Lower year - over-year increases in gas prices, as well as more difficult comps resulted in slightly lower
card sales growth than in the prior quarter year - over-year increase.
We achieved
card sales growth of 5 % for the second quarter versus the prior year.
Not exact matches
United Bank
Card has performed exceptionally well over the last year, with each month resulting in new milestones for
growth and
sales.
He noted a 13 percent
growth in client investment assets, and double - digit
card sales and merchant processing volume.
The
growth in
card sales was driven by our continued focus on increasing our merchant acceptance, enriching our rewards programs and leveraging our marketing investments.
I'm very pleased with our total loan
growth of 9 % over the prior year, which reflects another quarter of nearly 4 %
growth in
card loans as we continue to focus on profitable revolver
sales through cash rewards leadership, promotional offers, partnerships and advertising.
Adjusting for special items, the
card giant saw a 17 % rise in operating costs, lagging behind the pace of
sales growth and thereby boosting margin figures.
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- 88 % increase in
sales throughout 2016 - market
growth of 5 % in the whole German market - 109 %
growth in total
sales compared to 2015 - during Christmas week, Pokémon Trading
Card Game
sales were 190.6 % up on the previous year - this accounted for 70 % of the total market
Since then, they have fostered rapid
growth of this new market environment with a variety of tactics such as aggressive
sales, monetized in - game accessory markets (Team Fortress 2 hats) and achievements (trading
cards), and crowdsourced the entire game licensing process, busting the doors wide open for indie developers, with further plans to crowdsource the entire store organization later; furthermore, they are opening a new market for Steam Machines, gaming - centric (but still quite capable) devices that run Valve \'s own Operating System and use Valve \'s own gaming controller.
According to GamesIndustry.biz, overall
sales for the industry were down by 11 % in March, however, «first quarter 2018 spending across the four categories [software, hardware, game
cards, and accessories] was up by 15 % year - on - year to $ 3.4 billion with
growth in all areas.»
At Best Buy, management reports double - digit
growth in gift
card sales from a year earlier.