The phrase
"holiday quarter" refers to the three-month period, usually from October to December, that includes major holidays such as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year's. Many businesses, especially retailers, experience an increase in sales during this time due to holiday shopping.
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The first quarter is the seasonally smallest for toy makers, coming after the
key holiday quarter which can account for up to 40 percent of revenue.
Just as expected, worldwide tablet shipments are down again after a surprisingly
solid holiday quarter, looking at yet another big drop in Q2 2018.
All eyes will be on Apple Watch sales during the Q4
holiday quarter as a barometer of the strength of the nascent smart watch market.
«We had a phenomenal
holiday quarter with record Mac, iPhone and iPad sales,» Mr. Jobs said in a news release.
The technology giant reported the
strongest holiday quarter sales growth in eight years, fuelled by its dominance in e-commerce and a push into new businesses such as advertising.
TORONTO — Indigo Books & Music Inc. posted higher sales in the all - important
holiday quarter on the strength of its performance in non-book categories, such as toys and lifestyle gifts.
The retailer's initial
holiday quarter guidance predicted that overall comps would end up rising in the mid-single-digits, with sales coming in between $ 870 million and $ 885 million.
The company posted on Thursday a loss in the fiscal third quarter, hurt by weak sales during the all -
important holiday quarter...
On top of a
stellar holiday quarter where Kohl's comparable sales rose 6.3 %, its gross margin was up thanks in large part to a 7 % drop in inventory.
Action camera - maker GoPro forecast a
weak holiday quarter on Wednesday, sending its shares down nearly 12 % to $ 9.40 in extended trading.
He and other executives predicted that Apple would sell more iPhones and iPads than ever in the
current holiday quarter, with Cook adding that «in our wildest dreams we couldn't have gotten off to a start as great as we did with the 4S.»
In releasing their fourth quarter earnings, Barnes & Noble showed an overall
positive holiday quarter, but Nook is bringing them down.
Just as we thought that things were looking up for Android Wear, with a number of new devices available from Nixon as well as Michael Kors, it looked as if Android Wear could be on its way to having an
okay holiday quarter.
Investors are latching onto pie - in - the - sky movie streaming company Netflix after announce the results of its
bonkers holiday quarter.
The company's Nokia phones reportedly outsold handsets from HTC, Sony, Google, Lenovo, and other Android devices over the
recent holiday quarter.
Fitbit itself said it a recent third - quarter earnings call that it is seeing signs of softening in the market, and lowered its forecast for the usually
critical holiday quarter.
While it continues to dominate global smart wearable shipments, ahead of Apple, Garmin or Samsung, and with Pebble and Jawbone out of contention, Fitbit struggled during the recently
concluded holiday quarter, ending up firing some people, as well as shutting down wrist payment platform Coin.
And Fitbit, despite being the clear leader in the wearables industry, just saw its stock fall off a cliff after it forecasted a
dismal holiday quarter.
Apple has won the crucial 2016
holiday quarter as iPhone 7 sales helped the company beat rival Samsung, according to data from the International Data Corporation (IDC).
Walmart anticipates U.S. comparable sales will rise 1 % to 1.5 % in the
crucial holiday quarter, which would mean again outperforming Target (tgt), which is forecast anywhere from a 1 % drop to a 1 % gain.
The company, in November, raised its 2017 earnings and same - store sales forecasts, likely reflecting higher sales in the
key holiday quarter.
Apple hasn't made excuses for iPhone X shortages, and it did forecast a record quarter of around $ 85.5 billion in sales for
the holiday quarter.
The move by Toni Sacconaghi, of Bernstein Research, came after Apple reported earnings for
the holiday quarter that included a decline in total iPhone sales and forecasted sales in the following quarter that were lower than Wall Street had expected.
And Cook repeatedly noted that Apple's
holiday quarter this year has only 13 weeks compared to 14 weeks in the year - ago quarter.
It was a 275 % increase over the previous year's
holiday quarter, and more than the company had posted in most full years.
This development suggests that Apple has been able to greatly increase the number of iPhone X units shipping
this holiday quarter.
The comments offer a glimpse of the gadget's performance during
the holiday quarter, which is typically Apple's strongest.
In fact, Amazon Web Services accounted for 73 % of the net income Amazon as a whole posted in
the holiday quarter.
Amazon deployed the robots this summer, ahead of the key
holiday quarter, when the company typically books about one - third of its annual revenue.
They fell 28 % in the quarter of the launch, and then 22 % in the second quarter before moderating during
the holiday quarter.
Strong sales of the Apple Watch are to be expected during
the holiday quarter as the gadget is a more natural gift than some of the company's other products such as the iPhone or Mac computer, said analyst Bob O'Donnell of TECHnalysis Research.
But it projected sales of $ 440 million to $ 450 million in
the holiday quarter, versus expectations for around $ 448.8 million.
The department store chain said on Tuesday that comparable sales rose 1.3 % in
the holiday quarter that ended on Feb. 1, their first quarterly increase by that metric since the end of 2014 and well above analysts» forecasts.
Aéropostale's comparable sales fell 6.7 % during
the holiday quarter.
Fiscal second quarter services revenue will hit around the $ 8.5 billion level reported in
the holiday quarter.