Sentences with phrase «by slow sales»

On the Annual Survey of Entrepreneurs just 30.8 % of surveyed South Dakota businesses said their profits were hurt by slow sales, the smallest share nationwide.

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«Despite all that's going on people are still looking to have fun judging by sales of our Durex Play products that help people have better sex, and our branded condoms like Performa, which by slowing the man down makes the fun last longer.

Still, we're in the fifth year of a very weak recovery in which small businesses have been hit hard by tight credit markets, slow sales and limited spending.

In particular, the complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that (1) the trials for GED - 0301 suffered from fatal design defects, such that GED - 0301 had failed to demonstrate meaningful clinical efficacy; (2) the growth of Otezla sales had dramatically slowed during Celgene's third fiscal quarter of 2017; and (3) the clinical and nonclinical pharmacology data in Celgene's new drug application («NDA») for Ozanimod were insufficient to permit a complete review by the FDA, which resulted in the FDA issuing a refusal to file letter to Celgene regarding the NDA.

The company has also been slow to adapt to changing retail trends, like sales primarily driven by e-commerce and in - store innovations.

Last month, Green Mountain noted that its growth is slowing but that it still expects sales to increase by 15 to 20 per cent next year.

Apple's iPad division has also been hampered by slow product updates that could otherwise generate more sales.

As sales of diamonds have slowed globally, trade associations such as Diamond Producers Association have attempted to win over millennial customers by retooling how the jewels are branded.

Most notably, its same - store sales have been dwindling by 1 % to 2 % for several quarters, though the rate of decline has slowed and the fast - food market is improving.

Sales of the DODOcase were slow in the first month but grew to more than 20,000 by late summer.

Packaged food companies have seen their sales slow as consumers prefer fresh foods and have reacted by cutting costs, divesting underperforming businesses and increasing...

Under Armour, the No. 2 U.S. sportswear maker, reported its slowest quarterly sales growth in six years, hurt by slowing growth in North America, its biggest market.

That's the sharpest growth since 2011, when luxury sales started to be hit by slower economic growth and a fierce crackdown on corruption.

The No. 2 U.S. sportswear maker reported its slowest quarterly sales growth in six years, hurt by slowing growth in North America.

Developers reacted to both slowing sales and a record high level of unsold inventory by launching just five new projects in the third quarter in the 416 area, which typically sees 15 to 20 new projects per quarter.

And we are not talking just about the recent rise in lipstick sales at Estée Lauder, which is considered by some to be a hot - red indicator of economic trouble (at least on slow news days) on the horizon because consumers tend to turn to less expensive indulgences when losing confidence in the future.

In the meantime, Target has been rolling out a sophisticated branding operation here honed by 50 years of slow, steady and massively successful expansion in the U.S.. From a family - owned Minneapolis department store, Target has grown into a discount retailing force rivalled (and still consistently dominated) only by Walmart, which posted US$ 264 billion in U.S. sales last year.

Nintendo announced that it had missed annual profit targets by 50 per cent last month, blaming the miscommunication between the console manufacturer and the public for slow Wii U sales.

Retail sales fell 0.1 %, missing expectations; Same store sales growth slowed by.9 % y / o / y.

When this is the case, a sales representative could well be slowing down the sales process by trying to pitch to an IT person with no decision - making authority.

Although Hershey reports annual sales exceeding $ 7.4 billion, its growth pace slowed in 2013 and 2014, followed by a 0.5 percent sales decline in 2015 and a rise of just 0.7 percent in 2016.

Shares of Dunkin' slid 12 % on Thursday as it reported slowing sales growth in the third quarter, when menu prices were raised by franchisees following a contentious summer of minimum wage discussions in the country.

If Amazon's site was to slow down by one second, the ecommerce giant could lose out on $ 1.6 billion in sales.

In addition, retail sales for the quarter ending September rose by a mere 1.5 percent, the slowest since the second quarter of 2013.

The growth of online sales doesn't seem to be slowed by our impending departure from the European Union either.

