"Channel checks" refers to a process of gathering information and verifying details about a company's products or services through direct observation, asking questions, or conducting research. It helps to assess a company's performance, market trends, and customer satisfaction through firsthand investigation.
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While some issues still persist, Loop Capital reiterated a Buy rating on the company after conducting an in - store
channel checks at Family Dollar to gauge the progress of Dollar Tree, Inc. (NASDAQ: DLTR) turnaround efforts.
Amazon could sell between 4.5 to 5 million Kindle Fire tablets in Q4 2011, according to J.P. Morgan analyst Douglas Anmuth who cites
channel checks with supply chain vendors.
And data from
channel checks by IDC point to perhaps 700k shipments, not even sales, last quarter.
And then I have a wonderful analyst who helps me with
channel checks where we talk to customers, suppliers, ex-employees and so forth.
Pacific Crest Securities commented
on channel checks for GoPro Inc (NASDAQ: GPRO) Wednesday.
«Based on our supply
chain channel checks in Asia led by Kevin Chang, Citi's Taipei - based hardware research analyst, we believe an Amazon Smartphone will be launched in 4Q12,» Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney said.
If you
did channel checks, you'd realize that there is not a high inventory of Xoom's available in major cities... meaning that the sell - through is quite high.
In a research note, Canaccord analysts Mike Walkley and Matt Ramsay found
during channel checks that upgrade sales of BlackBerry 7 devices in North America were quite strong with enterprise customers in August.
Our
recent channel checks across key Apple markets showed, the demand for the 256 GB version of iPhone X is higher which will boost Apple's profits even higher», he added.
His
own channel checks revealed the iPhone 4S is still the top selling device, followed by the Droid Razr Maxx in second and the Samsung Galaxy Nexus in third.
For the first time since it launched, Apple's (AAPL) iPhone 4S is not the top - selling smartphone in the United States, according to
channel checks performed by Canaccord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley.
This would seem to explain the obsession with things like «whisper earnings numbers»,
channel checking at retailers, networking with experts in the field to glean changes in sales trends or competitive balance or reactions to government economic figures.
Analyst Pierre Ferragu said
his channel checks at carriers showed that consumer appetite for the new BlackBerry 10 smartphones is weakening and he thinks the company will miss analyst expectations for the second half of this year.
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Our channel checks suggest that in the short term, McDonald's has regained at least some of its mojo,» wrote Nomura analyst Mark Kalinowski, when upgrading the stock this month.
In trying to provide investors with information that «is not in the current stock price» and therefore giving them an «edge», many Wall Street, and independent investment research providers have begun focusing on such areas as «forensic» accounting, «
channel checking», public policy analysis, «lie detection» on conference calls, data mining and «expert» networking.
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Our channel checks also suggest Domino's is currently in the process of negotiating a new EA but we believe post the Fair Work Commission decision on Coles, it will be difficult for Domino's not to pay penalty rates in the future,» Mr Simotas writes.
I can't give more concrete figures than that but
channel checks and conversations with the Company have only made me more bullish.
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Our channel checks last week regarding pre-orders also indicated unit potential in the 3 to 4 million range.»
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Several sector analysts say
their channel checks show Apple was initially sourcing VCSELs chiefly from California - based Lumentum and that bottlenecks in production there last year also spurred the $ 390 million deal with Finisar.
«Because Apple is not transparent on Watch sales in its financial reporting, IDC has to make estimates based on models,
channel checks and other retail partner sales.»
Our channel checks suggest [Equitable Group's] deposit - gathering capabilities will be impaired.