Marks & Spencer's (M&S's) food business delivered a "commendable" performance for the 26 weeks to September 28, according to City analysts M&S's food business delivered 'a commendable performance', said City analyst Shore Capital Shore ...
Tags: Agriculture, Food
British Retail Consortium released its UK statistical data related to the retail sector. Summary - Footfall in September was 2.4% lower than a year ago, down on the 0.9% fall in August. This compares with particularly strong figures a ...
Tags: retail sector
As of October 7, inventory of iron ore at 25 major Chinese ports amounted to 73.27 million mt, indicating an decrease of just 58,000 mt or 0.08 percent week on week, as announced by China's Xinhua News Agency. As of the given date, the ...
Tags: Iron Ore, Chinese Ports
Bakery retailer Greggs has provoked cautious optimism from analysts over its latest quarterly trading update, with signs of a recovery in like-for-like sales. Analyst Sahill Shan at N+1 Singer stated the third quarter update signalled the ...
Tags: Greggs, Cautious Optimism
Global insurance market Lloyd's has posted a profit of $2.1bn for the six-month period ended on 30 June 2013, compared to $2.4bn recorded during the corresponding period last fiscal. Gross written premium increased by 4.9% to $23.9bn from ...
Retail sales increased in the month of August but came in at a much slower pace than anticipated. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF) – the world’s largest retail trade association – August retail sales ...
Tags: Sporting goods
Retail sales increased in the month of August but came in at a much slower pace than anticipated. According to the National Retail Federation (NRF) – the world's largest retail trade association – August retail sales (excluding ...
Tags: Apparel, Accessories
The Cato Corporation reported sales for the four weeks ended August 31, 2013 of $59.2 million, a 5% decrease over sales of $62.1 million for the four week period ended August 25, 2012. Same-store sales in August were down 2% to the prior ...
Tags: Apparel Retailer
The jam-packed VMworld show this week in San Francisco has been VMware's launchpad for flights deeper into storage, an area that the company thinks is due for more virtualization. While VMware's new NSX network hypervisor has sent ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
New Look Retail Group Limited announces results for the first quarter for the 13 weeks ending 29 June 2013. Highlights: - Group Sales +4.9% - Group Like-for-Likes +0.3% - New Look Brand Like-for-Likes +1.0% - Online Sales +78.7% ...
Tags: New Look, Retail Group
Veeco Instruments Inc.is providing select financial metrics and business highlights for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. Due to the accounting review announced on November 15, 2012, the Company is unable to report revenue and earnings ...
Retail sales data for the month of June from the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF) showed relatively positive traction on the consumer spending front despite tailing off at the end of the second ...
Tags: economy
Analysts remain skeptical that Microsoft's relaunch of Windows 8 and the free upgrade to Windows 8.1 will translate into increased PC and tablet sales in the second half of the year. "[Windows 8.1] is unlikely to have a major impact [on] ...
China's venture capital (VC) market continued to improve after last year's retreat, with the number of deals signed growing in the second quarter. Eighty-nine VC deals were disclosed during the April-June period, which was 20.3 percent ...
Tags: Venture Capital Market
Retail sales showed positive momentum to varying degrees in May, according to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported that May retail sales at $421.1 ...