“The CIF Bremen Index mildly followed the marginally downward movements in New York cotton futures in the current week,” a report from the Bremen Cotton Exchange, informs. It adds that mainly technical reasons were likely ...
Checkpoint Systems, Inc, a RFID solutions provider for the retail industry, said in the third fiscal quarter of 2014, it reported the highest gross profit margins ever seen in the last ten years. Gross profit margin at Checkpoint expanded ...
Tags: RFID solutions, Gross profit margin, Textile
Sales of BASF Group grew by 3% compared with the previous third quarter, reaching €18.3 billion. A sharp rise in volumes in the Natural Gas Trading business sector was mainly responsible for this growth. Income from operations (EBIT) ...
Tags: BASF, Construction Coating
Monro Muffler Brake Inc. posted net income of $16.3 million on net sales of $221.3 million for its second quarter ended Sept. 27, 2014. That compares to income of $13.6 million on sales of $205.3 million for the same period last year. The ...
National 4 emission standards for diesel will be carried out at the end of this year, and there is seen as a big change for light truck industry, and some minor light truck makers are facing great challenges. And Wuzheng Aochi sees this as ...
Tags: national 4 emission, light truck
Offers for Chinese domestic spot aluminum alloy ADC12 tracked weaker primary aluminum ingot prices, industry sources said Tuesday. Platts assessed its weekly China domestic ADC12 price at Yuan 14,800-15,300/mt ($2,415-2,497/mt) ex-works ...
Tags: aluminum alloy, aluminum ingot
Blue Nile is being challenged by rising diamond prices, forcing the online jeweler to seek out growth in other areas. As diamond prices rise, eroding Blue Nile’s competitive advantage that its lower online prices offer, consumers will ...
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De Beers is talking about change, urging the trade to be proactive in dealing with a persistently uncertain and volatile market environment. While the company has directed its message to the diamond industry at large, and specifically to ...
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The spot alumina price in China's Henan was rangebound Wednesday at Yuan 2,860/mt ($465/mt) for 70:30 cash and credit payment terms, unchanged from September 30, as the market returned from an extended break from October 1-7 to celebrate ...
Tags: Spot alumina, Mineral
Following the first Pepro (Equalization Premium Paid to the Producer and/or Cooperative) auction which took place on September 25, stakeholders in the Brazilian cotton market are acting carefully in signing new trades. Brazilian cotton ...
Tags: Brazilian Cotton, Cautious, Textile
Shutting out Chinese solar producers from the lucrative US market is as damaging to them as blocking out the sunlight. The US Department of Commerce on July 5 determined a new set of anti-dumping duties on solar products from China and ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Solar Panel
The Brazilian cotton trade has turned cautious in the just concluded fortnight, mainly from price volatility in Brazil, rise in global prices in early September and the dollar valuation against Brazilian currency real, which has also led to ...
Gold jewelry demand fell 36 percent year on year to $21.11 billion during the second quarter that ended on June 30, according to the World Gold Council. By weight, gold jewelry demand dropped 30 percent to 509.6 tonnes. Gold demand in ...
Tags: Jewelry, Gold Jewelry
Australia’s largest multi-brand retail food franchisor and leading wholesale coffee roaster, Retail Food Group Limited (RFG) has announced a record Net Profit After Tax (NPAT) of $36.9 million for the 2014 financial year, an increase ...
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According to Canadean's latest quarterly beverage tracker, Q2 saw a number of strongly contrasting commercial beverage performances across West and East Europe. West Europe benefited generally from milder temperatures than the ...
Tags: commercial beverage, World Cup