Sentences with phrase «hitting it big in»

Richard Bell went from a failing business and living on his mother's couch to hitting it big in the surplus home finishing business.

If it's big in Japan, it could also hit big in the United States — and these entrepreneurs are betting on it.

After premiering several new programs in 2013, Amazon hit it big in 2014 with the critically acclaimed Transparent and Mozart in the Jungle.

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He took various partners and developed other business enterprises along the way in order to fund his desire to hit it big in printing.

Hitting it big in 1989, the Hollywood, CA based band rose through the ranks of the local Sunset Strip scene to the level of multiplatinum selling, chart - topping success.

The band hit it big in the 80s — with their track Fields of Fire reaching the UK Top Ten in 1983.

Gorgeousness Gadgets Beauty gadgets have been on the rise for a few years, with dry brushing, microneedles and cleansing brushes, but dermal rollers just started to hit big in 2017 — especially the jade ones.

Perhaps it'll hit big in the fall?

In 2009, James hit it big in January with Paul Blart: Mall Cop.

After small roles on episodic television and the occasional film, she hit it big in 1973 by appearing in two of the year's biggest hits, «The Way We Were» and the winner of the Academy Award for Best Picture, «The Sting.»

Ever since the first film hit it big in 2008, studio executives have been snapping up young adult novels in the hope of hitting the same vein, but, aside from «The Hunger Games» the handful of attempts that have hit theaters so far, like «Beastly» and «I Am Number Four,» mostly disappeared without a trace, and not just because they starred Alex Pettyfer.

Jamie Foxx is the rare comedian who didn't really hit it big in movies until he began appearing in dramatic roles — like his lead performance in Ray, for which he was awarded the 2004 Best Actor Oscar — and is now better known as a dramatic actor than a comedic one.

The connecting thread between Empire Records, The Craft, and End of Days is of course Robin Tunney, who hit it big in the late «90s and has grown to show as much longevity in her career as the select films from her body of work — cult phenoms, if not cultural touchstones by some measure.

But better and cheaper ereaders, coupled with emerging ebook publishers hitting big in select genres well suited for this new medium (such as erotica), eventually brought us to where we are today — the emergence of smart and quick Davids in a field of overgrown and slow Goliaths.

e-Readers have really hit it big in 2011 and have seen over 27.1 million e-ink devices sold in the retail sphere.

I'm thinking that in the future, we're going to see more authors like David Dalglish, who hit it big in indie and then got picked up by Orbit.

Stories of John Lockes and Amanda Hockings will be comfortable fairy tales, when back in the good old days you could hit big in self - publishing with seeming ease.

When they remaindered that book, J.A. Konrath was just hitting it big in indie publishing and I figured I might as well self - publish that book to see if things were as hot as he said.

Throughout the development of the first State of Decay, and now its sequel, releasing May 22nd, Undead Labs has seen a number of trends hit it big in the industry, such as the meteoric rise of the battle royale genre (itself born from zombie survival games such as DayZ).

Guaranteed to make you feel manlier just by downloading, this pack also includes bonus Karaoke modes for Majima and Kiryu, new cut scenes, and bonus items to help you hit it big in the casino and upgrade your weapons.»

Super Mario Bros.: The Complete Strategy Guide (スーパーマリオブラザーズ完全攻略本, pictured at left) was produced by the editors of Tokuma Shoten's Family Computer Magazine, the highest - circ game mag in Japan until Famitsu hit it big in the late 1980s.

After Super Mario Maker hit it big in 2015, the internet was filled with Mario fan games taking after it (except you know, being PC based).

Designed by MFGG user Luminey to be a PC equivalent to Super Mario Maker (with NES style levels and user created character costumes), the game kind of hit it big in December 2015 with a wave of coverage on GoNintendo, Destructoid, Kotaku and much more.

Not exact matches

Generation Z — people born after 1996 — is about to hit the working world in a big way.

