Apple iPhone is not that popular in customers of Singapore and HongKong because mobile phone user’s preferences have changed and apple is subject to the success in the past. Apple fatigue, pursuit of the new and original and ...
The Ikea concern increased retail turnover in the 2011/2012 financial year (31 August) by 9.5% to €27.628bn. Adjusted for currency-exchange effects, this represented growth of 7.1%, while adjusted for selling space and ...
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Medium-sized sawmills in southern Germany were still not able to increase turnover in the final weeks of 2012. Numerous businesses accordingly claim to have closed out the 2012 financial year with losses. Many southern German sawmills have ...
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Fiat Group has acquired 6.4% of the market shares with sales of about 800,000 units in Europe in 2012. The firm sold about 65,000 vehicles in the UK in 2012, up by 10.9% compared to the 2011sales, while increasing market share by 0.2% to ...
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EMS provider Lite-On Technology will expend production capacity for camera modules by 20-30% and PC keyboards by 20% by adding equipment and increasing automation, according to company CEO Warren Chen. For the capacity expansion, Lite-On ...
As a leading manufacturer of all types of functional sportswear, the Swiss company ODLO International AG has for many years been synonymous with high-quality clothing and accessories which are optimally attuned to their respective sports ...
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A new market report titled "Antimicrobial Coatings Market - Global Industry Analysis, Market Size, Share, Trends, Analysis, Growth and Forecast, 2012 - 2018," by Transparency Market Research observes that the antimicrobial coatings demand ...
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BP on Wednesday raised its estimate of global energy demand in 2030 and predicted that shale natural gas, tight oil and biofuels will play an increasingly important role in meeting the world's energy needs. World energy demand will ...
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The Brazilian steelmakers predicted that the input costs would decrease in 2013 and the fierce price competition against the imports of steel products may be released, helping the Brazilian steel enterprises to decrease loss made in 2012. ...
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In view of increasing demand from Japan because feed-in tariff (FIT) rates will be lowered soon, Taiwan-based solar module makers plan to adjust their quotes up or down in early February, according to industry sources. At the end of the ...
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Chocolate maker Lindt & Sprüngli has reported a 7% rise in net sales for 2012 and estimated that profit margins widened during the year. For the 12 months to the end of December, Lindt reported sales of CHF2.67bn (US$2.8bn), ...
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Samsung Electronics said its operating profit nearly doubled in the fourth quarter,on strong sales of high-end smartphones and the growth of its processor business for mobile devices. The world's largest handset,memory chip and TV maker ...
Google Android was the top smartphone platform with 53.7% share Samsung was reported as the handset manufacturer with the highest market share of 26.9%, an increase of 1.2% compared to August 2012. It was followed by Apple and LG, which ...
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According to data from China Iron and Steel Association, China’s ship plate production in the first eleven months amount to 9.3377 million tonnes and marine steel coil hit 845.800 tonnes. Among them, Chongqing steel produced ...
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The carbonate water sector lost its leading position in the market for packaged water given swift growth of the still packaged water sector in the last ten years. In 2001, the carbonate water segment accounted for over 38 percent of the ...