The LEGO Group has reported an increase in revenue of 15 per cent in the first half of 2014. Double digit growth across all regions delivered a turnover of 11,504m DKK in the first half, fuelled by the success of The LEGO Movie products. ...
Tags: LEGO Sales, Movie products
In the January-July period of this year, motor vehicle sales in Turkey totaled 367,340 units, decreasing by 23 percent year on year, according to the Turkish Automotive Manufacturers Association (OSD). Meanwhile, in July of the current year ...
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JBS, a Brazilian beef exporter, has announced that it will resume its plan to raise BRL4bn ($1.8bn) from the initial public offering (IPO) of its pork, poultry and food-processing operations in Brazil as early as next month. Following ...
The global market for LED luminaires for outdoor and parking applications will grow from $921m in 2014 to $1.4bn in 2021, according to a report from Navigant Research. Outdoor lighting systems are in the early stages of a transition from ...
IC packaging material and tool distributor Niching Industrial looks to ramp up its shipments of EMC-based (epoxy molding compound) LED leadframes and FC CSP substrates to drive revenue growth in 2015. Niching's LED products lines are ...
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Natural Creations Luxury Vinyl Tile with the I-Set Installation System by Armstrong. Armstrong Industries' new Natural Creations Luxury Vinyl Tile with the I-Set Installation System is an all-in-one commercial flooring system promising ...
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Poland-based plastic film producer Ergis group will launch a second PET film production line and acquire a new plastic packaging line in Southern Poland. The company will acquire the packaging line for its Plexergis subsidiary in Nowy ...
According to data released by the South African Revenue Service (SARS), in July of the current year the value of South Africa's exports of base metals and articles thereof totaled ZAR 10.3 billion ($966.5 million), falling by 6.6 percent ...
Tags: Base Metal, Metallurgy
Heineken has sold its Mexican packaging business Empaque to Crown Holdings for $1.225bn, in a bid to reduce its net debt by the end of this year. The company said the proceeds from the sale will be used to reach the target of bringing ...
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Adidas has chosen retail planning experts GMAP Marketing Consulting (Shanghai) Ltd, part of Callcredit Information Group to help the brand and retailer expand in China. Adidas which already manages 7,600 stores across 1,000 Chinese cities ...
Q2 spending also up by 56% in Asia, but EMEA down, says sector report by Infonetics. Market research firm Infonetics Research has published a vendor market share and preliminary analysis from its Optical Network Hardware report on sales ...
Tags: Optical Hardware, Electronics
The wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) market grew 10% year-on-year to record revenue of $2.6bn in second-quarter 2014, according to the latest Optical Transport Quarterly Report from Dell’Oro Group. The WDM market comprises ...
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Dairy company A2 Milk is planning to list on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) amid rise in profits across the country. The company, which has been listed in New Zealand since 2004, had witnessed revenue growth of 31% over the ...
Despite a 50% growth in the North American online business, net earnings crashed 50.5% year-on-year at lifestyle apparel retailer Guess Inc in the second fiscal quarter ending August 2, 2014. For the second quarter of 2014, Guess ...
Inner Mongolia-based Chinese steelmaker Baotou Iron and Steel Co. (Baogang) has announced that in the first half of the current year it registered an operating revenue of RMB 14.672 billion ($2.38 billion), down 23.70 percent year on year, ...
Tags: Baogang, steelmaker