Sentences with phrase «industry sales growth»

Retail Forward, a consulting firm based in Columbus, Ohio, projects supermarket industry sales growth to rise between 2 % and 2.5 % this year and slow to under 2 % after that, due to the growing impact of Wal - Mart and other discounters.

Nonetheless, McNeil says economic factors are aligned to support further industry sales growth, with GM poised to gain ground on the strength of additional new products such as the Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon hitting dealers in the coming weeks.

However, the industry sales growth rate for 2017 indicates that these efforts are not driving sufficient growth.

For its part, the National Restaurant Association stands by its initial projection of 1.5 percent industry sales growth in real terms for 2015.

Not exact matches

«While we do not believe that either of these new sweeteners / flavoring agents will be the natural, great - tasting and calorie - free «silver bullet» that the industry has been waiting for, we believe it is possible that they will be able to drive interest, engagement and potentially sales growth because of the massive consumer / societal need to reduce sugar and enhance healthiness,» Ali Dibadj, an analyst at Sanford Bernstein, said in a note last December that previewed sweetener innovations expected this year from Coke and Pepsi.

Industry growth is likely to come from organic sales and output, and acquisitions.

Growth: By 2024, Grand View Research predicts, the global ready - to - drink coffee and tea industry, including refrigerated and shelf - stable products, will reach sales of $ 116 billion, up from $ 71 billion in 2015.

Golf as an industry has been facing growth challenges, so for Callaway to increase its sales, it needs to either sell more to existing golf enthusiasts or find a way to convert new people to the hobby of golf.

We first scouted out industries with great growth potential and solid sales figures from recent years before culling out any industry with a highly prohibitive barrier to entry, be it cost, skill set, or market saturation.

On a full - year basis, 2013 same - store sales growth of 1.1 % in the Canadian segment was below our original target range of 2 % to 4 %; we believe this was due to ongoing challenging economic conditions and increased competitive intensity in our industry.

«We view the acquisition by Patricia Industries as a catalyst for Sarnova's next leap in becoming the very best company in specialty medical sales and distribution and are excited that Water Street and Matt will continue to be part of supporting our growth.»

«Each area needs growth in earnings and in sales, or at least one of those, and the only way to get it by now is to actually do deals, do deals with other companies in the industry,» he said.

The approach underscores the drive for food industry consolidation as traditional food companies watch their sales drop and struggle to create growth or innovation on their own.

If that growth rate continues, the U.S. industry will increase its revenues for the second year in a row — the first time it has had back - to - back growth years since CD sales hit their peak in 1999.

But Euromonitor estimates that the compound annual growth rate for online grocery sales will be 8.5 % between 2017 and 2020 compared to the broader industry's slim 1.3 % increase.

The Ainsworth sale was deemed harmful to competition by regulators; its managers should consider what could achieve the same business goal — say, sustained earnings growth — without further consolidating the industry, Raina says.

With $ 43 billion in sales and a growth rate of about 8.4 % last year, according to the Organic Trade Association, organic food is one of the few places that the consumer packaged goods industry has experienced growth.

While the overall retail industry enjoyed a strong holiday season for 2016, online sales generated much of the growth.

About eight years ago, Simon became convinced that his company would have tremendous growth potential if it could reorient its sales of high - priced equipment away from the semiconductor industry and toward the developing high - definition and flat - screen - display markets.

We recently had an opportunity to sit down with Charles Drucker, Vantiv's CEO, Daniela Mielke, chief strategy and product officer, and Matt Taylor, group president of integrated payments and emerging channels, to discuss some of the biggest trends affecting processors and the payments industry as a whole, including Apple Pay, EMV, mobile point - of - sale, and Vantiv's growth strategy.

Finally, I showed that a simple extrapolation of this robust linear trend means that Pharma's IRR will hit 0 % by 2020, which implies that the industry is now on the brink of terminal decline as it enters a vicious cycle of negative growth with diminishing sales and investment into R&D.

The Bank of Canada reported Monday that business sentiment for future sales growth remained «weak» in the second quarter as Canada's energy industry struggled with an oil shock.

