Sentences with phrase «new patterns of growth»

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Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

that all these issues — overcrowded cities, unusual and disturbing new weather patterns, the growth of global poverty, the lowering of wages while stock prices soar, the elimination of social services, the destruction of wildlife and wilderness, the protests of Maya Indians in Mexico — are products of the same global policies.

The relationship between contemporary forms of worship and membership growth is as strong for older congregations that changed their worship patterns as for new congregations that have used contemporary forms from the beginning.

American Catholic history may not be so booming a discipline as biblical studies or medical ethics, but even the most cursory survey of the American Catholic Studies Newsletter (published by the Cushwa Center for the study of American Catholicism at the University of Notre Dame, itself an institutional expression of the growth of the field) reveals an extraordinary breadth of research, ranging from classic institutional histories and biographies of key figures to the new social history, with its emphases on patterns of community, spirituality, family life, and education.

Shifting demographics, changing meal composition, more fresh foods, and new attitudes on beverages all create challenges for growth,» says David Portalatin, NPD vice president, industry analyst and author of Eating Patterns in America.

The UK is responding with a new growth chart, focused only on the patterns of breastfeeding babies.

With these new charts, pediatricians will be able to compare each patient's growth patterns with peers of the same age and sex who have Down syndrome.

In these temperate zones, trees lay down new trunk each summer but go dormant in winter, creating a pattern of rings that track the intensity of annual growth.

Bettencourt and his colleagues at Arizona State University (A.S.U.), Dresden University of Technology in Germany and New Mexico's Santa Fe Institute, modeled the growth of a city according to three categories of factors: material infrastructure (road surfaces, electrical cable, etc.), human needs (such as total energy consumption and housing) and patterns of social activity, including total bank deposits, research and development, new cases of AIDS and new patents filNew Mexico's Santa Fe Institute, modeled the growth of a city according to three categories of factors: material infrastructure (road surfaces, electrical cable, etc.), human needs (such as total energy consumption and housing) and patterns of social activity, including total bank deposits, research and development, new cases of AIDS and new patents filnew cases of AIDS and new patents filnew patents filed.

The growth can be controlled by varying the number of building blocks added or by changing the solution pH. Repair using peptoid monomers with differing structure and chemistry demonstrated that the lipid - like design of these membranes could essentially be rewritten by inserting patterns of new distinct functional groups into them with nanometer - scale precision to produce multifunctional two - dimensional materials by design.

Dissection of these phenotypes can uncover new principles about in vivo miRNA function and genes that can influence growth and tissue patterning.

Research from a collaborative team at Washington University in St. Louis tested a 3 - D method that could lead to new diagnostic tools that will precisely measure the third - trimester growth and folding patterns of a baby's brain.

Over at The New York Times, a groovy interactive 2010 U.S. Census map that allows you to browse population growth and decline, changes in racial and ethnic concentrations, and patterns of housing development

Most companies operating in this space were in a holding pattern, focusing on growth, instead of new business models and different ideas.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, including store closings, higher - than - anticipated or increasing costs, including with respect to store closings, relocation, occupancy (including in connection with lease renewals) and labor costs, the effects of competition, the risk of insufficient access to financing to implement future business initiatives, risks associated with data privacy and information security, risks associated with Barnes & Noble's supply chain, including possible delays and disruptions and increases in shipping rates, various risks associated with the digital business, including the possible loss of customers, declines in digital content sales, risks and costs associated with ongoing efforts to rationalize the digital business and the digital business not being able to perform its obligations under the Samsung commercial agreement and the consequences thereof, the risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, the performance of Barnes & Noble's initiatives including but not limited to its new store concept and e-commerce initiatives, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, potential infringement of Barnes & Noble's intellectual property by third parties or by Barnes & Noble of the intellectual property of third parties, and other factors, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

N: Nobody can deny the importance of new products and services of a company for creating a growth pattern.

Schmitz: We are experiencing very exciting times at Tuffy's Pet foods, not only because of a consistent sales growth pattern that is amazing, but also because we are constructing a new, state - of - the - art manufacturing facility in Perham, Minn..

- Recent solo exhibitions include: If Only You Could See What I've Seen with Your Eyes, Kumu Art Museum, Tallinn, 2018; CC Foundation & Art Centre, Shanghai; If Only You Could See What I've Seen With Your Eyes, 57th Venice Biennale, Estonian Pavilion, Venice; Earth Potential, City Hall Park, Public Art Fund, New York, 2017; Approximation (Storm Time), Greene Naftali, New York; Dawn Mission, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, 2016; Life Update, Kunsthalle Lisbon, Lisbon, 2015; Art Basel Hong Kong, 2015; Pattern of Activation, Art Basel Statements, Basel; Green Growth, Salts, Basel; Spirit, Curiosity and Opportunity, Kraupa - Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin; Urgently «Yesterday», Mottahedan Projects, Dubai, 2014; miart, Milan, 2013; Macro Expansion, Kraupa - Tuskany Zeidler, Berlin, 2012; Appendix, Portland; Hotel Palenque, French Riviera, London; Katja Novitskova and Timur Si - Qin, CCS Bard, Annadaleon - Hudson, New York; # 8 Health Club, Czarny Neseser, Wrocław, Poland; Profit Decay, Arcadia Missa, London, 2012; sunny n shiiite, The State, thestate.tumblr.com, 2011.

Paul Blanchon, who studies patterns of past coral growth for hints of environmental conditions, led a new study of remarkable fossil coral reefs on the Yucatan peninsula near Cancún, Mexico.

In the Arctic, the tipping points identified in the new report, published on Friday, include: growth in vegetation on tundra, which replaces reflective snow and ice with darker vegetation, thus absorbing more heat; higher releases of methane, a potent greenhouse gas, from the tundra as it warms; shifts in snow distribution that warm the ocean, resulting in altered climate patterns as far away as Asia, where the monsoon could be effected; and the collapse of some key Arctic fisheries, with knock - on effects on ocean ecosystems around the globe.»

But recently, proposals for new dams have emerged, mostly in the name of improving water supplies strained by urban growth, a desire to irrigate more cropland, or adapting to expected changes in precipitation patterns accompanying climate change.

Patrick's talk also referred to research analyzing transport patterns of residents in Southern Village, a mixed - use development in Chapel Hill that has been championed as a prime example of Smart Growth and New Urbanism, compared to residents in a similar non-mixed use neighborhood.

Your salary growth doesn't have to be astronomical, but a pattern of growth demonstrates that you're continuing to gain new skills, and that you haven't already «peaked» as a valuable employee.

My approach is down to earth with a good sense of humor so together we can tackle unhelpful thinking patterns, establish healthy risk taking, find buried and under - utilized strengths, focus on problem solving and growth, strengthen connections with others, and ultimately rediscover self through learning new things.

At that point, then, you can work towards creating a new pattern of relating that fosters the growth of positive emotions.