When a relationship hits a serious stage and couples get married or commit to each other in some big way, people are often too overcome with excitement or too overwhelmed by the prospect of spending forever with this person to have a deep discussion about where their priorities lie.

Sometimes the big hits can be found in thinking smaller.

Add in hefty attorneys» fees and considerable man - hours, and you've got a big hit to your bottom line.

The slowing economy has hit smaller accounting firms harder than the big players, judging by revenue data released over the past month, with practices in Western Australia affected more than those in other states.

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I also covered the first step in that process, figuring out if the market is big enough to enable you to hit the revenue target you need in order to be successful.

Big commodities players, hit hard by falling prices in recent years, are also eagerly awaiting Belt and Road, since so much of the early spending will flow toward raw materials.

Some haven't been happy about it, while others are gleefully trying to take full advantage of the media attention generated by the biggest (and most embarrassing) story to hit Toronto in decades.

Seattle - based PopCap, meanwhile, was acquired by giant Electronic Arts in 2011 for $ 750 million, and Finland's Supercell, which currently rules the mobile roost with its hit Clash of Clans, last month netted a cool $ 1.5 billion after Japanese telecom provider Softbank purchased a 51 % stake, which values the company at $ 3 billion — or bigger than Zynga.

It starts in India and hits Singapore and Australia, countries with big non-resident Indian populations.

In a typical week, a Hockey Night in Canada game, for instance, will pull in 2.1 million Canadian viewers, while a prime - time hit like Big Bang Theory attracts 3.6 millioIn a typical week, a Hockey Night in Canada game, for instance, will pull in 2.1 million Canadian viewers, while a prime - time hit like Big Bang Theory attracts 3.6 millioin Canada game, for instance, will pull in 2.1 million Canadian viewers, while a prime - time hit like Big Bang Theory attracts 3.6 millioin 2.1 million Canadian viewers, while a prime - time hit like Big Bang Theory attracts 3.6 million.

In Dick's case, Wedbush Securities estimates that the whole hunting segment, not just firearms, make up only 10 % of company sales and that the moves announced by Dick's would have at most a small impact on sales, with the biggest threat coming from a hit to store traffic.

Just because something is big in Japan doesn't mean it'll be a hit here.

Increasingly, there's a new technological race in which hedge funds and other well - heeled investors armed with big - data analytics instantly analyze millions of Twitter messages and other non-traditional information sources to buy and sell stocks faster than smaller investors can hit «retweet.»

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Jun didn't give any further details, so it's not clear which devices will hit the US market, nor if any of the four big carriers will sell them in their retail stores.

So if and when the Dow hits 20,000 in record time, just remember this: We may have to endure another stock market crash before it takes its next big step up.

G.I. Joe hit the shelves in time for the 1964 Christmas shopping season and soon became a big seller at $ 4 apiece.

Its big opportunity came in 2008, when the global recession hit.

Suncor is Alberta's biggest company by assets, but a near 50 % drop in oil prices in 2015 hit the company hard.

Once on fire, the U.S. IPO market took a big hit in October when 15 planned initial public offerings were withdrawn — the most seen since the market crashed in 2008.

Roper last month said that retailers are being more cautious about their buying for hard seltzer after hard soda suffered from lagging interest from consumers after a big spike in demand when those products first hit shelves.

In a research hit this morning, Romney's communications team reminds reporters that in 2008, Clinton once called his wife's primary opponent «the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen.&raquIn a research hit this morning, Romney's communications team reminds reporters that in 2008, Clinton once called his wife's primary opponent «the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen.&raquin 2008, Clinton once called his wife's primary opponent «the biggest fairy tale I've ever seen.»

We're consistently in the lab testing new products forecasting the next big hit!

But instead of a big hit to drum up some hype in the city that never sleeps, Cirque's got Shpeel on its plate, and it isn't the sort of entrance the 26 - year - old company was hoping for.