Sentences with phrase «by weak sales»

The company posted on Thursday a loss in the fiscal third quarter, hurt by weak sales during the all - important holiday quarter...

CFO Scott Maw said that sales in Japan were hurt by weak sales around Frappuccino offerings.

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Still, sales growth at its parent company Yum Brands was weaker than expected, hurt by a chicken shortage at KFC chain restaurants in the U.K. and Ireland.

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.

The highlights of 2011 are almost too painful to mention: the PlayBook, RIM's first tablet, was a flop; its latest line of BlackBerry smartphones was delayed; weak sales forced the company to issue a profit warning in the spring; its network was hit by a massive service outage in the fall; and it suffered the largest wave of layoffs in its history.

In addition to the battle for control, which has pitted Dauman against 93 - year - old controlling shareholder Sumner Redstone and his daughter Shari, the company said that advertising sales have been weak, and they are expected to be down by 4 % for the quarter.

Nike (nke) expects sales growth to recover in North America after a weak March - May quarter, helped by the upcoming Olympics, an expansion of its basketball business and clearing excess stock, brand chief Trevor Edwards told Reuters.

Robert Stone, an analyst with Cowen and Company, thinks that board sales will decline by 5 % in 2015 because of a weak U.S. education - related spending.

While the market was supported by strong sales of existing units in the quarter, new properties remained weak.

For all the headlines this month of weak department store sales and closing stores, retailers enjoyed a stellar holiday season, buoyed by higher wages and soaring consumer confidence.

Weak sales in China are particularly troubling for Tesla — which will report its fourth quarter earnings today — because Musk has previously said that car sales there could rival the US by 2015, and that the two countries would comprise its largest markets, according to Reuters.

The company's results have been pressured by weak Russian and Ukrainian beer demand, where an ongoing geopolitical crisis has pressured sales for Carlsberg and some of its rivals.

PARIS, April 12 - L'Oreal posted better - than - expected sales growth in the first quarter on Thursday, driven by luxury cosmetics like Lancome and demand in Asia, though the French beauty giant is still struggling to kickstart its weaker mass market division.

Travel and leisure stocks were among the worst performing on Thursday, down by 1.42 percent after weaker - than - expected sales results.

That sharply contrasts with recent analyst reports about the overall PC market like one by Gartner that said that the U.S. experienced a weak back - to - school season and that overall PC sales dropped during the a three - month - period ending Sept. 30.

The Trump administration plans to argue the weaker rules will lead to cheaper vehicles, boost sales and employment and improve safety by prodding faster turnover of older vehicles, people briefed on the matter and Carper's letter said.

Further gains were mitigated, however, by continued fallout in the company's top - grossing PREVNAR vaccine franchise -LRB--8 %), overseas generic erosion on ENBREL -LRB--20 %), and weak domestic sales of fading blockbuster VIAGRA -LRB--17 %).

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Upper middle - class shoppers spooked by a whipsawing stock market and shoppers waiting till the last minute for the best deals could result in the weakest U.S. holiday sales season for retailers since the recession, AlixPartners said.

We expect the Fed to raise rates just once this year — likely in December — and to proceed cautiously given the unevenness of the domestic economic recovery, as highlighted by weak retail sales data released last week, and global growth uncertainties.

Gold was pressured by strength in the dollar (DX from 91.48 — 91.90), which was boosted by a weaker euro ($ 1.2139 - $ 1.2072, lower than expected reading on German Retail Sales), and pound ($ 1.3791 - $ 1.3713, UK Home Secretary Rudd steps down in immigration scandal).

PAWTUCKET, R.I. (AP)-- Hasbro's fourth - quarter net income edged down, a disappointing holiday season hurt by one - time charges and weak sales of its Beyblade spinning top game and Marvel toys.

That suggests that weak domestic demand is becoming an increasingly significant source of disinflationary pressure, adding to the impact from falling world energy prices and the end of a period of administered price rises as governments sought to repair their finances by increasing revenue from sales taxes and charging more for services such as health care.

Specifically, a recent analysis by Graham Secker, MS & Co.'s European equity strategist, found that recent disappointments in European corporate profits are a function of at least three important factors that may be reversing: idiosyncratic issues related to heavily skewed index exposure to financials and commodity - linked industries; weak operating profit leverage linked to declining emerging market sales; and less aggressive use of buybacks, tax optimization and non-operating cost reductions versus U.S. peers.

Auto sales have been on a bit of a roller coaster ride this year, with a weak performance in February followed by a jump in sales for some automakers in March.

Toronto home sales fell 35 per cent in February from a year earlier, marking the weakest month of sales in nine years, though benchmark prices were up 3.2 per cent on the year, according to data released Tuesday by the Toronto Real Estate Board.

