Month: November 2024

UK SMEs, which comprise nine-tenths of the fashion industry there, are bearing the brunt of post-Brexit challenges and trade barriers, a report by the Independent Commission on UK-EU Relations says. Complicated customs...

Aramco, SASREF, and Rongsheng Petrochemical signed a Development Framework Agreement in Beijing for SASREF’s expansion in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The project, in the PREFEED stage, includes large-scale steam crackers and...

Lowe’s Companies, Inc has reported net earnings of $1.7 billion (8.41 per cent of sales) on sales of $20.2 billion, down from $1.77 billion and $20.5 billion YoY in Q3 2024. Comparable sales fell 1.1 per cent. For 9M 2024,...

UK CPI rose by 2.3 per cent in the year to October—up from 1.7 per cent in the year to September. On a monthly basis, CPI rose by 0.6 per cent in the month. The annual CPI inflation rate of apparel and footwear was 1 per cent in...