Sentences with phrase «purchase by a few years»

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Despite a long sales cycle and little volume driven by repeat purchases, this legendary piano saleswoman sold more than $ 40 million in Steinways before retiring a few years ago.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

Among the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially are the following: (1) worldwide economic, political, and capital markets conditions and other factors beyond the Company's control, including natural and other disasters or climate change affecting the operations of the Company or its customers and suppliers; (2) the Company's credit ratings and its cost of capital; (3) competitive conditions and customer preferences; (4) foreign currency exchange rates and fluctuations in those rates; (5) the timing and market acceptance of new product offerings; (6) the availability and cost of purchased components, compounds, raw materials and energy (including oil and natural gas and their derivatives) due to shortages, increased demand or supply interruptions (including those caused by natural and other disasters and other events); (7) the impact of acquisitions, strategic alliances, divestitures, and other unusual events resulting from portfolio management actions and other evolving business strategies, and possible organizational restructuring; (8) generating fewer productivity improvements than estimated; (9) unanticipated problems or delays with the phased implementation of a global enterprise resource planning (ERP) system, or security breaches and other disruptions to the Company's information technology infrastructure; (10) financial market risks that may affect the Company's funding obligations under defined benefit pension and postretirement plans; and (11) legal proceedings, including significant developments that could occur in the legal and regulatory proceedings described in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2017, and any subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10 - Q (the «Reports»).

The ECB will have to respond to catastrophic eurozone unemployment and growing social unrest by stepping up asset purchases this year, after a hiatus in the past few months...

Secondly, Graham made his money by purchasing undervalued stocks and then selling them at fair value within a few years.

More than 75 percent of farmland sold in the District was purchased by farmers despite a slight decrease from a few years ago and sharp declines in U.S. farm income (Chart 4).

As the proceeds from these redemptions are reinvested by the ECB, they will offset some of the recently announced reduction in the central bank's purchases — perhaps by as much as a half overall — although with relatively few redemptions in the first quarter of 2018, the reinvestment is scheduled to take place mainly in the second and third quarters of the coming year.

Moneris, which facilitates card payments for 220,000 Canadian merchants, said last month that its purchases over its systems increased by about 5 per cent in the first quarter from the same period a year ago, following the pattern that the company has observed for the past few years.

Up front we have a few world - class players surrounded by some serious pretenders... Sanchez is by far the most accomplished player in our attack but the controversy surrounding his contractual mishandling could see him go before the window closes or most definitely by season's end... obviously a mistake by both parties involved, as Sanchez's exploits have never been more on display than in North London, but the club's irresponsible wage structure and lack of real intent have been the real undoing in this mess... Lacazette, who I think has some world - class skills as a front man, will only be as good as the players and system around him, which is troubling due to our current roster and Wenger's love of sideways passing... Walcott should have been sold years ago, enough said, and Welbeck should never have been brought in from the get - go... both of these players have suffered numerous injuries over their respective careers and neither are good enough to overcome such difficulties: not to mention, they both are below average first - touch players, which should be the baseline test for any player coming to a Wenger - led Arsenal team... Perez should have been played wide left or never purchased at all; what a huge waste of time and money, which is ridiculous considering our penny pinching ways and the fact that fans had been clamoring for a real striker for years... finally Giroud, the fact that he stills wears the jersey is a direct indictment of this club's failure to get things right... this isn't necessarily an attack on Giroud because I think he has some highly valued skills, but not for a team that has struggled to take their sideways soccer to the next level, as his presence slows their game even more, combined with our average, at best, finishing skills... far too often those in charge have either settled or chosen half - measures and ultimately it is us that suffer because no matter what happens Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke will always make more money whereas we will always be the ones paying for their mistakes... so every time someone suggests we should just shut - up and support the team just think of all the sacrifices you've made along the way and simply reply... f *** off

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

Why not cross a few names off your holiday gift list this year by purchasing one of Clinique's exclusive holiday gift sets, like their 3 - Step Home and Away kit ($ 62.50.)

While Linda refuses to ever own a minivan (though she secretly covets the extra room her friends have over her RAV - 4), Cara reluctantly delved into the world of minivans a few years ago by purchasing a Hyundai Entourage.

This article tells the story of several families who have purchased Land Bank homes over the past few years — some directly from the Land Bank and others fixed up with grant funds by Home HeadQuarters.

I have been using ground flax seed for the last few years, it is by far the least expensive option when purchased in bulk.

However in the past few years I think the shipping fees have become quite unreasonable, by increasing with the more you purchase.

