Sentences with phrase «last year the supply»

Last year the supply of bargain - basement, foreclosure homes shrank, as banks temporarily stopped trying to repossess properties to review possible paperwork errors.

Not exact matches

* Philippines was top nickel ore supplier to China last year.

This is the only time of year The Tie Bar puts its already affordable products on sale, so you'll want to take advantage while supplies last.

In other words, if the company notices a shift in local consumer tastes, it can fire off a batch of new garb from a nearby factory and get product on shelves many months faster than the old way — a supply chain triumph given that Levi works two years in advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six months.

St. Louis - based Anheuser - Busch, the largest U.S. brewer, said earlier this month it had cut its water use by 32 per cent in the last five years by sponsoring preservation initiatives in water basins critical to its breweries, and by installing U.S. Department of Agriculture real - time weather and crop water - use data meters on suppliers» farms.

To realize his vision, Katzenberg has been pitching two different constituencies: myriad tech and telco giants he could partner with to bring the content to the masses and the biggest producers capable of supplying content.When he shared his vision exclusively with Variety last year, he was seeking $ 2 billion to fund the venture.

News of a possible disruption in Sriracha supply terrified the sauce's devotees around the world, who bought 20 million bottles of the stuff last year.

In fact, last year the government added one such credit — for teachers» classroom supplies — while dropping four as of Jan. 1 2017, including the children's fitness and arts credits, as well as the education and textbook credits for students.

OFFICE school supply companies are experiencing huge growth despite the collapse last year of Wooldridges, with national stationery supplier OfficeMax Australia due to open a new distribution centre n

Sometimes it's an obvious misstep — bankrupt airbag supplier Takata ranked last in the Harris poll this year after the largest recall in the history of the auto industry (and 22 deaths due to the company's products).

This energy consulting company, which works with businesses to manage energy use and supply tailored renewable solutions, had just six employees as of last year — but made a whopping $ 5.1 million in revenue.

Just last year, the long - established American office supplies company United Stationers changed its name to Essendant.

That last line is key: «Increased bank reserves held at the Fed don't necessarily translate into more money or cash in circulation, and, indeed, broad measures of the supply of money have not grown especially quickly, on balance, over the past few years.»

Another example: On a trip to Guatemala last year — Liu frequently travels to source countries to meet with suppliers — he struck up a conversation with an older American gentleman while having dinner.

«We did face supply chain challenges last year, but the full - price channels in North America are now clean,» Edwards said in emailed answers to questions from Reuters, referring to new stock that would not have to be discounted.

Later last year, she hired a director of supply chain management from Apple.

While industry analysts aren't calling for sharply higher prices, they say the market is vulnerable to more erratic pricing because global supply has drained dramatically over the last year as demand has grown.

Last week, Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi cut his fiscal - year earnings - per - share estimate for Apple based on his team's analysis of supply - chain companies that «increasingly point [ed] to weakness.»

The company added 90,000 supplier and manufacturer jobs last year, increasing the total number to 450,000.

Last week, Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi cut his fiscal - year earnings - per - share estimate for Apple based on his team's analysis of supply chain companies that «increasingly point [ed] to weakness.»

The county seat of Greeley sold 1,575 acre - feet of water last year to contractors that supply fracking companies, and made about $ 4.1 million.

Alcoa, in particular, likely suffered from plummeting aluminum prices due to huge supply in China last quarter and is expected to report profit declines from a year earlier.

Gilles Labbe, the former head of aerospace cluster Aero Montreal and CEO of F - 35 supplier Heroux - Devtek (TSX: HRX), last year warned that thousands of jobs would be at risk if lead manufacturers Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman remove work destined to be completed in Canada by members of the global supply chain.

Franco, in fact, joined FFD last year specifically to help the company make connections with suppliers that are prepared to accept the firm's growth strategy.

The supply issues may seem like flashbacks to last year, when Nintendo's NES Classic Edition was even more elusive.

