Sentences with phrase «holiday period as»

It seems Sony had a good holiday period as Sony Interactive Entertainment announced they sold over 5.9 million PlayStation 4 consoles during the holiday season.

The firm expects the iPad to return to the 80 % range after the holiday period as users return from vacation and browse with their new devices less frequently.

Whether you experience the holiday period as a lull or utter lunacy, the key to carving out the time and headspace you need to actually celebrate the season is to think ahead, according to Hamill.

Not exact matches

When a party planner specifies «holiday formal» or «smart casual,» she might as well be demanding «late - period Etruscan.»

If you ask, your carrier may have some flexibility around pick - up times, which can be a boon during high - volume periods such as the holidays, he says.

The world's biggest smartphone maker kept its full - year investment plan conservative and warned it would be difficult to increase earnings in the first quarter as demand pulls back from the year - end holiday period.

Eighty - five percent of small - business owners say that the holiday shopping period is just as — or more important than — last year, according to a survey by Manta, an online small - business community.

Faced with wary shoppers and a shorter holiday season, retailers are piling on deals as they jockey for market share during the most important sales period of the year.

Forex market conditions have been thin with Tokyo markets having been closed today, and will also be absent tomorrow as part of the «Golden Week» holiday period.

This bonanza holds true for real estate as well, as the Golden Week holiday is a prime sales season when Chinese traditionally leverage the week - long holiday to property hunt, and is also a period that Chinese developers capitalise on to market new real estate projects.

February and March have been two of the strongest months on average for the index since 2009 as retailers generally release holiday season earnings over this period.

After having had to deal with such a difficult period, Michael Kors now seems to have regained its momentum, and bullish investors hope that the holiday season will go as well as the luxury retailer believes it will.

That is like taking Gay Pride month, using it as a major holiday period, then decide to boot and marginalize gays from their own time to celebrate.

One of the arguments for long periods away while everything is fine is the prevention of potential problems in the future but Sir Paul Coleridge said there were better ways to deal with any problems, such as going on holidays for couples, organised by Christian groups or with a Christian theme: «I would immensely encourage people to investigate those and take them up.»

As most supermarkets begin to stock their Christmas goods and restaurants take festive bookings, I have begun planning for the holiday period by trying out a batch of spice infused brownies.

They must occur during C bands, which are time periods nominated by the regulator (the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA)-RRB- as suitable for children's viewing, and include 7.00 - 8.30 am and 4.00 - 8.30 pm on Monday to Friday and 7 am to 8.30 pm on Saturday, Sunday and school holidays [4].

As reported by The Mirror, Wenger took the chance in his pre match press conference to disagree with the Dutchman and explain that he loves the busy festive period, insisting that it is one of the things that makes the Premier League such a global commodity, when the leagues around Europe have shut down but everyone is on holiday.

With Mertesacker's injury, we currently have just two first team centre backs available in Chambers and Holding, as Gabriel remains out with tonsilitis and Koscielny is yet to return to training from his extended holiday period.

Expect plenty of rotation this week, as Jürgen Klopp tries to keep his squad fresh for the busy holiday period.

They will have a rare, nice, normal break during the holiday period, as they play against West Brom on January 2.

The Arlington Heights Historical Museum offered different types of programs to Park District residents including period and holiday craft classes, programs for school and scout groups, and special events such as Civil War Days, German Fest, Holiday and Mother's Day Teas, the annual House Walk, and Irish Fest.

I want to acknowledge that for many, this holiday period may be a time of excitement and happiness, whilst for others it may be a time of great anxiety and sadness as they struggle with challenges in their families, or the reminder of someone who is missing.

There were no emergency statements from retailers stating their performances were worse than predicted over the holiday period, as they would have been obliged to do if it had been needed.

They cite the difficulties of a September referendum — as seen in Scotland last year — with voters away on holiday in the campaign period.

During that period 31st December was declared a public holiday and celebrated as such in commemoration of the military coup of 31st December, 1981.