Severe affordability issues brought on by rapid appreciation throughout the year has caused sales activity to slow, particularly in the region's near million - dollar condominium market where prices depreciated by 7.6 % on a quarter - over-quarter basis.

The metro Vancouver market has already started slowing down, with sales in September off by about 33 per cent from a year ago.

With the Holiday shopping season off to a slow start according to preliminary retail sales numbers and with the stock market sitting near all - time highs, one can't help but wonder what will happen when investors realize the economy isn't really doing as well as we've been told by the experts.

Even though rates should rise by 2019, that doesn't mean home sales will slow down.

While growth in the Chinese auto market has slowed down, sales still increased by 3 % in 2017.

The head of the Continuum Company claims that his partners, frustrated by the slow pace of sales, want to slash prices on condos and unload units in a fire sale.

«Customers are eating at home more, but as the economy here is slow to recover, higher sales are tough to come by,» he says.

And it seems there will be no slowing down in years to come as sales of flavored milk are forecast to continue to grow 21 percent by 2022.

THIS DISH SAVED THE SLOW COOKER from sudden death by way of donation or yard sale, whichever came first.

«Additional sources of risk to the household sector include slower housing market growth than expected, brought about in part by strong home price growth, as well as a steeper slowdown in auto sales than anticipated.»

A bumper Christmas that saw retail sales shatter expectations by climbing 2.6 % in December will not have helped boost overall figures too much after a slow performance from the sector in October and November.

The New York State Association of Counties, dismayed over a report by the State Comptroller that sales tax collections have slowed to half of what they were last year, are asking Governor Cuomo's tax department for more information, says the group's Steven Aquario.

The New York State Association of Counties, dismayed over a report by the state comptroller that sales tax collections have slowed to half of what they were last year, are asking Cuomo's tax department for more information, says the group's Steven Aquario.

The first mainstream plug - in hybrids and fully electric vehicles (EVs) are just now hitting the market, and while initial sales have been slow, the Department of Energy predicts there will be 1.2 million of them on the road by 2015.

Being discouraged could be a reason why Mario Party 9 has been rather slow in the sales department; however, Mario Party 8 was influenced by the still new Nintendo Wii at that time and it drew many peoples» attention.

Sony recently unveiled their fiscal results for the most recent financial year, and Playstation 4 sales look to be slowing by a small margin.

Perqs (girls, food, adoration) and kickbacks await the conquering victors; dire threats, slow drive - bys, and a dozen «for sale» signs surreptitiously planted in the coach's yard are the consolation prizes.

Having released nearly a month ago, most would expect the sales of Lugi \'s Mansion Dark Moon to have slowed by now, but that is certainly not the case... Japanthusiast: Dark Moon Proves Japan Are Celebrating Year of...

Having released nearly a month ago, most would expect the sales of Lugi \'s Mansion Dark Moon to have slowed by now, but that is certainly not the case...

Though early sales got off to a slow start, the dam burst over the weekend and a few major sales were made for at least three high profile and highly regarded films: Gavin Wiesen's Homework was bought by Fox Searchlight, Drake Doremus» Like Crazy was bought by Paramount, and Jesse Peretz's My Idiot Brother was bought by The Weinstein Company.

If sales don't remain steady in the upcoming weeks (one of the slowest periods for video games sales in Japan), retailers will have no choice but to resort to price drops to get rid of remaining units... It's particularly true for the Robot Kit, which is by far the least popular kit of the two.

The first few days saw slower ticket sales than usual: In past years, all of the (non - industry / press) tickets for next - day screenings would be gone by 10 in the morning, while this year it was still possible to find tickets for less hotly anticipated titles the day of.

Yet the rollouts to various schools have been marred by problems, from malfunctioning tablets to slower - than - expected sales.

The 1 of 1 program is designed to plan and normalize production runs at Conner, which has been beset by layoffs because of slow Dodge Viper sales in the past year or so.

The Ford Focus Electric's high starting price has been blamed for that model's slow sales, although Ford did cut the price by a whopping $ 4000 for 2014.