and polymer specialist from France, is prepping up to showcase its first-ever line of skin and body friendly jeans, Emana Denim, at the forthcoming edition of the Barcelonan denim-led trade fair, Denim by ...
Tags: jeans, synthetic fibre, Apparel
In September this year, seasonally-adjusted industrial production increased by 0.6 percent both in the euro area and the EU-28 as compared with August, while industrial production in August had decreased by 1.4 percent in the euro area and ...
Tags: Industrial Output, Metallurgy
According to the report released by Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities, in September this year industrial producer prices increased by 0.2 percent in the euro area and by 0.1 percent in the European Union member ...
Tags: consumer goods, EU-28
U.S. specialty jewelry store sales rose only 1.2 percent year on year to $2.244 billion in September. The sales total was the weakest by value since January when revenue estimates barely topped $2 billion. As reported earlier on Rapaport ...
Tags: specialty jewelry, jewelry
Alpargatas reported revenues from the United States and exports to markets outside Europe, Argentina and its home market of Brazil, increased 31.4 percent to $25.1 million in the third quarter as its Havaianas sandals brand grew a toehold ...
Emballage-World Packaging Exhibition, the only exhibition that provides an organized offer to the entire industry - from packing machines to packaging and containers - to meet the needs of all packaging end-user markets and ...
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Gold demand dropped in China during the third quarter of the year to a five-year low amid slumping prices and a nationwide anti-graft campaign, the World Gold Council said on Thursday. According to the WGC, the latest trends put China ...
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File image courtesy of Australian Customs and Border Protection Service. Hunt & Hunt lawyers, together with the Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA), has made a joint submission to Customs regarding its proposed changes to the criteria for ...
For third-quarter 2014, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $8m (at the bottom of the $8-12m ...
Tags: 2-Inch Sapphire, Electronics
The Chinese Ministry of Commerce quoted the report released by Yonhap on Nov.2 as saying, Korea exports to China were $13.634 billion, up 3.7%. The exports keeps growing for 2 months. Intermediate goods leads the exports growth. Computer ...
Tags: Intermediate goods, petrochemical
Liqui-Box, a world leader in flexible liquid packaging solutions celebrated the grand opening of their new facility in Taizhou, China with a public opening ceremony. The ceremony marks the grand opening of the Liqui-Box site that will ...
AGI Global Holdings Coöperatief and AGI-Shorewood Group US Holdings, which together form ASG, will sell their North American and Asian print businesses to Multi Packaging Solutions (MPS) for an undisclosed amount. With this ...
Tags: Print Businesses, Multi Packaging Solutions, Agriculture
US-based producer of innovative custom-engineered components, products, and specialty packaging UFP Technologies has opened a new facility at El Paso, Texas. With this facility, the company has expanded its North American operations for ...