Sentences with phrase «store sales gain»

Even the Gap delivered its first same - store sales gain in months, at 4 percent.

Lowe's executives attributed a same - store sales gain of 2.7 % — less than rival Home Depot's 5.5 % increase — to slowed store traffic in August and September.

The results in the U.S. marked the second consecutive quarterly increase, and the best performance by McDonald's since it reported an 8.9 % same - store sales gain in the U.S. in the first quarter of 2012.

But analysts likely wanted to hear more about those turnaround efforts — including the size of the same - store sales gain — and Penney shares sold off briskly.

Same - store sales at Canadian Tire were up 3.5 per cent, while its Mark's clothing stores saw same - store sales gain 3.4 per cent.

Third quarter system - wide same - store sales rose a solid 4.1 % and the company has notched an impressive 22 straight quarters of same - store sales gains.

It also sees same - store sales gaining 0.5 percent to 1.5 percent this year.

Not exact matches

The retailer's shares tanked 19 % to $ 28.37 — their lowest level since 2010 — after it reported that same - store sales, or revenue of stores open at least 14 months, rose a mere 0.1 % in the second quarter, well below its own forecasts for a rise of 2 % to 3 %, and short of Wall Street projections for a 1.4 % gain.

Sales for clothing stores like Reed's grew a particularly strong 1.2 percentage points over the prior month, while electronics and appliance outlets saw a sizable 0.9 percent gain.

Second quarter sales at Panera's company - owned cafes rose 4.2 % on a comparable basis, a metric that indicates a restaurant's health by excluding any gains from new store openings.

The discount retailer on Wednesday lowered its profit forecast for the year after reporting comparable sales fell 1.3 % in November and December, as big gains in its online business were dwarfed by stiff price competition and growing difficulty in getting shoppers into stores.

Denny's last week reported a same - store sales increase of 0.9 percent for the fourth quarter, marking the 10th quarter of the last 11 quarters that the company has seen positive same - store gains.

After hearing that Kohl's delivered same - store sales of over 5 percent for the first time since 2001 and that Children's Place logged an 8.5 percent gain in holiday - season same - store sales, Cramer sensed that these were more than just positive blips on the retail radar screen.

Boosting drive - thru speeds could help McDonald's Chief Executive Officer Don Thompson increase U.S. same - store sales, which have gained 1 percent or less for the past four quarters.

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After 29 consecutive quarters of positive gains, the brand's same - store sales declined 0.5 percent in Q2, year - over-year.

The sales result for Dunkin Donuts U.S. stores marked an improvement from the 2.7 % gain seen in the first quarter, as traffic to Dunkin's restaurants bounced back following the impact of wintry conditions in the Northeast.

On Tuesday, the Golden Arches reported that fourth - quarter same - store sales in the U.S. surged 5.7 %, trouncing Wall Street estimates for a 2.7 % gain.

Sales at non-food centres declined by 6.7 percent during the month, offsetting the 3 - percent gain at household - goods stores.

Severe weather in March, dubbed the Beast from the East, sent sales plunging more than 20 per cent, offsetting encouraging gains in January and February after changes were made to stores, product range and pricing at BUKI's 227 remaining Homebase stores and 23 new - format Bunnings stores.

Weekly chain store sales rose again (+1.4 %) last week, the fifth consecutive weekly gain.

The company expects same - store sales to gain by a mid-single-digit percentage in the fourth quarter.

Same - store sales measuring comparable transactions gained 3.2 % in the period, which ended Jan. 31, the Minneapolis - based company said Wednesday in a statement.

This allows the company to understand what customers desire in the deli or refrigerated sections of grocery stores, Troni explains, adding that the sales and marketing team constantly shares new product ideas with customers to gain feedback.

Coles «held up OK,» according to Deutsche Bank, and sales at independent retailers improved slightly as a price - matching program at IGA stores gained momentum.

But same - store growth - which strips out the impact of new stores and is a better measure of sales gains - was only 2.9 per cent better for the period, or 3.5 per cent adjusted for Easter.

After investing more than $ 1 billion into cutting grocery prices and delivering its strongest supermarket sales growth since 2010, Woolworths is turning its sights to convenience and in - store experience to protect hard - won market share gains from new rivals such as Amazon.

