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Home video is an increasingly important, high margin business for the studios, though physical disc sales and rentals have collapsed in recent years.

Not exact matches

Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.

It's a high - margin business and a huge profit driver for Amazon, propping up the rest of the company for several consecutive quarters.

There's a difference in growth opportunities for Alphabet and Amazon, according to Macquarie's Ben Schachter: Every new Alphabet business is going to be lower margin than its ads business, while every new Amazon business is going to have higher margins than retail.

Daily deals can still make sense for businesses with high gross margins, no product costs, and low incremental costs.

Ted Mallett, VP and chief economist at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business, says the difference for common household goods like detergent and diapers is largely due to the fact that retailers need higher margins in the smaller Canadian market; there are no tariffs on most items like these.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

The company is focusing more resources on higher - value specialty materials products like semiconductors for cell phones and moving away from the lower - margin chlorine business.

He thinks that Amazon's shares are worth significantly more than where they are trading now because he expects the company's higher - margin web services business to grow faster than its retail segment, more than making up for the cost of expanding into new businesses to lure more Prime members, he said.

Five years ago Muhlhauser charged him with the task of repurposing the Toronto facility for higher - margin business.

Hargreaves Lansdown's Laith Khalaf: «There are clear benefits from the two supermarkets joining forces, particularly when it comes to leveraging their combined buying power, which should result in both lower prices for customers and higher margins for the business.

Tyson Foods (TSN) bought Hillshire Brands for $ 8.5 billion two years ago and that brand is expected to have seen strong sales in the most recent quarter, while Tyson's chicken business also likely benefitted from higher margins thanks to cost - cutting measures.

«Last year, we delivered higher revenue and stronger pre-tax margins despite a challenging environment for our market - making businesses,» Lloyd C. Blankfein, Goldman's chairman and CEO, said in a statement.

Bloomberg reported that while Alibaba has entered many businesses outside e-commerce, these segments are far off from generating profits for the group and its main revenue driver will continue to be its core business thanks to the high margins this sector offers.

As the COO of the company, I was responsible for rapidly growing an idea into a well - managed, high margin, multi-hundred million dollar business.

The North American retail business, though, brought in $ 17.67 billion in revenue compared with $ 2.89 billion for Amazon Web Services, an indication of the significantly higher profit margins in cloud computing.

Whether you intend starting a small daily catering business or you aim to offer huge extravaganzas for a large number of people once a year, then you probably want to consider pursuing your dreams in the food industry because the potential profit margin in the catering business is extremely high.

It delivers entrepreneurial education, designed for the founders of high growth and high margin businesses, and the creators of innovative technology that is prime for commercialization.

We believed that margins for LinkedIn would be consistent with, or higher than, other Internet and business service companies if it was not so heavily investing in early - stage opportunities in adjacent businesses.

Our proprietary point - of - sale system also helps stores stay on course for achieving high gross margins of approximately 60 %, which translates to a faster return on investment, greater profits and the opportunity for rapid growth to multi-store businesses.

While the average indicator rate on large business variable - rate loans, at 8.0 per cent, is now higher than the corresponding rate for small businesses, the all - up borrowing cost to large business remains lower than for small businesses since customer risk margins for the former are, on average, finer than those for the latter.

I think the valuation is just average, but I think if this develops into a larger issue then customer attrition comes into play, which is a problem for a bank like Wells that relies on its huge business that it does in the retail bank (57 % of its income comes from the retail bank, of which a large percentage is high margin revenue that comes from cross-selling, the very practice that it will now almost certainly begin to slow).

While demand for low - end, starter homes has driven the business historically, most of the construction activity has been at the high - end, where profit margins are richer for builders.

Management has turned this seemingly sleepy business into one that generates high margins, throws off lots of free cash flow for dividends and buybacks, and provides returns on equity in excess of 20 %.

Through the first half, we grew operating income for this part of our business by 14 %, and operating income margin was 30 basis points higher than the first half of 2011.

The higher - margin strategy is part of the reason why Mr Clarke said Treasury wasn't really interested in buying the $ 1 billion - plus Accolade Wines business now destined for an ASX listing in early 2017 under 80 per cent owner CHAMP Private Equity.

