And bag maker Tapestry
said softer demand for its Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman brands hurt margins and revenue growth but stronger sales for the company «s Coach (NYSE: COH) products helped offset some of that weakness, leading to an overall earnings beat.
Not exact matches
It
said a surge of strong numbers in late 2017 was followed by
softer figures early this year, suggesting «some pulling forward of
demand ahead of new mortgage guidelines and other policy measures.»
That trend should continue in 2017, per Advito, with corporate rates rising 3 to 5 percent, though principal and VP Bob Brindley
said demand may be a bit
softer than originally forecasted.
In today's consumer - oriented, capitalistic culture, where people are used, abused and disposed of like nonreturnable
soft - drink cans, where «liberation» has been invoked to justify selfishness, it may be that the time has come for the church to
say again what it has always believed — that there is no way for individuals to «flourish» without the kind of communion and community and the permanent, deep, risky commitment that true Christian love
demands — qualities that are perhaps best experienced in the yoking of a man and a woman in marriage.
Nov 30th - Even Monolith
Soft's president wants to play Xenoblade Chronicles X on Switch, but he
says a port is up to
demand for the title.
Even Monolith
Soft's president wants to play Xenoblade Chronicles X on Switch, but he
says a port is up to
demand for the title.
While Cook
said iPad unit sales met internal projections, he acknowledged that there was
soft demand.
«
Softer housing
demand, combined with rising listings, will likely push the Canadian housing market towards a buyer's market over the next year and a half,»
said Petramala.
The bank
says a combination of
softer demand and rising supply of homes for sale will likely pull some steam out of home prices.
In addition to
softer demand at the entry - level portion of the market, a quarter of current millennial homeowners
said their student debt is preventing them from selling their home to buy a new one, either because it's too expensive to move and upgrade, or because their loans have impacted their credit for a future mortgage.
«I can't
say definitively whether
demand is
soft but I would not be surprised if it were,»
said Lynnette Luna, principal analyst for GlobalData.
«Existing sales concluded the year on a
softer note, but they were guided higher these last 12 months by a multi-year streak of exceptional job growth, which ignited buyer
demand,»
says Lawrence Yun, chief economist at NAR.
Despite its mild climate and attractive surroundings, a high inventory of unsold new units and constrained
demand due to a
soft economy will continue to cause drag on the condo market in Victoria,
says the report.