US-based snacks company Hostess Brands is launching new cakes to cater to customers’ sweet tooth this holiday season. Hostess is introducing Peppermint Ho Hos, which is a layer of chocolate cake rolled with a creamy ...
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"Our current momentum continues with margins steadily improving, product innovation across a strong portfolio of brands delivering higher profitability, and more efficient operations." Jakks Pacific has reported its financial results for ...
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It’s a long way from New York’s Madison Avenue advertising agencies to Gaborone, but for Botswana a lot is riding on the success of the ad campaign De Beers will launch in the coming weeks. Like oil-exporting countries now ...
Exports of readymade garments from Bangladesh registered double-digit decline in the first month of financial year 2015-16, according to the latest government data. In July 2015, Bangladesh earned $2.215 billion in garment exports, ...
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The Hurun Luxury Consumer Price Index, an annual study that gauges levels of top-end individual spending in China, has contracted for the first time in eight years. The LCPI 2015 dropped 1.8 percent year-on-year, said wealth researcher ...
Worldwide PC shipments are expected to fall by 6.2% in 2015 according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. This will be the fourth consecutive year of declining volume as the PC market continues to struggle with competition from ...
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Ireland-based recycling body Repak is urging consumers to recycle the waste that is generated during Easter celebrations, including the aluminium made chocolate wrappers. Repak's statistics on Ireland's Easter habit revealed that the ...
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Visa Inc, the world's largest credit and debit card company, reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday due to a good holiday season and a strengthening U.S. job market that encouraged people to spend. The company said ...
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AVX Corporation (NYSE:AVX) today reported preliminary unaudited results for the third quarter ended December 31, 2014. Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, John Gilbertson, stated, “The quarter was not as active as last year as ...
True Fit, a retail SaaS company, which helps consumers find apparel and footwear styles that fit and flatter said, it reported a strong growth in 2014 and also received $15 million in equity funding. In 2014, True Fit said it doubled the ...
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Axalta Coating Systems chose this past holiday season as an opportunity to give back to its Philadelphia hometown community. The Axalta Industrial Coatings team came together to help combat hunger by donating their time to its local hunger ...
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Supporting some upbeat holiday forecasts, Zumiez and Pacific Sunwear of California both raised fourth-quarter guidance after reporting healthy comps in December. A few department stores also showed above-plan performances although both ...
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Worldwide PC shipments totaled 83.7 million units in the fourth quarter of 2014, a 1% increase from the fourth quarter of 2013, according to Gartner. These results indicate a slow, but consistent improvement following more than two years of ...
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Total holiday retail sales, which include November and December sales, increased 4 percent to $616.1 billion, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. The results were just shy of the National Retail Federation's projected forecast of 4.1 ...
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Mixed bag of results in toy giant's YTD financial results with net sales down domestically but international increase. Toys R Us Inc. is ‘pleased with its efforts to strengthen and transform’ its business as year-to-date ...
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