Sentences with phrase «quarters of declining»

The bleak numbers represent 10 straight quarters of declining tablet sales.

Following several consecutive quarters of declining sales, Samsung finally decided to step up its game.

In the original One's case, the launch failed to avoid off several quarters of declining revenues, and ultimately, its first negative result.

While Big Blue has had 22 straight quarters of declining revenue, Salesforce has been on a steady increase over the last several years.

Exploring the possibility of the next U.S. recession, it's quite normal to experience two quarters of declining gross domestic product (GDP) growth in a secular bull market for stocks.

Wal - Mart Stores Inc. has struggled to match the ease and reliability of Amazon's shipping network, and posted nine straight quarters of declining same - store sales.

The US dairy company has seen consecutive quarters of declining fluid milk sales, registering an 8 % drop in gross profit last month for Q4 / 17.

According to Trulia's analysis, the number of homes on the market nationwide dropped again during the first quarter of 2017, marking eight consecutive quarters of declining inventory.

Despite this long transition of posting 20 + consecutive quarters of declining revenue, IBM has finally posted its first revenue growth in nearly six years.

Most of the recessions identified by our procedures do consist of two or more quarters of declining real GDP, but not all of them.

After six straight quarters of declining sales in China, Apple said that revenue in that country grew 12 % year - over-year to $ 9.8 billion.

As this chart from Statista shows, the company has been dealing with this for a good while now: IBM has now posted 20 consecutive quarters of declining revenue.

After four straight quarters of declining sales and horrific losses of market share to competitors, the restaurant chain's executives in Oak Brook, Ill. have gone on the offensive with a snazzy new message centered around «love.»

Still, IBM has seen 19 straight quarters of declining year - over-year total revenues.

The textbook definition of a recession is a downturn in economic activity, characterized by at least two consecutive quarters of decline in a country's gross domestic product (GDP).

Despite reporting its 19th consecutive quarter of declining sales, IBM insists it's on the right path.

It's pretty small, but the fact you've got three consecutive quarters of decline is a big deal.»

The company reported on Thursday another dismal quarter of declining sales in the U.S., where comparable sales fell 2 %, even worse than the 1.5 % decline analysts polled by Consensus Metrix were expecting.

Herbalife's quarterly sales rose 1.3 %, the first rise after five quarters of decline, as demand increased for its health supplements in North America and China.

After several quarters of decline, the iPad is showing signs of life.

In November, the company, which also owns the 38 - store Bloomingdale's chain, posted its 11th consecutive quarter of declines in comparable or «same - store» sales, a metric that strips out results from recently opened or closed stores.

A Federal Reserve working paper from last year found that at least three - quarters of the decline in new charters is attributable to the weak economy and low interest rates.

IBM reported its seventh straight quarter of declining revenue this week, hurt by a shrinking computer - hardware business.

Viacom's advertising revenue fell 9 percent in its U.S. cable business, the fourth straight quarter of decline.

After six consecutive quarters of decline, the fourth quarter results for total annuity sales were flat, compared to this quarter last year, at $ 50.8 billion.

While it represented the second - consecutive quarter of decline, the adjusted figure topped consensus expectations by roughly a nickel, thanks to higher gross margins and better - than - anticipated growth in revenues.

Procter & Gamble said its net sales for the quarter fell to $ 15.6 billion, down 1 percent from sales of $ 15.78 billion a year ago, marking the thirteenth consecutive quarter of declines.

This new initiative to offer long - lasting and reversible birth control instead of the pill or condoms is said to be responsible for three - quarters of the decline in the state's teen birth rates, down 39 % compared in the national drop of 29 %.

The first quarter of 2003 marked the second straight quarter of declining investments, and continued an extended period of tepid investments.

Three consecutive quarters of declines in earnings suggest that they are not.

The company had flat comparable store sales growth this quarter, following 2 consecutive quarters of declines.

The Commerce Department defines a recession as two or more quarters of decline in output, as measured by Gross National Product (GNP) or Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Management hoped the new phones and OS would act as a much need game changer and put a stop to quarter - after - quarter of declining market share in smart phones.

This is the 8th successive quarter of declining sales for the Atlanta - based company.

The Cupertino - based company recently recorded its fourth straight quarter of declining sales as the market is nearly saturated.

Following three quarters of declines in both total industry funding and average deal size, the blockchain industry saw a reversal of this trend in Q1.

Not exact matches

But investors will only be swayed once the department store ends its 11 quarter - streak of comparable sales declines.

Pacific Crest analyst Andy Hargreaves estimated that the top 8 cable companies lost 463,000 subscribers in the second quarter of 2015 compared to a decline of 141,000 for the second quarter last year.

Union Pacific's freight revenues actually fell 1 % in the first quarter compared with the first three months of 2014, the first such decline in six years.

Campbell has been looking to offset such soup declines that have going on for years (and fell 7 % in the last quarter) with new product innovations, including plant - protein milk and a bigger push of its Garden Fresh Gourmet products.

The market declined for the first time ever in the first quarter of 2016, according to IDC.

The number of venture capital deals declined sharply in the last quarter of 2015 as investors pulled back and got more cautious

The introduction in October of around - the - clock Egg McMuffins and hash browns helped the Golden Arches enjoy its best quarter in nearly four years as it comes off two years of declines.

This was followed up by a further decline in April (the first month of the second quarter), which was the fifth decline in six months.

In his press conference today, Bank governor Stephen Poloz refused to use the term «recession,» saying only that Canada has experienced what is almost certain to be two consecutive quarters of economic contraction, but declined to attach a label to it.

Tencent, which declines to provide a revenue breakdown of its games, made 12.9 billion yuan from smartphone games in the first quarter, according to its financial report.

The company's iPhone, which makes up the biggest chunk of its revenue, saw its first year - over-year revenue decline ever in Apple's last - reported fiscal quarter ended March 26, investors are deeply concerned about the iPad's future, and even Macs saw sales slip last quarter.

As you can see, it did not hit those targets once in the three quarters since — even booking a slight decline in the first quarter of 2013.

Pizza Hut, which is owned along with KFC and Taco Bell by Yum Brands, has suffered eight straight quarters of same - store sales declines.

The company sold 21.4 million iPads in the first quarter and even that represented a year - over-year decline of 18 %.