Ecommerce furnishings giant Wayfair has reported its Q2 financial results, citing a direct retail revenue – sales generated primarily through the sites of Wayfair's five brands – increase from $315.4m to $755.7 m, up 71.6% YOY. ...
Online sales of non-food products in the UK continued to outperform the market in July, growing 11.2% YOY. This is lower than the above-trend growth of 14.7% seen in July 2015, but up from the previous month (9%) and in line with the ...
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DFS has reported a continued strong performance in its H2, with revenue up 7% YOY, and also up 7% for the whole financial year. In light of this, the retailer expects to deliver a record performance this year, with results towards the upper ...
Ian Stewart has taken over responsibility for Sweet Dreams sales in the North East after the retirement of Malcolm Willis. Ian commenced his selling career in 1971, starting out in retail at House of Fraser in the beds department of Binns ...
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One of Great Britain’s most established and innovative bed makers, Harrison Spinks, has appointed a finance and business expert as head of business change, in order to drive the company forward and achieve its vision to double its ...
The India International Jewellery Show (IIJS), which took place in Mumbai this week, reflected a cautious local diamond and jewelry trade, even if sentiment was better than expected. Suppliers arrived with low expectations as a month-long ...
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According to the press report, China’s new energy vehicles sales and production was expected to breakthrough to 650 thousand units in 2016, up by 79% year on year. In 2015, our new energy vehicles production is 379 thousand units, ...
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Friedrichshafen. ZF Friedrichshafen AG has continued its good business development in the first half of 2016. In the first six months of 2016, sales increased to €17.8 billion and the adjusted operating profit (EBIT) rose to €1.1 ...
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Carlsberg Group has signed an agreement to sell 59% of its share in Carlsberg Malawi Limited to Castel Group. The registration of the transaction is pending certain regulatory and corporate approvals. The transaction is in line with ...
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China's passenger car sales are on the rise, according to the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA). Auto sales growth reached 23.3 percent in July year on year, the third consecutive month of double-digit growth and the highest in 17 ...
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China’s new energy policies are driving the country’s domestic market for lithium batteries used in plug-in vehicles (xEVs). The strong demand from the xEV application has put pressure on the supply lithium batteries used in IT ...
Grundfos has appointed Thomas Morrison as executive vice president of the company’s US Water Utility business. Reporting directly to Jonathan Hamp-Adams, the recently appointed general manager of Grundfos USA, Morrison will have ...
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With a history of more than half a century, fastener production is today one of Taiwan's most globally competitive industries in the southern region. This achievement is attributable to insiders' efforts on moving forwards high value-added ...
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Epitaxial deposition and process equipment maker Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA says that Epistar Corp of Hsinchu Science-based Industrial Park, Taiwan (the world's largest manufacturer of LED epiwafers and chips) has ordered ...
At the 18th International Conference on Crystal Growth and Epitaxy (ICCGE-18) in Nagoya, Japan (7-12 August), analytical and imaging instrument maker Nanophoton Corp of Osaka, Japan has introduced the RAMANdrive wafer analyzer for a wide ...