My outfit was inspired by this very bright yellow skirt which I love and I purchased when we were living in Hawaii a few years ago from Old Navy for about 7.99 on clearance.

Fifty years ago, just a few years after Ford was snubbed by Ferrari in a purchase deal that didn't go through, Ford's GT40 took the podium: 1 -2-3, and then did so for the next 3 years.

I was recommended to this dealership by my aunt who had purchased a Toyota there a few years prior.

The car in recent years has lived in a VW showroom as a show piece, the car was purchased new from Bristol Street VW in Nottingham on the 20/02/1986 and has been maintained by a VW master technician throughout its life, in fact the same technician who pdi'd the car in 1986... this car has travelled very few miles over recent years but has been mot'd by VW every year with no issues, in fact it has only travelled 849 miles in 11 years!

By purchasing a car that's only a few years old, you'll get a vehicle that has endured a large percentage of the depreciation that it will endure in its lifetime, and you'll still get many of the same features that are found on the newest models.

Just a few years later, those same publishers were lamenting as Borders declared bankruptcy and B&N cut their purchases by over 50 %.

A few years ago it would have made sense for another retailer to try and gain some momentum with a free device that's subsidized by a content purchase commitment.

But by buying in stages — say, annuitizing $ 300,000 with separate $ 100,000 purchases over a few years rather than investing the entire three hundred grand in one shot — you can at least diversify against the risk of putting all your money into annuities when interest rates are at a low.

At some point in the next few years I'd like to renovate a dilapidated detached two - story garage - like structure that is at the back of my property into a by - right ADU for the purposes of renting and generating income (FYI: When I purchased my home in 2007 using a 203k, an inspector quoted $ 75K as an estimated renovation cost for the garage).

Once you move to a new card, it's important that you maintain the integrity of your older accounts by using them for small purchases a few times every year.

When purchasing an everyday collar for a puppy, keep it a simple nylon collar, because by the time they reach a year old they most likely will outgrow a few of their first collars!

Natura petfoods was purchased by Proctor and Gamble a few years back and was just sold on to Mars.

By the way, a few years ago I trained a puppy who'd been purchased at a mall in Queens and she was the sweetest, most social dog I've ever known.

Even if you are like I am and don't set out to become a mileage millionaire with gift card purchases, you can still earn several thousand extra miles and points each year by making a few strategic gift card purchases by leveraging category bonuses on your rewards credit cards.

Most of the PNC Cash Reward's competitors, by contrast, offer just 2 to 3 percent cash back on gas station purchases or award 5 percent cash back just a few months out of the year.

, but after a few years and changes in licence ownership, along with Marvel's purchase by Disney, it finally ended up with Gazillion Entertainment, who went a different route, developing the current action RPG.

«Our acquisitions have been declining over the past few years, resulting in more pressure to secure funding from local private trusts and the NACF (both of which have been essential for recent purchases of work by artists such as Rachel Whiteread, Frank Auerbach and Richard Deacon).

Over the last few years Bristol Museum & Art Gallery's contemporary collection has increased substantially with purchases such as Ai Weiwei's iconic A Ton of Tea and works by artists including Omer Fast, Shilpa Gupta, Walid Raad, and Imran Qureshi.

For example, if we look at the cost to purchase a $ 250,000 Term 10 life insurance policy you'll see how delaying purchasing a policy by just a few years could cost you more in annual premiums.

I have purchased the one year Travel Guard MedEvac insurance for the last few years for the family because of a number of overseas trips by family.

Heated debates about topics such as whether a $ 5 app purchase (that never expires, and that will continue to get better over time) should be a few dollars less, often conducted by tapping on physical hardware that can be $ 900 or more and will be replaced in a few years, are rather tiresome.

To do that, the world will need see something even more exotic than the FFZero1: an actual, viable production car that's available for purchase by you and I. Sadly, something like that is still a few years away.

A few weeks ago, I was contacted by someone who told me that she had purchased a professionally written resume and cover letter from a resume - writing company... and then had realized that the cover letter was nearly word - for - word the same as the one from a reader that I posted here last year.

Single - family home purchases by institutional investors fell 31 percent in 2014 to about 105,000 properties, the fewest in four years, according to RealtyTrac, which counts buyers of at least 10 houses in a one - year period among the group.

Rent will go up forever... but a mortgage payment on a purchase price of $ 445,000 will be around $ 3,400 / month (everything included, PITI) and will go down by a few hundred dollars once the mortgage insurance comes off in a few years.

They were bought up over the last few years by investors that then purchased used MH's and dropped on the lots and marketed as Rent to Own.

, and it was purchased a few years ago by someone who is currently working on it.