Sentences with phrase «many flops»

Who is the Warby Parker of... flip - flops?

Even with the potential for major flops, Hollywood's movie franchise model is here to stay, but history shows us that the studios that aim for critical success with their sequels tend to land more hits at the box office.

I learned the secrets of a two - time championship NBA coach who's taken the pressure out of the game for his players so they can be freed to take risks and I learned about where to find the courage to bounce back and reinvent yourself from the former CEO of the internet's most famous flop who has since rebuilt her reputation and a thriving business.

Of course, even over-hyped, big - budget blockbusters can turn into major flops at the box office.

Also in its second weekend, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword continues to flop miserably with a weekend total of less than $ 7 million.

No amount of spin will make Trump's dozen years at the helm of a Trump Hotels, the only public company Trump has ever run, look like anything but a flop that damaged thousands of shareholders, bondholders, and workers.

Edward Talbot, an affable New Zealander who co-founded Snapr, a service that helps developers add social photo sharing to any existing or new app, showed up in flip - flops.

Of course, complaints about the proliferation of sequels tend to be much louder in the wake of a high - profile flop than they are after the release of financially and critically successful follow - ups (see: Disney's Marvel and Star Wars franchises, or the Despicable Me and Hunger Games movies, to name a few — though, some movies still make a ton of money despite toxic reviews).

Nintendo will also continue to work closely with third - party publishers, who have re-embraced its platform after many walked away from the Wii U, which was a sales flop.

The highlights of 2011 are almost too painful to mention: the PlayBook, RIM's first tablet, was a flop; its latest line of BlackBerry smartphones was delayed; weak sales forced the company to issue a profit warning in the spring; its network was hit by a massive service outage in the fall; and it suffered the largest wave of layoffs in its history.

But the succeeding Wii U flopped due to a dearth of popular game titles and a consumer migration to smartphone games, pushing the company into a loss for three consecutive years through March 2014.

But it didn't ask the right questions, and the rollout flopped.

Conversely, the latest Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles opus flopped, as did Independence Day: Resurgence, a sequel to a flick released the same year as Trainspotting.

It was also the biggest flop of the summer.

Plenty were also on deck for the current Wii U console, but many deserted that ship quickly after its flop became apparent.

Like a race, entrepreneurs will flop without proper preparation.

As we celebrate the top 100 crowdfunded companies, we take a look at some of this year's biggest crowdfunding flops.

Bond prices were higher, stocks waffled and the dollar flip - flopped after the Fed's post-meeting statement failed to deliver the clarity markets were looking for on the course of rate hikes.

Think of Edsel Ford, who rather than being remembered for his decades spent steering the hugely successful corporation, is instead known for the auto industry's biggest flop.

There are a few simple reasons that the Switch has been such a smash hit, whereas the Wii U was a flop.

Premier Colin Barnett has described the federal government's mining tax as a flop, after Treasurer Wayne Swan revealed today the impost raised just $ 126 million in its first six months of operation.

This is why so many nostalgia - driven projects are flops, despite the power of the feeling itself.

In other words, it was a flop with critics.

What are the most common reasons for these flops?

But that means that when corporate missteps happen or marketing campaigns are a flop, they can go viral, too.

Deal, flop, turn, river, showdown: There are few things more tense than the final moments of a high - stakes game of poker.

2 continued its box office reign this weekend, while King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is the summer season's first major flop.

Indianapolis - based pharma giant Eli Lilly is slashing 485 jobs, with most of the cuts coming from the Alzheimer's unit that saw high - profile (and expensive) clinical flop last year.

The Bradley Beal flop.

For a leader familiar with the hard knocks of politics, Whitman has been unafraid to flip - flop.

«Ruffling the feathers of high - profile folks ranging from executives at Pepsi to Pink Floyd's Roger Waters, Scarlett Johansson's titillating performance, and her role as an advocate who seems to be flip - flopping, just fuels the fire,» Gibbs says.

Franklin is credited with creating the lightening rod, bifocals, and the Franklin stove (yeah, that last one might have been a bit of a flop).

Even if it were, Apple has had a number of relative flops, at least when measured by the iPhone's success.

As the employee's frustration suggests, the Kin wasn't a one - off flop.

I've often noticed that stories on places like Reddit tend to flop when they are over-exaggerated or use language that is too flowery (not «real»).

As we've noted before, Trump himself has flip - flopped on the issue, but his close aide and attorney general pick, Alabama senator Jeff Sessions, has long been a critic.

SpaceX has had a series of high - profile successes and flops in its pursuit of improved economics for space transport.

Cirque has seen enough blockbusting successes now to know that it can take a flop or two in the name of taking a risk — it has certainly earned that right.

Even if you pick the perfect prize, your giveaway will flop if no one enters.

So what if your new idea flops?

After reading this, you won't have to flop.

Tony Robbins's very first seminar might have been a flop, but it ignited an understanding of sales and people that has fueled his success.

«Sometimes there's an issue on the table and the conversations and decisions can flip - flop all around just for the sake of conversation,» she says.

If a joke flops, for instance, she suggests this line: «When [executive name] told me during lunch that that would be a funny line, I believed him.»

And for every hit like «X-Men: Days of Future Past» there were flops like the raunchy western - comedy «A Million Ways to Die in the West» and Tom Cruise action film «Edge of Tomorrow.»

This summer, Loeb slammed the management team behind Sony Pictures over the summer for producing summer flops like «After Earth» and «White House Down.»

TORONTO — Several box - office flops and a lack of family movies left Cineplex Inc. (TSX: CGX) suffering the fallout during the first few months of the summer movie season.

Amazon is doing great with its Echo smart speakers, but completely flopped with the Fire smartphone.

He has slammed Trump's flip - flopping on issues («Trump is a Magic 8 Ball.

Nobody likes flopping down on 30 mattresses in a showroom, he figured.