Increasing its physical presence in China, along with Starbucks» efforts to go after a more affluent and coffee - loving clientele through its premium coffee locations (aka Starbucks Reserve Roastery), demonstrate the reach and innovation that can drive mid-single-digit
growth year in and year out.
One site that has thrived is Geek 2 Geek, whose owner says that the site had its most profitable and fastest -
growth year in 2012.
E-commerce has had strong consistent
growth year in and year out since inception.
This complex statistical methodology identifies academic peer groups of students from across the state who performed the same way in the past, then determines their relative
growth this year in order to rate the overall growth for students achieved at a school.
But only two districts saw
growth each year in high school algebra pass rates.
Mazda comes to this year's Paris Motor Show riding a wave of sales momentum and double - digit
growth this year in Europe.
Fictionwise has seen 50 % year - to - year revenue
growth each year in the past several years, and Pendergrast said he expects the same in 2009, despite the economic downturn.
Value so far has led
growth this year in all market - cap sizes, and this also has helped the portfolio.
«The Luxury Collection is experiencing a great wave of global
growth this year in the Asia Pacific,» continued Paul James, Global Brand Leader, St. Regis and The Luxury Collection Hotels & Resorts.
XDD has seen record
growth this year in its full suite of eDiscovery services and both its domestic and offshore managed review business.
Not exact matches
IBT Education has reported a five per cent drop
in net profit to $ 14.1 million for the half -
year to December 2005 but has forecast strong profit
growth in the current six - month period.
The number of active Corporate VCs — which serve as the investment arms of giant firms and include Intel Capital, Bloomberg Beta and GE Ventures — has grown by 15.5 percent
year - over-
year between 2011 and 2015, compared to a
growth rate of 12.8 percent overall for VCs of any type
in the same period, according to data from CB Insights.
These are the 500 fastest - growing companies
in Canada, measured by their revenue
growth over the last five
years
Thomas Thurston, the founder of
Growth Science
in Portland, Ore., has spent the last seven
years building databases and algorithms aimed at finding commonalities between businesses that thrive and fail.
Even after more than 20
years in business, the world's biggest streaming video service experienced some of its fastest
growth ever
in the first quarter, helping to give its stock a big lift.
Domestically, the Bank of Canada's April 2016 Monetary Policy Report projected real GDP
growth of 1.7 %
in 2016, rising to 2.3 % the following
year.
The IIF said Argentina, Nigeria, Turkey and China recorded the largest buildup
in debt ratios over the
year, the latter fueled by ongoing
growth in indebtedness of households and the nation's finance sector.
Finalists
in the 2015 Entrepreneur of the
Year awards show how technology and innovation can enable rapid
growth, even
in mature industries.
Banks may see modest gains next
year, but the insurance sector, which is a big beneficiary of rising interest rates, could see solid
growth for a second
year in a row, he says.
In fact, some economists think China's GDP
growth could speed up next
year.
Fast -
growth companies like Airbnb and Uber have raked
in hundreds of millions of dollars
in venture capital funding
in the past few
years, which has pushed their valuations into never - before seen territory for startups.
Driving more than half the
growth in drug spending
in 2015 were sales of new branded medications that have been available for less than two
years.
Supplier cutbacks, steady demand
growth, geopolitical tensions and a favourable structure
in the futures market have attracted record investment
in oil this
year.
Tightening of monetary policy meant to cool the housing market over the past
year, combined with a wind - down
in public works, has served to slow GDP
growth into the single digits.
Huber of T. Rowe Price foresees high - single - digit earnings - per - share
growth, and 15 % share - price upside
in the next couple of
years, even before factoring
in yield.
The $ 14.4 billion IT consulting and outsourcing shop D'Souza cofounded
in 1994 is on a roll, averaging 15.1 % annual sales
growth over the past three
years.
Brazil is so last
year: Emerging markets have seen incredible
growth in the past ten
years.