Over the last few years, Apple has sold out of its initial supply soon after pre-orders have gone up.

Last year Lomiko Metals (TSXV: LMR), based in Surrey, B.C., partnered with New York — based Graphene Laboratories to create a graphene supply chain starting at Lomiko's Quatre Milles property northwest of Montreal.

Sales at building materials and garden equipment suppliers fell 2.2 percent, the weakest reading since May last year.

Apple added Intel as a modem supplier for some iPhones last year.

But vacation home sales tanked last year as demand outstripped the supply of available homes, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the NAR.

Last year, Saudi Arabia pledged billions of dollars of investments in projects in Indonesia and Malaysia to secure long - term oil supply deals.

Larger rival Home Depot Inc raised its full - year forecasts last week after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma spurred demand for emergency supplies and rebuilding materials even as the retailer benefits from a multi-year recovery in the housing market.

«In the last year, we sold over 50,000 units, putting our international supply chain and the scalability of our product to the test,» she ways.

Last year, Flirtey made the first Federal Aviation Administration - approved drone delivery in a rural area by dropping off emergency supplies to a health clinic in Virginia.

But late last year, a Chinese TV report said some of the company's suppliers were giving chicken unapproved levels of antibiotics.

LONDON, April 23 - Aluminium rose back towards last week's seven - year high on Monday, driven by concerns that U.S. sanctions on Russian producer UC Rusal could disrupt supply.

«In addition to Canada's 270 percent tariff on milk, a program called the «Class 7» pricing program, a market - distorting supply management system, has caused severe pain to New York dairy producers like Avon's Anderson Farm and their fellow Upstate Niagara Co-Op dairies since it came into force last year,» Schumer said earlier this week.

After initial talks with Summit last year, Halliburton shifted its focus to reaching an agreement with Novomet Oil Services Holdings, a Russian supplier of electric submersible pumps that has operations in about 17 countries.

Facebook posts, by contrast, typically reach only 16 percent of their audience, according to data supplied by Facebook last year.

Panera (PNRA), meanwhile, generated headlines last year as it took a big step toward reducing the use of antibiotics and confinement of animals in its supply chain.

The IEA also said supply from producers outside of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), led by the United States, will grow by 1.8 million bpd this year versus an increase of 760,000 bpd last year.

The main price driver has been an OPEC - led supply cut from major oil - producing group OPEC, which started to withhold output in January last year.

When Tim Hortons announced your appointment last year, the media described you as a seasoned executive from the supply side of the food business.

The coal miner has been hurt as the world has turned to more environmentally - friendly energy sources such as natural gas — a trend that has accelerated in the last few years as gas prices have come down substantially due to surging supply from the U.S. fracking boom.

Last year Life Is Good was among REI's top 50 best - selling suppliers, out of 1,500, and one of 15 nominated by management for Vendor of the Yyear Life Is Good was among REI's top 50 best - selling suppliers, out of 1,500, and one of 15 nominated by management for Vendor of the YearYear.

Like last year, retailers including Amazon and market leader Tesco, are stretching promotions by up to two weeks, hoping to smooth out demand and reduce pressure on supply and distribution networks.

Despite the improvement in supply, the median house price increased 5.7 % from a year ago to $ 222,700 last month.

Ervin said cutting off light oil supplies through Trans Mountain would hurt Alberta - based Parkland Fuels Corp., which bought the 55,000 - barrel - per - day Burnaby refinery last year and has enjoyed good margins thanks to its access to low - cost Alberta feedstock.

The hesitation is not entirely surprising given how the FTC last year pushed back on a number of mega-deals, notably scuttling Staples» $ 5.5 billion plan this year to buy office supplies rival Office Depot.

(Last night, office supplies retailer Staples (spls) said it was being bought by private equity firm Sycamore Partners, a year after its own mega deal to buy smaller rival Office Depot failed to win over regulators.)