Sentences with phrase «slowdown in sales growth»

This slowdown in sales growth is happening during a year in which Ford expects to have a manufacturing capacity of 2.1 million in China, which represents double its sales this past year.

PARIS, France — Hermès reported a slowdown in sales growth in the fourth quarter as stocks of its coveted handmade bags ran low, although the French luxury goods maker said margins likely hit a record last year and it remained upbeat for 2018.

Burberry showed signs it is beginning to feel the effects of the weakening economy as it posted a significant slowdown in sales growth.

In his first earnings call as CEO, Thompson had the awkward responsibility to report a slowdown in sales growth in most of the company's major markets, with both he and CFO Peter Bensen pointing to the impact of a tough macroeconomic environment.

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For those shareholders who dumped the stock, he traced the issues to two unexpected negatives: softer sales in Europe after the Paris tragedy and the slowdown in Chinese growth to 5 percent from 6 percent.

Retail sales rose less than expected in June, the latest sign of a slowdown in economic growth that offers a cautionary note to the Federal Reserve as it mulls scaling back its monetary stimulus.

The legal maneuvers come amid a slowdown in smartphone sales, which are growing at about 1 percent after several years of double digit annual growth, according to industry research firm International Data Corp..

That was the weakest sales growth since 2006, «raising doubts about the stability of consumption amidst the construction and industrial slowdown,» said Brian Jackson of IHS Global Insight in a report.

-LRB-...) Though there have been some newly encouraging signs — such as a boost in retail sales in July for the third month running and promising economic activity data that could help rev up growth — the Ingrid and Manuel storms that battered both coastlines simultaneously will only deepen Mexico's sudden slowdown in gross domestic product growth.

Looking ahead to 2016, Hung predicts more of the same — continued sales growth in Toronto and Vancouver, a further slowdown in Calgary and a balanced market in Montreal.

Slowing sales growth mostly relates to a slowdown in apparel.

Despite a recent slowdown in category - wide craft sales, the segment is still «one of the hottest growth sectors,» Williams argued, adding that it continues to gain share of the beer category.

Overall, more inventory exists on the market in the Coast than before, seemingly indicative of a slowdown in retail sales growth in the premium segments.

«Additional sources of risk to the household sector include slower housing market growth than expected, brought about in part by strong home price growth, as well as a steeper slowdown in auto sales than anticipated.»

PARIS, France — Kering SA reported first - quarter sales that beat analysts estimates as growth in its directly operated stores cushioned a slowdown at handbag maker Gucci, and said it will reorganize its luxury division.

Publishers are more interested in managing a sales mix of print and ebooks than Amazon, and that could lead to a natural slowdown in growth of ebook sales for those publishers in agency pricing.»

The Bookseller's editor Philip Jones attributed the decline to «a natural slowing down of growth and adoption rates» in digital, along with a slowdown in sales of Kindles.

Various observers have attributed the slowdown in e-book sales growth to customers waiting until the holiday season to buy new e-readers (note that the Kindle 4 and Kindle Fire were announced September 28, 2011 but didn't ship until November 21), or to Amazon's inclusion of Kindle e-books in library lending programs, which began in late September.

One distracting fact for analysts considering this question has been the apparent slowdown in the growth of ebook sales, suggesting that there are persistent print readers who just won't make the switch.

For stock companies which sales are primarily «one - shot» deals — as opposed to razorblades which customers have to keep on buying — a slowdown in growth can be devastating.

A slowdown in the growth of the payout not due to fluctuations in the price of oil seems to me an appropriate trigger for reconsidering a sale in six month's time.

As a result, in 2014, the U.S. experienced declines in new and existing home sales, as well as a slowdown in the creation of new households — both of which have historically been critical to growth in dog ownership.

«Looking at our annual global sales figures from 2005 forward, you can see that the global recession led to a brief slowdown in auction sales in 2008 and 2009 [a low of $ 3.3 billion, after a previous high of $ 6.3 billion], followed by a dramatic recovery and growth trajectory,» she says.

The clouds spreading across the US solar sector are in part due to a slowdown in sales in so - called mature markets in California and the US Northeast, both areas of double digit solar growth in recent years.

While record oil prices are responsible for a small car comeback and solid growth in hybrid car sales in the USA despite a sector - wide slowdown, China seems to be falling in love with big cars.

The current economic slowdown, which has touched a four - year low growth of 4.4 per cent in the first quarter of this fiscal, has led to a slump in automobile sales in recent months.

Conversely, Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection's annual State of Travel Insurance research found that while agency sales grew in 2017, agents are expecting a slowdown in growth going forward.

Current trends in the mobile industry show that tablet sales are seeing a slowdown in growth, but that doesn't mean that there is any reduction in the intensity of the competition in this space, giving rise to some unlikely challengers, such as Dell.

Sales are expected to further moderate this year as a result of a slowdown in job creation and wage growth.