The United States International Trade Administration announced that the Department of Commerce (DOC) is postponing the due date for the preliminary determination in its countervailing duty investigation of passenger and light truck tires ...
Tags: DOC, Preliminary Determination, Auto Parts
Driven by strong performances at its Anthropologie and Free People brands, NASDAQ-listed Urban Outfitters, Inc., a garment retailer was able to post record sales in the fiscal quarter ending July 31, 2014. Net sales for the second quarter ...
Tags: Urban Outfitters, Sales, Apparel
Categories such as arts and crafts are enjoying revival thanks to the latest crazes sweeping the playgrounds. Loom Bands, LEGO Minifigures and Panini cards are helping to boost traditional play, according to the latest results from NPD. ...
Tags: LEGO, Panini Cards, Toys
The young doctor is on course to break the record having garnered around $500m in sales in the US. Doc McStuffins is on course to break the record as the best-selling toy line based on an African American character, having garnered around ...
Tags: Doc McStuffins, Best-Selling Toy, Toys
Amcor's statutory profit for the year ended 30 June 2014 from continuing operations was $737.00 million, a surge in profit of 24.6% over the previous year's result - $589.20 million. Earnings per share (EPS) was boosted by 24.7% to 61.1 ...
By September 30th, new toy safety requirements for all music toys will come into effect. An amendment to the EU toy safety standard is causing reverb among toy suppliers as a new scope of testing sets out to scrutinise all musical ...
Tags: Safety Amendment, Reverb, Toys
John Lewis today announced that Lisa Williams will become head of branch at its regional flagship department store in Birmingham, and the shop will open alongside the rest of the Grand Central development in September 2015. John Lewis has ...
Tags: John Lewis, Furniture, Furnishing
Furniture was the best-performing product category in July, reporting its highest growth since January (excluding Easter distortions), according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. Although GfK’s Climate for Major Purchase ...
Tags: Sales, Furniture, Furnishing
This toy-based email/voicemail service allows parents to send messages via an app that their children then receive through a toy. Toymail, a toy-based email/voicemail service, is exclusively available to pre-order in the UK at ...
The aluminium rolling and recycling company estimated that thirsty cthe host nation purchased canned beverages in staggeringly huge amounts over the four weeks of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, representing a 35 percent increase over the same ...
Tags: World Cup, Aluminium Can, Packaging
John Lewis reports that its Home department enjoyed a superb week's trade for the week ending 5th July, with furniture being the star of the show, recording an all-time record week for the summer season. Beds in particular drove this ...
Tags: John Lewis, Trade, Furniture
For the first half of 2014, Thailand-based PTT Global Chemical Company has announced a dividend of Baht 1.37 per share to existing shareholders. The dividend payout amounts to Baht 6,191 million or 50 percent of the net profits for the ...
BOSTON – The public comment period has been extended on the Proposed Plan to clean up the Peterson/Puritan, Inc. Superfund Site, Operable Unit 2 (OU 2), located in Cumberland and Lincoln, R.I. The public comment period, which began on ...
Tags: EPA, Peterson/Puritan, Service
adidas and Bayern Munich are excited to announce the launch of the new official third jersey for the 2014/2015 season, a kit that seeks both to celebrate the club´s extraordinary legacy in the UEFA Champions League and also its unique ...
Tags: Adidas, Apparel, Accessories
As cooler-than-normal temperatures continue to keep crop stress at bay in the absence of measurable widespread rainfall in the Corn Belt over the last two weeks, Mother Nature's expected to add to the weather-based bearish pressure on the ...
Tags: Conditions, Agriculture, Food