«Device sales declined during the fourth quarter due to
lower selling volume,» the company said.
«Device sales declined during the fourth quarter due to higher third - party channel partner returns,
lower selling volume and lower average selling prices,» the bookseller wrote.
Device and accessories sales were $ 25 million for the quarter and $ 260 million for the full year, declining 30.1 % and 44.8 %, respectively, due to
lower selling volume and lower average selling prices.
In comparison, sales of Nook devices declined during the fourth quarter due to
a lower selling volume, among other issues.
The company said Nook device sales fell in the quarter «due to
lower selling volume.»
Not exact matches
Although it is true that higher
volumes will make up for
lower prices to some extent, unless you can
sell as much as a Kmart or Wal - Mart, you absolutely need at least a 50 percent markup (keystone) to survive in a small retail shop.
Higher
volume, greater efficiency, and
lower selling costs, for example, have combined to push G&F's profits up even as its prices have stayed the same or dropped a bit over eight years.
Lower volume indicates there were not many sellers, and if big institutions can not bring themselves to
sell Workday's stock when it is weak, Cramer said it could be stronger than it seems.
In the
low - margin business of electronics hardware, the ability to
sell large
volumes is all - important.
Hit the market with an expensive device that would
sell in
low volume?
Valeant said the decrease in
volume was partially offset by an increase in average realized prices, partly due to
lower customer subsidies and accommodations and higher wholesaler
selling prices.
Buffett and Van Tuyl both said that while Tesla Motors Inc has a model of
selling cars directly to consumers, the
volume is too
low to affect the U.S. auto distribution system.
At a broader level, that generally means companies
selling commodity products are good candidates because commodities by definition are high -
volume,
low - margin products and services.
Nokia said sales for its Devices & Services division will be substantially below its earlier prediction of $ 6.1 billion to 6.6 billion ($ 8.7 to $ 9.5 billion USD) for the second quarter 2011 due largely to
lower than previously expected average
selling prices and mobile device
volumes.
Since brick - and - mortar shops usually have higher overhead costs and
lower sales
volumes, local dealers often
sell bullion at higher prices.
Segment operating earnings decreased 9 percent to $ 282 million driven primarily by a
lower gross margin percentage and
lower sales
volume, partly offset by
lower marketing and
selling expenses.
Each month, Palhares and Richardson sorted corporate bonds into quintiles based on each liquidity measure and computed the return of a long / short portfolio that buys the least liquid bonds (i.e., smaller issue sizes, higher bid / ask spreads,
lower trading
volume, higher price impact or higher frequency of zero - trading days) and
sells the most liquid bonds (i.e., larger issue sizes, smaller bid / ask spreads, higher trading
volume,
lower price impact or
lower frequency of zero - trading days).
Cost of goods
sold (COGS) per hectoliter decreased 2.5 percent for the year and 2.8 percent for the quarter, driven by supply chain cost savings and
lower commodity costs, partially offset by
lower fixed - cost absorption due to
lower volumes.
Coscia is accused of designing an algorithm that would enter two types of orders: a «buy» order for a small
volume slightly
lower than the best offer and then several «
sell» orders for large
volume higher than the market price.
The revenue decline outpaced the
volume decline because average
selling prices (ASP) were
lower.
Although the market is not falling apart, the more «distribution days» (sessions of higher
volume selling) that accumulate, the more likely it becomes that we will at least test the recent swing
low support levels.
He suggests that the tech world is focused on high margin,
low volume businesses in which companies fight it out to win over customers and
sell high margin software or hardware to a relatively smaller numbers of customers.
These stocks could not be more transparent given their
low volumes and tight share structure, yet there is always stock to be
sold in weird ways.
However, when the main stock market indexes have only recently registered a fresh «buy» signal off the
lows, just one or two days of higher
volume selling («distribution») within one week of the new buy signal is all that is needed to kill the attempted rally.
But Lion, which is owned by Japanese giant Kirin and
sells beer brands including XXXX Gold, Tooheys, West End and James Boag, is struggling with declining profits as sales
volumes of mainstream beer drop to 70 - year
lows.
