Sentences with phrase «holidays this year as»

World — The single language student has instead enjoyed over # 30,000 - worth of luxury holidays this year as rich men paid to fly her around the world on exotic dates.

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Fifteen years ago, we didn't know what «Cyber Monday» was, but now it's an important piece of holiday shopping (maybe as important as Black Friday to some people).

The festival, also known as Chinese New Year, can be described as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and even New Year's Eve rolled into one holiday, which marks the beginning of spring and the coming together of families.

LONDON, May 1 - The dollar broke into positive territory for the year and bond yields were creeping higher again on Tuesday, as the recent rise in oil prices fuelled bets that the U.S. May Day holidays across Asia and Europe meant trading was thinner than usual, though there was more than enough news flow to keep those...

As this year's holidays approach, you may be yearning to see friends, family and new vistas.

Instead, companies can now institute a chatbot — like Slack — to act as an internal communication channel, to enable staffers to find out how many holiday days they have left this year.

This year, it's also being cited by some as contributing to bitcoin's slump in January as Asian traders are perceived to be cashing out their cryptocurrencies to buy gifts for the holiday season.

On the other hand, and assuming they're destined for critical acclaim, having completely new and exclusive games like Breath of the Wild, Super Mario Odyssey, Splatoon 2, Fire Emblem Warriors, Snipperclips, Arms and Xenoblade Chronicles 2 available as part of your launch year holiday lineup could prove a much bigger deal than anyone's yet realized.

The Chinese New Year holidays are full and 2018 is looking like a good year as a younger clientele arrives, says Christoph Schmidinger of the Four Seasons Hotel Hong KYear holidays are full and 2018 is looking like a good year as a younger clientele arrives, says Christoph Schmidinger of the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kyear as a younger clientele arrives, says Christoph Schmidinger of the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong.

We have always believed that the Employment Tribunal's decision from last year October was entirely correct in saying that our GMB member clients were entitled to workers» right such as the minimum wage and holiday pay,» said Nigel Mackay, employment solicitor at Leigh Day, the firm that represented the union members.

Small Business Saturday, happening this year on November 28, started as an American Express initiative to encourage consumers to shop small and local during the holiday season, but it is now a key piece of the major holiday shopping day trifecta.

Prioritize customer service: According to a study of last year's holiday trends, shoppers care as much about the shopping experience as they do about the gifts they buy.

As the holiday shopping season kicks off — and merchants brace for another lean year — a small group of online entrepreneurs is setting up shop around one of retail's only bright spots: The gift card.

While Kohl's is the first to roll out a marathon holiday schedule across its nearly 1,700 stores, it certainly won't be the last, as companies prepare for this year's so - called «Super Saturday.»

Here are eight companies that are harnessing the holiday season as a platform for giving this year.

Financial advisor Manisha Thakor says the year - end holiday season is the perfect time to take three key tax - strategy steps, such as income deferral.

As we approach the heaviest shopping season of the year, many of us will do our holiday shopping from the comfort of our homes, taking advantage of the Cyber Monday deals, or praying Amazon makes that last - minute delivery in time for gift giving.

Summer is almost over, and it's already time to start thinking about the holidays — otherwise known as the biggest spending season of the year.

Between Hanukkah, Christmas, New Year's Eve and other holidays, this time of year brings out feelings of feelings of joy and serenity as holiday plans and family fill the near futYear's Eve and other holidays, this time of year brings out feelings of feelings of joy and serenity as holiday plans and family fill the near futyear brings out feelings of feelings of joy and serenity as holiday plans and family fill the near future.

The day before Thanksgiving is one of the five busiest days of the year for the pizza industry, as customers seek a convenient meal after a busy day of traveling and holiday preparations.

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.

As many consumers and retailers witnessed last year, shipping can play a major role in determining the success of the holiday - shopping season.

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.

This year was my first holiday season and as a new e-commerce store owner, I didn't know what to expect.

