Sentences with phrase «holiday demand for»

Cook, who late last year criticized IDC's report about Apple Watch market share numbers, said holiday demand for the product was so strong that the company could not meet it.

He says that the supply issues are due to a bottleneck in the production of battery rigid - flex PCB, with Apple struggling to meet the holiday demand for its Bluetooth earbuds.

«Our results were driven by robust holiday demand for Grand Theft Auto V, the franchise record - breaking launch of NBA 2K14, the successful release of WWE 2K14, and strong growth in digitally - delivered revenues led by Grand Theft Auto Online,» the website indicated.

«We delivered results that were solidly within our expectations, driven by strong holiday demand for NBA 2K12, our popular catalogue titles and digital offerings.»

Retrevo said that with the iPad 2 out since March, and with no iPad 3 expected until the second quarter of 2012 or later, both newcomers are taking advantage of strong holiday demand for something new in a tablet.

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He added that, in Singapore, some indicators of Chinese New Year spending that give him signals for the health of the economy are the demand for gift baskets and hampers and the queues for bakkwa — a sweet barbecued pork jerky in Singapore which sells for about $ 38 (S$ 50) per kilogram, and gets more expensive the closer it gets to the actual holiday.

Analysts have lowered iPhone X shipment projections for the first quarter of next year, citing signs of lackluster demand at the end of the holiday shopping season.

Lawsuit lenders are enjoying increased demand from consumers seeking extra cash for the holidays.

But while Australian demand for the fruit has been fueled by its store of healthy fats, supply has been strangled by heavy rain and bushfires, and because growers in western Australia, anticipating a fall in demand after Christmas, exhausted their stocks to flood the market in the lead - up to the holiday season.

The demand woes are essentially tied to three main factors: Across the industry, retailers still had to unload food shipments from the fourth quarter, resulting in some delayed ordering at the start of 2017; executives also blamed a delay in tax refunds for hurting consumer demand during the quarter; and then there was a shift in the timing for Easter — the holiday landed in March for 2016 but April this year.

Technology is finally driving smarter lending at scale and businesses effectively leveraging this credit innovation will give themselves a leg up in their markets to prepare for the shopping influx, increase sales and meet the growing demands of their customers this critical holiday shopping season.

Accompanying the growing desire to visit those destinations is the increased demand for more personalized holiday experiences, market research shows.

By providing installment options, merchants can further meet the growing demand for credit by offering flexible payment options for online holiday shoppers.

Nearly half of business owners failed to get away this summer on vacation, so it stands to reason that with clients and employees as demanding as ever, the holiday season is often also far from restful for many entrepreneurs.

In the base metals complex, only nickel and tin traded higher for the quarter.4 A slow start to Chinese restocking coming out of the Chinese New Year holiday weighed on prices for copper and aluminum, both of which saw their worst quarterly results in years, while zinc and lead prices also declined.4 The London Metal Exchange (LME) Index, which tracks the three - month futures prices of all six metals, fell 6.3 %.4 LME copper -LRB--7.4 %, to US$ 6,714 per mt) and other industrial metals erased some of their 2017 gains, falling alongside a sharply decelerating expansion in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy changes.

The demand of gold reflected over the next several months and characterized by the purchase of the metal for cultural celebrations and religious holidays, I refer to as the Love Trade.

The central bank's apparent reassurance came after China's financial system showed fresh signs of stress on Monday, with short - term borrowing costs for banks soaring on heavy holiday - induced demand for cash and rising worries over the vast shadow - banking sector.

Container box freight rates may face a normal seasonal dip in Q4, after the Golden Week holidays, but a quick recovery is possible for short - haul routes in the Atlantic amid extra EU sugar demand.

Sorry but giving Muslims special holidays would only invite demands from Buddhists, Hindus, Sikhs, Wiccans, Shintos, Rastafarians, etc. for recognizing their holdiays.

I follow Hinduism, so tomorrow should everyone following Hinduism demand holidays for their festival?

In the past, I've bemoaned the tendency for some Christians to confront store clerks during Christmastime, demanding that they play religious Christmas music over the PA and say «Merry Christmas» instead of «Happy Holidays.»

As an example, Howell cites stocking country - style ribs in the summer in time for grilling season, as opposed to turkeys, which see much more of a demand during the Thanksgiving holiday.

Experience the all - new installment of everyone's family - favorite animated series just in time for the holiday season when Alpha and Omega: The Big Fureeze arrives on DVD (plus Digital), Digital HD, and On Demand on November 8 from Lionsgate.

The demands are for sick pay, holidays and pensions in line with those received by in - house staff.

