Industry expands as an increasing number of Chinese people opt for healthier lifestyle Even when she was in her 20s, Tiffany Tang says she never felt so full of energy and healthy. Since starting to jog with her family and friends over ...
Tags: Fitness Sector, Exercise Equipment
The Finnish machinery and plant manufacturer Raute saw its order intake recover a little to €24m in the second quarter. The first quarter had ended with new orders valued at just €10m. The backlog of orders climbed by €3m ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Total Next Brand sales in the first half were up 2.3%, around the mid point of the +1% to +4% guidance range we issued in March. Full price sales were somewhat better than the headline figure as a result of a much smaller End of Season ...
Tags: Fashion Group, Apparel
Sausage casings manufacturer Devro has released a first half year trading update, which reports slower than expected revenue growth, with volumes up just 1%. Devro has reported slower than expected revenue growth in an interim trading ...
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Fast Retailing Group announces first half sale and income for the first half of fiscal 2013, or the six months from September 2012 through February 2013. Group Performance: The Fast Retailing Group achieved considerable gains in both ...
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Associated British Foods has forecast flat revenue from its grocery division in the first half of its fiscal year amid challenging conditions in bread markets in the UK and Australia. ABF, which owns the Kingsmill bread brand in the UK ...
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Australian pie company Patties Foods has booked a drop in first-half profits as margins were hit by increased competition. Earnings in the six months to the end of December fell 16.5% to A$9.1m (US$9.4m). Patties had forecast the fall in ...
US food group Campbell Soup Co. has recorded a drop in first-half profits as costs related to its acquisition of Bolthouse Farms hit earnings. Earnings in the six months ended 27 January fell to US$430m, a 7.3% decline on last year, the ...
Hain Celestial has booked an increase in first-half profits, which benefited from higher sales and improved margins. The company revealed yesterday (6 February) that net income for the first six months of the year rose to US$48m from ...
Tags: Hain, profits, organic food
US food manufacturer Lancaster Colony has recorded an increase in first-half profits, boosted by sales growth in both of its divisions. Earnings in the six months to the end of December amounted to US$61.9m, a 20% increase on the ...
Seafood giant Thai Union Frozen Products has recorded an increase in first-half profits. Earnings in the six-month period to the end of June amounted to BHT2.47bn (US$78.5m), a 10% increase on the prior-year period, despite a hike in raw ...
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US pasta and pesto manufacturer Armanino Foods of Distinction has booked an increase in first-half profits, boosted by higher sales. In the six months to the end of June, income from continuing operations climbed 18% to US$2.35bn, the ...
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UK retailer Waitrose has today (13 September) recorded an increase in first-half profits boosted, it said, by sales, increased efficiency and investment in convenience and online. In the six months ended 28 July, operating profit climbed ...
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US regional retailer Tops Markets has reported a half-year profit despite a fall in sales. Tops, which has over 120 stores in New York state and Pennsylvania, booked net income of US$10.1m for the 28 weeks to 14 July, compared to a $1.8m ...
Tags: Tops Markets, H1 profit, lower sales
Dutch dairy giant FrieslandCampina has booked an increase in first-half profits as sales increased despite tough conditions in Europe. Earnings in the six months to the end of June amounted to EUR138m (US$218.8m), an 8.7% increase on ...
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