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Online Sales Fare Well in July

Aug 15, 2016

Online sales of non-food products in the UK continued to outperform the market in July, growing 11.2% YOY. This is lower than the above-trend growth of 14.7% seen in July 2015, but up from the previous month (9%) and in line with the ...

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Strong Revenue and Profit Growth for Leekes

Jun 27, 2016

Leekes Department Stores achieved growth in its financial year to 31st March, its owner achieving a £2m improvement in profitability with EBITDA profits exceeding £6m. Leekes Retail achieved 12% LFL growth in turnover up to ...

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China's Manufacturing Activity Expands Slowly

May 1, 2016

China's manufacturing activity expanded for the second month in a row in April but at a slower pace, official data showed on Sunday. The purchasing managers' index (PMI) came in at 50.1 in April, slightly down from March's 50.2 and below ...

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Chinese Consumers Less Optimistic in April

Apr 28, 2016

Chinese consumer sentiment eased slightly in April, while a range of spending gauges improved thanks to a better outlook for retail sales and consumption expenditure in general, a latest study shows. The Westpac MNI China Consumer ...

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UK House Prices to Increase by 6% in 2016

Feb 6, 2016

House prices in the UK will see an average increase of 6% over the course of next year, according to the RICS housing forecast for 2016. With house prices predicted to rise across the whole of the UK in 2016, East Anglia is continuing the ...

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China to Renovate 6 Mln Run-down Houses in 2016

Dec 29, 2015

China is set to stop construction of public rental houses and renovate 6 million run-down urban houses in 2016. The program is a crucial way of providing low-income urban residents with affordable housing. Minister of Housing and ...

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China's Property Sector Needs Gov't Support in Reducing Excessive Supply: Experts

Dec 25, 2015

International industry experts say China's property market needs more government support if excess stock in the housing sector is to be reduced. Experts say much residential housing has left empty over the past few years, creating a major ...

Tags: Property Sector, Excessive Supply

China Tackles Housing Glut to Arrest Growth Slowdown

Dec 24, 2015

China will continue to actively destock its massive property inventory over concerns that the ailing housing market could derail the economy. Along with cutting overcapacity and tackling debt, destocking will be a major task in 2016, ...

Tags: Housing Glut, Arrest Growth Slowdown

Property Market Warms as Gov't Policies Take Effect

Dec 22, 2015

China's real estate sector showed signs of warming in November as new home prices rose on a monthly basis in an increasing number of cities, buoyed by government policies. Of 70 large and medium-sized cities surveyed in November, new home ...

Tags: Property Market Warms, Gov't Policies

China's Home Inventory Suggests Further Policy Easing: Report

Dec 22, 2015

China might introduce more easing policies in 2016 to consume unsold home inventories, a report by the Bank of Communications said, despite data from Friday showing signs of a warming market. The government could further lower the minimum ...

Tags: China's Home Inventory, Further Policy

Business Optimism Wanes as Results Fail to Meet Expectations

Dec 3, 2015

Dun & Bradstreet’s latest Business Expectations Survey indicates a fairly subdued outlook for the first quarter of 2016, as results continue to fall short of expectations. As the new year approaches, businesses are reporting lowered ...

Tags: Business Expectations Index, Transport, Communication

America's GDP Growth Will Hover Just Over 3% for The Rest of The Year

Aug 3, 2015

Despite a disappointing start to 2015 with -0.2 GDP change in the first quarter, economic analysts are confident that America's GDP growth will hover just over 3 per cent for the rest of the year, says the Confederation of British Industry ...

Tags: US Economy, GDP growth

China's June PPI Down 4.8%

Jul 10, 2015

China's producer prices continue to fall in June, a sign of prolonged weakness of demand, data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed on Thursday. The producer price index, a measure of costs for goods at the factory gate, fell 4.8 ...

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China's Elevator Output Growth at a Slower Pace

Jun 29, 2015

The Chinese elevator market has been characterized by the followings since 2014: New elevator output sustained growth momentum but at a slower pace. In 2014, China’s elevator output exceeded 700,000 sets, up about 12% from a year ...

Tags: elevator market, Elevator

China to Import More Hardwood From United States

Jun 26, 2015

The export value of United States hardwood to China jumped 34 percent year-on-year in 2014 as the country increased its demand for more sustainably sourced materials for its urbanization program and for environmental projects. The value ...

Tags: Hardwood, Hardwood Products

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