Volatile cotton prices and recession-induced drops in consumer spending caused the industry to decline slightly in the past five years; however, increasing population and disposable income growth will bolster industry revenue in the five ...
Tags: Global Apparel Sector, Apparel
Consumers cooled spending in March as the impact of colder weather across the country and harmful fiscal policy, namely the payroll tax hike, caught up to the economy and weakened retail sales. According to the National Retail Federation, ...
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Coming off a better than expected month in February, retail sales were somewhat lackluster in March, according to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported ...
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MICROSOFT'S Windows 8 operating systems and new form factors such as ultrabooks not only have failed to lift the lift the PC markets, they've presided over a massive decline. Worldwide sales of personal computers slid 13.9 per cent in the ...
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When I addressed a few hundred retailers at the Nationwide Marketing Group's recent Furniture Summit in Las Vegas, I had a simple message: Carry more bedding. And I had the statistics to back that message up. Bedding is the only major ...
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Fewer executives are planning to make a capital investment in their business during the coming months, with investment expectations among Australian businesses fading in the lead-up to the middle of the year. Amid a broad drop-off in ...
Meat packer Hilton Food Group, which supplies retailers such as Tesco, is expected to ride out the recent horsemeat contamination issue unscathed, following publication of its preliminary results for 2012 which showed sales up 5% to 1bn. ...
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SALES of tablet computers will surpass sales of both desktop and portable PC sales by 2014. A report by the research firm IDC said worldwide shipments of these devices -- personal computers, tablets and smartphones -- grew 29.1 per cent ...
Tags: PC, Laptop, Computer Products, Consumer Electronics
TradeCard, Inc. and Sourcing Journal Online have published a new special report that explores the supply chain capabilities required to meet consumer expectations in an omni-channel retail environment. The report, “Cloud Sourcing for ...
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February retail sales exceeded expectations, according to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported that February retail sales at $421.4 billion were up 1.1 ...
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In spite of the difficult market conditions prevailing in the first three months of 2012/13 (1 November 2012 - 31 January 2013), GERRY WEBER International AG boosted its Group sales revenues from EUR 165.1 million in the same period of the ...
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Britain’s fourth largest supermarket Morrisons has revealed plans to start selling food online by the end of the year and open more convenience stores in its latest financial results, which reported profit before tax down by 4% to ...
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Welcome to the world of TECHINDIA 2013 scheduled to be organized from the 3- 5 May 2013 at the Chennai Trade Centre, Chennai (INDIA). TECHINDIA will cover three specialized themes catering to individual needs of India s manufacturing ...
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Australian businesses don’t plan to hire new staff in the coming months, and are putting off investments, as the cost of doing business takes its toll. On the back of recent high-profile job cuts and off-shoring announcements by a ...
The Australian sharemarket roared back yesterday, recovering most of its 75-point loss on Monday, after a US Federal Reserve official reiterated the central bank's commitment to quantitative easing, local retail sales exceeded expectations ...
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