Leisure Trends Group will present a webinar Thursday that will include 2012 retail sales data and a look at emerging product categories, including new technologies. LTG retail analyst JJ Rudman?will present cycling retail sales data drawn ...
Tags: Transportation, Service
Moshi Monsters has generated its best sales results to date following the launch of Moshlings Series Six over Easter. Moshling sales tracked 15 per cent ahead of its previous best launch performance, while NPD data still shows the ...
Tags: Moshi Monsters, toys, toy sales
Specialty sleep sets soar when it comes to consumers' sleep satisfaction. Innerspring beds, not quite as much. In a nutshell, those are some of the key findings from a consumer survey that Furniture/Today undertook with its research ...
Tags: Bed, Light Industry
Two-store Jensen-Lewis Furniture here is the newest member of the Contemporary Design Group, the San Diego-based performance and buying group. The retailer, which opened in 1964 selling canvas sofas and chairs and quickly expanded its ...
Tags: Lewis Furniture, Furniture, Furnishing
In February 2013 compared with January 2013, the volume of retail trade fell by 0.3% in the euro area (EA17) and remained stable in the EU27, according to estimates from Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union. In January ...
Tags: Retail Trade, economy
The Australian share market dived to a two-month low today, mirroring declines in offshore markets after disappointing private-sector jobs data cast doubt on expectations of moderate growth in US non-farm payrolls data due tomorrow. ...
Tags: Market Slips, share market, RBS Morgans
The Australian dollar was trading just below its two-month high late today after government data showed retail sales surged again in February. Retail sales rose a seasonally adjusted 1.3 per cent in February from January, when they rose ...
On Tuesday, Ford Motor Company said that its US March sales were up 6 percent, the best results since May 2007, with cars even with year-ago levels, utilities up 14 percent and trucks up 6 percent. Chrysler Group extended its streak of ...
Tags: US Automakers, Mineral
Sequential Brands Group, Inc. announced that it acquired the intellectual property management company that owns two consumer lifestyle brands, Ellen Tracy and Caribbean Joe. The purchase price of the transaction was comprised of $62.3 ...
RLM Apparel Software Systems Inc. announces that men’s lifestyle design house John Varvatos Enterprises Inc. (JVE) has successfully completed implementation of its FashionManager software solution at its New York headquarters. About ...
Tags: men design, RLM Apparel, Apparel
Moss Bros Group PLC, the ‘UK’s No 1 Men’s Formalwear Specialist’, announces its Preliminary Results, covering the period from 29 January 2012 to 26 January 2013. The Group’s performance continues in line ...
Tags: Formalwear, Apparel, Apparel Industry
TradeCard, Inc. and Sourcing Journal Online have published a new special report that explores the supply chain capabilities required to meet consumer expectations in an omni-channel retail environment. The report, “Cloud Sourcing for ...
Tags: apparel, accessories, retail
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
In what was probably its final quarterly report as a standalone furniture, mattress and major appliance retailer, The Brick said sales in the fourth quarter were off slightly while profits improved slightly. Sales for the full year of ...
Tags: The Brick, Sales Decline, Furniture
The American Apparel & Footwear Association (AAFA) Board of Directors unanimously approved a new mission statement and strategic plan to guide AAFA’s priorities, operations, and accomplishments into the future. The vote, held today ...
Tags: Apparel, Footwear, Apparel Industry