Sentences with phrase «higher sales result»

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«Increased commodity prices, coupled with a focus on operating efficiently and strengthening our portfolio, resulted in higher earnings and the highest quarterly cash flow from operations and asset sales since 2014,» Darren Woods, chairman and chief executive officer, said in a statement.

The company's results got a boost from higher sales of prescription drugs at its stores, among other factors.

Higher commercial rental and ChoiceLease performance was more than offset by higher depreciation of $ 10 million due to vehicle residual value changes implemented January 1, 2018, used vehicle sales results, and overhead speHigher commercial rental and ChoiceLease performance was more than offset by higher depreciation of $ 10 million due to vehicle residual value changes implemented January 1, 2018, used vehicle sales results, and overhead spehigher depreciation of $ 10 million due to vehicle residual value changes implemented January 1, 2018, used vehicle sales results, and overhead spending.

FMS earnings before tax as a percentage of FMS total revenue and FMS operating revenue (a non-GAAP measure) were 4.0 % and 4.8 %, respectively, both down 60 basis points from the prior year, primarily reflecting higher depreciation due to vehicle residual value policy changes and lower used vehicle sales results.

Customers in your community are likely to feel more emotionally connected to a charity closer to home, which can result in higher sales.

This improved operational process will enable baristas to make more orders in less time and could result in higher sales for Starbucks.

By collecting information about consumers — such as which online ads result in sales — advertisers argue they can show higher - quality ads relevant to users» actual interests, as shown by their shopping history.

While that return could simply be greater cash flow, good marketing plans result in higher sales and profits.

The results retailers have seen include higher sales, faster delivery times, easier inventory forecasting, improved margins, and lower costs.

You'll need to ramp up, and in fact, some daily deal provides push merchants to ramp up by adding phone lines, email addresses, employees, website capacity, and inventory, resulting in higher costs on discounted sales.

As the number of available spaces dropped, so did the number of sales, resulting in higher prices.

«WPX's 2014 financial highlights include $ 190 million higher oil sales, $ 106 million higher natural gas sales, and a 68 % increase in net cash provided by operating activities vs. 2013 results,» it said.

For starters, you'll notice that after those monthly meetings, there's a burst of high energy that can result in high volume sales activity.

Within those companies, the design efforts have led to a measurable impact to business results — leading to more sales, higher customer retention, and faster product cycles.

«The higher percentage of sales in the hardware category resulted in better than expected comps, but lower gross margin dollars during the holiday selling period,» said GameStop's chief financial officer, Rob Lloyd.

That behavioral shift has resulted in hundreds of store closures and higher promotions, putting pressure on major retailers and apparel and footwear makers like Nike that depend on them for sales.

Whether it's getting more customers to your store, more downloads on your app, increased sales on your ecommerce site or higher quality leads, Facebook has the tools to help you achieve and measure real business results.

Seven of eleven categories posted higher sales, yet the stronger headline number was almost entirely the result of a surge in purchases of new cars.

The result is that sales of space heaters in cities like Denver are highest in the summer as workers combat arctic office conditions.

This quarter, we are seeing positive results from the conversion of our watch business to a global licensing arrangement with Fossil, and our watch sales at retail in North America have increased high double - digit at key retailers, including Nordstrom and Macy's.

This results in higher rankings for your website, driving more traffic, leads, and sales.

We believe that a higher level of member engagement will result in increased sales of our hiring and marketing solutions and premium subscriptions, as customers will have access to a larger pool of professional talent.

Ranking high in the search results pages has a positive effect on your brand awareness and it helps you increase your sales volume and market share.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ include general business and economic conditions and the state of the solar industry; governmental support for the deployment of solar power; future available supplies of high - purity silicon; demand for end - use products by consumers and inventory levels of such products in the supply chain; changes in demand from significant customers; changes in demand from major markets such as Japan, the U.S., India and China; changes in customer order patterns; changes in product mix; capacity utilization; level of competition; pricing pressure and declines in average selling prices; delays in new product introduction; delays in utility - scale project approval process; delays in utility - scale project construction; delays in the completion of project sales; continued success in technological innovations and delivery of products with the features customers demand; shortage in supply of materials or capacity requirements; availability of financing; exchange rate fluctuations; litigation and other risks as described in the Company's SEC filings, including its annual report on Form 20 - F filed on April 27, 2017.

Smart use of segmentation tools means higher open and conversion rates for your email campaigns — boosting campaign results and ultimately driving more sales.

The result is sellers that are fully utilized working with high quality prospects, faster growth, lower sales costs and greater profitability.

Optimization for high B2B conversion rates in order to drive better results from marketing and sales.

Interestingly, though, no other positive result (e.g. shorter sales cycles, more wins, higher sales price, more demos) showed up in a majority of responses.

