The research
firm expects sales to remain strong thanks to falling prices, the price of the market - leading Kindle has fallen significantly (from $ 349 to $ 79) since it was launched, and the benefits of electronic ink technology.
In 2012,
the firm expects sales to jump to 103.5 million devices.
The market research
firm expects sales to continue ascending at a rapid pace through 2020, with projected sales growth of 34.7 percent for the category, including 75.1 percent growth for the sparkling / mineral water / seltzer segment, it says.
Not exact matches
China is the world's largest gaming market by revenue, and is
expected to account for roughly 25 percent of global game
sales in 2017, according to research
firm NewZoo.
Globally,
sales of luxury goods are
expected to drop by 8 % to approximately US$ 225 billion this year, according to consulting
firm Bain & Co..
Had the deal closed, the
sale of a half - interest in the Cutbank Ridge shale gas play would have been the largest investment of any kind by a Chinese state - controlled
firm in Canada and the biggest reason to
expect to see Asia - bound liquefied natural gas tankers docking on the West Coast in the not - too - distant future.
Netflix's latest subscriber numbers have beaten forecasts, and the U.S.
firm now
expects its international
sales to overtake those on its home turf.
Shares fell 5.1 percent to $ 5.22 in extended trading after the company missed first - quarter
sales estimates, selling 2.2 million devices, compared with 2.33 million
expected by analysts, according to financial data analytics
firm FactSet.
Sales in the U.S. fast casual industry rose 11.3 percent to $ 34.5 billion in 2013 and are
expected to exceed $ 50 billion by 2018, according to research
firm Technomic.
Excluding the impact of fuel and currency fluctuations, total comp
sales rose 5.7 percent, while analysts at research
firm Consensus Metrix
expected an increase of 5.1 percent.
Sales for the owner of KFC and Pizza Hut declined, but less just than
expected after news that a Chinese
firm had supplied the company with expired meat.
Kostin also outlined three strategies: Secular growth, or companies where
sales growth is
expected to rise at least 10 percent for multiple years without high valuations;
firms that are investing in capital expenditures and research and development; and companies with a strong chance to be acquired.
Firms directly tied to the energy sector
expected further declines in their
sales volumes, and companies that sell to energy - related customers suffer along with them as they adjust to an environment of weak demand.
Women's swimwear
sales are projected to grow to $ 2.9 billion this year while total U.S. swimwear
sales are
expected to hit $ 4.2 billion, according to forecasts from market research
firm NPD Group.
U.S. retail
sales of non-dairy, non-soy milk alternatives are
expected to nearly double to almost $ 2.4 billion by 2019, according to research
firm Euromonitor International.
Jeff Schuster, senior vice-president of auto
sales forecasting for LMC Automotive, an industry consulting
firm,
expects annual auto
sales to grow in the 1 to 2 per cent range through 2015, when
sales will plateau.
Analysts polled by research
firm Consensus Metrix had
expected a 4.1 %
sales gain for the China unit, which is Yum's top profit driver.
In individual stock news, Finnish miner Metso dropped to the bottom of the European benchmark, tumbling 9.84 percent, after the
firm reported lower - than -
expected sales and profits.
Market research
firm AlixPartners concurs, as does PricewaterhouseCoopers: this year's holiday
sales are
expected to show the lowest growth since 2009.
Sales of pumpkin - flavored products are
expected to hit $ 414 million this year, according to the
firm's estimates.
Data from Adobe's Digital Index found that 35 percent of online
sales volume went toward retailers» Thanksgiving Day doorbusters, leading to «a lot more out of stocks» on Black Friday than the
firm expected.
The consultancy
firm said it
expects sales to grow 2.8 percent to 3.4 percent during the November - December shopping period compared with 4.4 percent in 2014, based on analyzing consumer spending trends so far this year.
After a period of weakness,
firms expect some increase in
sales growth in light of improving indicators of domestic
sales.
With various regulators attempting to reduce the pool of NPLs, we
expect banks to pursue more loan portfolio
sales to specialized recovery
firms or experienced private equity funds.
