Sentences with phrase «decline in marketing costs»

But a significant decline in marketing costs meant that the entertainment division — which bundles fiscal data for Windows Phone, Xbox and other devices — managed to increase its profit (before tax) by 15 per cent to $ 596 million.

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Dealers are market makers and their ability to manage risk in a cost effective manner has been impeded by these regulations leading to the decline in inventories.

As more borrowers participate, the costs of protection decline, making EPMs more attractive over traditional mortgages, and thus, spurring further participation in a cycle that will eventually lead to regional housing market stabilization.

Dollar cost averaging does not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining markets.

Marketing and promotional costs were only 1.8 percent of sales in the quarter, a decline from the year - ago period.

«The year - over-year decline of $ 27 million was largely due to a $ 24 million decline at NRT, which was primarily a result of greater agent commission costs and softness in the New York City market,» said Anthony Hull, the company's treasurer.

This decrease was largely driven by volume declines in First - Class and Marketing Mail, higher normal cost of retiree health benefits expenses of $ 140 million and higher transportation expenses of $ 109 million, partially offset by a reduction in compensation and benefits expenses of $ 91 million.

There's limited coverage beyond calendar 2012 in part because we believe some commodities will experience cost declines from the current levels and we want to be in a position to benefit from that decline, or because the premiums for future contracts are simply too great compared to what we expect prices will be in the cash market several months from now.

The benefit and cost of hedging with a «flat» short position in a given market index is straightforward: if the market declines, the short position offsets the impact of the market loss on the portfolio; if the market gains, the short position surrenders the impact of the market gain.

It's still not great, of course, and as far as traditional equities markets go, a cost 50 % decline is a disaster, but in the cryptocurrency markets, and especially against the backdrop of the bloodbath we have seen across other points over the last few weeks, it's a drop in the ocean.

In the years ahead, oil production will decline to remove excess capacity, prices will again rise above costs, energy company margins will recover, and market - level earnings will return to a normal rate of growth.

Rising postage costs and cheaper online advertising options are perhaps some of the key reasons that postcard marketing has declined in search volume through the years.

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.

An even more confident signal is given by a fixed - value offer in which sellers are assured of a stipulated market value while acquirers bear the entire cost of any decline in their share price before closing.

If you see sales taking more days on the market and a decline in multiple offers, then you may be able to buy property at a lower cost.

In certain situations, such as a price war, market decline or market saturation, you must temporarily pursue a pricing strategy that will simply cover costs and allow you to continue operations.

«With borrowing costs remaining low, and in fact declining, strong home ownership demand will continue to butt up against a constrained supply of listings,» said Jason Mercer, the board's senior manager of market analysis.

Plant - based milk is already showing a tendency to take market share from the sales of conventional milk in the U.S., with sales in one category growing as sales in another category decline.21 It seems plausible that cultured and plant - based meat will similarly take market share from the sales of conventional meat, especially as it becomes more cost - competitive, widely available, and harder to distinguish from conventional meat in taste and texture.

Despite recent sharp declines in the market price of natural gas, utility - scale solar and wind power remain cost - competitive complements to traditional generation technologies, even without subsidies.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Improvement in the labor market, positive sales growth, rise in disposable income, expansion of retail chains, declining / stable oil prices, and escalating healthcare costs are expected to drive growth for the packaging industry over the next six months.

There is a growing concern that the fast expanding and globalized competitive world market is causing decline in grower returns and expansion of urban development and environmental regulations causing production cost increases and challenging the viability and sustainability of producing these crops.

The financial institution assured that, `' barring any unforeseen circumstances, we see improved operating performance in 2018 based on the improving macro-economic and capital markets environment, declining cost of funds for the bank, and the growing contributions of asset and wealth management following last year's acquisitions».

With the rising cost of nonrenewable energy sources and the declining costs of producing energy from renewable sources, demand for highly skilled professionals in the solar energy field is increasing both in the United States and in emerging markets in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

The employer's cost is controllable in that it is not affected by external factors such as a stock market decline.

Washington — The sharp escalation of college - tuition costs throughout the 1980s occurred in part because many institutions, faced with a decline in the size of their traditional market, chose «to compete not through lower prices but through expanded and improved facilities and services,» a study released here last week suggests.

As a result, most high - cost markets will see declines in their loan limit next year.

Making your money last as long as you do, keeping up with rising costs, and helping to shield your investments against market declines, these are just a few of the challenges you'll face as you consider ways to generate income in retirement.

This fabulous return comes at a significant cost: the market value of equities declines by an average of 14 % in any one year, and seven times since WWII has declined by more than 20 %; the average of these larger declines is 30 % or so, and the largest was 57 % in 2009.

Dollar cost averaging does not assure a profit or protect against loss in a declining market.

Vancouver prices continued to rise but some analysts expect a prolonged decline in demand will lower the sky - high cost of housing in Canada's most expensive real estate market.

This feature, usually offered at an additional cost, locks in investment gains, if any, so your beneficiaries would receive the stepped - up amount, even if the market declines in the interim, so the legacy you leave actually has the opportunity to grow.

Diversification, asset allocation strategies, automatic investing plans and dollar - cost averaging do not ensure a profit and do not protect against a loss in declining markets.

Automatic investment plans and dollar - cost averaging do not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining markets.

First, corporate profits are booming because of declining commodity prices and a weak jobs market that has driven down the cost of labour (the share of U.S. GDP going to labour income is at its lowest level in 50 years).

The benefit and cost of hedging with a «flat» short position in a given market index is straightforward: if the market declines, the short position offsets the impact of the market loss on the portfolio; if the market gains, the short position surrenders the impact of the market gain.

Dollar - cost averaging does not ensure a profit in rising markets or protect against a loss in declining markets.

Because if you can invest your nest egg in assets that produce income higher than your annual costs, provided that income stream never declines below your expenses, you can largely ignore market swings.

First, corporate profits benefited in the past seven years because of declining commodity prices and a weak jobs market that drove down the cost of labor.

We, however, find evidence that fast has not always been best in the world of trend following and futures markets, where we see a significant decline in the performance of the fastest strategies even before transaction costs are accounted for.

Few of the general reasons for the underperformance may be rising production / operational cost, declining market share, lack of new product / services, change in competitive dynamics or inefficient management.

Dollar cost averaging requires regular investing regardless of fluctuating prices and does not guarantee profits or prevent losses in a declining market.

The annual expense ratio on the Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets Index ETF (NYSEArca: VWO) and on seven other Vanguard ETFs dropped today, a function of asset growth in the past year that improved economies of scale and triggered the decline for Vanguard, a mutually owned fund company that runs all its funds at cost.

Dollar cost averaging does not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining markets.

E.T. may not be the «worst game ever,» but with its high licensing cost and failure to perform at the market, it was an easy scapegoat for a console game industry in decline.

Competition for dominance in the fuel cell vehicle market will be vigorous, triggering significant technological innovations and cost declines.

This week Barclays downgraded the high - grade bond market for the entire electric utility sector because «we believe that a confluence of declining cost trends in distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) power generation and residential - scale power storage is likely to disrupt the status quo.»

Much like the California Solar Initiative created a market for rooftop solar and is now driving rapid declines in the cost of rooftop solar across the nation, this mandate will create a market for storage that is expected to, in the words of CPUC President Michael Peevey «tear down barriers that prevent cost - effective energy storage resources from competing and providing benefits to California customers, ratepayers of California utilities.»

One investor (Goggle) has dropped out of this market in favor of declining costs in photovoltaic.

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