Retailers, encouraged by the housing market rebound and improving sales trends, are headed to the High Point Market with fairly lengthy shopping lists and an eye on some key categories, color and style trends. For some stores, business ...
Tags: Sales Trends, Furniture, Furnishing
In Great Britain, the construction industry output volume in non-seasonally adjusted, constant (2005) prices is estimated to have decreased seven percent in February this year compared to the same month of 2012, according to a report ...
Tags: Construction Output, Mineral
The worldwide capital equipment market fell 15% last year to $36.9bn from $43.5 billion in 2011, says SEMI. SEMI expects a flat to single-digit decline trend this year and a strong recovery in 2014. ...
Tags: Capex Flat, capital equipment
Growth of apparent steel use in the CIS region is projected to slowdown to two percent this year, totaling 57.6 million metric tons, as the modest pickup in Russia is partially mitigated by declining demand in Ukraine and Kazakhstan, ...
Tags: Steel Demand, Mineral
According to the short range outlook of the World Steel Association (worldsteel) for 2013 and 2014, worldsteel Economics Committee revised down its global apparent steel consumption growth forecast to 2.9 percent from its October 2012 ...
Tags: steel, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Increased spending in NAND and flash by Micron, LEDs by Philips and Osram, and continued investments by GLOBALFOUNDRIES will create new opportunities for equipment and materials suppliers in Southeast Asia. These trends will be explored at ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, semiconductor
US-based automobile manufacturer Ford Motor has unveiled the special edition F-150 SVT Raptor off-road pickup truck. The truck is powered by a 6.2L V8 engine paired to an electronic six-speed automatic transmission that generates an ...
Tags: Ford, SVT Raptor, Auto
Some vacuuming tasks like spilled Cheerios or the dirt the dog dragged in are too small to break out the big upright or canister vacuum. And for homeowners tight on storage space, a smaller vacuum may be all you can accommodate. That's why, ...
Tags: handheld vacuums, vacuums
Though the tech IPO market has gone from a boil to a simmer, some companies in areas such as big data and cloud-related technology are plunging in. Just this week, business intelligence software provider Tableau Software and cloud-based ...
Tags: tech IPO market, tech IPO
Approximately 94% of equipment finance industry professionals believe the business conditions will improve or remain the same in the next four months, according to the results of a recent survey. The Equipment Leasing and Finance ...
Approximately 94% of equipment finance industry professionals believe the business conditions will improve or remain the same in the next four months, according to the results of a recent survey. The Equipment Leasing and Finance ...
Japanese carmaker Nissan is planning to recall 2,180 units of the NV Vans and the Titan pickup trucks, over the problems with the gear shift levers. The recall affects 1,760 units of the 2013 model year Nissan NV cargo vans and 420 units ...
Tags: Nissan, NV Vans, Titan Trucks
Expedia.com today announced the addition of a set of robust, visual mobile itineraries capabilities to its award-winning Expedia mobile app. Because the itinerary is connected to the traveler's Expedia itinerary, the mobile app gives the ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, computer, software, Electronics
Monterey Mills — a Janesville, Wis.-based high-pile knitting manufacturer and paint roller fabric supplier — has received the American Brush Manufacturers Association's William Cordes Innovation Award in recognition of its ...
Tags: Monterey Mills, National Award, Textile
Despite some austerity measures, recent trends suggest a reason for optimism for the U.S. economy and its manufacturing sector. The quarterly Manufacturers Alliance for Productivity and Innovation (MAPI) U.S. Industrial Outlook, a report ...