After recovering in the summer survey, the balance of opinion on
past sales growth edged down but remains positive (Chart 1).
Firms reported little change overall in the pace of
past sales growth (Chart 1), with the balance of opinion hovering around zero for more than a year.
Although firms have, on balance, not seen an increase in
past sales growth for nearly two years, they remain optimistic that sales will grow at a somewhat faster pace over the next 12 months (Chart 2, blue bars).
Not exact matches
The $ 14.4 billion IT consulting and outsourcing shop D'Souza cofounded in 1994 is on a roll, averaging 15.1 % annual
sales growth over the
past three years.
Sales were flat in North America, compared with a 38 percent
growth in the Asia - Pacific region, but that was enough to knock 5 percent off the stock which has gained more than two - thirds in value over the
past year.
The company's dramatic
growth —
sales spiked more than 1,100 % in the
past three years alone — would have been all but impossible were consultants relying on Rolodexes and landlines, Avon lady style, to find clients.
The family - run company enjoyed a 274 % revenue
growth over the
past five years, with
sales in Canada, United States and Mexico.
Over the
past three years, Under Armour (ua) reported annual
sales growth of 28 % in 2015, 32 % in 2014, and 27 % in 2013.
«If you look at what Macy's has reported for the
past four years, or you look at Kohl's or (JC) Penney's they show this nice
growth online, and they show reductions in in - store
sales.
ConAgra, which has reported flat or falling
sales in four of the
past six quarters, is struggling to boost
growth as consumers shift from packaged products to fresh foods in search of healthier options.
While it has averaged 6.1 % same - store
sales growth in its Canadian operations in the
past 10 years, it only saw 4.9 % in 2010 and 2.9 % in 2009.
The strong
growth in coffee category
sales over the
past five years has been fueled by demand for cold coffee beverages, now estimated to contribute over 20 % of coffee
sales in the U.S. Starbucks currently serves over 35 % of its coffee cold and expects this proportion to grow to 50 % by 2021.
Jomashop, an online watch retailer based in Brooklyn, says its biggest revenue
growth in the
past few years has come from
sales to China.
Once you're
past the startup stage,
growth is all about getting more clients and customers into your
sales pipeline in order to keep money flowing in.
With
sales growth falling off a cliff in the
past two years, they're becoming the most commoditized of hardware and the most responsible for the «bloodbath» losses mounting at Japanese manufacturers.
FireEye has clearly benefited from an age of headline - making hacks, with a compounded yearly
sales growth rate of 98 % over the
past six years.
So far rivals have not shown an ability to take advantage of Bloomberg's missteps; the company has continued to eke out additional market share even as its terminal
sales have slowed to 1 % annual
growth the
past two years.
While Tim Hortons has averaged 6.1 % same - store
sales growth in its Canadian operations in the
past 10 years, it only saw 4.9 % in 2010 and 2.9 % in 2009.
Structure: The size (revenue - based) and age of the company are strongly correlated to vitality loss, which may however be compensated by revitalization, as measured by
sales growth in the
past five years.
Whether it's offering on - site management systems or designing systems, the
sales growth in this field shot up over 15 percent in the
past year.
«Starts are being boosted by a relatively firm economic backdrop, healthy population
growth and
past gains in pre-construction
sales in Toronto,» Sondhi wrote in a report.
Over the
past three years, Blue Buffalo has delivered compound annual net
sales growth of 12 %, the companies said, reaching $ 1.3 billion in the 2017 fiscal year.
Comment: Sturm, Ruger's booked impressive
sales growth in the
past few months, but Seeking Alpha says many believe the gun - buying rush is merely a fad.
According to Euromonitor, domestic whiskey
sales have soared by 40 % in the
past five years — NASCAR - fast numbers in a sector where good
growth often means 2 % or 3 % a year, and a revolution for a spirit whose
sales declined almost without a break for 30 years.