Rural vendors could be in the box seats this spring
selling season with a
low volume of listings, strong demand from cashed - up farmers and corporate investors and rising commodity prices set to push up asking prices for many trophy properties.
i like podolski and do nt think wenger has ever really got the best out of him but even at his best he is no longer a top flight player... we need to
sell him and bring in someone who can really add to the level of our attack... and carvalho is now a benchmark for gauging wenger «s ambition... the lack of proper defensive cover is one reason our attacks have become much less threatening as players do nt want to overstretch knowing what «s not behind them... i am pretty confident we will beat besiktas (a team that would be hanging around the bottom of the epl if not
lower) but the fact that we are in this position again speaks
volumes for the way the club is run and managed
The price changes are felt more when you
sell lower priced items, but if you
sell in
volume then the Pro Seller account may work for you.
We absolutely have a
lower average
selling price than our competitors, but we have a substantially higher
volume.
Despite its relatively
low price, the 4C will probably
sell in
volumes low enough that its exotic styling will continue to draw eyes as much as Lamborghinis and Ferraris do (even if people prefer not to let the driver catch them looking).
With Toyota guiding the product planning, it was decided that the two companies would collaborate to build a rear - wheel - drive sports car, the hope evidently being that having both brands
selling it would increase sales for the inherently
low -
volume product.
The CLA250 will be Benz's first
volume front - wheel - drive car
sold in the U.S., and its rakish,
low - aero bodywork makes it longer than the C - Class sedan, which will grow larger when a new model is unveiled in a year.
Alfa has a future if Marchionne can build it up from a couple of aged Fiat - based front - wheel - drive hatchbacks not
sold here, a very
low -
volume sports car, and the upcoming Giulia.
Only three models in the table didn't contribute to that growth; the Chrysler Town & Country
sold precisely zero units in Canada last month, while the Mazda 5 and Kia Sedona, both
low -
volume players in this segment, saw sales decrease year - on - year.
The F - TYPE, meanwhile, might also be granted an exemption from the WLTP since it is
sold in
low -
volumes.
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sold in
low volume (less than 15 % of the HSC engines built) and was costly due to the tooling changeover required for the taller engine block deck height.
Last year, the company
sold 211 cars in Canada, a record sales level for the
low -
volume automaker.
The super-short Compact model
sold in Europe isn't available in the UK due to
low sales
volumes - if you want it, you» l have to go for the short - wheelbase Mercedes Citan instead.
Where the CSX and its predecessor, the EL, were
low -
volume Canadian exclusives, the ILX will also be
sold in the much larger American market.
In Europe, where customers prefer hatchbacks, the Jetta is one of VW's
lowest -
selling models with a
volume of 5,829, down 25 percent, in the first 10 months, according to JATO Dynamics.
As before, while the DeVille series remained Cadillac's bread - and - butter, the Sixty Special was an exclusive
low -
volume item
sold to its highest end buyers and the fleet and coach business for conversion to formal limousines and airport cars.
Although the total represents about 60 percent of models, it does not represent 60 percent of vehicles expected to be
sold; the safety devices still are most prevalent in expensive cars that
sell in relatively
low volume.
But the Dodge Journey, the brand's second - best -
selling model, has fallen 18 percent so far this year, too, and the larger Durango remains a relatively
low -
volume family SUV.
The companies excluded a couple
low -
volume SUVs and the barely -
selling Toyota 86 (Scion FR - S).
Chevrolet Performance understands that as a
low -
volume manufacturer, you need to ensure your turn - key replica vehicles have an engine that meets FAST Act restrictions before replica vehicles can be
sold to eagerly awaiting customers.
Although these cars were
sold over a two year period, sales
volumes were
low since the similar Virage and DBS were both fresher to the market.
While it
sells several unique vehicles, the bulk of its
volume, comprising most of the
lower - priced models, shares many components with Toyota products.
These high priced Hybrids with high power and
low mileage
sells at such a
low volume that these companies may never get ROI.
I have heard those theories too, and as for ranking internally to Amazon and basically trying to
sell low - quality stuff by
volume.
The bookseller chalked up the disappointing Nook revenue to «
lower unit
selling volume» and dwindling ebook sales, particularly when compared to the release of The Hunger Games and Fifty Shades of Grey trilogies this time last year.