Apple has come under fire yet again over mismanagement of ethical practice in its supply chain. BBC Panorama uncovered multiple instances of failure to ‘protect Chinese factory workers’ in a new report that sheds like on the ...
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The Asus ZenWatch has been released in the UK, hitting retailers almost a week ahead of planed. Having been unveiled back in September, Asus has now now brought its Moto 360 and Samsung Gear S rival to UK retailers for the first time. ...
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Russia's rouble went into free-fall in Tuesday trading, falling repeatedly to hit record lows, despite the central bank's dramatic decision to raise interest rates from 10.5% to 17%. The rouble's slide this week was prompted by fears ...
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The value retailer offering toys, hobby and games lines plans to open four stores in London and the Southeast in the first half of the year. Tiger, the Danish value, kids’ toys and hobby retailer, is preparing to open seven new ...
Tags: toys lines, hobby lines, games lines, Toys
Its new Peppa Pig Holiday collection will star in a 100 second-long TV ad set to air across leading pre-school channels in January. Character Options has detailed its TV advertising campaign for its new Peppa Pig Holiday collection. The ...
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Living Essentials has introduced its new Strawberry Watermelon flavored Extra Strength 5-hour ENERGY shot, which is available now in a wide variety of retailers including convenience, food, drug, and mass merchants. The new flavor joins ...
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Microsoft has confirmed the Lumia Denim update for Windows Phone 8.1 devices will be rolled out across the world in early January. The update, which was announced in September, began to arrive in China this week for Lumia owners rocking ...
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Apple is seeking help to bring its Apple Pay mobile payments platform to new territories, a job posting on the company’s website has revealed. According to the listing, identified by iClarified (via Apple Insider), the Cupertino ...
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Shares of Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd suffered their steepest one-day drop in 12 years, after the Chinese automaker said 2014 profit may halve due to slumping exports and currency losses from operations in Russia - its biggest overseas ...
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Reebok announced partnerships with two of the top Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) athletes in the world, UFC World Champions Jon Jones and Ronda Rousey. The signings of Jones and Rousey follow the recent announcement of Reebok’s ...
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These two pear-shaped fancy light yellow diamond ear pendants more than doubled their low estimate, selling for $5.4 million at Christie’s New York last week. A pear-shaped, D color, VVS1 diamond weighing 89.23 carats sold for ...
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Carpetright plc has announced its interim results for the 26-week trading period ending 25th October 2014. In the UK, the group saw like-for-like revenues increase by 6.5%. The retailer's estate of stores was reduced by a net of nine ...
Tags: trading period, Furniture
Now in its third year, National Stationery Week has caught the imagination of consumers and stationery fans around the world. Organised by the London Stationery Show, it has succeeded not only in getting people in the UK talking about ...
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has continued its focus on ‘free range’ egg claims, and instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against R.L Adams Pty Ltd, which trades as Darling Downs Fresh Eggs, ...
Tags: egg claims, Agriculture
Retailers see boosts in sales as consumers show signs of favouring indie shops over big name stores. Christmas 2014 is looking to be the year of High Street resurgence, according to the UK’s independent toy retailers. Festive ...