Luxottica Group reported net sales fell 1.2 percent to €1.8 billion in the first quarter ended March 31, but were up 4.2 percent in currency-neutral (c-n) terms as unfavorable exchanger ates, North America's harsh weather and weak ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Crocs, Inc. reported earnings tumbled 78.0 percent in the first quarter, to $6.4 million, or 6 cents a share, from $29.0 million, or 33 cents, a year ago. Revenues inched up 0.2 percent to $312.4 million as strong gains in the Asia-Pacific ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Moody's has changed its outlook for the global shipping industry to stable from negative on April 30. This outlook reflects Moody's expectations for the fundamental business conditions in the industry over the next 12 to 18 months. ...
Tags: Shipping, Global Shipping
Worldwide PC shipments totalled 76.6 million units in the first quarter of 2014, a 1.7 percent decline from the first quarter of 2013, according to preliminary results by Gartner. The severity of the decline eased compared with the past ...
Tags: Computer Products, IT, PC
Wolverine Worldwide reported revenue in the first quarter, as expected, declined modestly to $627.6 million, a decrease of 2.8 percent versus the prior year. Gains were tempered by continued soft traffic at retail in the U.S., the strategic ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation
Safilo Group SpA reported sales of Sports Products, which includes its Smith Optics brand, reached €16.1 million in the first quarter, up 0.9 percent, or 4.3 percent in currency-neutral (c-n) terms. alian parent company of the ...
Tags: Sports Products, Sporting Goods
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. reported a net loss of $58 million on net sales of $4.5 billion for its first quarter ended March 31, 2014. That compares to income of $26 million on sales of $4.9 billion for the same period last year. Goodyear ...
Tags: Goodyear, Tire, Tyre, auto parts
In the first quarter of the current year, China's production of pig iron, crude steel and finished steel amounted to 179.71 million mt, 202.70 million mt and 261.41 million mt, respectively, up 0.14 percent, 2.37 percent and 5.3 percent ...
Tags: Steel Output, Crude Steel
Members of the Argentinian Biofuels Association, or CARBIO, exported 85,000 mt of biodiesel in March, a 5.2% fall compared with the same period in 2013, according to data from the industry body received by Platts Monday. CARBIO members ...
Spain exported more LNG than it imported for the first time ever in the week ending Sunday as 430,400 cubic meters was reloaded onto tankers, data from gas grid operator Enagas showed Monday. Three tankers were reloaded during the week, ...
Tags: LNG Exporter, LNG
Global yarn production dropped in Q4/2013 in comparison to the previous quarter as a result of lower output in Asia, South and North America while production in Europe was up. Year-on-year global yarn production was up with all regions ...
The April US contract price for acetone settled 1.25 cents ($27.56/mt) lower at 67.25 cents/lb ($1,482.59/mt), sources said Monday. Market participants expected the contract to decrease, but anticipated a 2-3 cents decline because of slow ...
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Liaoning Province-based Chinese steelmaker Anshan Iron and Steel Co. (Ansteel) has announced in its final financial report for the first quarter this year that it achieved an operating revenue of RMB 18.399 billion ($3 billion) in the given ...
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In mid-April (April 11-20) this year, the average prices of 219 mm x 6 mm seamless pipe in China were recorded at RMB 4,271.8/mt ($696.87/mt), indicating a decline of RMB 1.7/mt compared to prices in early April (April. 1-10), as announced ...
Tags: Seamless Pipe, medium plate
The Spanish textile Industry Price Index (IPRI) for the month of March 2014, registered a rise of 0.2 percent, compared to the same month last year, as per the data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE) of Spain. The IPRI ...
Tags: Textile Industry, apparel