Sentences with phrase «holiday season competition»

Medal of Honor: Warfighter will keep EA from meeting its financial forecasts, one analyst has opined, as it faces down some fierce holiday season competition.

You can blame the title evoking that boring owl movie, you can blame the always staunch holiday season competition, you can blame the marketing campaign or the unusual depictions of legendary figures.

Not exact matches

But by last September, just months before the crucial holiday season, relentless competition from Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc. — combined with more than $ 5 billion in debt from a 2005 leveraged buyout — had finally overwhelmed the chain.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- U.S. retailers enter the holiday season vowing to control discounting that has wreaked havoc on their results in the past, but competition between stores, consumers trained to expect discounts and a still - recovering economy point to a difficult year.

«That number is going to weigh a little bit on investors,» Fidacaro said, especially given the heavy tablet competition Apple is expected to face this holiday season.

The holiday selling season is right around the corner, and despite increased competition from large retailers and a shorter period between Thanksgiving and Christmas, record - breaking ecommerce sales are expected for small and medium retailers.

The clubs say it is unfair on them because their players will not have a holiday if they go to the competition, play again next season and then follow it up with the senior event in 2012.

If Nigeria go all the way in the Olympics, it would mean him missing at least 5 weeks of the new season if Wenger sticks to his usual 4 week holiday after competitions.

The annual Boston Christmas Festival, along with its Gingerbread House Competition, kicks off the holiday shopping season (Boston)

November 3 - 5: The annual Boston Christmas Festival, along with its Gingerbread House Competition, kicks off the holiday shopping season (Boston)

The holiday season has become big business, with marketers facing increasing competition...

Day weekend, where it faces far less competition and none of it direct, with family - friendly offerings having burned off much demand over the holiday season.

Despite the unabashedly sentimental end credits, this is purely a popcorn movie and one that opening the week between the hit Logan and blockbuster - to - be Beauty and the Beast gives it unusually heavy competition far removed from the traditionally busy summer and holiday seasons where expectations have long been higher and scrutiny more intense.

The sequel film will be released during the holiday season in 2014 and will surely see some healthy competition at the box office.

Onyx Boox is not content to just sit idly in the marketplace while the competition rushes out new e-readers for the holiday season.

Apple Inc. is refreshing its iPad lineup and slashing the price of its Mac computers ahead of the holiday shopping season, as it faces an eroding tablet market share and growing competition from rival gadget makers.

Since there was no Apple Tablet or eReader announced at the Apple conference today it seems likely that Kindle UK would face competition from only Sony and Cool - er this holiday season.

This holiday season will see a much more balanced slate of... well, slates being introduced and we have to cope with the fact that even some of you, our loyal readers, are interested in seeing what the competition will have in store.

While release of international Kindle 2 may have been the biggest move by Amazon since Kindle was originally released on the November 19, 2007, it is going to face some serious competition this holiday season.

For a long while, the competition was Kindle vs Nook, but the Kindle had an advantage lately that many were hoping would be done away with in the anticipated upgrade this holiday season.

Combine that with the low price and storage capabilities that stand above the rest of the competition and you have a very solid tablet, which will appeal to consumers this holiday season and beyond.

It will be interesting to see how the competition heats up this holiday season.

My point was that, going into the holiday season, they are certainly more vocal than they are any other time of the year which is also when Xbox One actually bests the competition in North America.

This holiday season is likely to be pivotal for both companies, with Motion Control providing an interesting new proposition for existing consumers without actually being in significant direct competition.

«If Nintendo is really afraid that Sony and Microsoft's new systems are going to suck all the E3 oxygen away from whatever major software announcements it has up its sleeve, then something similar could well happen this holiday season, when the year - old Wii U goes up against its new, high - powered hardware competition,» Orland wrote.

The end - of - the - year holiday season remains the heart of the video game calendar, but more publishers are releasing major titles earlier in the year, when competition is less intense.

Super Mario Odyssey could be critical to the company's financial performance in the fourth quarter, when it'll face stiff competition from other game developers for holiday season dominance.

However, even if it can overcome its potential safety issues, the Galaxy S7 has some serious competition this holiday season.

Dell is back in the Android business, and its Venue tablets are low - cost alternatives to the competition this holiday season How do you make an Android tablet stand out?

Judging only on specs, the Droid Turbo is solid competition for all the major smartphone players - but this holiday season will determine which smartphone consumers prefer over all others.

The Razer Phone will attempt to position itself as more than just a niche Android phone but faces stiff competition from numerous other OEMs this holiday season.

If you find and apply for a job listing that you're interested in and qualified for, your job application will face less competition during the holiday season — and you stand a better chance of landing the job.

While we tend to associate spring as the official season for graduation, many students choose to finish their schooling in December for a myriad of reasons: less competition, save a whole semester's tuition, not to mention making the holiday season extra sweet with a sense of accomplishment.

The holiday season job searcher has less competition and more potential leads than an executive searching for a new career at any other time of the year.

Unless your intention is to throw a holiday party, avoiding the competition for dates during the busy holiday season may be your ticket to a better turnout.

While most agents hit the Christmas season hard with mailers, informational brochures, gifts, etc., the weeks leading up to the holiday season are as good a time as any to separate yourself from the competition.