Sentences with phrase «expectations than sales»

More companies tend to meet earnings expectations than sales expectations.

Not exact matches

Dick's pointed to sales of hunting gear such as rifles, which chief financial officer Lee Belitsky called «much worse than our expectations» on a conference call, and athletic apparel is key culprits in the shortfall.

Although he declines to offer specifics, Gunn claims the store, which opened last summer and had no fewer than 400 screens arrayed around the floor, has «far exceeded [his] expectations» in terms of sales and customer feedback.

Last week, fellow teen store Abercrombie & Fitch warned that its sales for the quarter were below expectations, and last month, Urban Outfitters said its third - quarter sales were trending lower than expected.

The National Retail Federation said the November result supported its expectation for an overall 4.1 percent jump in holiday season sales - confirming its conclusion that the poor Black Friday showing was a result of a shift in shopping patterns rather than a sign of weakness.

Gap said in a statement Thursday that comparable - store sales, or sales at locations open at least one year, fell 6 %, more than the Bloomberg expectation for a 5 % drop.

Its sales continued falling at double - digit rates in 2014, and its financial results came in even lower than analysts» expectations.

It's become wildly popular in the country, though this quarter, device sales were slower than the company's expectations, Chief Financial Officer Martin King said Thursday on a call with analysts following the release of first - quarter earnings results.

Apollo said it will pay $ 17.12 per share in cash for ClubCorp, a 30.7 percent premium over its closing price on Friday, but less than the 12 - month high of $ 17.50 the shares reached in February, on investor expectations that a sale process first reported by Reuters in January would be successful.

The adjusted tally beat consensus expectations of $ 0.74 a share, as sharper cost cutting and lower taxes more than offset weaker - than - anticipated sales.

(Reuters)- AbbVie Inc (ABBV.N) forecast its flagship drug Humira to bring $ 21 billion in sales by 2020, about $ 3 billion higher than its expectation two years ago, driving the U.S. drugmaker's shares up 4 percent on Friday.

Sales of iPhones continued to defy expectations, as Apple sold 16.24 million units, 86 percent more than a year earlier.

Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) reported better - than - expected earnings for its first quarter on Wednesday, but sales fell short of expectations.

I will say that the sale exceeded our expectations — sold well over asking price and in less than one week!

If sales expectations were much higher than the actual amount of work done, the owner may have hired too many employees.

Strong product revenue, which was $ 74 million above our expectations and was up an impressive 50 % year - over-year, contributed roughly $ 0.03 in earnings upside, with better - than - expected services gross margin and lower operating expense as a percentage of sales each contributing $ 0.02 of upside.»

The company posted better - than - expected quarterly earnings but its sales missed expectations.

This pattern of a stronger - than - expected contribution from US consumers was reflected in July's retail sales report, which not only came in well ahead of consensus expectations, but also included significant upward revisions to the weak figures seen in May and June.

Inventory investment is up, and this trend signals additional expectations of future sales, given the strength of real GDP growth, rather than an unanticipated accumulation of unsold goods.

The bottler has been working for more than eight months with The Coca Cola Co, big supermarket chains, fast food and convenience store chains and small retailers to ensure that sales of Coke Life meet or beat ambitious expectations.

Phillips - Van Heusen first quarter beats; raises FY view (Reuters) «Phillips - Van Heusen Corp raised its full - year outlook and posted first - quarter earnings that beat market expectations as revenue more than doubled on strong sales in its Tommy Hilfiger and Calvin Klein businesses.»

The Volt would have to vastly exceed sales expectations to bring the plant up to its capacity of more than 200,000 vehicles per year, but the brightest example of what the «new» GM is capable of may yet outshine this facility's checkered past.

The fifth - generation Golf launched in 2003 with great expectations in Wolfsburg, anticipating annual sales of more than 600,000 units worldwide in 2004, the first full year of sales.

LOS ANGELES — Despite remarkable growth over the past six years, from fewer than 200,000 units sold in the U.S. in 2007 to upwards of 420,000 by year - end and expectations of reaching 500,000 annual sales within two years, Subaru is content to remain the little automaker that could.

