Henkel Adhesive Technologies India, an arm of German consumer giant Henkel, will pump in €30m ($34m) into a new adhesives unit in the state of Maharashtra. Expected to be operational by early 2017, the new manufacturing unit will be ...
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Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Nigeria, including textile and clothing firms, face several challenges—access to finance, rickety infrastructure, patchy energy supplies and security concerns, says a recent Economist ...
For the first time, India is leading the growth chart of major economies, even ahead of China, according to the World Bank Group’s latest Global Economic Prospects (GEP) report. In India, new reforms are improving business and ...
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The firm has unveiled its new Mickey Mouse educational cuddly toy and a tablet-controlled make-up set. Ingo Devices is eyeing a move into the Latin American and European markets as it showcases its latest tech toys at this year's Distoy. ...
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Despite significant regional challenges, international retailers are taking the long-term view on investments in developing markets and are persisting in finding solutions, according to global management consulting firm A.T. Kearney. The ...
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IC orders for PCs have remained slow thus far in 2015, whereas orders for handsets and consumer electronics devices are picking up prior to the third quarter peak season, according to sources at Taiwan-based IC design houses. PC-related ...
In first-quarter 2015, smartphone sales reached 310 million units, up 7% year-on-year but slowing from the 19% year-on-year growth in Q4/2014 (which reached 346 million units). This was due to year-on-year shrinkage of -14% in China and -5% ...
Tags: Smartphone Sales, 4G Market
The UK is second only to Australia, the research group reveals. The UK boasts the world’s second highest spend-per child on toys and videogames, according to the latest projections from Euromonitor. Second only to Australia, ...
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Swiss agribusiness Syngenta has rejected $45bn acquisition offer from global seed technology major Monsanto for the second time citing unfavorable terms for shareholders. If the proposed deal advances, an industry leader with combined ...
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The slow recovery of the global PV market continues into the second quarter. Jason Huang, research manager for EnergyTrend, a division of TrendForce, said the market on the whole is showing positive signs even though prices along the supply ...
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Lenovo Group, the world's largest personal computer maker, is targeting 40 percent of the PC market in China and revenue of $10 billion in the 2015 fiscal year, said Yang Yuanqing, the company's chairman and CEO. Yang said at the Lenovo ...
Revenues for franchise brands, boys and pre-school categories all increased. Hasbro has reported that net revenues for the first quarter 2015 increased five per cent to $713.5 million versus $679.5 million in 2014. Excluding a ...
Orders at famed event seen as signal of the outlook for nation's export-oriented firms Organizers of the latest China Import and Export Fair said transactions at the fair are expected to be stable even though China's foreign trade ...
Sika achieved "highly dynamic growth" in the first quarter of 2015, thereby making a strong start to the year despite the very high sales growth in the reference period (2014: 23.3%). At constant exchange rates, sales rose by 5.1% to CHF ...
A survey by MasterCard has revealed that consumers in emerging markets across Asia/Pacific are more likely to choose a product based on whether it is perceived as more socially responsible than those in developed markets. Overall, products ...