Most of the traditional January or Boxing Day sales now start online before Christmas, even before you've had a chance to pull a cracker. Retailers are not obliged to give you a refund or an exchange if you simply decide you don??t want ...
Tags: Boxing Day, Christmas
China's crude imports from its major suppliers rose significantly in November versus a year ago, with Russian cargoes hitting a record high, although shipments from top exporter Saudi Arabia fell 5.9% to 3.99 million mt, detailed data from ...
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Buoyed by sustained demand for apartments and condominiums, coupled with state and local governments moving ahead with delayed public projects, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) has been positive for seven consecutive months. As a ...
Koch Optics Inc, a subsidiary of Koch Industries Inc of Wichita, KS, USA, has completed its tender offer to purchase all issued and outstanding shares of common stock of optical communications component, module and subsystem maker Oplink ...
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A Taiwan team has announced SEMI-recognized international standards of performance measurement for dye-sensitized solar cells and organic solar cells, coded SEMI PV57-1214. Under support by Bureau of Energy under Ministry of Economic ...
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The economy grew at its fast rates in 11 years in the third quarter, according to a third estimate released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) that showed consumer spending increased more than thought. The BEA now estimates real ...
Tags: Consumer Spending, Q3 GDP Growth
On 12 November, Packaging News organised a conference in conjunction with British Glass, bringing together members of the UK glass industry to discuss ways of improving recycling in Britain. The central London conference included talks ...
Tags: Glass Industry, Recycling
Anouk Wipprecht, the techno-couture designer of Dutch origin known for creating convention defying ensembles, has unveiled an updated version of her famous Robotic Spider Dress, featuring sensor-installed spider like legs and shoulder ...
Italy’s textile machinery producers are excited about the upcoming edition of ITMA, which returns to Italy after a 20 year hiatus and runs from November 12-19, 2015. Over 380 Italian exhibitors are slated to be present in Milan, a ...
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According to data from The US Commerce Department, America's economic growth rate in Q3 reached 5% annualized rate, higher than the expected 3.9%, hitting a new record since Q3 in 2003. The data show that the growth of personal ...
In late 2013, LEDinside team forecasted major company restructure market trends will continue throughout the year. The trend has been consistent in 2014, as more lighting manufacturers take necessary restructure measures to remain ...
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DFS reports "continued strong momentum" in its latest financial report, covering the 13 weeks ending 1st November 2014. The quarter saw continued momentum in sales and EBITDA for DFS, with group gross sales up 15.3% to £197m (2013 ...
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John Lewis' Home directorate had a record sales week and this was reflected in its year-on-year increase of +0.6%. With the final few shopping days before Christmas still to come, last week John Lewis achieved sales of £160.6m +6.5% ...
Tags: retail director, Christmas trade, Furniture
Concerns about labelling and a desire for convenience are trends that are set to continue into 2015, according to global market research organisation Innova Market Insights. Innova Market Insights has released its overview of the Top Ten ...
Tags: Food, Beverage, Agriculture
Stevia manufacturers are making moves to target the dairy sector, with global stevia producer PureCircle launching a product aimed specifically at this category. PureCircle is a leading global producer of “high-purity” stevia ...
Tags: Dairy Sector, Agriculture