U.S. retail giant Wal - Mart (WMT) on Tuesday reported a second - quarter profit roughly in line with what analysts were
expecting, as the
firm's bottom line got a boost by strong overseas
sales and cost controls.
Revenue that can be generated by the
sale of such products is just not worth the risk, I
expect firms to say.
Sales of U.S. fast casual restaurants are
expected to exceed $ 50 billion by 2018, from about $ 34.5 billion in 2013, according to research
firm Technomic.
The
firm said it
expects net
sales in US higher education courseware to be flat to down mid-single digit percent in 2018
TI shares took a 6 % haircut last week when analyst
firm Deutsche Bank called the company out as a supplier with exposure to an
expected downturn in Apple's smartphone
sales.
Conservatively, the
firm expects $ 500 million in peak
sales for LJPC - 501 in this indication, assuming a price of $ 5,000 - $ 8,000.
The mining
firm's Q1 / 18 numbers came in below estimates due to «lower - than -
expected gold
sales,» Profiti noted.
If Samsung stops selling the Note 7s, that will translate into lost
sales of up to 19 million phones that the
firm was
expected to generate during the Note 7's product cycle, according to analysts.
For domestic
sales, a number of
firms expect a return to a more sustainable pace (in housing, retail trade and tourism, for example).
Figures from research
firm Euromonitor International revealed that locally sourced and packaged foods and beverages are
expected to reach a
sales value of around $ 88bn globally by 2020.
According to the predictions of the global research
firm, Mintel (Chicago, Illinois), cheese category
sales are
expected to increase an additional 24 % from 2014 through 2019 when they are
expected to reach $ 26.5 billion.
By 2018, China
expects the top 10 local companies to account for 80 percent of the domestic market, with the largest three - to - five
firms targeting annual
sales of over five billion yuan ($ 818.
The Vevey - based
firm expects the acquisition will generate
sales of $ 2.4 billion this year and boost margins, thanks to its large exposure to fast - growing emerging markets.
As a consequence, 86 % of
firms, on balance,
expect sales to rise in the next 12 months.
The
firm's upcoming Mazda CX - 5 rival was revealed in New York and is
expected to go on
sale in the UK before the year is out.
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The market research
firm expects more than 20 million e-reader units to ship this year, up from 14 million in 2010, while
sales of touch - screen tablets and netbooks are
expected to top 19 million units in 2010 before exploding to more than 50 million this year.
Market research
firm ABI Research predicts that tablet shipment is
expected to reach 200 million units by end of 2014, which will mark a 20 percent increase in
sales for the year.
According to research
firm IDC, tablet
sales in India, one of the largest growth markets for the smart device, are
expected to remain flat this year on account of mandatory BIS compliance and increasing demand for «phablets».
Analysts at research
firm Gartner Inc.
expect the iPad to account for three out of four tablet
sales this year.
A market research
firm expects Samsung to ship 10 million OLED tablets in 2014 - or about 14 % of Samsung's total tablets
sales (80 million).
«When further costs outside of materials and manufacturing are added in — and the $ 199 price of the tablet is factored along with the
expected sales of digital content per device — Amazon is likely to generate a marginal profit of $ 10 on each Kindle Fire sold,» the research
firm added.
E-readers are
expected to be a hot gift item in the upcoming holiday season, and industry research
firm Forrester this week hiked its forecast for U.S. e-reader
sales by 50 percent to 3 million units.
A New York Times article profiled a money management
firm that has an unique
sales pitch by showing their
expected returns after fees, taxes and inflation.
Sales are
expected to explode as a result, growing 147 % in 2015 to 30 million units sold globally, according to tracking
firm Futuresource Consulting.
Yesterday, Wedbush Morgan's Michael Pachter and fellow analyst
firm EEDAR said they
expect Xbox 360 and PS3 to lead US hardware
sales in March, while Wii U looks set to record another disappointing month, only managing to outsell Vita, PSP and PS2.