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Shopper Numbers Down 4% on High Streets Across The UK
Dec 15, 2014Footfall in November was 2.4% down on a year ago, down on the 0.8% fall in October and below the three-month average of a 1.4% decline, reports the latest BRC/Springboard Footfall Monitor, which covers the four weeks to 29th November 2014. ...
Tags: Footfall, free car parking, Furniture
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Chinese Steelmakers Eyes on Overseas Markets
Nov 10, 2014Although dwindling domestic demand and excess capacity have shrunk profit margins for most Chinese steelmakers, it has inspired some to tap overseas markets for sustained, long-term growth. Hebei Iron &Steel Co, China's second-largest ...
Tags: Chinese Steelmakers, Iron, Steel
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Comazo GmbH + Co Have Managed to Combine Tradition and Innovation with Experience
Apr 26, 2014Since the worldwide structural shift in the textile industry, only a handful of companies remain in the former textiles heartland of the Swabian Alb. One of these companies is the Albstadt-based underwear manufacturer Comazo GmbH + Co. KG, ...
Tags: Apparel
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Lenovo Is Leading The World PC Market with Solid Growth in Shipments
Apr 14, 2014Lenovo is leading the world PC market with solid growth in shipments across the first quarter of the year, according to Gartner. All of the top five vendors, except Acer, registered year-on-year shipment growth, with the top three vendors ...
Tags: Computer Products, Lenovo, PC Market, PC
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Gasoil Demand Is Down a Quarter This Winter Amid Mild Weather
Feb 26, 2014Gasoil demand from Belgium, France, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland -- the main consumption centers in Northwest Europe -- is down a quarter this winter amid mild weather and a longer-term shift away from the product, traders said Monday. ...
Tags: Gasoil demand, Mineral
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The Flight to Low-Risk Deposits Continues
Oct 29, 2013Given that European households have deposits worth an impressive EUR 8.5 trillion, deposits are one of the cornerstones of the EU economic system. This represents one-third of total financial assets. Despite negative real returns in most EU ...
Tags: Deposits Business, European Banks
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Australia's Seasonally Adjusted Unemployment Rate Remained Steady at 5.7% in July
Aug 8, 2013Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained steady at 5.7 per cent in July, as announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today. The ABS reported the number of people employed decreased by 10,200 to 11,653,200 ...
Tags: Service, Unemployment Rate
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Supermarket Morrisons Has Agreed a Partnership with The Online Distribution Business Ocado
May 20, 2013Supermarket Morrisons has agreed a partnership with the online distribution business Ocado – including the acquisition of its distribution centre – in a deal that will see deliveries to customers start by January 2014. ...
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CSR Announces a Restructure of Viridian's Glass Operations and Provided a Trading Update
Mar 14, 2013CSR Limited (CSR) announced today a restructure of Viridian’s glass operations and provided a trading update for the year ending 31 March 2013. Restructure of Viridian CSR’s review of Viridian has concluded that, during the ...
Tags: CSR Limited, Viridian, glass operations, 2013
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Apple Sold About The Same Number of Macs in 2012's Fourth Quarter
Jan 17, 2013Not immune to sluggish sales, Apple sold about the same number of Macs in 2012's fourth quarter as it did during the year-earlier period, research firm IDC has estimated. IDC projected Mac sales in the U.S. last quarter at 2.03 million, ...
Tags: Apple, Macs, sales, company news
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The Continuing Decline in PC Sales Worldwide Potends a "Structural Shift" in The Market
Jan 16, 2013The continuing decline in PC sales worldwide potends a "structural shift" in the market for personal computing devices, says Gartner. Gartner Monday reported that fourth quarter shipments of personal computers were nearly 5% less than in ...
Tags: PC sales, computing device, computer
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The Market for Personal Computing Devices Is Enduring a "Structural Shift"
Jan 16, 2013The market for personal computing devices is enduring a “structural shift”, which can be seen in the continuing decline of PC sales, Gartner reported on Monday. The research firm said that fourth quarter shipments of personal ...
Tags: personal computing devices, structural shift, PC sales