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Russia's crisis produces a paradox: surging luxury car sales
2016-02-02 18:02:31| Auto Dealers - Topix.net
It seems something of a paradox; while mass-market car sales in the country have tumbled along with the rouble and oil prices, one area is bucking the trend - luxury cars. "It's bizarre," said IHS Automotive analyst Tim Urquhart.
The stock-out paradox persists despite ubiquitous data
2015-08-28 14:31:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Despite living in the 'golden age of data,' with retailers having access to unprecedented levels of information on shopping behaviour and trends, their planning and prediction efforts are still failing to meet consumer demand, a new survey suggests. And the problem seems to be most acute in fashion and footwear.
The stock-out paradox persists despite data overload
2015-08-28 14:31:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Despite living in the 'golden age of data,' with retailers having access to unprecedented levels of information on shopping behaviour and trends, their planning and prediction efforts are still failing to meet consumer demand, a new survey suggests. And the problem seems to be most acute in fashion and footwear.
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A big, sweet paradox: is sugar really to blame for obesity?
2015-07-27 09:06:36| Sugar Industry News
Our sugar consumption is significantly declining, a controversial new paper shows. "Sugar consumption in Australia appears to have been relatively stable in the three decades following the end of World War II but since the late 1970s, there has been a substantial decline," author Bill Shrapnel said. "To put the decline in consumption into context, by 2011, Australians were each consuming 8.3 kilograms or 39.5 cups of sugar less per year compared to 1970."
Climate change paradox: Rainforests are being felled... world is getting greener
2015-04-05 22:55:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The dramatic demise of the worlds rainforests has caused concern for years while they have been chopped down at breakneck speed to grow crops and rear cattle yet the planet has actually become greener in the past decade, with the total amount of plant coverage soaring. The rise in vegetation is the result of a major tree-planting campaign in China and unintentional increases in grasslands and non-tropical forests in former Soviet states, Australia and Africa, as heavy rainfall and abandoned...
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