Retail footfall in July was 1.1% lower than a year ago, up from the 1.5% fall in June and slightly above the three-month average of -1.2%, according to the BRC/Springboard Footfall Monitor for July 2015. High streets and shopping centres ...
Shipments of coherent 100G ports for metro regional optical networks grew 145% year-on-year in 2014 and will grow another 118% in 2015, forecasts market research firm IHS. Led by massive purchases in China from China Mobile, 2014 was a ...
For full-year fiscal 2015 (ended 28 June), Cree Inc of Durham, NC, USA has reported revenue of $1.63bn, down just 1% on fiscal 2014's record $1.65bn. Specifically, revenue for Lighting Products (mainly LED lighting systems and bulbs) grew ...
Tags: LED Product, LED chips
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has expanded its portfolio of optical sensors for the optical measurement of pulse rates and the oxygen saturation level of blood. Offering what is claimed to be excellent signal ...
Tags: Osram, Sensor, Fitness Tracking
For second-quarter 2015, Rubicon Technology Inc of Bensenville, IL, USA (which makes monocrystalline sapphire substrates and products for the LED, semiconductor and optical industries) has reported revenue of $7.1m, down 51% on $14.5m a ...
Tags: Mobile Market, LED light, LED bulb
A recently released report from Transparency Market Research (TMR) forecasts that the global epoxy resins market will develop at a CAGR of 6.9 percent from 2014 to 2020. TMR, a market intelligence firm based in the U.S., states that by ...
Tags: Paints, Coatings, Resins Market
India's annual rate of inflation, based on monthly wholesale price index (WPI), stood at minus 4.05 per cent for July 2015 (over July 2014), according to the provisional data released by the Office of the Economic Adviser, Ministry of ...
Tags: WPI-Based Inflation, Inflation
If Apple follows the schedule it's established over the past several years, we've got less than 30 days until the introduction of the next iPhone. Rumors about the next-generation iPhone have been trickling in for months. It's expected ...
Tags: iPhone, smartphone
Over 100 million Chinese travel abroad every year, buying more luxury goods than any other nation. Shopping for the perfumes and designer clothes that can cost them twice as much at home is a major travel incentive. However, China’s ...
Tags: luxury goods, perfumes, designer clothes
The U.S.-based Garden Media Group, a gardening market research firm, has issued its 2014 Garden Trends Report that pulls together findings from global market research firms, consumer media and experts within the home and garden industry to ...
Tags: gardening market, gardening tools
German automotive part supplier Hella has designed two-part LED tail lamps recently for Renault Espace, the fifth generation French crossover unveiled as ‘Initiale Paris’ concept car at the 2013 Frankfurt Auto Show. The tail ...
Tags: LED tail lamps, LED light
Hyundai Motor Group (HMG), which incorporates Hyundai and Kia brands, is injecting manpower and resources to boost its commercial vehicle (CV) wing for the low-volume, high-margin truck and bus sector. The carmaker is also bolstering its ...
Tags: Hyundai Motor, Commercial Vehicle
Good dynamics across all segments helped sales at German apparel marketer Tom Tailor Group climb 3.8 per cent year over year for the first half ended June 30, 2015. “Sales increased 3.8 per cent €441.5 million in the reporting ...
Tags: apparel, textile industry, fashion industry
China's refinery throughput rose 4.3% year on year to 43.54 million mt or an average 10.30 million b/d in July, preliminary data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed Wednesday. The July rate was down slightly from 10.59 million ...
Tags: Refinery, oil demand
Spurred by the summer weather and fixed interest rates, the group is hopeful consumer confidence will 'ride high into August'. Total UK retail sales have seen a 2.2 per cent lift on a like for like basis from July 2014, as improved ...