Sainsbury's today (9 January) reported that third-quarter like-for-like sales, excluding fuel, came in at 0.9%. While this represents a slow-down from the company's previous 31 consecutive quarters of growth, Sainsbury's was able to ...
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Food price inflation is expected to stabilise over the next few months – despite recent reports of big food price increases from Waitrose – according to market research organisation BRC-Nielsen. Sainsbury reported total ...
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Lego Education unveiled the latest evolution of its Mindstorms range last night in London, in the form of a Linux-powered ARM 9 programmable brick which, for the first time in Lego Education's history, comes with the option of running any ...
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Taiwan-based solar conductive paste maker Giga Solar has reported December revenues of NT$181 million (US$6.23 million), showing a decrease of 34.42% on month and a decrease of 0.18% on year. The accumulated total revenues for 2012 were ...
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Sales growth lower than 2011; Toys suffer at the hands of electronic goods and tablets, says BRC. This December UK retail sales were up only 0.3 per cent like-for-like, versus a 2.2 per cent like-for-like growth in December 2011. Total ...
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(Pound 6.8bn). So say financial researchers at Greencrest Capital. While this speculative estimate might be little more than a post-Christmas 'what-if', it nonetheless opens an interesting window into the fortunes of the enduringly ...
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Infoworld - If you're searching for a fountain of youth, the easiest way to get that feeling of continual rebirth is to hang around a few tech product launches. Every new rollout comes with the fresh, unabashed feeling that this has never ...
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Saab Cars Australia has been placed into voluntary administration, forcing the closure of the company’s Port Melbourne operations and the loss of six local jobs. The appointment of Ferrier Hodgson partners Stewart McCallum and Peter ...
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Sainsbury's was the only UK retailer among the big four to increase its market share in the last three months of 2012, according to the latest data from Kantar Worldpanel. The retailer's sales climbed 3.4% in the 12 weeks to 23 December, ...
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UK-based integrated brand design agency Blue Marlin has developed a new packaging design for spice specialist Green Saffron. The Green Saffron range includes five varieties of dry spice blends, three sauces, and a specialty Christmas ...
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UK - London based creative and technical solutions provider Presentation Rentals (PR) has invested in new Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO 800s and A.LEDA Wash K.10 moving lights - in both black and white. This reflects a busy autumn and ...
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UK - Devon-based drapes, starcloth, LED and visual effects specialist S+H Technical supplied approximately 15,000 additional Pea Lights and other illuminated effects for the Christmas edition of the BBC's popular hit show, Strictly Come ...
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Improving safety conditions for technical staff members has always been a primary goal at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. When timing and budgets came together after the annual production of A Christmas Carol opened in November 2012, they ...
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Liverpool based rental specialist Adlib supplied lighting and audio for the most recent tour by vocal harmony group, The Overtones. The Higher tour played a variety of venues in a six week stint around the UK in the run up to Christmas, and ...
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UK supermarket group Morrisons has booked a "disappointing" set of results for the quarter to 30 December, with trading over the key Christmas period lagging the overall weak market. In its trading update, released this morning (7 ...
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