Coors Light is the only top - 10 beer in the United States to have consistent annual
sales growth for the
past seven years.
And the bulk of that
growth has been at the upper end of the market: Over the
past five years, reports the Distilled Spirits Council,
sales of «value» bourbon — priced below $ 15 — have grown just 13 %, while super-premium bourbons, the category that Elmer T. Lee pioneered a generation ago, are up 97.5 %.
FAST food chain Nando's has achieved total WA
sales growth of more than 80 per cent per annum during the
past four years, says national marketing manager James Tomlinson.
Under this no - frills strategy,
sales increased 12 % in the
past year alone to $ 1.2 billion - and the company has seen similar
growth every year since it opened in 1992.
While holiday
sales rose 4 % this
past Christmas, according to the National Retail Federation, even beating their estimates of 3.6 %
growth, online
sales surged almost 13 % year over year.
Dawani spent the
past 10 years at OptionsCity, where he led the business through various
growth stages culminating in the
sale of the company in June 2017 to Vela Trading Systems.
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.
By combining factors such as budget, market
growth, current pipeline, and
past trends, companies can make projections about short - term and long - term
sales figures.
However, the volume
growth was less than half of what the Brewers Association saw in years
past when craft beer volume increased by 17.6 % and dollars
sales surged by 20 % between 2012 and 2013, according to IRI data.
In addition to the TAO
Growth Company of the Year award, DiscoverOrg has received numerous other accolades over the
past year, including being named an Inc. 5000 company for the 6th straight year; being added to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list; being recognized as Category Leader for
Sales Intelligence and Account - Based Marketing by G2 Crowd and as a 2017 Top Rated
Sales Intelligence Platform by TrustRadius; and being awarded the SIIA Model of Excellence Award for Data Quality.
August was only the second month in the
past 23 where German retailers had not registered
sales growth.
However, Apple's overall
sales growth has dropped significantly from over 40 %, as reported for the
past 5 years.
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.
These tables also illustrate, however, that exporters have made some gains in
sales to other countries; over the
past year,
growth in exports of manufactures and services to many countries outside the Asian region have been stronger than trend
growth rates recorded earlier in the 1990s.
«We posted another quarter of over 20 percent year - over-year
growth in new client signings as the investments we've made in Egencia's
sales team over the
past year continue to pay dividends,» Okerstrom said during a quarterly earnings call Thursday.
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.
«With a smaller product line than brands like Audi, BMW and Mercedes - Benz, including having fewer CUVs, Cadillac has not taken part in the
sales growth of the premium segment over the
past seven years,» said IHS Markit senior analyst Stephanie Brinley.
Profits have grown strongly over the
past couple of years in the mining industry, driven by strong
growth in
sales volumes.
According to a range of surveys, business confidence has now risen to levels consistent with well - above - average
growth of the economy, with profits,
sales and employment all reported to have increased strongly in the
past few months.
During the
past three decades we have seen a
growth in customer and buyer - centric thinking however buyer behavior analysis remained somewhat a small component of marketing and
sales thinking as well as planning.
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.
I just left a church where someone who's been instrumental in church
growth programs in the
past wanted to do a marketing campaign for the church, that in my opinion, amounted to a
sales job to get people in the door no matter how much the church matched the marketing campaign.
Stephen Bremner,
sales director comments: «Our dedication to continuous development of our products has been reflected in our
growth of 60 % in branded goods over the
past four years.
According to the analysis, which examined only plant - based foods that directly replace animal products, over the
past year plant - based foods saw
growth of 8.1 percent, with the total market for the sector expected to top $ 3.1 billion in
sales in 2017.
Pollo Campero is averaging eight percent same - store
sales growth compounded over the
past four years and been called the most millennial - driven concept in the United States today thanks to a number of brand improvements.
LeVecke Corp. has seen much recent
growth in Washington, which until this
past June had allowed liquor
sales only at the state - controlled stores.