He said the broader target of getting towards 30 per cent profit margins for the whole business would depend on how hard Treasury drove internal shifts where it heavily invests behind the higher - end brands that are much more profitable.

Accolade is still 20 per cent owned by New York Stock Exchange - listed Constellation Brands which bought the entire wine business for $ 1.9 billion in 2003 when it was known as BRL Hardy, and then sold down most of its stake in 2011 for a much lower multiple after a sustained slump in profits as the high Australian dollar hit profit margins on exports.

Preserving working capital is a must for any business, especially restaurants and foodservice operations where high operating costs put pressure on margins and profitability.

Businesses in the UK will face increasing pressure on their margins as they will find themselves paying for a higher customs duty just to maintain the status quo.

A business that had no employees, high sales but no profits due to making no margin, would have no «added value», so any VAT that it would incur on its purchases would be offset by the VAT it collects on its sales, leaving no additional tax for the Exchequer.

IHS is also optimistic about the PS4's overall profitability saying that «lower research and development costs for PlayStation 4 hardware, additional revenue streams from online service subscriptions and a more aggressive transition to higher margin digital content sales are combining to strengthen Sony's games business outlook even in the face of increased competition from cheap Android consoles and alternative devices eating into consumers» gaming time, including smartphones and tablets.»

-LSB-...] the combined earnings for the subscription service for Sony and Xbox — PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, respectively — generated around $ 3 billion in revenues last year, and has proven a key component in transitioning consumers to the higher - margin side of the business in digital distribution.

This is good for the auto business, of course, coming just six years after General Motors and Chrysler filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganizations and some five years after Ford Motor Company sold off all its high - profit - margin Premier Automotive Group brands except for Lincoln.

And it has no high - margin luxury business there, nor is it much of a market for full - sized pickups and SUVs.

Driven by growing consumer interest in safety performance products, this expanding, high - margin market is opening doors for new product innovations and business opportunities.

When asked why Dell discontinued the Venue line of smartphones, the manufacturer admitted that the phones had run their course internally and that the lifecycle for phones was much shorter in the US than in the aforementioned emerging markets, while admitting that it would rather focus on its core enterprise businesses in the US and work to increase profit margins on its high - end laptop lines.

Bottomline: The agency model is for those who want to protect the broken, status quo of the book business who want books to be physical items that are sold for high margins through independently owned bookstores (translation: The American Booksellers Association and the major book publishers).

Management has positioned its core retail business for sales growth and margin expansion which will act as the primary catalyst to drive the shares higher.

If your business begins to turn over its assets more slowly (i.e. it begins to generate less revenue per $ 1 of assets), then you'll need to make up for that by earning a higher profit margin on each $ 1 of revenue if you are to maintain the same ROA.

For Loblaw, the priority has always been the PC Points program, and by holding onto the credit card deal with MasterCard it will retain that high - margin lending business.

For most companies, aftermarket / service revenue carries a higher margin than OEM business.

The spin that the lower margins was due to higher than expected sales from the hardware business does not account for all of the EPS cuts.

While Alpha boasts higher margins & growth right now, Record's a larger / more well - established company with similar / higher margins historically, and a highly impressive 30 % pa revenue trajectory in its passive hedging business for almost a decade now.

His strategy involves looking for businesses with high margins trading at a low price in relation to earnings.

So for me, I would think the CAPE is very relevant and that stocks are reflecting higher margins due to lowered input costs or COGS... If we have to print more money to «save» housing and banking, this would it seem be to the detriment of most businesses that will continue to see their purchasing power erode vs. Oil and Food costs...

All in all, auction houses are scaleable, low - risk & high - margin businesses — but rather frustratingly, they're almost inevitably too pricey for me.

If they bought & plugged Donegal's value added dairy business (I believe Rumblers, for example, is a popular brand in France) into their existing production & distribution, they'd obviously (& quickly) earn a far higher incremental margin.

For retailers, toys mean high - margins, powerful display potential, repeat business, fresh new designs, bright colors and happy customers.

However, it is still a relatively low cost for an existing center to start offering freediving with a relatively high profit margin so you should be able to negotiate a good commission with the dive business.