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<title>NPD Releases Global Sports Market Estimate</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180232800</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 20:54 GMT</pubDate>
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...  --------- -------- ----------- ------------ MIDDLE EAST + AFRICA 1% 14% 15% 15% 12% 12% -------------------  ...  provider of reliable and comprehensive consumer and retail information for a wide range of industries.  ...  of industries. Today, more than 1,600 manufacturers, retailers, and service companies rely on NPD to  ...
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<title>Quality coffee takes more than an instant</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180221325</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 19:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Monmouth Street, WC2. 020 7379 3516 &amp;ndash; retail coffee sales and a small caf. The  ...  mainly grown in Central and South America, Africa and Indonesia. There are two kinds, robusta  ...  a long smooth finish. Relatively cheap. Africa: Kenya, Zambia, Ethiopia The birth place of all  ...
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<title>Worldwide PC Market grew 16% in second quarter of 2008; Post Olympic blues unlikely to hit China&apos;s PC industry</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180198773</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 07:35 GMT</pubDate>
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...  shipments in EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) reached 23.1 million units in the second  ...  vendors to shift increasing inventory levels in retail channels. Shipment growth was strong across all  ...  Olympic blues unlikely to hit China&apos;s PC industry With total Olympic investment approaching US$40 billion,  ...
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<title>Barnes &amp; Noble Exclusive: Lucy Woodward Is... Hot And Bothered</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180179160</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 05:10 GMT</pubDate>
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...  are very excited to be the exclusive retailer of Is...Hot and Bothered,&quot; said Steven Scott,  ...  her to tour internationally throughout Asia, Europe, Africa and South America. She earned a BMI  ...  for the children of the villages of Kenya. She was invited recently to perform benefits  ...
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<title>Uganda: Islamic Bank to Start Operations Soon</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180174703</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 04:46 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Islamic bank in Uganda basing service delivery on Sharia compliance and the second in East Africa after Gulf Africa Bank - set up in Kenya in 2007 - with a vision to expand within the East and Central Africa  ...
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<title>Riyad Bank Signs for Collections HealthCheck</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180170012</link>
<pubDate>25 Jul 2008 04:36 GMT</pubDate>
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...  loans portfolios. Riyad Al-Zahrani, Senior Vice President, Retail Banking at Riyad Bank, states, We are  ...  Fair Isaac alliance partner for the Middle East Africa region and from offices in Cape Town,  ...
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<title>Japanese manufacture invests in local automotive sector</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180143996</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 23:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a local operation in Suzuki Auto South Africa (Sasa) in a R106-million local automotive market  ...  unique and highly competitive South African motor industry, and we came to the conclusion that  ...  Charl Timms says that Suzuki aims to retail about 2 700 cars in its first  ...
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<title>Pricing for the Future</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180141338</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 22:57 GMT</pubDate>
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...  across a number of global markets, from retail in North America to the tourism industry in South Africa. Local tourism industry figures in Cape Town  ...  business to other African destinations, such as Kenya . Local tourism representative Lynne Brown even  ...
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<title>Columbia Sportswear Company Reports Second Quarter 2008 Results</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180136671</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 22:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  of the company&apos;s planned incremental marketing and retail expansion investments on the quarter&apos;s operating results.  ...  percent growth in the Europe, Middle-East &amp; Africa region (EMEA) to $63.4 million, 20 percent  ...  levels and tighter credit markets have caused retailers to request unusual and unpredictable levels of  ...
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<title>Columbia Sportswear has Q2 loss</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=180133684</link>
<pubDate>24 Jul 2008 21:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  percent across Europe, the Middle East and Africa and 20 percent in Latin America and  ...  about $2.60 to $2.70. &quot;The current weak retail environment is significantly affecting our business and  ...  levels and tighter credit markets have caused retailers to request unusual and unpredictable levels of  ...
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