Unite the union is demanding minimum standards for pay, hours, holiday and redundancy for fuel tanker drivers.

About 45,000 of the telecom giant's workers, represented by the Communications Workers of America and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, walked off the job on Aug. 7 in protest against Draconian concessions demanded by the highly profitable company, including eliminating pensions for new hires; slashing paid sick time and holidays; and increasing employees» contributions to their health care costs.

A targeted VAT cut and a National Insurance Contributions (NICs) holiday must be introduced for small firms as small business confidence fell to -9.3 due to the pressure of weak demand and rising costs, according to the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) «Voice of Small Business» Index.

However, customers might suffer sticker shock when it's time to book those rides: The platform is known for its surge pricing at peak - demand times, such as the holidays.

To meet increasing consumer demand for heritage - breed turkeys to be the centerpiece of holiday and other meals, researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences are studying methods producers can use to raise the historical birds.

I have been a little swamped catching up with work, shooting new content + then took a little trip to Palm Springs with my bestie who I haven't seen in foreverrr... when I say forever I actually mean forever — 5 months, no biggie, guess that's what happens when you are adults who have demanding careers with a lot of travel haha:p Anyways, before I left for my most recent trip, I was visiting my family in NY for the holidays where I of course headed into my old stomping grounds... NYC!!

Historically, schools have often offered parking for big local events on a cash - per - car basis, but there are now a number of websites which allow you to rent out your spare spaces online - letting you access the much larger demand for parking outside of school hours, on weekends and during the holidays (as well as events), all year round.

This resource includes an Essay to practice factors impacting the demand for 18 - 30 holidays.

OCR has spent thousands of pounds this year advertising for new markers on buses and in the pages of cruise holiday magazines to meet the demand, particularly in subjects such as history, English literature, sociology and religious studies.

U.S. light - vehicle sales, led by double - digit increases at Chrysler Group and Nissan Motor Corp., rose 6 percent in August, helped by generous Labor Day holiday deals and continued demand for pickups,...

Sales are usually robust during the month which marks the onset of the holiday shopping season, though demand for Apple products seems to be exceptionally high this year.

It has to be on the shelf by September - October to meet demand for the holiday window,» Rodman and Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar told Reuters on April 7.

Amazon's decent - enough ranking, in either case, can be attributed to demand for its super-cheap $ 50 tablet, which was a holiday season surprise hit.

The Barnes and Noble Nook Color is a runaway success for the company, whom was manufacturing 3 million a month to keep up with retail demand going into the holiday season.

«expert AG is a great partner for Kobo heading into the holiday season,» said Thorsten Schröer, Director of Sales for Europe, Kobo Inc. «With stores across the country, expert is perfectly positioned to support the growing demand of the German e-reading market.

Under this strategy, Amazon decides that it will demand no more discount than offered to any other vendor, for any purpose *; it will do everything in its power to meet author and indendent publisher demands; and it will send a bouquet and basket of puppies to midlist authors who place their out - of - print books on Kindle, in addition to the royalties due (and a holiday bonus).

Either way, it seems there's a large demand for the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and you can only imagine how crazy things will get once the holiday season starts to roll around.

Using these new screens and the overall demand of the units meant Sony was unprepared for the critical holiday season and overextended themselves with the Japan launch.

Barnes & Noble claimed that extraordinarily high demand for its Nook e-reader delayed shipments during the holiday season, with some customers who ordered devices in late November or December not receiving them until January or February.

The demand for e-books is unquestionably on the rise and e-readers and iPads were hot holiday items this past holiday season.

Demand for nook continues to be very high, and we're pleased our customers will be able to try and buy nook in our stores and online and enjoy it in time for the holiday,» said William J. Lynch, President of Barnes & Noble.com.

The company says demand for its new Kindle Paperwhite completely outstripped supply, and that it could have sold many more Paperwhites in the holiday quarter if it could have made them available.

It said it over-anticipated the growth in consumer demand for single purpose, black - and - white reading devices in the holiday.

A spokesperson for Barnes & Noble wouldn't comment on the Engadget report, but told PCMag, «3G sold out during the holiday season so there is plenty of demand for it.»

Later in the report, B&N says, «the Company over-anticipated the growth in consumer demand for single purpose black - and - white reading devices this holiday» — to the extent that the company downgraded its projected full - year earnings to a range of $ 150 to $ 180 million (from a previously projected $ 210 to $ 250 million).

Going forward, e-Reader demand remains strong for the holidays, with 5 % of respondents saying they are Very Likely to buy an e-Reader and 10 % Somewhat Likely over the next 90 days.