Sentences with phrase «retail sales trends»

To the surprise of the retail sector, initial reports indicate U.S. retail sales grew 7.9 percent during the holiday season, excluding autos and gas, according to MasterCard SpendingPulse, which looks at U.S. retail sales trends across cards, cash and checks.

Not exact matches

The company has also been slow to adapt to changing retail trends, like sales primarily driven by e-commerce and in - store innovations.

Michael Brand, CEO of Dor, a foot traffic analytics provider, shares, «Foot traffic is a vital layer of information for a retailer to optimize how they staff their store, measure marketing effectiveness and calculate their in - store conversion rate, illuminating additional insights into sales trends that would have otherwise gone unnoticed.»

U.S. retailers posted weaker than expected sales in December, the Monster job index declined from last month's highs and unemployment claims continued their steady trend lower.

Kohl's (kss) is the rare retailer bucking the trend of closing stores despite declining sales at many of its physical locations.

We know retail ecommerce is expected to be strong — eMarketer estimates the core holiday November - through - December period will continue its multi-year trend of double - digit growth to bring $ 79.4 billion in sales, an increase of 13.9 percent from the same time in 2014.

Whole Foods amassed billions of sales by making organic food mainstream, a trend larger brick - and - mortar retailers including Kroger (kr), Walmart (wmt), and Target (tgt) all successfully replicated.

«The underlying trend in Canadian retail sales remains lacklustre,» said Nick Exarhos, an economist at CIBC World Markets in Toronto.

While a number of the year's key themes will be carried over into 2015, including even larger digital sales and better integration of on - and offline, below are five less obvious trends that experts predict will shape the retail world in the coming year.

Citing an improved traffic and retail shopping trend, retailer Target upped its comparable target sales for Q2 2017.

Examples of forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements we make regarding the Company's plans, assumptions, expectations, beliefs and objectives with respect to store openings and closings; product introductions; sales; sales growth; sales trends; store traffic; retail prices; gross margin; operating margin; expenses; interest and other expenses, net; effective income tax rate; net earnings and net earnings per share; share count; inventories; capital expenditures; cash flow; liquidity; currency translation; growth opportunities; litigation outcomes and recovery related thereto; the collectability of amounts due under financing arrangements with diamond mining and exploration companies; and certain ongoing or planned product, marketing, retail, manufacturing, information systems development, upgrades and replacement, and other operational and strategic initiatives.

This piece from TD's Admir Kolaj shows why — core retail sales for November and December were in line with their long run trend.

Investors in this sector also look at sales data for office buildings and retail developments and lease price trends for office and retail space.

This would seem to explain the obsession with things like «whisper earnings numbers», channel checking at retailers, networking with experts in the field to glean changes in sales trends or competitive balance or reactions to government economic figures.

The United Kingdom: The retail sales growth is also trending lower.

Retailers playing into the top five consumer trends will see further growth in perimeter sales.

Based on an analysis of point of sale data, retail product launches and menu penetration in foodservice, the charts represent Kerry's annual review of the flavor landscape, utilizing sales performance, consumer trends, foodservice influences and insights from its culinary experts, said Soumya Nair, Director of Market Insights for Kerry North America:

- Packaging companies and retailers seek the latest information on consumer trends and opportunities to formulate their sales and marketing strategies.

Those trends have made refrigerated pizza into a sales leader for food retailers.»

Spicy, bold and exotic international flavors continue as powerhouse trends for manufacturers and food and beverage retail sales.

The Non-GMO Project claims that retailers carrying products featuring its seal of approval report «the fastest dollar growth trend in their stores this year,» with annual sales exceeding $ 19.2 billion.

The next six weeks of the year are crucial for retailers but he says second quarter sales trends are encouraging to date.

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Wondering how personalized my head, you need email online retailer could connect hip trends to online sales pitch.

Strong retail demand would support a long - term recovery for auto sales, whereas recent higher commercial and government purchases are more cyclical trends.

GM North America President Alan Batey discussed how GM is growing its retail sales and bucking industry trends around fleet sales, incentives and inventories at a March 23 investor conference hosted by Bank of America / Merrill Lynch.

While it's data is only on print sales (no digital editions) and does not incorporate the sales from online retailers either from within the country or abroad, it does still offer credibility to emerging trends in bookselling.

More importantly may be the data that shows that, despite criticism from the industry, self - published and indie published titles did not destroy book pricing with their 99 - cent books; however, the fourth trend did demonstrate that book prices have taken an overall drop, but this is largely due to high - volume online retailers who can negotiate these prices, not just indie authors who strategize on low pricing as a means to drive book sales.

Smashwords report a similar trend with romance dominating 50 % of their total retail sales.

«Retail improved sales trends during the second half of the year, generating annual EBITDA of $ 354 million.

The statistics show that book sales through retailers stayed way below trend in 2013, and overall bookstore sales have been treading water since 2003 according to the government (table below).

It also examines trends in publishers» sales channels including retail, institutional and other categories.»

Retail Sales growth is still trending upwards a little bit.

More importantly, the year - over-year growth in Retail Sales is still trending higher.

Should investors ignore wavering home sale trends, declining consumer sentiment, faltering retail developments, floundering total business sales, weakening economic growth on the domestic front as well as economic stagnation on the world stage?

Canadian retailers have tried to cash in on the Black Friday trend by organizing their own sales and promising deals just as good as the ones that cause stampedes stateside.

With Applegreen, I also confirmed underlying FCF by looking at the multi-year trend in cash flow, identifying the unique characteristics of the petrol / convenience retailing model, and mapping out the resulting trajectory in terms of working capital Days Sales Outstanding stats.

This is in response to the trend from brick - and - mortar retail into the online space and should help protect sales growth in the future.

Over time Lancaster has evolved its business model to successfully tailor its product offerings towards these shifting consumer trends, including an increasing focus on expanding its produce and deli offerings, which now account for close to 40 % of its retail sales mix.

Retailers can maximize sales in the supplement and health - remedy category by staying abreast on current ingredient trends.

According to manufacturers, a healthy number of independent pet specialty retailers have responded to this trend by seizing the opportunity to tap into the category's sales potential.

Sales data collected from more than 11,000 pet specialty stores reveals the pet food trends that are driving success for retailers across the country.

Making the Sale Offering products that are on - trend with consumers is just one part of the equation for pet specialty retailers looking to boost sales in the natural treat segment.

Griffin points out that once retailers can clearly identify these sales trends, they can investigate the potential reasons for them, such as where the item is located in the store, lack of knowledge of the product among sales associates or inconsistent reordering.

It is also important that retailers make sure sales associates understand that these kinds of products are a trend.

Carrying the latest cat diet trends and offering a strong marketing program can help retailers maximize food sales in their cat section.

Glenn A. Novotny, vice president of sales and marketing for Emerald Pet Products, reveals how retailers can capitalize on the latest trends in pet treats.

Sales of interactive dog toys and puzzles are trending up, powered by the benefits to dogs and owners these products offer, but pet specialty retailers will still have to put some muscle into their merchandising.

Taking a look at this year's gifting trends at both ends of the leash can help pet retailers attract their share of sales during the holiday season.