After reporting 26 quarters of greater than 20 percent sales growth, the athletic wear company — which has been dramatically outperforming the broader industry — said revenue increased just 12 percent in the fourth quarter.

Will facilitate the growth of sales and educate customers on products and industry trends.

Retail researcher NPD's chief industry analyst, Marshal Cohen, predicted 2.8 to 3.2 percent sales growth, down from 3.5 percent last year, excluding groceries and autos, for November to mid-January.

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Like many retail stocks, sentiment on FL has become very negative due to the combination of slowing sales growth and fear of Amazon's (AMZN) long - term impact on the industry.

During the past two years, Teamvantage has executed a strategic approach to the defense market that led to significant sales and potential growth with new defense industry customers; and the company moved to a brand new, custom - designed manufacturing facility in Forest Lake, Minnesota.

For growth investors looking for a top stock on sale this fall, I'd encourage you to turn your attention to Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG) in the biotech industry.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

At Chinese locations open at least a year — an industry measure that takes a chain's unit growth into account — sales were up 4 % versus 2 % in the U.S. and the Americas.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

With c. 473,000 visitors in the last 12 months, diversified revenues, strong margins, and a compound monthly growth rate of c. 6.4 % over the trailing 12 months, the affiliate is primed to penetrate the expanding market for online mattress sales, a sub category of a wider $ 7 billion mattress industry.

The legal maneuvers come amid a slowdown in smartphone sales, which are growing at about 1 percent after several years of double digit annual growth, according to industry research firm International Data Corp..

Hempco ® has been a bulk hemp seed processor and supplier for over a decade, and in light of the hemp industry impending growth and international recognition, what once was a small family business, realized the impending hemp industry growth, Hempco ® required large and fast funding and is now public trading, has raised approximately $ 4m and has more than $ 6m / yr in sales.

That would be slightly ahead of the 3.5 % growth the industry is on track to hit for this year, when global auto sales are expected to total 84 million vehicles.

N.B: The above sales projections were done based on several assumptions that there won't be an arrival of any major competitor and that growth in the industry would be stable.

The industry - leading B2B sales and marketing data provider exceeded its 2017 growth plan for revenue, data, employees, and profitability - and integrated the DiscoverOrg and RainKing businesses faster than anticipated.

It reported industry - leading same - restaurant sales growth of 11.3 percent in the latest quarter, compared with Taco Bell's 2 percent decline in the third quarter.

For the period ended Sept. 30, 2014, the S&P 500 ® companies, a representative sample of 500 large companies in leading US industries, delivered nearly 10 % year - over-year earnings - per - share (EPS) growth on an increase in sales of just 4 %.

BEIJING (AP)-- China's auto sales growth accelerated in July, an industry group said Friday, while General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. reported record demand for the month.

The ongoing strength of employment outcomes for this industry is consistent with robust growth in retail sales.

Large contributions to employment growth over the past year were also made by the public sector and the property and business services industry, which has benefited from robust sales activity in housing markets.

«We are predicting increased sales over the next couple of years as the housing market continues a steady pace of growth, and of course we still have [a] strong oil industry here and construction is picking up,» he said.

Sales growth slackened as a result of weakness in retailing and in the housing industry which, for much of the past two years, was still experiencing declining activity.

Profits have grown strongly over the past couple of years in the mining industry, driven by strong growth in sales volumes.

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Either earnings have to grow much faster than sales, or sales growth has to come from things that aren't advertising, or the ad industry has to grow much faster than it did in the past, or you have to pick an end point for the year you are measuring to that is very near today - or, you'd end up with Google having a huge share of global advertising spending.

The industry - leading B2B sales and marketing data provider exceeded its 2017 growth plan for revenue, data, employees, and profitability — and integrated the DiscoverOrg and RainKing businesses faster than anticipated.

As the automotive supply industry recovers from a struggling economy that took the major auto makers to the brink of bankruptcy, automotive industry companies are experiencing increases in sales and new growth opportunities.