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Santa's Sleigh Brings Restored Order to SMEs
Dec.14,2012
Jiang Kexing, the manager of Zhejiang Hongxu Trading Co Ltd in Yiwu, Zhejiang province, didn't need the official PMI data to tell him business outlook was improving.Read More + -
Consumer Confidence Index jumps nine points in September
Oct.15,2012
NEW YORK ― Consumer confidence rebounded in September as the widely watched Consumer Confidence Index increased to 70.3.Read More + -
Canadian Consumer Confidence Rebounding, TNS Canada Reports
Oct.15,2012
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Business Success in the US
Oct.15,2012
Hot Trends in the U.S. Housewares Market Despite the economic downturn, North America remains one of the largest markets for ‘housewares’ in the world. According to the most recent estimatesRead More + -
NRF Forecasts Holiday Sales Increase
Oct.15,2012
WASHINGTON - Holiday sales are looking good and are expected to increase by 4.1 percent to $586.1 billion according to the National Retail Federation (NRF)Read More + -
Home Accents Today's Consumer Report for 2012
Oct.15,2012
Consumers choose product by style, price, comfort. Style trumps everything else, according to consumers. In fact, 93% choose home furnishings based on a product's style and design. That's one of the key findings from Home Accents Today and New York-based Apartment Therapy's exclusive 2012 survey.Read More + -
Color Trends for Fall 2013 Home Interiors and Decorations
Oct.15,2012
Fall has brought new themes and selling points for products in home sector. In this forecast, we bring to you the latest trends in home interiors and decorations, to show you this special and different season. We are looking at hot themes such as the fall seasonRead More + -
Halloween Decoration
Oct.15,2012
Halloween, also known as All Hallows' Eve, is a yearly holiday observed around the world on October 31, the eve before the Western Christian feast of All Hallows. According to some scholars, All Hallows' Eve initially incorporated traditions from pagan harvest festivals and festivals honoring the dead, particularly the Celtic Samhain; other scholars maintain that the feast originated entirely independently of Samhain.Read More + -
There’s No Spooking Spending as Seven in 10 Americans Plan to Celebrate Halloween This Year
Oct.15,2012
A record 170 million people plan to celebrate Halloween this year, according to NRF’s 2012 Halloween consumer spending survey conducted by BIGinsight. Seven in 10 Americans (71.5%) will get into the haunting Halloween mood, up from 68.6 percent last year and the most in NRF’s 10-year survey history. Consumers are expecting to spend more tooRead More + -
Pantone's 2013 Color Trends for Home Furnishings and Interior Design
Oct.15,2012
Pantone LLC, an X-Rite company and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, has released PANTONE? VIEW home + interiors 2013Read More +