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Home Retail Group Result 06/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Home Retail Group, owner of UK retailer Argos, reported a 1% increase in like for like sales last year to £5.7 billion ($8.7 billion), while Argos’ sales were 0.6% higher, accounting for £4.1 billion …

Tags:Argos| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Radiant-Opto, Coretronic See Sales Drop YoY

by Helen Vince

Taiwan’s major backlight unit (BLU) manufacturers reported year on year declines in sales in April, with Radiant falling 9.6% to NT$3.2 billion ($104.3 million) and Coretronic dropping 19.6% to NT$5.5 billion ($179.6 million). For …

Tags:Coretronic| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Radiant| Vol 22 - Issue 20

Global Mobile Phone Shipments Reach 445 Million Units in Q1 2015

by Helen Vince

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, global mobile phone shipments grew 8 percent annually to reach 445 million units in the first quarter of 2015. Apple was the star performer, as it …

Tags:Apple| Nokia| Samsung| Smartphone Market| Worldwide

Samsung Q1 Net Profit Down 39%

by Helen Vince

As expected, Samsung Electronics reported a 38.8% year on year drop in net profit in the first quarter of the year to KRW4.6 trillion ($4.3 billion), from KRW7.6 trillion ($7.1 billion) in Q1 of …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 22 - Issue 18

NEC Result 29/04/2015

by Helen Vince

NEC Corporation has released its fourth quarter and full year results, posting a 14.3% drop in net profit to ¥34.5 billion ($289.5 million) from ¥48.8 billion ($409.5 million) in Q4 of the previous year, …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| NEC| Vol 22 - Issue 18

LG Electronics Result 29/04/2015

by Helen Vince

LG Electronics recorded a net profit in the first quarter of the year of KRW38.4 billion ($35.7 million), which was 58% lower than last year’s Q1 net profit of KRW93 billion ($86.5 million) though …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| LG Electronics (LGE)| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Canon Result 29/04/2015

by Helen Vince

In the first quarter of the year, Canon Inc recorded a net profit of ¥33.9 billion ($285 million) on turnover of ¥857.4 billion ($7.2 billion), which compares with a Q1 net profit a year …

Tags:Canon| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Apple Result 29/04/2015

by Helen Vince

Apple’s second quarter net profit improved 32.3% to $13.5 billion from $10.2 billion in Q2 of last year, while turnover climbed 27.2% to $58 billion from $45.6 billion. In the first six months of …

Tags:Apple| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Skyworth to Buy Metz TV Business

by Helen Vince

German premium TV company Metz has agreed a deal with China’s Skyworth, which will take over the ailing company at the beginning of June. Metz said that Skyworth will maintain its production and development …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mergers & Acquisitions| Skyworth| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Mitsubishi Result 30/04/2015

by Helen Vince

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation has released its full year results, posting a net profit for the year of ¥234.6 billion ($1.9 billion) on turnover of ¥4.3 trillion ($36 billion), which compares with a net profit …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mitsubishi| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 18

Corning Result 06/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Corning Inc. recorded a first quarter net profit of $407 million on turnover of $2.26 billion, which compares with a net profit in Q1 of the previous year of $301 million on turnover of …

Tags:Corning| Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| Vol 22 - Issue 19

Panasonic Result 06/05/2015

by Helen Vince

Panasonic Corporation has released its results for the year, recording a 49% year on year increase in net profit to ¥179.5 billion ($1.5 billion) from ¥120.4 billion ($1 billion) in the previous year, on …

Tags:Financial Data| Large Display Monitor| Panasonic| Vol 22 - Issue 19