U.S. jewelry and watch sales across all channels fell 1.7 percent year on year to $5.386 billion in March, as estimated from preliminary government figures. According to Rapaport News calculations, jewelry sales dropped 1.5 percent to ...
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Retail sales have continued to slow, with the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC) CHEP Retail Index revealing growth of only four per cent year-on-year in the March quarter, slowing to three per cent by the June quarter. Retail ...
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At this year’s SNEC tradeshow, many PV module manufacturers and PV system developers focused on prompting their solar projects. With optimistic outlook of demand for both ground-mounted and distributed generation projects, exhibitors ...
The Australian retail sector is expected to see a further slowing in growth nationally, with the AFGC CHEP Retail Index showing growth of 4 per cent year-on-year in the March quarter, slowing to 3 per cent by the June quarter. Within this ...
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Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor secured an order for 926 trucks from Vietnam in the first quarter, up 509.21% over last year, and up 38.62% over the 4th quarter last year, hitting record high. And the trucks ordered are mainly 4×2 tractors and ...
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Capacity utilization rates at 8-inch wafer fabs have fallen at a faster-than-expected pace recently prompting foundry houses to lower their quotes, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses. LCD driver IC suppliers have cut ...
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Driven by currency translation effects that had a positive impact on sales in euro terms, Adidas reported a 17 per cent year over year sales surge in the first quarter ended March 31, 2015. In the first quarter of 2015, Adidas Group ...
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For the first quarter ended March 31, 2105, NYSE listed Westlake Chemical Partners (WLKP) reported net income of $8.5 million, or $0.31 per limited partner unit. In a press release, WLKP said it achieved a MLP distributable cash flow ...
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Whole Foods is planning to open a new chain of stores. The company is building a team to focus exclusively on the new concept and that it's already negotiating leases. Stores are expected to start opening next year, followed by a "fairly ...
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The growth of China’s express industry has slowed down in the first quarter. Express companies's volume increased 41.7% and business revenues increased 31.6%. China's express delivery is moving along in a growth momentum as the ...
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The performance of China’s foreign trade sector is expected to increase at a moderate growth, helped by a recovering global economy. As China continues to undergo significant structural changes, the composition of imports and ...
Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp. said it would close about 350 restaurants due to the falling sales in Q1. Sales in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region dropped 8.3 percent, helping bring overall global sales down 2.3 percent, ...
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Tesla posted a first-quarter loss of 36 cents per share on $1.10 billion in revenue. Sales rose more than 50 percent from the year-earlier period. The company planned to increase production by about 12% and manufacture 12,500 cars in the ...
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Axalta Coating Systems has started construction on a new Asia-Pacific R&D and technology center in Shanghai. Planned to open in the second quarter of 2016, the facility will feature product development and application laboratories, and ...
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Delphi Automotive is reportedly looking to pursue acquisitions this year with investment of up to $3bn. The announcement comes alongside the company's results for the first quarter. Delphi Automotive CEO Kevin Clark was quoted by ...
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