Sentences with phrase «sales slowing this year»

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Still, we're in the fifth year of a very weak recovery in which small businesses have been hit hard by tight credit markets, slow sales and limited spending.

The upheaval at Ford underlines pressure on all three Detroit automakers to prove they can avoid losses as the U.S. market begins to slow from last year's record sales.

New car sales in Western Australia started the 2018 financial year in the slow lane, falling 8 per cent in July as national sales continued to rise.

Last month, Green Mountain noted that its growth is slowing but that it still expects sales to increase by 15 to 20 per cent next year.

Under Armour warned investors that sales growth would slow over the next two years, and the news sent shares down sharply on Tuesday.

And, on Thursday, new factory activity data is expected to show that the manufacturing sector grew at a slow pace in September, while U.S. automakers are expected to report a 12 % increase in monthly sales year - over-year.

Starbucks» same - store sales have risen for seven straight years, but slowing growth has put Johnson under pressure.

Southwest has used the sales to generate buzz and — perhaps more importantly — to sell seats during what are usually some of the slowest travel periods of the year.

Now, the bad: iPhone sales grew less than 1 % over the same quarter a year earlier, the slowest year - over-year growth for the device ever.

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.

Because of the slow start to 2017, Kellogg now sees a full - year sales decline of about 3 %, worse than its prior estimate of a 2 % drop.

Barbie's gross sales have now slid for four consecutive years, while sales are also slowing for another key fashion doll line, Monster High, and for the traditionally resilient American Girl doll brand.

«Same - Shack» sales growth — the term the company uses for the change in year - over-year revenue for U.S. company - owned stores opened for at least 24 months — have slowed.

The company is increasing the price of Prime to $ 119 a year, up from $ 99, which could help it secure more revenue as its e-commerce sales growth slows.

Revenue growth has slowed as many companies sink more resources into developing the next blockbuster drug; what's more, the «patent cliff» for the last round of megabillion - dollar drugs — when generics firms typically see a sales spurt — happened a few years ago.

Samsung sold more phones than anyone else, but sales slowed and profits fell last year as other Android - phone manufacturers made similar devices at half the cost and Apple finally released two big - screen iPhone models.

That's not to say sales have been slow; of third - party estimates that put the value of transactions on BuildDirect between US$ 100 million and US$ 150 million this year, Booth says: «That would be in the right range.»

Under Armour, the No. 2 U.S. sportswear maker, reported its slowest quarterly sales growth in six years, hurt by slowing growth in North America, its biggest market.

The No. 2 U.S. sportswear maker reported its slowest quarterly sales growth in six years, hurt by slowing growth in North America.

This growth, while far slower than last year's 5.2 percent gain, is slightly higher than the 10 - year average holiday sales gain of 2.6 percent, the group said.

This week's big news is that Michael Kors, one of the largest luxury fashion brands, is closing up to 15 % of its retail stores over the next two years, after slow sales and fewer people shopping in - store.

The risk is that the economy needs monetary policy tightened to cool prices before industrial activity and retail sales regain momentum lost last year as the Chinese economy delivered its slowest full year of growth since 1999, at 7.8 percent.

Though Shake Shack is growing — generating nearly $ 79 million in «Shack sales» for the first nine months of 2014 — there are some worries that growth at stores that have been open for at least two years has slowed.

(Unilever reported $ 5.7 billion in net profit for the year on slowing sales growth.)

In the meantime, Target has been rolling out a sophisticated branding operation here honed by 50 years of slow, steady and massively successful expansion in the U.S.. From a family - owned Minneapolis department store, Target has grown into a discount retailing force rivalled (and still consistently dominated) only by Walmart, which posted US$ 264 billion in U.S. sales last year.

After four years of strong sales increases — and limited discounts — as the economy improved, U.S. demand for new cars and trucks is expected to slow this year.

The U.S. tech giant notified suppliers that it had decided to cut the first - quarter production target to around 20 million units, in light of slower - than - expected sales in the year - end holiday shopping season in key markets such as Europe, the U.S. and China.

Pepsi last quarter slashed its full - year outlook as sales in the region dropped, due to slowing sales of Gatorade and in convenience stores broadly.

Nestle SA posted slower - than - expected first quarter sales but held to its full year forecast for underlying revenue growth.

Generally, our objective for a fiscal year is to grow operating expenses at a slower rate than net sales and to grow operating income at a faster rate than net sales.

Apple's sales growth last quarter was the slowest in more than two years, and Samsung in January warned of slowing demand.

Under Armour's net revenue rose about 12 percent to $ 1.31 billion, its slowest sales growth in eight years.

Year - over-year adjusted retail sales are up less than 1 %, the slowest growth rate since 2009.

The net result, as the Recode chart below shows, is tablet sales have slowed and are projected to decline about 1 % per year over the next 5 years.

Doug Duncan, chief economist at Fannie Mae, foresees sales growth slowing slow next year.

A slowing economy, uncertain fuel price regulations, new taxes and a weakening currency have slowed new - car sales to a 2.8 % gain in May from 7 % the same month a year earlier.

That's not too surprising, when you consider that February is one of the slowest months of the year for real estate sales.

Retail sales weakened markedly, with growth slowing to 10.6 per cent from 2014's full - year expansion of 12 per cent, threatening to undercut official efforts to nurture a consumer - driven economy.

Investors are basically assuming that earnings will continue to grow exponentially for many years even though sales are expected to slow over the next few years.

While category - wide beer volume sales remain flat across IRI's measured multi-outlet and convenience channels (MULC — which comprise grocery, drug, club, dollar, mass - merchandiser, Walmart and military stores), up just 0.7 percent through May 15, growth in the craft beer category, which was growing double - digits at this time last year, has slowed considerably.

Severe affordability issues brought on by rapid appreciation throughout the year has caused sales activity to slow, particularly in the region's near million - dollar condominium market where prices depreciated by 7.6 % on a quarter - over-quarter basis.

Menulog managing director Alistair Venn said the addition of delivery services would help the Sydney - based company attract more restaurants and customers on more meal occasions and accelerate sales growth, which has slowed in recent years.

Analysts at Oppenheimer tempered their expectations for United Therapeutics Corp's (NASDAQ: UTHR) first - quarter citing the Maryland - based biotech's historic propensity to log seasonally slow sales during the start of the year.

The metro Vancouver market has already started slowing down, with sales in September off by about 33 per cent from a year ago.

Even when sales growth slowed earlier this year, McDonald's (MCD) said the McMuffin and other breakfast items were still popular.

According to the analysts, the first quarter of every year tends to be seasonally slow for «large - cap biotech companies broadly,» accounting for 23 % of sales for the year (over the last 10 years).

Kraft has struggled to keep up with the changing consumer tastes in recent years, and in November it fired most of its advertising agencies amid slowing sales and declining volume.

The company's net revenue rose about 12 percent to $ 1.31 billion, its slowest sales growth in eight years.

But overall, the U.S. auto industry in 2013 had its best sales year since 2007, and industry executives said on Friday they expect gains to continue in 2014, though at a slower pace.

The evidence is clearest in the hottest markets, like San Francisco, where April home sales were at their slowest pace in six years.