Sentences with phrase «last year promotion»

I thought this would be something similar to the last year promotion with Apple Pay, which is not the case.

Not exact matches

Nowhere is the climate fight more important than in China, the world's largest spewer of greenhouse gases, which is in the midst of an unprecedented promotion of electric cars: Last year, sales of electric and plug - in hybrid vehicles in China rose 50 % to 507,000, more than three times the U.S. figure.

«I surveyed people last year who waited in line for a promotion.

By the time the promotion ended the following Friday, Logos received about 2,000 emails and generated about $ 300,000 — tripling revenues compared with the same period last year.

Among that minority, an increasing number of raises came from promotions and new job responsibilities (24 percent this year vs. 10 percent last year).

This year's promotion is good, but it's not as comprehensive as last year's where Apple included iPhones as well as Mac computers and iPads.

In contrast, Sprint and the other carriers accepted two - year - old models in last year's free iPhone promotions for new and existing customers.

Like last year, retailers including Amazon and market leader Tesco, are stretching promotions by up to two weeks, hoping to smooth out demand and reduce pressure on supply and distribution networks.

Gross margins for the third quarter fell to 47.5 percent from 48.8 percent last year, as it had to resort to increased promotions to sell products that would usually have been sold at Sports Authority.

Coca - Cola was so impressed by the sales numbers generated by the Great Gobbler Giveaway that last year it piggybacked on the rewards program with a special promotion of its own.

Her promotion last year to head of merchandising for the retailing juggernaut's $ 37 billion apparel and housewares division means she may well have the largest shopping budget of any woman alive.

The disagreement may, on the surface, look like it's over marketing but really be fueled by who got a promotion and who didn't last year.

So the discount chain, hoping to avoid the 1.3 % decline in comparable sales of the 2016 holiday season quarter during the most important time of year, is streamlining the number of promotions and making them simpler and easier to understand, Target executives told reporters at a briefing last week in New York.

«We believe it's unlikely that promotions will top last year's levels and they could even be less generous.

TORONTO — Promotions meant big pay raises last year for the men taking the helm at three of Canada's biggest banks.

Compared to leaders from the other generations, Gen X leaders received, on average, just 1.2 promotions in the last five years with their company, versus an average of 1.6 for Millennials and 1.4 for Baby Boomers.

The executive added that in the last year or so Uber has reduced its blanket subsidies and become better at targeting its promotions to both riders and drivers.

Drop of megalomania, touch of generosity, dash of self - promotion and deep fear that these songs that we poured our life into over the last few years mightn't be heard.

As its share price slid last year, Whole Foods cut its prices, offered promotions and started a loyalty program.

For instance, we think more single - minded focus on affordability in the promotion that starts Monday, the 2 for $ 25, is going to be much stronger than the carbonara ravioli promotion last year that it's lapping.

This promotion is also supported with an additional flight of national cable media compared to last year.

Now this was an effective promotion for Red Lobster during May last year, helping drive same - restaurant sales growth of 5 %.

We're not anticipating any sort of first half to second half hockey stick for Olive Garden we think in the first half, the promotions are going to be meaningfully stronger than they were last year.

While we don't expect to grow same - restaurant guest counts versus last year since we are up against the very significant increase we achieved last year, we do expect this promotion to be more profitable for guests this year because of lower seafood costs.

This is the same promotion we featured last year that was enormously successful.

GM said its December sales fell 6.3 % compared with the same month last year because of what executives said were aggressive pickup truck promotions by Ford and tougher competition from Asian auto makers.

GFI's science and technology department is involved in the development and promotion of the science of plant - based cultured meat, dairy, and egg technologies.33 They are currently focused on core foundational work — making connections with organizations and writing white papers and «mind maps» — and as such they do not yet have a significant track record.34 They have produced Technological Readiness Assessments — documents detailing the current state of technology, and evaluating where more research is needed.35 All the research GFI does is published, so that the industry as a whole can benefit.36 One of their biggest successes over the last year are the presentations that Senior Scientist Liz Specht gave to various venture capitalist firms.

