British Retail Consortium releases online retail sales monitor figures for April 2014. BRC-KPMG Non-Food Retail Sales Year-on-Year Growth: Clothing In contrast with March, the fashion categories growth were negatively affected by ...
Tags: Online Garment, Online sales
Online sales of non-food products in the UK grew 11.2% in April versus a year earlier. In April 2013, they had increased by 6.3% over the previous year. In April, online sales represented 16.1% of total non-food sales of the BRC's ...
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German automaker Audi has introduced its new 3.0 Turbocharged Direct Injection (TDI) engine at the 35th International Vienna Motor Symposium in Vienna, Austria. The new V6 diesel powertrain is available in two variants that produce ...
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Goldman Sachs remains bearish on the outlook for the copper price in 2014, with a target price of $6,200/mt, the investment bank said late Wednesday. "After selling off from $7,450/mt to $6,320/mt in mid-March, driven by Chinese property ...
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The Philippines' statistics office released data on March exports on Friday. Total exports Mar Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct yr/yr change (pct) 11.2 11.6 9.2 15.8 18.9 14.0 in $ bln 5.23 4.66 4.38 4.6 4.29 5.03 mth/mth change (pct) 12.2 6.3 -4.8 ...
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Chile exported $3.076 billion worth of copper in April, down 11% from $3.468 billion in the year-ago month, central bank data showed Wednesday. Chile is the world's largest producer of copper and is forecast to produce a record 6 million ...
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Canadian lighting brand Bocci will light up the rock bank tunnel with its 38 chandelier at the prestigious Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) Chelsea Flower Show from May 20-24, 2014. This installation, using Bocci's celebrated 38 ...
Tags: Furnishing, Lighting, Chandelier
Turkey-based steel producer Karabük Demir Celik (Kardemir) has announced that it has signed a credit facility with Germany's KfW IPEX Bank to finance the foreign expenses regarding its special bar quality (SBQ) rolling mill investment. ...
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Despite shutdown of nuclear power plants, Japan is not expected to raise its thermal coal imports significantly over the next five-seven years, as existing coal-fired power plants are running at high rates and new facilities are still on ...
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The global aluminum market is moving into its first annual deficit in six years as producers look to restructure in response to continued low prices, JP Morgan said in a research note Tuesday. "We expect the global aluminum market will ...
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Jiangsu Province-based Chinese steelmaker Shagang Iron and Steel Co. has announced that it will issue its first set of short-term bonds in the current year on May 8, worth a total of RMB 2 billion ($326 million), for a term of 365 days. ...
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Adidas is considering offers for its Rockport comfort shoe brand, Chief Executive Herbert Hainer said Tuesday on the company's first quarter conference call. "We are listening to these offers," Hainer said, according to Reuters. It has ...
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The Board of Innovia Group is pleased to announce that Arle Capital (Arle) has acquired the Group from the Candover 2001 Fund, for an enterprise value of €498 million, with funds raised from a syndicate of new investors. This means ...
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The volume of US natural gas traded during bidweek is poised for its fourth straight year-on-year decline as banks and other large players pull back from the monthly baseload market, according to a Platts examination of ...
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Nigeria has emerged as the second-largest importer of US jet fuel and has also started bringing in atypical US kerosene barrels, according to data released Tuesday by the US Energy Information Administration. Nigeria imported 864,000 ...
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