Sentences with phrase «despite overall declines»

In 2012, Beyoncé Knowles signed an endorsement deal with Pepsi worth an estimated $ 50 million, and Justin Timberlake received an estimated $ 6 million for his involvement in the McDonald's «I'm lovin» it» tune.23, 24 In addition, beverage industry publications credit Latino rapper Pitbull's endorsement of Dr Pepper with 4.6 million advertising impressions (ie, any views or exposure to ads) and boosting Dr Pepper sales among Latinos by 1.7 %, despite overall declines in carbonated soft drink sales.25 Although this instance is anecdotal, it is important to note the industry perceives it as an example of effective celebrity endorsements.

Despite overall declines, the industry had some bright spots.

And despite the overall decline in faith, America still remains an extremely religious country: Nearly 90 percent of adults report a belief in God.

But with the exception of limited ivory sales that CITES approved in 1999 and 2008, the ban has held firm and has helped rebuild some populations despite the overall decline.

Despite this overall decline, Democrats have become dramatically more favorable toward Muslim rights since 2008.

Despite an overall decline nationally, these schools «pose a significant roadblock» in the effort to reach that landmark 90 percent graduation rate.

Despite the overall decline in enrollment, «Let's not forget that over 300 Catholic schools have opened in the last decade,» Burnford said.

Despite the overall decline in sales of hybrid cars in the US, Hyundai and Kia Motors saw cumulative sales of their hybrid models pass the 100,000 mark.

But despite an overall decline in lateral movement, there are still growing areas fueling demand for talent, according to Mark Jungers, co-founder of legal recruiting firm Lippman Jungers LLC.

Despite the overall decline in the market, Amazon's Mr. Keith says he thinks there are still opportunities for Amazon tablet sales to grow.

Despite an overall decline of 3.2 percent in sales volume in MORe's region - which includes about 200 communities in DuPage, Lake and suburban Cook counties - some municipalities, like Crete, Franklin Park and Lake Villa, saw sales more than double, according to information provided by Midwest Real Estate Data, LLC.

Not exact matches

Despite PC shipments declining in 2016, IDC said that overall fourth quarter shipment results indicate a possible PC market rebound in the New Year.

Italy, however, continued to post the steepest overall decline in May, despite registering a slower fall than in April.

During periods of decline it can be helpful to find long ideas among stocks which a) have low levels of debt, in case the market decline deepens, b) have a history of high returns on equity and investments c) have shown price momentum despite waning momentum in the overall markets.

Despite the industry decline in overall passenger car sales, the Accord remains critical to Honda's lineup.

Despite the reinforcement of optimism about overcoming poverty that many seem to derive from casual views of China, overall confidence in present policy is declining.

Value - added convenience products that appeal to consumers who lack either cooking skills or the time for traditional meat preparation fuel overall category growth despite per capita consumption declines.1

Thus, I, among a small minority on here, insist on citing these advanced metrics to prove how crucial Benzema is, despite his obvious decline in finishing and overall ability for instance.

That's particularly crucial since unranked teams have continued to be profitable in early season games despite the declining value of unranked teams overall.

Despite the rhetoric of President Obama's «pivot,» U.S. Army and Marine Corps forces in the region will merely be restored to pre-Iraq-war levels — no new permanent deployments are being contemplated — while the overall U.S. defense budget is set to decline by $ 487 billion over the next 10 years.

The analysis published Thursday by the New York City - based Osborne Association found that in the last decade, the number of inmates over 50 has increased by 46 percent despite an overall 17 percent decline in the number of people behind bars.

The overall point remains, though - Labour have been much better at winning elections recently than they were in the past, despite their declining overall vote share.

Lib Dems will be concerned at the absence of any sign in the ICM poll that their overall vote is picking up, despite the decline in Ukip support.

A comprehensive study of biodiversity indicators over the past decade [116] reveals that, despite some local success in increasing extent of protected areas, overall indicators of pressures on biodiversity including that due to climate change are continuing to increase and indicators of the state of biodiversity are continuing to decline.

Despite the fact that Detroit's population is declining overall, evidence suggests that the number of professionals in the city is only getting bigger, bolstering the Detroit singles scene.

Despite all of those well - reviewed films, however, the studio's overall average score dropped nearly six points from 2010, while its box office grosses declined slightly.

Towards an adaptive education system in Australia says that, despite individual bright spots, overall student performance is declining in international tests, and an unacceptably high number of students are not ready for life after school.

The number of students taking ICT at GCSE level increased in 2012, despite a decline in top grades for the subject and an overall decline in GCSE results for the first time in 24 years.

Toyota -9 % Despite a significant decline, the Camry -LRB--27 %) remained the number one passenger car, but it slipped to number four overall, behind the big Ram pickup.

And despite the presence of 290 tire exhibitors, including 66 first - timers, overall exhibitor attendance in the TWE declined 5.1 % from 2008.

Other news wasn't as good, with only 6.6 million Xbox consoles sold this period (which has been characterized as strong, despite representing an overall decline from the 7.4 million units moved a year earlier).

Despite the decline, manga is still huge business and overall sales amounted to 600 billion yen, which is around $ 5.34 billion US.

Kobo sales declining despite acquisitions 19 April 2018 (The Digital Reader) Kobo gained a boost in sales by taking over the customer base of German ebook platform Tolino last year but, overall, sales continue to decline.

Unfortunately, Jelly Bean's growing adoption rate was not enough to overtake the declining Android 2.3 Gingerbread's market share, where despite dropping 1.7 %, it still occupies a 38.5 % stake overall.

Despite the recent volatility and overall stock market decline in March, the Dividend Meter portfolio checks in with a gain of $ 115.60 in annual dividend income, produced by only two transactions and a dividend raise during the past month.

But the total percentage of card offers containing a 0 percent APR on purchases has declined somewhat, despite issuers mailing more offers overall.

Despite the higher annual fees and spending thresholds on some super premium credit cards, annual fees overall are declining.

This was pretty much flat compared to the ¥ 105.5 billion generated in the prior year, despite overall unit shipments declining by 0.58 million.

For the field that Square Enix defines «HD Games» (which is basically equivalent to console games) a decrease in the number of released blockbuster titles caused a decline in overall sales year - on - year, despite the launch of Dragon Quest XI for PS4 and 3DS and Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age for PS4.

But it wouldn't hurt to throw in at least a sentence noting that despite modern societies being «awash» in chemicals, childhood cancer rates aren't showing much change and overall mortality rates continue their long - term decline.

A comprehensive study of biodiversity indicators over the past decade [116] reveals that, despite some local success in increasing extent of protected areas, overall indicators of pressures on biodiversity including that due to climate change are continuing to increase and indicators of the state of biodiversity are continuing to decline.

(In the U.S., in fact, there has been a 12 % decline in overall CO2 emissions since 2005 despite the fact that the U.S population has risen by 30 million during those 10 years.

In the U.S., starting with the 1970s, the air and water quality has been dramatically improving; the number of people who smoke has dropped like a stone; the pharmaceutical / medical / health care research complex has produced wondrous solutions for communicable diseases; and yet, despite all that good news, the overall health of Americans and their lifespans have in some respects actually declined.

Yet, despite declines in overall remodeling dollars spent and a still shaky housing market, «people's homes are still one of their best, most solid investments,» notes Zuch.

The declines in Tokyo and Shanghai have pressed the overall retail rents down by 0.1 % quarter - on - quarter despite the continued support from the Pacific region.

Despite the overall drop, the component in which consumers describe jobs as «hard to get» has continued its decline, down 0.2 percent in the month.