To be sure, * The Magic of Thinking Big * was not written strictly for entrepreneurs — I'm not sure the word was well - known
in the 50s... but applying the principals from this book has contributed to the enormous
growth my public relations agency has enjoyed each
year of our existence.
By contrast, while the cost of older, branded pharmaceuticals continue to rise and contribute to increased spending, when discounting is considered, prices of these drugs increased, on average, 2.8 %
in 2015, the lowest
growth rate
in years.
The ecommerce behemoth made over $ 5.6 billion
in profits last
year, with a big
growth focus on increasing their subscription revenue.
Surveying group MNG has acquired Giudice Surveys, with the tie - up the next step
in MNG's
growth strategy following a comprehensive rebrand earlier this
year.
Larry Puglia, whose T. Rowe Price Blue Chip
Growth Fund has trounced the S&P 500 with annualized returns of 18.5 % over the past five
years (and 37 %
in 2017 alone), says that some of the same companies he avoided around the turn of the millennium are now among the biggest holdings
in his portfolio, including Amazon (amzn), Alphabet (googl), and Microsoft (msft).
In recent
years it's the domestic side that's been powering intermodal's
growth.
It confounds me that
in a
year of record lending by the Small Business Administration, entrepreneurs still struggle to get the financing they need even when all indicators point to the opportunity for
growth.
The HBSC Emerging Markets Index (EMI) Q2 2011 report says the emerging market
growth has slowed to its weakest level
in two
years.
«While we do not believe that either of these new sweeteners / flavoring agents will be the natural, great - tasting and calorie - free «silver bullet» that the industry has been waiting for, we believe it is possible that they will be able to drive interest, engagement and potentially sales
growth because of the massive consumer / societal need to reduce sugar and enhance healthiness,» Ali Dibadj, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein, said
in a note last December that previewed sweetener innovations expected this
year from Coke and Pepsi.
Revenue beat forecasts as organic
growth saw its strongest first quarter performance
in seven
years.
The decline is attributable,
in large part, to slow
growth in pension values — tweaks to assumptions about interest rate and life spans had inflated them the prior
year — and underwhelming corporate performance.
The Emeryville, California - based company claims a 10 -
year annual
growth rate of 18 percent and has a market presence
in 17 countries across North America, Europe, and Asia, according to Clif Bar.
In just one year, we have significantly exceeded our two - year sales goal, so I see continued success in the growth of the busines
In just one
year, we have significantly exceeded our two -
year sales goal, so I see continued success
in the growth of the busines
in the
growth of the business.
Last
year, Lee said, the city experienced a 30 % annual
growth in technology jobs, which now number some 32,000 positions at 1,600 tech or start - up companies.
Sales were flat
in North America, compared with a 38 percent
growth in the Asia - Pacific region, but that was enough to knock 5 percent off the stock which has gained more than two - thirds
in value over the past
year.
The 0.4 per cent
growth rate for the gross domestic product, the economy's total output of goods and services, was the weakest quarterly performance
in almost two
years and followed a much faster 3.1 per cent increase
in the third quarter.
Much of the
growth in recent
years has come from household spending, which must slow eventually because so much of that spending was done on credit.
«We are losing count of the number of intraquarter guidedowns that the company has had
in the past
year plus, which is not what we, or anyone else, wants to see
in what is ostensibly a
growth stock.»
That suggests ongoing job
growth in an economy many regard as near full employment, with the jobless rate at a 17 -
year low of 4.1 percent.
Barrick is
in a stronger position now to focus on
growth opportunities following two credit upgrades from rating agencies
in the first quarter of the
year.
Job creation is projected to slow down over the next few
years due to technological advances
in oil sands processing and a slower
growth in international demand for oil products, but the growing demand for base metals is expected to buoy employment opportunities.
Professional associations
in WA have recorded significant
growth in membership over the past five
years.
Even though they're spending $ 900 million over five
years to satisfy the NDP, the cash - strapped Liberals are making right - leaning promises to limit spending
growth to 1.8 per cent a
year, rebalance the books
in 2017 - 18 and have no new taxes.