Nostalgia for the 1980s and the 1990s has peaked in recent years, as evidenced elsewhere in the fashion world with a denim comeback not to mention listicle upon listicle on BuzzFeed, reboots of countless nineties sitcoms from Boy Meets World to Full House (or original takes on dated themes like Netflix's Stranger Things), or even the release of the Nintendo NES Classic Edition that immediately became The Gift of the 2016 holiday season.

The device has been a runaway hit for Amazon: During the holiday season, the company has now sold out of Echo Dot speakers completely for two years running, and the Dot finished the season as the top - selling product overall on Amazon.

Retail sales are under close scrutiny this year, but having access to credit as a merchant and offering flexible credit to consumers can open up opportunities to buy and sell more, creating a positive economic impact this holiday season.

Nonetheless, that's just what happened at a hot - springs resort in the Japanese city of Hakone as revelers celebrated the wine - filled holiday Beaujolais Nouveau this year.

A vacation, for instance, brings pleasure as you plan and anticipate getting away, enjoyment while you're actually on holiday, and pleasant memories to savor for years afterwards.

Generally, it is best to refer to the time of the year as the holiday season.

Frame the party as a seasonal celebration during which you share the joy of the holidays celebrated at the time of year by some.

With the increased orders brought on by the holidays, it should come as no surprise that peak seasons can be the most stressful time of the year for brands.

To make your holiday shopping as efficient as possible, we put together a list of relatively «safe» gifts for the home to give this year.

What's notable isn't just the sheer sales number (or the fact that it's likely to climb higher before the holiday season ends), but also the fact that it tops the company's initial full - year sales estimate as well as the sales of its predecessor, the Wii U.

Unlike other events such as the Lunar New Year, China's biggest family holiday, it involves few other expenses such as travel or banquets, leaving more money for gifts.

Indeed the National Retail Federation has forecast retail sales will rise as much as 4 % this holiday season, roughly the pace of growth for the full year.

Tax legislation is seen as the last major event this year as investors wind down trading activity before the Christmas and New Year holidyear as investors wind down trading activity before the Christmas and New Year holidYear holidays.

Market research firm AlixPartners concurs, as does PricewaterhouseCoopers: this year's holiday sales are expected to show the lowest growth since 2009.

Peppering customers with non-stop deals during the holidays can often have the opposite effect retailers are hoping for, as Target (tgt) learned last year.

[74] In 2008, Corzine approved a law that increased the retirement age from 60 to 62, required that government workers and teachers earn $ 7,500 per year to qualify for a pension, eliminated Lincoln's Birthday as a state worker holiday, allowed the state to offer incentives not to take health insurance and required municipal employees work 20 hours per week to get health benefits.

Last Friday marked the first day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, China's most important holiday.

Sony Corp. said on Wednesday sales of its PlayStation 4 video game console had exceeded 50 million units as of Dec. 6 helped by strong demand during the year - end holiday season.

The U.S. tech giant notified suppliers that it had decided to cut the first - quarter production target to around 20 million units, in light of slower - than - expected sales in the year - end holiday shopping season in key markets such as Europe, the U.S. and China.

TOKYO (Reuters)- Sony Corp said on Wednesday sales of its PlayStation 4 video game console had exceeded 50 million units as of Dec 6 helped by strong demand during the year - end holiday season.

The holidays are the most important time of the year for retailers as well as some shoppers: about a third of some stores» profits are made in the last two months of the year, and discounts can make or break those results.

Some know this time of year as holiday season.

Despite increased like - for - like revenue, the UK holiday group's shares dropped by almost a fifth as it reported half - year results.

As the holiday shopping season grows near, the markets have again hit new all - time highs, and the bull run is approaching 9 years old.

Just as the Chinese National Day «golden week» holiday came to an end, over 40,000 industry leaders, technology professionals and developers from 58 countries have descended on Hangzhou for what will be the conference of the year for many.

Brick - and - mortar retailers should really start celebrating the last two days before Christmas shopping as the most important shopping holiday of the year...