Over time, the stock market has reached new records, powered by economic and earnings growth.2 We expect both to continue: The domestic economy is picking up a little speed, helped by improving growth in the rest of the world, and company earnings have benefited from better sales, the weaker dollar and still - low interest rates.

In anticipation of weaker iPhone sales — which makes up the about 62 % of group sales — Apple is reportedly set to soften the blow by buying back up to $ 100 billion of shares.

Supermarket and grocery store sales rose just 2.9 per cent - the weakest rate of growth since September 2013 and well below the six month trend - as Woolworths, Coles and independents supplied by Metcash cut prices to regain market share lost to Aldi.

Weaker sales in wholesale food, grocery and liquor were offset by higher sales from convenience, hardware and automotive supply, sending group revenue up 1 per cent to $ 6.6 billion in the six months ended October 31.

As Coles posted its weakest sales growth in nine years, incoming Wesfarmers boss Rob Scott made clear he would not be distracted by short - term performance.

The investment bank slashed its earnings forecasts for Retail Food Group by between 50 and 60 per cent after factoring in shrinking sales from store closures and weaker margins from increased investment to support struggling franchisees.

20 Feb 2017 — Campbell Soup has reported lower - than - expected quarterly sales, hurt by weak demand for its beverages, broth and condensed soups, sending its shares down by 8 percent.

Our weak campaign finance laws and a commercial media that counts on huge revenues from political ads bought by corporate - sponsored candidates have put our democracy up for sale to the highest bidder.

Revenue in the early part of the period was boosted by pent - up demand following a «very weak October,» while the company may have decided to concentrate all end - of - season clearance in January, leading to a smaller proportion of sales being at full price than a year earlier, they wrote in a note.

The latest string of results echoed this: Moncler's first quarter sales grew by 16 percent, driven by strength in Europe, whilst Burberry and Tod's suffered from weak demand in the USA.

The fact that it actually went up 2 places this week, despite sales dropping by over 50 %, just shows how weak the market was during Week 19.

The publisher posted a 10 % drop in revenue in its most recent fiscal year, dragged down by weak higher education print sales.

Another indicator that the publishing / book industry has become one that relies too much on «trend» buying and not in building a solid customer core by expanding their mid-list offerings, etc., is that BN knew the quarter would be weak «in part because sales of coloring books and other art supplies have slumped.

Yesterday, Barnes & Noble reported a 1.8 % fall in quarterly sales to $ 1.41 bn, the result of «weak demand for its Nook tablets», within which sales of its Nook division fell by a third to $ 51.7 m.

Thursday was the only day in which the yield moved significantly as yields tightened by 5 basis points in reaction to the weaker than expected Retail Sales release.

The article cites comments by columnist Mark Hulbert, who refers to valuation metrics such as P / E, price - book, price - sales and price - dividend ratios as weak indicators of market tops but adds that we ignore them «at our peril, since it's also true that almost all bull market tops in history... Read More

revealed that retail sales volume in the U.K. expanded by 0.3 % in October, beating expectations for a slightly weaker 0.2 % increase.

Arguably, by investing now when the dollar is strong I am also exposed to the risk of the dollar depreciating against the Euro, but a weaker dollar would mean higher sales in dollar terms, which would compensate in large measure for any loss of value from a weaker currency: it's a case of swings and roundabouts.

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-- SEGA spent $ 210 million on games development — That is a 27 percent increase compared to the year prior — Advertising expenses climbed 53 percent, up to $ 73 million — SEGA is releasing 50 games by the end of the financial year in March, but combined sales of all those are expected to be about 5.4 million units — SEGA initially expected to sell about 300,000 units of its four latest Wii U games — That is now revised to 230,000, making it the weakest platform in terms of unit sales — Full year expectations for 3DS 1,160,000 — SEGA's revenue for the three - quarter period was $ 685 million — After expenses, that lowers to a profit of $ 18 million — SEGA is now organizing a sweeping business restructure, which will rebuild the corporation into three divisions, as part of a wider plan to «drastically improve profitability» — At least 300 positions at the corporation are targeted for redundancy — SEGA has set aside $ 125 million for the restructure costs — SEGA expects to lose $ 110m for the full year

Eidos, the computer games maker which issued a profits warning on Tuesday after weak sales in the run up to Christmas, has been thrown a potential lifeline by a deal to distribute its Tomb Raider game on Sega's new Dreamcast console.

Even by the standards of an Old Masters sale, the sell - through at Sotheby's evening sale yesterday was a weak 62 %.

Acutely aware of the car industry's recent sales plunge and weaker domestic demand, government officials are hoping this new initiative will boost sales and new investment once again and discourage carmakers from scaling back their production by shifting to a new market.

While the bulk of the real estate industry spent much of 2011 focused on shoring up weak fundamentals, the seniors housing sector quietly posted near record sales numbers, according to a research study conducted by...