Sentences with phrase «after years of sales»

Why did Christie's bring so much art to auction after a year of sales that were substantially lower than the previous peak years of 2014 & 2015?

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When T.J. Maxx and Marshalls parent TJX (tax) reported the chains» first quarterly comparable sales drop in memory in November, many observers wondered whether the off - price juggernaut was running its course after years of aggressive store expansion.

The company, with annual sales of $ 95 billion, first identified hurricane response as a strategic need after Hurricane Andrew, 25 years ago.

Hasbro CEO Brian Goldner admitted the decline in demand for dinosaur sales was a bit of a headwind in 2016, after the movie gave that company a boost last year.

After years of seeming on the verge of critical mass, ebook sales are contracting.

Today, mere months after the moms in the Dallas store told him they wanted more organic foods for their babies, Cornell has a goal: He wants organic items to account for 60 % of the company's baby food sales within two years, up from 40 % now.

It's possible to rise to this position after years of experience, but a degree or diploma in a business can help — especially if you're overseeing a large sales department.

Axovant shares tumbled another 20 % Monday after CEO David Hung, the former chief of Medivation who orchestrated the latter company's sale to Pfizer, resigned from the post after less than a year on the job.

Car dealers in Western Australia will be hoping for a pickup this year, after the release of data showing a 7.9 per cent fall in new car sales in 2015 in WA, while the rest of the nation reported its best year on record.

But after the release of the Curry 3 last year, sales of Under Armour shoes softened drastically, and customer interest in basketball shoes started to fizzle.

While the share of sales going to women - owned businesses rose over the past five years, after having declined over the previous half decade, the actual fraction remains small.

The potential investment comes after a difficult few years for Yum in China, its biggest market by sales, where a series of food - safety scandals and management mis - steps has dented its reputation with diners.

After discussing the arms sales, Trump suggested that the United States could soon extricate itself from Middle East conflicts after years of involvement in Iraq and SAfter discussing the arms sales, Trump suggested that the United States could soon extricate itself from Middle East conflicts after years of involvement in Iraq and Safter years of involvement in Iraq and Syria.

After pulling back on its holiday season hiring in anticipation of weaker sales this year, Macy's (m) said on Friday it will hire another 7,000 temporary workers, citing a strong number of shopper visits so far this Christmas period.

French firm Bouygues jumped 5.17 percent after reporting higher sales and profits in the first nine months of the year.

UP FOR SALE: After 50 years in operation, legendary music publishing magazine Rolling Stone is giving in to the pressures of the media industry.

Sales for the last quarter of 2001 were up 35 % over the same period the previous year, surpassing a projected increase of 20 %, which Marchica considers outstanding considering that his sales reps were grounded for weeks after SeptembeSales for the last quarter of 2001 were up 35 % over the same period the previous year, surpassing a projected increase of 20 %, which Marchica considers outstanding considering that his sales reps were grounded for weeks after Septembesales reps were grounded for weeks after September 11.

Greece is making its return to the market Tuesday after a three - year absence with the sale of a five - year bond.

Above all, the analysts were interested in the future of the Roll Up the Rim customer loyalty program, which cut into sales this year after odds for prize payouts were increased to 1 in 6 to celebrate the promotion's 25th anniversary.

After years of double - digit growth, Micromarketing's sales slid so badly in 2001 that McElaney grew concerned about the company's viability.

After 16 years, Dina Alker is going to put her house in Toronto up for sale Monday, joining the throngs of others in the city who have decided to downsize as a chill gripping what was once one of the hottest real estate markets in North America takes hold.

When advertisers do make sales contact, it's after an average wait of 89 days and as long as four years.

Just three years after his darkest moment in business, Bilinkis negotiated the sale of Officenet to Staples.

Those who've made the final cut — after what's typically a yearlong series of interviews that scrutinize a venture's business model, hiring practices and sales potential — have gone on to collectively create more than 225,000 jobs and generate more than $ 6 billion last year alone.

A year after he took over as head of ad sales, the magazine had gone from being $ 10,000 in debt to having $ 20,000 in the bank.

