Sentences with phrase «for sluggish sales»

Last month, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata said that Nintendo was to blame for sluggish sales, highlighting the company's «relaxed» marketing efforts and the lack of «one single software» to sell the console's differences.

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The second condition for declining rates will likely be satisfied too: housing unit sales have now been declining for months, unemployment has remained stubbornly high, and economic growth is still sluggish.

Chipotle's sluggish sales and struggling brand perception spell more downside for investors, UBS says.

In mid-February the company recorded a fifth consecutive quarter of sluggish sales, and comparable sales at Tim Hortons restaurants around the world slipped 0.1 per cent for the 2017 financial year.

The year certainly included its share of challenges for the heavy equipment manufacturer, with sluggish end markets contributing to sizable declines in both sales and earnings.

After disappointing investors this year with sluggish sales, the prospects for Novartis» CAR - T therapy Kymriah may be improving.

For many brokers, NYC's investment sales arena is stuck in a transitional period where sluggish business has impeded their progress.

Also, the sluggish condo sales in the Toronto tower helped drive the project into receivership, and it's now for sale (though that shouldn't affect Trump's making money off licensing fees for having his name on the building).

Increased competition and sluggish sales are fueling the fire for aggressive competition amongst QSRs.

Sluggish sales in Europe are no bother for its two largest fashion retailers: both companies have seen their profits rise considerably thanks to a global expansion drive across Asia — and...

«Right to buy sales are sluggish so far - a right to part buy is needed Main Eric Pickles interviewed for ConservativeHome: «The prime test for any Conservative council is: Would somebody queuing for a bus know that it was a Conservative authority?»»

Nassau Comptroller George Maragos, a Republican - turned - Democrat who's running for county executive, testified that Republican County Executive Edward Mangano's 2017 proposed budget has nearly $ 115 million in risky assumptions, including new fees that may not be approved, sluggish sales tax growth and understated police overtime expenses.

If online sales are sluggish, for example, consider a new advertising strategy or take a deep look at your product assortment or prices.

Chrysler Corp. has sold its 50 percent ownership stake in Alfa Romeo Distributors of North America, an Orlando company that acts as the national distributor for the Italian automaker.The decision was a result of Alfa Romeo's sluggish sales performance in United States, where a recession has weakened consumer confidence.That poor performance prompted Alfa Romeo to lay off 23 employees Friday from the Orlando distributorship, a company spokesman said Tuesday.

One major reason for its departure, despite sluggish sales, is that Hyundai wants to push its new standalone luxury brand, Genesis.

Although the entire premium hatchback segment registered sluggish sales in December 2017 (which is expected as most buyers want a car model of a new year for better resale value), the Volkswagen Polo registered positive sales figures when compared month - on - month.

With sales of Motorola's Xoom sluggish at best, the BlackBerry Playbook too idiosyncratic for most and the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tantalisingly conspicuous by its absence, Asus looks to steal a march on the competition with its Eee Pad Transformer TF101.

If the Nook really is slow or sluggish that would be really bad for sales.

Sales, for the first few months were sluggish, but slowly picked up as I got more books out there (I was publishing one every other month).

However, in 2012 Beats bought back half of HTC's investment for $ 150 million, currently leaving HTC with a 25 % stake in the audio equipment maker after HTC kept reporting massive losses due to sluggish sales of its handsets, many with Beats Audio integration and being forced to sell off extraneous holdings in order to retain short - term stability.

Instead, they settle for a barebones website, rarely update the content, forget about it, and wonder why book sales are sluggish.

• Continuing sluggish growth in consumer income • Ramped - up competition from competitors that may be willing to slash their own margins to gain market share • Higher labor costs • Foreign exchange rates that can provide headwinds for overseas sales • Amazon and other digital retailers; there are those who believe that e-commerce is slowly changing how the world shops

Rather than putting all their eggs in one basket, Nintendo will be showing off their newest wares at more intimate, hands - on events where media and distributors can test drive the upcoming offerings for the 3DS and Wii U. Though sales of Nintendo's newest system remain sluggish despite the company's best efforts to drive gamers to next - gen software, there's no «next big thing» on the horizon, hardware-wise, and it appears that Nintendo's shiny E3 baubles will be limited to new games and software for the current systems.

They blame the «sluggish» sales on the delays for Super Street Fighter IV, Lost Planet 2 and the oversees release of Monster Hunter Tri which all slipped into the next fiscal year.

While buying wasn't entirely muted — London's October Gallery sold (by telephone) a large - scale aluminum - and - copper - wire - textile drapery by Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui for $ 650,000 to a royal buyer from Abu Dhabi — many of the 26 participating galleries reported sluggish sales.

Automakers are now lobbying for Trump to relax the standards, purportedly because sales of fuel - efficient vehicles have been sluggish due to low gasoline prices.

Due to gas prices, GM's sales have been sluggish at best so far this year, and as Americans drive less and look for more efficient, compact cars, the automakers will have to adjust.

Once the iPhone 8 went on sale, some analysts said that their sluggish sales could be attributed to people waiting for the iPhone X.

Recently, it's been reported that Samsung is one of the parties affected by the sluggish sales of the iPhone X, as it's the sole supplier of OLED displays for the anniversary Apple model.

For example, «I increased sales by 10 % in a sluggish market through Facebook marketing.

While consumer disenchantment and sluggish sales are bound to affect the fast - fashion segment, observers are already preparing for an industry with smaller footprints, and possibly more foreign operators.

When news of sluggish sales hits the retail real estate sector, department stores and apparel retailers emerge as the usual suspects for waning demand for space.

Shortly following the twister, homes for - sale that were left standing were quickly snatched up by buyers as the town's once sluggish housing market quickly morphed into a town where available housing is in high demand.

In Weston, Conn., for example, which has no train station or downtown, and where sales have been sluggish this year, JoAnn and Doug Cohen found themselves in an unexpected bidding war earlier this spring for a three - bedroom split - level listed for $ 635,000.

Although December sales were sluggish, Carpenter said he was encouraged that for all of 2016 home sales increased 4.3 percent for the Chicago area.

While home sales may be sluggish in many parts of the country, more buyers are placing an emphasis on green — with some studies showing that green homes can sell for higher dollar than non-green homes.