Scratch-Offs carry New Jersey Lottery through sharp sales decline
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Lottery sales totaled $3.3 billion for the fiscal year ending Sunday, a decline of $288 million or 7.9 percent from the previous year, but still resulted in…
Dollarama beats sales estimates on strong demand for consumables
(Reuters) – Canada’s Dollarama Inc beat estimates for quarterly sales on Wednesday as surging inflation fueled demand for the discount store’s groceries and household essentials. Top North American dollar stores are seeing…
New Jersey Democrats Seek to Ban Tobacco Sales at Pharmacies
Trenton – Trenton Democrats are taking aim at tobacco sales, one of the state’s largest tax revenue money makers in an effort to ban the sale of tobacco products at all pharmacies…
Euro zone retail trade weaker than expected as food sales fall
BRUSSELS – Euro zone retail sales were much weaker than expected in April, data showed on Friday, pulled down by principally by reduced purchases of food, drinks and tobacco. The EU’s statistics…
China EV startups say May sales up, post-lockdown output constrained
(Reuters) – China’s electric vehicle start-ups reported stronger sales for May and forecast continued gains for June as supply chains and output begin to recover from the disruption of COVID-19 lockdowns in…
HK retail sales jump in April after two months of decline
HONG KONG – Hong Kong’s retail sales jumped 11.7% in April from a year earlier, ending two consecutive months of declines, with the rebound helped by a receding COVID pandemic and the…
China rushes bond sales to spur COVID-hit economy, more seen needed
By Kevin Yao BEIJING – Chinese provinces are racing to issue some $225 billion of bonds in June, frontloading investment to revive the COVID-battered economy even as policy advisers step up calls…
Spain retail sales rise 1.5% y/y in April
(Reuters) – Spanish retail sales rose 1.5% in April from a year earlier on a seasonally and calendar-adjusted basis, after falling 4.1% in March, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said on Friday.…
GAMETIME, LEADING PLATFORM FOR LAST MINUTE TICKETS, SECURES $30 MILLION IN NEW FUNDING, EXPANDING REACH AS RECORD SALES CONTINUES
Investment Will Accelerate Product & Platform Development and Focus on Growing Younger Fan Base; Signals Turnaround in Ticketing and Events Industry Estimated to Reach $54.26 Billion for Music and Sports Alone SAN…
KLM temporarily halts ticket sales for Amsterdam flights due to airport chaos
AMSTERDAM -Dutch airline KLM on Thursday said it would largely suspend sales of tickets for all flights leaving from Amsterdam Schiphol airport until Monday as the airport grapples with overcrowding due to…
U.S. pending home sales dive to two-year low in April
WASHINGTON – Contracts to buy U.S. previously owned homes dropped to a two-year low in April, the latest indication that rising mortgage rates and higher prices were dampening demand for housing. The…
Dollar Tree raises annual sales outlook
(Reuters) – Dollar Tree Inc increased its sales forecast for the year on Thursday benefiting from more Americans turning to discount stores as record high inflation depletes their spending power. The discount…
Global light vehicle sales to fall further on China lockdown – data
(Reuters) – Auto industry consultants J.D. Power and LMC Automotive on Wednesday further cut their global light vehicle sales forecast for 2022, as lockdowns in China and the ongoing war in Ukraine…
Former Sarasota Pain Doctor And Former Insys Sales Representative Convicted In Health Care Fraud Kickback Conspiracy
Tampa, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces today that a federal jury returned guilty verdicts against Dr. Steven Chun (59, Sarasota) and Daniel Tondre (52, Tampa). Both were found…
Court puts sales ban on Ford’s internet-linked cars in Germany in patent dispute
BERLIN – A German court has put a nation-wide sales and production ban on Ford cars able to establish internet connection, it said, as part of a lawsuit over the violation of…
U.S. existing home sales fall for third straight month; house prices at record high
WASHINGTON – U.S. existing home sales dropped to the lowest level in nearly two years in April as house prices jumped to a record high amid a persistent lack of inventory. Existing…
European new car sales drop tenth month in a row in April – ACEA
BERLIN – The number of new cars sold in Europe declined for the 10th month in a row as supply chain issues continue to take a heavy toll on car production, industry…
Biden Turns To Venezuelan Dictator For Oil After Canceling US Lease Sales
Biden Turns To Venezuelan Dictator For Oil After Canceling US Lease Sales Thomas Catenacci on May 17, 2022 The Biden administration is expected to soon announce it would ease sanctions on Venezuelan…
Imperial sees duty-free cigarette sales recovery as air travel returns
By Richa Naidu LONDON – Imperial Brands said on Tuesday it was starting to see some recovery of sales of cigarettes in duty-free shops at airports and in popular European holiday destinations…
Italian luxury group Zegna sees sales above 2 billion euros in mid-term
MILAN – Italy’s Zegna is aiming for revenue above 2 billion euros ($2.1 billion) in the medium term, up from the 1.29 billion euros posted last year, the fashion group said on…
Renault expects first hydrogen utility sales in Germany and Netherlands soon, executive says
PARIS – Renault hopes to receive first orders for its hydrogen-powered minibuses and vans from the Netherlands and Germany soon, the head of the company’s light commercial vehicles department told Reuters, as…
Slidell Resident Sentenced to 78 Months for Conspiring to Distribute Cocaine and Crack and For Providing an Ak-47 to a Co-Defendant that was Used to Facilitate Crack Sales
NEW ORLEANS, LA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Wendy B. Vitter sentenced LIONEL COOLEY, age 45, a resident of Slidell, Louisiana, on May, 10,…
Puffed with pride: Cuba’s legendary hand-rolled cigars post record sales in 2021
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA – Cuba’s state cigar monopoly, Habanos S.A., said on Wednesday it logged record sales of its famous hand-rolled smokes in 2021, rebounding strongly after two years of pandemic-induced…
Mester: MBS sales could mean market losses for Fed
By Howard Schneider AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. – If the Federal Reserve sells any of its holdings of mortgage backed securities it may have to do so at a loss, Cleveland Federal Reserve…
Brazil auto production up 0.4% in April, sales rise 0.3% -Anfavea
SAO PAULO – Brazilian auto industry production rose 0.4% in April from the previous month, totaling 185,449 units, automakers association Anfavea said on Tuesday. Production was down 2.9% from the same month…
Chinese autos group estimates sales skidded 48% lower in April
SHANGHAI -China’s auto association estimates that sales in April dropped 48% year-on-year, as zero COVID-19 policies shut factories, limited traffic to showrooms and put the brakes on spending. The estimate represents the…
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