[58] Labelling the car a new «gateway» into the Mercedes - Benz brand with sales «beyond our optimistic expectations» by Mercedes - Benz, [59][60] Consumer Reports rates the CLA as «140 % worse than the average car» in the 2014 Annual Auto Reliability Survey.

Combine that with a less than appealing driving experience, sales have failed to meet expectations.

The all - new Cascada convertible is exceeding expectations with more than 800 deliveries in March, its first full month on sale.

Playbook sales beat expectations slightly, as the firm sold 260,000 units, but were far lower than the 500,000 shipped in the year ago period.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

While every book is signed with the expectation of substantial sales, fewer than half will sell anywhere near its preliminary projections.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

My informal results and feedback from the blog's readers tell me they enjoy the mix, and the clickthrough rates and purchases of Kindle books for sale by independent authors have been doing better than my expectations.

Destiny sales beat expectation behind larger than expected digital sales.

While consensus estimates were not broadly trimmed by analysts, the softer than expected smart phone sales at Apple and Samsung already reported had already resulted in reduced expectations from Qualcomm by the Street.

For example, last year, retail sales during Black Friday weekend were significantly below expectations and, according to the National Retail Federation (NRF), more than 10 percent lower than the year before.

Even though Jorge enjoyed the game as a whole in his review, sales were far lower than expectations.

Consider this — No Man's Sky will certainly outpace initial sales expectations, but with a development team of just 15 individuals, Hello Games has over 100 staff members less than Call of Duty development team Infinity Ward.

Despite expectations of a comparatively minor upgrade at a time of faltering smartphone sales, Apple appears willing to bet on the appeal of its next - generation iPhone by asking its supply chain to make more devices than it has produced in the previous two years.

The iPhone's sales growth has stalled, and expectations are high that a 10th - anniversary phone will arrive later this year and will be markedly more advanced than previous versions.

• Developed more than $ 50K new business revenue in 2011, surpassing all expectations of company management sales objectives.

As the acting manager of CareerConfidential.com, I deal with job seekers across all industries and I can tell you that looking for a position medical in sales is different than other fields, because there is a higher expectation of excellence for these candidates.

KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Exceeded expectations by providing 100 % qualified leads that developed into full - fledged customers within in 3 months of joining the company • Finished sales quota 5 months earlier than targeted

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Seattle - based Nordstrom Inc. today raised its fourth quarter earnings expectations, citing better - than - expected sales...

Absolutely correct — cull the unproductive — this has to start with the Brokerage — get rid of the old adage» oh, I think I'll retire and Sell Real Estate» — everyone deserves an opportunity to prove themselves but that must have a time limit — just because you pass the courses does not make you a productive Realtor — one year with semi-monthly reviews on progress should be used — 20 % of the slsp do 80 % of the transactions — the Brokerages charging fees to be an Associate are earning more in these fees than they do from Sales — the 20 % are carrying most offices — we have to get in the same mode as the expectations of our Clients — technology and Personal service needs to be constantly updated

Given the fact of the abysmal understanding of Agency Law, by the general real estate industry, and that the expectation of enforcement is more perceived than real, those sales industries that don't even pretend to embrace Agency Law are far more pure than what goes within the ranks of organized real estate!

«Sales showed no signs of the uncertainty that buyers faced in November regarding the impact of the tax plan; however, expectations of climbing interest rates may have induced buyers to purchase earlier than they might have.»

Achieving 200 % more than our expectation on the recent sale is proof that the auction process is the correct one and more importantly that Higgenbotham is the right firm!

Unless we have another tech boom or foreign buyer boom, San Francisco home prices will likely fall a lot more in 2018 than in 2017 as the unsold inventory of homes for sale builds up and price expectations fall.

The neighbor said he began his house - hunting search by thinking he could buy a nice home for a much lower sales price than he actually could, and he has since discovered that he needs to raise his expectations.