Global demand for fine-pitch LED display panels grew on year by 70% in 2014 and is estimated to hike at a CAGR of 110% during 2014-2018, but prices are expected to drop in 2015 due to possible oversupply arising from an increase in ...
Tags: LED Display, LED
Improved margins drove profit before depreciation, interest and taxes (PBDIT) by 114 per cent year-on-year at Reliance Retail during the third fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2014. Reliance Retail said it posted its highest ever profit ...
Tags: LED Reliance Retail, stores, Apparel
In a bid to hike its commitment to apparel finance, Wells Fargo said it has opened a new Commercial Banking office in New York City to expand its services to the apparel industry. Spearheading the Commercial Banking apparel initiative is ...
Tags: banking, insurance, investments, Apparel
Venezuela has hit an all time low in vehicle production, which fell to a 19,759 units representing a drop of 72.5%. Government's currency control has tied auto makers from importing essential components for the production of vehicles. ...
Tags: parts shortages, labor disputes, Auto
The following installment of MarketEYE offers the reader both an annualized summary and a month-by-month analysis of the global passive electronic component markets for calendar year 2014. Passive electronic components are defined for the ...
Tags: electronic components, Electrical
Adjusted gross profit in the second fiscal quarter ended November 30, 2014 climbed 57 per cent year on year at NYSE listed Performance Sports Group. As against $39.6 million in the year-ago quarter, adjusted gross profit rose 57 per cent ...
Tags: sales, marketing costs, Apparel
After nearly 30 years in the Ashbourne High Street, Jean Hambleton has decided to close the shop's doors for good. Independent toy retailer Lumbards Toy Shop has revealed its intentions to cease trading at the end of March this year. ...
Tags: Toy Shop, social media, Toys
West Bengal based and since long ailing, Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) is expected to reopen its plant as lenders have agreed to infuse fresh funds into the loss making company. After Purnendu Chatterjee, chairman of The Chatterjee ...
Tags: technical snag, Textile
FESPA China 2014, which took place from November 19 to 21, 2014, attracted 11,667 individual visitors from 91 countries, up 23 per cent from the first FESPA China exhibition in 2013. With over 500 exhibitors, the 2014 show was 30 per cent ...
Tags: screen, digital, textile print, Textile
The overall PV market price in the first quarter of 2015 will remain constant until the end of the Chinese New Year; afterwards, shipment demand will decrease and the price will drop, expected EnergyTrend, a research division of TrendForce. ...
Tags: PV Market, Solar Energy
Apparel marketer and NYSE listed Ennis, Inc reported a 7.6 per cent year on year hike in sales for the three months ended November 30, 2014. Third quarter of 2014 sales totaled $147.0 million, up 7.6 per cent from a year earlier quarter. ...
Tags: pricing pressures, apparel division, Apparel
Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into India have surged by around 25 per cent from a year ago, in the April-October period of the current fiscal year. In the seven months to October 2014, FDI rose some 25 per cent from $13.82 ...
Tags: pharmaceuticals, oil, gas, petrochemicals, Textile
Apparel brand, Calvin Klein, a brand owned by PVH Corp, said it will expand operations of its ecommerce website to more than 20 countries by end of 2015. Calvin Klein said, individual websites, customized by market, share a consistent ...
Tags: Calvin Klein, Ecommerce Portal
According to a USDA December report, global cotton output in 2014/15 is forecast at 119 million bales, slightly below the previous season as a yield reduction more than offsets increased area. “Considerable production declines in ...
Tags: cotton output, Textile
Driven by reduced markdowns, American Eagle Outfitters posted a 200 basis points from a year earlier quarter hike in gross profit margins for the third quarter ended November 1, 2014. Gross profit increased 6 per cent year on year to $315 ...
Tags: buying, occupancy, warehousing deleverage, Apparel