But retail scan sales rose 0.9 per cent and convenience sales gained 8.8 per cent (7.4 per cent on a same - store basis) lifting total food and grocery revenue 0.5 per cent to $ 4.5 billion.

with the increasing negativity from the media over the wiiU, the increasing lack of support from devs and publishers, the complete and utter failure to advertise successfully or gain significant presence in stores (this is possibly the largest problem with the wiiU sales), it does seem nintendo could be in huge trouble.

And with the announcement that its third executive in the Nook division has left the company — most recently Jim Hilt, head of global ebook sales, and before him digital products director Jamie Iannone and VP of digital products Bill Saperstein — coupled with the disappointing holiday season sales and announcements of store closings, it's easy to see why the rumors gain steam.

This boost in the stock was not just reliant on the Kindle Sales like it has been previous years, but sees strong gains in its market place, book sales, and recently acquired Zappos Shoe sSales like it has been previous years, but sees strong gains in its market place, book sales, and recently acquired Zappos Shoe ssales, and recently acquired Zappos Shoe store.

I started to gain some ground in the Kobo and Apple stores in 2012 (thanks, in large part, to having a perma - free Book 1 out there), and 2013 was the year that my international sales went from pocket - change to hey - that's - some - nice - money.

Sure, you can gain access to Nielsen sales data on stores that participate in their reporting scheme, but the access costs a ton of money.

Barnes & Noble also posted its first gain in same - store sales since 2007, a week after Ann Arbor, Michigan - based Borders filed for bankruptcy.

Of course, nobody knows if any of the new blogs are gaining any traction, since — because of Amazon's convenient 14 - day free trial for all Kindle Store blogs and other periodicals — they won't show up in publishers» sales reports until at least 14 days after they go live.

It takes time to build your audience at other stores, and having multiple books in a series is the best way to gain reader loyalty and sales for the long term.

For self - published authors, getting to these levels isn't easy — but, remember, these levels plus any momentum that might be gained by the in - store print presence help build sales momentum towards potential attention from a major publisher if that's your goal.

I started the pen name books there, to take advantage of the sales ranking / visibility boost from Kindle Unlimited, and I returned them to KDP Select this August, after not gaining much headway in the other stores and after Amazon switched to Kindle Unlimited 2.0, a system that rewards novelists by paying based on total pages read.

E.g by promoting both the publishers name and the editors name in ebook titles (and refuse to sell to stores where these are not equally as browsable attributes as author and title - unlike movies currently I only rarely know the editor / publisher of my favourite books) and redirect remaining marketing spend to fund fan / reader groups to gain «seed knowledge» to push recommendations as to who will like their new authors (ie feeding «if you liked the books of Charles Stross, why not try Richard Winslade's new opus» into amazon's recommendation engine, but with an eye to maximise the authors / editor / publishing houselong term brand appreciation rather than short term sales through erroneous linking only to top 10 authors).

It is difficult to earn a substantial amount through sales on the App Store simply because of the amount of Apps your competing with to gain visibility, thankfully though because of the amount of casual users who download anything that's free, utilizing iAds can bring some nice coin.

Experiment: Alexis wanted to see whether KDP was a worthwhile complement to her own online store, with the goal of gaining exposure to a new audience of Kindle owners and using the Amazon algorithms to boost sales.

Same - store sales fell 1.7 %, as declines at its full - price stores largely offset gains at its discount outlets.

The department store also continues to see improved online sales and believes its future gains will be driven by e-commerce.

When a customer mentions an issue they've been experiencing with their feline friend, it's a chance for the store to provide a solution, to make a sale, and hopefully gain a loyal customer.

As an undergrad, she gained animal experience as a sales associate at a Petco retail store and as a veterinary assistant at Black Veterinary Hospital.

McKamey has a history of illegally raiding people to gain more product for sale and hit the front pages when they illegally raided a local pet store in 2010 and seized all of their animals.

The Hill's Territory Manager is responsible for managing an account base of veterinary clinics and specialty pet retail stores and for ensuring Hill's is the strategic partner of choice in the assigned clinics & stores to gain professional and business support to grow sales.

When a store's sales staff knows what it is doing and is up to speed on the products the store carries, my life gets much easier and the retailer gains a loyal customer.

This technology can also help independent retailers gain a competitive edge over the «chain store powerhouses,» by operating more efficiently and staying more closely connected to their customers, says George Coughlin, group manager / point - of - sales marketing for Mountain View, Calif. - based Intuit, providers of business and financial management solutions, including Intuit QuickBooks Point of Sale Pro.

There's an enduring myth about the games industry that has its roots in a time when sales of physical copies in stores was the only way to create awareness and gain revenue.