Burley Design LLC, manufacturer of child bicycle trailers, has shaken up its executive suite, promoting Frank Roome to president and Kathy Herrmann to chief operating officer. Owner Mike Coughlin remains CEO. Roome, previously vice ...
According to the preliminary data released by Statistics South Africa, in November 2012 the country's mining production decreased by 4.5 percent year on year, while the seasonally adjusted mining production index in November increased by ...
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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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Volkswagen Brazil has reported sales of 768,395 vehicles in 2012, up 10%, compared to 2011. Volkswagen Brazil president Thomas Schmall said: "In 60 years of activity in the country, we ended 2012 with expressive record sales confirming ...
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International food retailer Delhaize has reported a rise in sales for 2012, but charges and lower profits dampened its performance. Delhaize said in an interim statement today (17 January) that net sales rose by 7.7% in 2012 versus 2011, ...
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The UK's largest cash and carry wholesaler Booker Group has posted an increase in third-quarter sales, boosted by revenue growth in all its divisions. In the 16 weeks ended 4 January, total sales rose by 3.1%, while like-for-like sales ...
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Higher sugar sales and strong growth at the Primark clothes retailer helped Associated British Foods to insulate itself against tough conditions in the UK food grocery market in its first fiscal quarter. For the 16 weeks to 5 January, ...
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Thorntons missed out on the Christmas online shopping boom due to the late deployment of its new website and operational issues that “had a significant impact on sales in the period”, new figures reveal. Thorntons missed out ...
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N Brown Group plc, the online, catalogue and stores retailer, announces a trading update for the 19 weeks ended 12 January 2013.Total group revenue has increased by 8.5%. Like-for-like revenue, which excludes sales from stores opened in ...
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FY sales up 1.2% to EUR66.7bn (US$88.7bn) Momentum slows in Q4 Reconfirms EBIT guidance German retailer Metro Group has reported a slight lift in overall net sales in 2012, enabling the firm to reconfirm its operating ...
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December retail sales were up compared to November and also on an annual basis, to data released today by the United States Department of Commerce and the National Retail Federation (NRF). Commerce reported that December retail sales at ...
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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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Lifeway Foods has booked a 23% jump in fourth quarter sales, thanks to growing distribution and awareness of its Kefir, ProBugs and BioKefir lines. The company said gross sales rose to US$23m, up from $18.7m in the comparable period of ...
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Kia Motors America has sold 557,599 units in 2012, an increase of 14.9%, compared to the same period in 2011. The company claims that the sales of the US-built Optima was the best-selling vehicle every month and sold 100,000 vehicles in ...
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German sports car manufacture Porsche sold 141,075 vehicles in 2012, up 18.7%, compared to 118,868 vehicles it sold in 2011. Sales in the Asia/Pacific region increased 23.6% to 50,376 units in 2012 and sales in Europe rose 13.5% to 49,639 ...
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