After years of losses, the company said in March it was exploring strategic alternatives, including a sale.

He says Amazon skirts state and local taxes, which is quite true: After years of resistance, Amazon collects sales tax on its own sales, but not necessarily on sales by marketplace sellers using their platform.

After reporting three straight quarters of lower year - over-year sales, Apple says it is returning to growth.

After navigating the company through its first substantial challenges (the U.S. authorities investigated Alibaba's accounting practices last year, concerned about data from its blockbuster annual sale), Tsai is making more positive headlines of late.

That same year, after exploring a sale of the company, Segal announced that he would once again step away from the business, handing the reins to his wife, Jane Silverstone Segal, now chair and CEO, and long - time company president Emilia Di Raddo.

They were debt - free, and after years of hard work, frugal living, and the sale of a previous home Tuttle had owned in England, they had a down payment ready.

After three straight years of strong sales, the US auto market enters 2018 with a sense of trepidation.

After 20 years of supplying siding, windows, and trim, and piling up $ 45 million in sales, Plymart could have afforded a private research firm.

After we've met a few times and they've done some homework that I've given them, I ask them to come up with projections of sales and expenses by month for the first year.

TPGTEX Label Solutions Inc., a Houston - based seller of label - printing software, printers and related products, got a head start on finding a new printer supplier a couple of years ago after a friendly sales representative, without going into too much detail, warned that the company's existing vendor was on rocky footing.

NEW YORK, N.Y. — The company that once offered to sell you eight CDs for 1 cent has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after almost 20 years of falling sales.

Convicted fraudster William Ardrey has been released on bail, 13 months after being sentenced to a four - year jail term, but has lost a bid to gain control of cash from the sale of a New York apartment.

The family's holdings now employ 8,000 and include the London Drugs chain — which did an estimated $ 2 billion in business last year, tripling online sales after a revamp of its website — and IGA grocery stores.

In November, Denner helped facilitate the sale of hemophilia drug maker Bioverativ, for $ 11.6 billion, to Sanofi, a little more than a year after the company was spun out of Biogen, of which Denner is a director.

After 10 years of ownership, private equity firm Sun Capital Partners is said to be considering a sale of restaurant chain Boston Market.

Small businesses were a much sought - after commodity during 2017, with the number of sales transactions rising more than 26 percent from the previous year.

IBM, after energizing its efforts to license its thousands of technology patents a few years ago, now attributes $ 1 billion a year of its corporate sales to licensing.

ZURICH, April 19 - Food group Nestle confirmed its full - year guidance after organic sales growth accelerated to 2.8 percent in the first quarter of 2018, helped by improving volumes.

Sales have been muddled in recent years and the company is in the process of remaking itself just a few years after it acquired private - label manufacturer Ralcorp for nearly $ 5 billion in early 2013.

The high - tech home monitoring device company, which was acquired this year by Google Inc. for $ 3.2 billion, halted all new sales of the alarms in April after recognizing the problem.

After its takeover of the New York Stock Exchange in 2013, Intercontinental Exchange (ice) has continued on an acquisition spree, which helped it grow sales more than 27 % last year — just the boost it needed to help it break into the Fortune 500.

Constellation's Mexican - produced beers, which it acquired in a side deal after InBev bought the international assets of Mexican brewer Grupo Modelo for $ 20.1 billion in 2013, are selling well and stealing market share in the U.S. Beer net sales at Constellation jumped 13 % for the first six months of the current fiscal year, while the company's wine and spirits unit — which includes Svedka vodka and Robert Mondavi wine — posted flat sales over the same period.

The stock posted huge gains on Wednesday after the company increased its earnings guidance and revenue forecast, saying it expected sales of as much as $ 4 billion this year, up from $ 3.3 billion in 2013.

The rest of southern Florida is seeing more stable prices and sales after a decline last year.

The owner of women's clothing chains including Dressbarn and Lane Bryant, Ascena Retail (asna) grew sales nearly 46 % last year after it acquired Ann Taylor (and the affiliated Loft) early in fiscal 2016.