SHENZHEN, CHINA – MAY 3: The national flag of China flies on a flagpole near a construction site with tower cranes and a high-rise building under development on May 3, 2026, in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images China’s retail sales fell for the first time in more…
South Africa’s electric vehicle market is growing quickly, albeit off a very small base. Battery-electric vehicle sales rose 96% year on year in the first quarter of 2026, according to Naamsa – the Automotive Business Council, almost doubling on the same period in 2025 as record fuel prices push more buyers to reconsider how they…
TVSM HLX 5 Million Celebration – Director & CEO KNR and President of IB Peyman Kargar TVS Motor Company (TVSM), part of TVS VENU, is a global leader in the two and three-wheeler segments, today announced that its globally trusted commuter motorcycle brand, TVS HLX series, has crossed the significant milestone of five million sales…
The Foschini Group’s online business was one of the few bright spots in a bruising financial year, with its Bash platform driving a 49.2% surge in e-commerce sales across its South African operation even as group profit slumped and the retailer took R1-billion in write-downs against its offshore brands. TFG, the JSE-listed owner of brands…
Tertius Zitzke 4Sight Holdings has reported a sharp lift in earnings for the year to 28 February 2026 – but the JSE-listed group’s segmental data complicates the AI-led growth story it is pushing. Revenue rose 16.3% to R1.16-billion, operating profit climbed 45.8% to R71.7-million and headline earnings per share grew 46.1% to 10.732c. Basic EPS…
A few months into its global release, the Samsung Galaxy S26 series is outperforming original market projections, though early data suggests that a higher entry price may be tempering its long-term momentum. Read: Bandwidth Blog & Smile 90.4FM Tech Tuesday: AI trends shifting! According to a newly released report from Counterpoint Research, global sales for…
People walk past a sign for Novo Nordisk’s annual general meeting at the entrance to the venue in Copenhagen, Denmark, March 26, 2026. Tom Little | Reuters Novo Nordisk hiked its annual profit guidance on Wednesday, as the drugmaker said its Wegovy weight-loss pill performed better than expected in the first three months of the…
A PopMart Labubu The Monsters doll hangs from an influencer’s handbag during a press preview outside an AliExpress pop-up store in London, Britain, Nov. 11, 2025. Isabel Infantes | Reuters Pop Mart shares lost more than a fifth of their value on Wednesday, as concerns over the sustainability of the company’s Labubu plushies-driven growth overshadowed…
Rimini Street Wins Multiple Stevie® Awards for Sales & Customer Service Excellence Rimini Street, Inc. (Nasdaq: RMNI), the Software Support and Agentic AI ERP Company™, and the leading third-party support provider for Oracle, SAP and VMware software, today announced wins in three categories of the 20th annual Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. This…
U.S. Treasury yields fell on Tuesday after the latest retail sales report missed expectations. The benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was more than 5 basis points lower at 4.145%, while the 30-year Treasury yield dropped more than 6 basis points to 4.787%. The 2-year Treasury note yield was down more than 3 basis points at 3.452%. One basis point is equivalent to…
