For the second fiscal quarter of 2016 ended August 1, 2015, net sales at apparel marketer Gap Inc went down 2 per cent impacted by translation of net sales in foreign currencies into US dollars. For the three months to August 1, 2015 Gap ...
Tags: foreign exchange, Gap, Currency Impact
Pakistani Food Minister Sikandar Hayat Khan Bosan has said that scientists must pay attention to the scourge of the leaf curl virus disease that has been causing colossal loss of two to three million bales of cotton every year. His comments ...
Tags: cash crop, cotton, Cotton Virus
Net sales at clothing retailer American Apparel tanked 17.2 per cent year over year for the second quarter ended June 30, 2015. In the three months to June 30, 2015, net sales dipped 17.2 per cent to $134.4 million from $162.4 million for ...
Tags: apparel, apparel sale, apparel development
361 Degrees International Limited, which sells sporting goods through more than 7,400 franchised retail outlets in China, reported sales reached RMB2.2 billion in the six months ended 30 June, up grew 5.7 percent compared with the first ...
Tags: sports goods, 361 Degrees, footware
Li-Ning Company Limited swung to a profit on double-digit sales growth in the first half ended June 30 thanks to 17.0 percent growth at its flagship Li Ning brand and a big reversal in impairment charges to it accounts receivables. The ...
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Infinera Corp of Sunnyvale, CA, USA, a vertically integrated manufacturer of digital optical transport networking systems incorporating its own indium phosphide-based photonic integrated circuits (PICs), says the public offer that it ...
Tags: integrated circuits, PICs
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
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
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
Electric motors and motion subsystems firm Johnson Electric Holdings will purchase Stackpole International group of companies, an engine and transmission pumps powder metal components supplier for automotive sector in a deal valued at ...
Tags: Electric motors, motion subsystems
Using grain bins as a marketing strategy has a lot of appeal this year, as the farm markets hover at or below cost-of-production levels. Some farmers choose to use storage to help capture higher cash basis prices later in the season or to ...
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For fiscal third-quarter 2015 (to end-June), Emcore Corp of Alhambra, CA, USA (which provides compound semiconductor-based chip-level devices, optical components, subsystems and systems for broadband and specialty fiber-optics markets) has ...
For fiscal 2015 (ended 27 June), Oclaro Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (which provides components, modules and subsystems for optical communications) has reported revenue of $341.3m, down 12.7% on fiscal 2014's $390.9m. This is due to a 25% ...
Tags: laser product, telecom products
For second-quarter 2015, GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components for fiber-optic and wireless networks) has reported a fifth consecutive quarterly revenue increase, ...
US based apparel marketer Columbia Sportswear Company said its net sales for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 grew 17 per cent year over year and thereby created a record for second quarter sales. In a press release, Columbia Sportswear ...
Tags: Sportswear, apparel