Conference notes that this growing phenomenon includes: (i) management - led working practices which have not been workload impact assessed; (ii) coercive practices such as insidious threats to career progression; (iii) the de facto lengthening of the school day through the expectation that teachers will deliver extra lessons outside of the normal timetable; (iv) the loss of lunch breaks for teachers and students alike; (v) the bullying of teachers into running «booster» and revision classes after school, at weekends and during holiday periods and (vi) the consequential compromising of the teacher's work / life balance.

Recess also refers to longer breaks, such as the breaks taken during holiday periods, pursuant to concurrent resolution.

From time to time, you may feel the need to go through a Two - Week Test period again to check yourself, or to quickly get back on track after careless eating such as during the holidays, vacations or periods of stress.

However, during periods of abnormal eating (Thanksgiving feasts, back - to - back holiday parties, your grandma's famous Christmas cookies as breakfast, etc.), I find that taking one

I may go back to the TWT after the holiday period if there is benefit in kick - starting my body into that fat - burning method, but don't want to just stress my body with differing diets for a short term (I do not feel I can sustain a very low carbohydrate diet and not sure I need to as I don't believe I have a significant carbohydrate intolerance).

The fourth quarter and holiday season is easily the biggest earning period for us as bloggers and influencers.

I hope everyone had a wonderful relaxing summer, and that you are ready to get rolling, as Fall crafting and Jewish holiday crafts are just the beginming... hold on tight my friends and lets make great use of our time, during this busy crafty period of the year, shall we?

The period between the December holidays and Valentine's Day when people are more than twice as likely to think about breaking up than at any other time of the year.»

Wolfenstein II was looked upon as the underdog in the shooter stakes this holiday period.

As you can see, that's a rather impressive turnaround for Nintendo this Fiscal Year, and that's without the holiday period, which is its strongest one.

Tier two — education audiences can engage in a learning experience over a sustained period, such as an evening course, a holiday film school or our Cultural Campus programme.

As the film will be released during the holiday period, it will have stiff competition at the box office.

Sales were already down as of June, but it looks like the Summer holiday period didn't boost sales enough to avoid a drop.

In this post, you will find additional sales data for Week 52, 2017 from Media Create and Dengeki, including Day 1 sell - through, Dengeki's Top 50, Mario Party: The Top 100's debut, sales for the holiday period, sales for 2017 as a whole, and more!

Instead of re-telling A Christmas Carol for the umpteenth time, the film focuses on how Charles Dickens wrote the defining holiday classic in a feverish six week period, defying expectations and changing how future generations would view the yuletide season as a whole.

As the academic year has come to an end, schools have the opportunity to take advantage of the quiet summer holiday period to ensure their facilities are ready in time for September.

Labour Day falls the same period as May Day (1st May) and is another annual holiday that is observed by several countries across Europe, including Finland and Portugal, though not the UK.

As the rejuvenative effects of the holidays recede and a new term looms with the promise of heightened stress levels, it's timely to provide some tips for maintaining the calm of the holiday period during term time.

Previous evaluations have also stressed the importance of selecting the «right children, at the right schools, at the right time», as well as partnership working between agencies to ensure pupils receive effective preparation for boarding school life and support during holiday periods.

That announcement came as Pearson announced a claimed strong holiday sales for its Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle tablets, which held the top four spots on the Amazon worldwide best seller charts during the period.

IDC has reported that Amazon Fire devices have fallen by as much as 70 % compared to the holiday 2013 period.

The NOOK segment, which makes up the company's digital business — including readers, digital content and accessories — had revenues of $ 311 million for the holiday period, decreasing 12.6 % as compared to a year ago.

Needless to say, there is no further info available as yet about the 10 inch Nexus and it's anybody's guess when it's going to be launched, though there are chances it could happen during the holiday period in December.

As part of the holiday recognition of their customers, a number of companies are offering their users free content in this post-holiday period when many users may have received new devices.

Barnes and Noble has announced that total sales for the holiday period were $ 953 million, declining 6.4 % as compared to the prior year.