Among numerous non-Catholic constructive responses to last Year's Islamic Open Letter «A Common Word» the Orthodox Patriarch of Moscow and Russia, Alexy II, has suggested that future dialogue be «on the doctrinal level, on important questions like God, Man and the world... and (on the practical level) on the defence of the role of religion in social life, the opposition of xenophobia and intolerance (and) the promotion of common initiatives for peace»

In his last years, he had become, like Muggeridge, at once entertainer and public intellectual — like Muggeridge, the «ringmaster at the circus of his own self - promotion.»

Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett sparked the furore after he complained last year about Coles» promotion of a «freshly» baked product, Cuisine Royale, which was made in Ireland.

«Refrigerated products are on the rise and we saw an opportunity to drive excitement in this section of the store with convenient soups and sides made with real ingredients and easy preparation,» said Nina Barton, who last year (prior to a promotion) was Kraft Heinz senior vice president of marketing, innovation and research and development.

It costs $ 5.00 US a month and last month the utility company ran a year - end promotion that if you paid for 10 months in advance, the last 2 months of the year were free.

He did everything to show he was the top prospect in baseball last year, excelling after each promotion.

Following promotion after going undefeated in the league last year, W2 were expecting a tough season.

After narrowly missing out on promotion last season, they were determined to step up this year.

With many promotions and cup wins in the bag, we still have some important games to be played on the last #BUCSWednesday of the year.

Last year, they won the double, earning them promotion into the BUCS Northern 1A and returning home from Durham's Maiden Castle as Champions of the Northern Conference Cup.

After scoring 23 goals in the Segunda Division last year to fire his side to promotion, he has scored 11 times this season.

A strong independent for years, Flaherty aligned himself last winter with the International Boxing Club (James D. Norris, president) and the Cadilli - Pep fight was announced as a joint promotion of Sid Flaherty Boxing Enterprises and IBC.

When grades are assigned for the 2016 crop of coaching hires, no one's giving Jacksonville an «A,» not for elevating a coach whose career record remains under.500, not when that coach led the deficient offensive line of a 3 - 13 team for most of last year, and not when the makeup of the football operation looks similar (outside of one promotion and the return of an ex-employee in a senior advisory role).

Then there is Matt Hall, who earned a promotion to Erie last year and had a 3.00 ERA over ~ 35 innings.

The 24 - year - old has been in excellent form in Ligue 1 so far this season, and having helped the club to promotion from Ligue 2 last term, is enjoying something of a breakthrough campaign.

After years of failing to live up to its favorites tag in League One, United finally won the league last season, securing promotion to the Championship.

Watters» self - promotion grew so annoying to 49er veterans last year that whenever his name was mentioned in meetings, they would sarcastically add, «Should've won the Heisman.»

They fought every year and just fell off at the last moment and you think they deserved [promotion] because they were on a consistent way always.

Plus, Soto had 5 AA starts last year and may well force a promotion to Erie this Summer.

Gorkss, the 31 - year - old Latvian international centre - back, was a star of the Reading team that won promotion to the Premier League last season, playing in all but five of the club's game in the Championship.

The arena's successful title - fight promotions have included Prince Naseem Hamed's rousing KO of Kevin Kelley in December 1997, the first Lewis - Evander Holyfield match, in March» 99 — never mind the dubious judging that gave Holyfield a draw — and Felix Trinidad's win last year over Pernell Whitaker.

All three are very respectable in the eyes of the club, but hadn't featured too much in latter years and so with the signing of Xhaka, the promotion of Reine - Adelaine, as well as Elneny only joining last January, I think we are already fully packed in midfield.

He enjoyed a strong season last year, bagging 15 goals and 17 assists during their promotion campaign from the Championship (via Metro), and so far has chalked up four goals and one assist this term (via WhoScored).