House sales in Spain fell by 15.4 percent in August compared with a year earlier, the Spanish National Institute of Statistics (INE) reported on Monday.
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of smartphones, memory chips and flat screen TVs, said Friday that its third-quarter operating profit hit the new quarterly record high due to robust sales of its Galaxy smartphones, that offset weak performance in the consumer electronics business.
China is to launch a five-month campaign to combat illegal online drug sales. According to an official statement, drugs for the treatment of tumors, sexual dysfunction, diabetes and high blood pressure have been listed as "major targets," alongside producers of counterfeit drugs.
Chinese readers increasingly prefer foreign books in English rather than their translated Chinese versions, boosting sales of English language books in China.
Chinese readers increasingly prefer foreign books in English rather than their translated Chinese versions, boosting sales of English language books in China.
Chinese automakers have seen an extended market share slump in comparison to foreign brands, despite continuous expansion in the world's largest auto market during the first half of the year.
China's box office sales totaled 10.99billion yuan (1.79 billion U.S. dollars) in the first half of 2013, up 36.2 percent year on year, amid a surge in ticket sales for domestic films.
The total retail sales value in May, provisionally estimated at 40.6 billion HK dollars, rose 12.8 percent over a year earlier, Hong Kong Census and Statistics Department said Tuesday.
Once described as "China's Amazon," e-commerce website Dangdang.com is finding itself fighting to stay afloat due to rabid competition.
Once described as "China's Amazon," e-commerce website Dangdang.com is finding itself fighting to stay afloat due to rabid competition.
Property developers' sales will slow down, while the outlook for China's property market remains stable, Moody's Investors Service said on Wednesday in Hong Kong.
The online sales tax act is not fair and could bring damage to small enterprises and the jobs they create, said John Donahoe, chief executive officer of eBay Inc., one of the world's leading e-commerce companies, Tuesday.
New car sales in New Zealand last month surged back up to levels last seen before the global financial crisis, the Motor Industry Association (MIA) announced Monday.
Holiday shopping spree significantly boosted China's retail sales during the week-long Lunar New Year festival, data released Friday by the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) showed.
Hong Kong's total retail sales value in November 2012 rose 9.5 percent over a year earlier, the city's Census & Statistics Department announced Thursday.
Festivals have become online retailers' favorite days of the year to get sales skyrocketing in China, with tempting promotions...
The retailer said total sales revenue for the first quarter ( July 29-Oct. 27, 2012) of the 2013 financial year was 415.6 million AU dollars (431.83 million U.S. dollars), up from 414.3 million AU dollars in the same period of last fiscal year.
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