Furniture was the best-performing product category in July, reporting its highest growth since January (excluding Easter distortions), according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. Although GfK’s Climate for Major Purchase ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has checked out, and the American people have noticed. Three-quarters of Americans doubt the federal government will address the important problems facing the country this year, according to a new Associated ...
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LED Lighting Industry in Emerging Markets Analysis (Japan) Affected by the 311 earthquake, there has been a surge in demand for LED lamps in Japan. LED light bulb sales in Japan in December 2011 rocketed up by 63 percent compared to the ...
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Helen Dickinson, British Retail Consortium Director General, said, “May has seen shop price deflation remain unchanged at 1.4 per cent, the thirteenth consecutive month of deflation." Highlights: -Thirteenth consecutive month ...
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Smartphones rank among the top technology products owned and/or used, and both smartphones and tablets rank among the top five devices used to connect to the Internet across all the countries surveyed in the Consumer Electronics ...
GfK Retail and Technology has released its quarterly report on the state of the electrical retailing industry in what it calls “Technical Consumer Goods (TCG), painting a mixed picture across varying segments in both the consumer ...
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It looks like the U.S. government is more conflicted about cellphones on planes than most American travelers. Even as one federal agency considers allowing the calls, another now wants to make sure that doesn't happen. ...
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Ambiente 2014: Running Successfully Published on : Monday, February 10, 2014 Ambiente continues on its successful course as it has opened its doors on February 7, 2014 at Messe Frankfurt. One of world’s leading trade fairs in ...
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The mood of German consumers was notably buoyant at the start of 2014. Both economic and income expectations as well as willingness to buy improved, in part quite considerably. Following a revised value of 7.7 points in January, the overall ...
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Smartphones and tablets continue to sell well but growth is slowing in mature markets such as Australia as developing countries look to get in on the mobile device boom. That's according to Steve Koenig, director of industry analysis at the ...
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The office superstore chains have dramatically increased the number of touchscreen laptops carried online in 2013, according to GfK. GfK's year-long tracking of online touchscreen availability trends noted that all three national office ...
The mood among consumers in Germany is again remarkably good as 2013 draws to a close. Further increases were recorded in economic expectations and willingness to buy. Income expectations declined slightly from a high level. Following a ...
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Instead of our regular look at the most read stories on just-style during the week, we thought a fitting end to the year would be to take a look at the top stories on just-style in 2013. Garment factory disasters, strikes, safety ...
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Andrew Jackson (contributor) Celebrity endorsed headphones have become the number one player in this booming market, leading to a wealth of brands providing audio products as celebrity vehicles with little focus on audio quality. Some ...
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