As Congress considers a law requiring online retailers to collect sales taxes nationally, debate is heating up over the revenue threshold for triggering collections. The Marketplace Fairness Act, as it's named in both House and Senate ...
Tags: Online Sales, Tax Debate, gross margins
A group of U.S. senators has offered a nonbinding amendment to a fiscal year 2014 budget resolution allowing states to collect sales taxes on Internet sales and end the tax-free shopping that many shoppers enjoy online. The amendment, ...
Tags: Internet Sales, Budget Resolution, nonbinding amendment
Morrisons’ latest results reveal Britain’s fourth largest supermarket is still “in a difficult place”, as it grapples with three specific challenges, according to City analyst Investec. In addition to the problems ...
The Inditex Group’s net sales in FY2012 (1 February 2012 to 31 January 2013) rose by 16% from 2011, to 15.9 billion euros. Net income totaled 2.3billion euros, an increase of 22% from a year earlier. In constant currency terms, net ...
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The Buckle, Inc. announced that net income for the fiscal quarter ended February 2, 2013 was $61.4 million, or $1.29 per share ($1.28 per share on a diluted basis). Net income for the fiscal year February 2, 2013 was $164.3 million, or ...
Tags: Clothing Retailer, Buckle, Apparel
The practice of purchasing products online has affected packaging-appearance, structure, messaging and more. However, research and expert opinion reflects there still exists a need for packaging companies to understand the differences-and ...
Tags: purchasing products online, packaging-appearance, packaging
Since its establishment in 2007, JJ's House has been one of the most appealing online destinations for international customers searching for tailored dresses. Dedicated to providing high-quality dresses at lower prices, JJ's House has been ...
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UK like-for-like retail sales rose 2.7 per cent in February. On a total basis, sales were up 4.4 per cent, against a 2.3 per cent rise in February 2012. Excluding "distortions" caused by the timing of Easter in previous years, that's the ...
Tags: retail sector, retail, retail sales
With increasing number of image conscious people coupled with economic crisis, online sales of second-hand clothes are at an all-time high in the US. According to the First Annual Resale Report of San Francisco-based kids e-retailer ...
Tags: US, Kidswear, kids e-retailer
American Apparel, Inc., a vertically integrated manufacturer, distributor, and retailer of branded fashion-basic apparel, announced financial results for its fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2012. The Company also provided ...
Tags: American Apparel, Sales, 2012
“The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food,” an article by Michael Moss in the New York Times, lights up a lot of dark corners of the junk food industry and offers some genuinely fascinating angles on how Dr. Pepper, ...
Tags: Junk Food, food industry, US
UK upmarket retailer Waitrose has announced a multi-million pound investment that will see the launch of a drive-through click and collect service. The group said today (25 February), the first drive-through will open at Waitrose ...
Optitex will be exhibiting at NW Apparel and Footwear Materials show, which will take place March 19-20, 2013 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, OR. The show is organized by American Events, Inc., the major materials and ...
While first day sales for Microsoft's Surface RT tablet attracted a long line in Beijing back in October, demand for the device in China has been low, as shipments reached only 30,000 units during the fourth quarter, according to research ...
Tags: Microsoft, RT tablet, PC vendors
Microsoft on Friday reopened online sales for the 128GB Surface Pro after nearly a week of stock outages, telling buyers that the tablets would ship in two to three weeks. According to Microsoft's e-store, a 128GB Surface Pro ordered on ...