Because of European car market downturn, Volkswagen’s German Emden factory will further reduce Passat’s production. The factory will stop production in February 8, 15, 22, and March 1. The Christmas before once be lengthened to ...
Tags: Volkswagen, Passat, Germany
The Arlington Heights Historical Museum celebrates 25 years of the Martha Mills Dolls Collection with a new exhibit Calendar Dollies. The new exhibit features dolls representing holidays and red-letter calendar days throughout the year that ...
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Canadian retailer Metro Inc has reported an increase in first-quarter profits as higher sales boosted margins. Metro booked a 17.1% rise in net earnings to C$121.4m (US$121.1m) for the quarter to 22 December. Excluding profits from a ...
Tags: food inflation, food industry, profits
Fresh market share figures for the UK grocery sector show strong gains for discounters Aldi and Lidl as consumer budgets are squeezed by inflation. Aldi and Lidl saw sales rise by 28% and 10% respectively in the 12 weeks to 20 January, ...
Tags: Tesco Stabilises, Aldi, Lidl Pile
Belgian discount supermarket group Colruyt booked an increase in sales for the first nine months of the year, with growth reported at both its retail and wholesale units. The company said that overall sales rose by 6.1% to EUR6.26bn ...
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Miley Cyrus performed with Israeli dubstep producer DJ Borgore in front of his Cream Machine built of Chauvet Professional MVP 18 video panels, during a Christmas Creampies Concert at the Fonda Theatre. Made of 65 MVP 18 fixtures, the truck ...
Winter Wonders 2012 (Plaisirs D'hiver) festival was one of the major attractions in the centre of Brussels this Christmas. Thousands of people took leisurely strolls along the festive route between Place Saint-Jean and Marché au ...
Tags: Winter Wonders, 2012, LED Walls
The AWEX Regional Indicators finished 0.5% lower, on average, at sales in Sydney, Melbourne and Fremantle this week when the US exchange rate rose by 0.1%. Overall, it was satisfactory market. The EMI finished down by 6¢ (5¢ ...
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Hasbro plans to cut back in order to save $100 million per year by 2015. The toy giant made the announcement as part of its preliminary full-year financial results for 2012, following weaker than anticipated consumer demand for toys ...
Tags: Hasbro, Toys, Lower Christmas Sales
Cloud hosting company FireHost has claimed that cross-site scripting attacks increased by an estimated 160 per cent in the final quarter of 2012. The company claims that it has detected a spike in what it calls a "superfecta" of attempted ...
Swindon Commercial Services Ltd, owned by Swindon Council, has partnered up with the Science Museum, which owns a former airfield just outside of Wroughton, to create a 40MW solar farm. The proposed farm will comprise 160,000 solar panels ...
Tags: Solar Farm, UK, Swindon Commercial Services
Strong demand for Android tablets helped boost Carphone Warehouse's sales in the final quarter of 2012, the firm announced in its Q3 financial statement. Like-for-like revenue in the UK was up 16 per cent as the retailer's tablet sales ...
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Warner Bros Consumer Products UK has teamed up MV Sports to launch a line of Batman licensed wheeled toys at Toy Fair. The stand out product in the outdoor play range is a child’s life size Batmobile car. Priced £149.99 ...
Tags: Warner Bros, MV Sports, wheeled toys
Apple posted record revenue and pre-tax profits in its fiscal 2013 first-quarter results, covering the three months to 29 December. However, the company's shares continued declining in value in after-hours trading - falling by a further ...
Tags: Apple, pre-tax profits, profit margins
As many Brits brace themselves for yet more snow, sleet and ice this week, shoppers at department store Debenhams have been looking ahead to warmer months and snapping up new season swim and beach wear. Sales of swimwear are up 51% ...