In summary, the likely results of sales - tax harmonization would be: huge savings for business, mostly unrelated to productivity - enhancing investment; slightly higher consumer prices;  lower provincial revenues; and $ 5 billion less for important federal programs.

If you have identified who these people are, however, you can quickly segment them out from the rest of your buyer personas, achieve a lower cost - per - lead and cost - per - customer, and see higher sales productivity as a result.

«In a world where everything for sale through an app (think electronics, taxis, food) is synonymous with vastly cheaper prices than physical stores, this exercise often simply resulted in higher outright discounts with every passing week,» Singh said.

Disney Channel and ABC Family results benefitted from programs sales and higher affiliate revenue, while growth at ESPN was driven by higher affiliate revenue partially offset by a 3 % decline in advertising revenue.

Since launching a campaign with Quantum, we have seen a considerable uptick in digital conversions, leading to more visitors walking through the door of our dealership — all resulting in higher sales numbers — and one of our best Januarys ever.

Higher sales at reimaged restaurants contributed approximately 60 basis points to our North America system same - restaurant sales results in quarter two.

Crudely, it can set prices high, which will likely keep demand down but will result in a big per - sale profit margin; or the company can set its prices low, and rely on volume.

In fact, the spring market marked the lowest inventory in seven years and as a result, sales slipped and prices pushed to 10 - year highs.

Results in an organization trickle down from the top, so if you want marketing and sales to align it needs to be important to the highest ranking executives in the company.

Data is gathered and updated through DiscoverOrg's proprietary combination of technology, tools, and integrations and then verified by an in - house research team — resulting in the highest level of accuracy available across B2B sales and marketing data providers.

Specifically, Defendants made false and / or misleading statements and / or failed to disclose that: (i) the Company was engaged in predatory lending practices that saddled subprime borrowers and / or those with poor or limited credit histories with high - interest rate debt that they could not repay; (ii) many of the Company's customers were using Qudian - provided loans to repay their existing loans, thereby inflating the Company's revenues and active borrower numbers and increasing the likelihood of defaults; (iii) the Company was providing online loans to college students despite a governmental ban on the practice; (iv) the Company was engaged overly aggressive and improper collection practices; (v) the Company had understated the number of its non-performing loans in the Registration Statement and Prospectus; (vi) because of the Company's improper lending, underwriting and collection practices it was subject to a heightened risk of adverse actions by Chinese regulators; (vii) the Company's largest sales platform and strategic partner, Alipay, and Ant Financial, could unilaterally cap the APR for loans provided by Qudian; (viii) the Company had failed to implement necessary safeguards to protect customer data; (ix) data for nearly one million Company customers had been leaked for sale to the black market, including names, addresses, phone numbers, loan information, accounts and, in some cases, passwords to CHIS, the state - backed higher - education qualification verification institution in China, subjecting the Company to undisclosed risks of penalties and financial and reputational harm; and (x) as a result of the foregoing, Qudian's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

Results were driven by strong results in Wealth Management, which includes City National Bank (City National), and higher earnings in Insurance, which includes the Q3 / 16 gain on the sale of our home and auto insurance manufacturing buResults were driven by strong results in Wealth Management, which includes City National Bank (City National), and higher earnings in Insurance, which includes the Q3 / 16 gain on the sale of our home and auto insurance manufacturing buresults in Wealth Management, which includes City National Bank (City National), and higher earnings in Insurance, which includes the Q3 / 16 gain on the sale of our home and auto insurance manufacturing business.

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«Results reflect the company's more aggressive efforts to improve its price relevancy, as well as higher shrinkage in the last two weeks of the quarter given purchases were planned for a higher level of sales heading into the 4th of July holiday,» said Whole Foods.

It just doesn't make economic sense to begin accepting BTC as payment — it doesn't result in much higher sales, because there are aren't that many customers with bitcoin.

«There is no question that the federal government's moves have resulted in a slowdown of new sales, particularly in the high - rise component.

And just minutes ago, McDonald's (MCD - Free McDonald's Stock Report) reported quarterly results, including a higher - than - expected 2.9 % rise in quarterly sales at established U.S. restaurants, which Wall Street has greeted kindly.

A liquidation settles this debate, distributing to owners of pieces of paper the actual cash proceeds resulting from the sale of corporate assets to the highest bidder.

An increase in oil prices in April should help drive refinery sales even higher when results from that month are released.

Third Quarter 2014 Results Total company contract sales were $ 172 million, a $ 4 million increase from $ 168 million in the third quarter of 2013, driven by $ 3 million of higher vacation ownership contract sales in the company's North America segment, $ 2 million of higher contract sales in the company's Europe segment and $ 1 million of higher contract sales in the company's Asia Pacific segment, partially offset by $ 2 million of lower residential contract sales in the company's North America segment.

Even while sales were down from the previous year, the total dollar volume of sales reached a new high of $ 8.972 billion, which resulted in a 14.4 per cent increase in all - property average sale price for the year.