Sentences with phrase «strong holiday quarter»

As mentioned by Strauss and Karl, Take - Two had a strong holiday quarter.

The technology giant reported the strongest holiday quarter sales growth in eight years, fuelled by its dominance in e-commerce and a push into new businesses such as advertising.

Not exact matches

The company said in November when it reported its third - quarter earnings that it was facing a slowdown in the number of people visiting its brick - and - mortar stores, although a stronger housing market seems to have helped lift its sales over the holiday season.

That's a significant slowdown from the 122 % year - over-year growth the service posted in the fourth quarter (although the Q4 holiday period is seasonally strong).

Walmart reported strong holiday sales but said online sales growth slowed during the quarter, marking a turn from three quarters of booming web growth.

The world's biggest retailer reported strong holiday sales Tuesday but said online sales growth slowed during the quarter, marking a turn from three quarters of booming online growth, and that its profit margin came under fresh pressure.

«TV shipment growth in China was strong in the fourth quarter, due to sell - in for the Chinese New Year Holidays, which runs counter to the very weak conditions in other emerging markets,» said Paul Gagnon, director of TV research for IHS Technology.

Sales went up 120 % in the third quarter vs. that period last year, and Ellison said he expects sales to continue being strong in the holiday season «primarily because we have a great credit offering.»

Although Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) reported robust results for the previous quarter, driven by strong online holiday sales, JPMorgan's Sterling Auty believes the March quarter numbers will reflect the current state of the company's business better.

VANCOUVER, Canada — Lululemon Athletica Inc said on Monday it had a strong holiday shopping season and raised its profit and revenue forecasts for the fourth quarter.

Analysts claim it's quite normal, as Apple generally records a weaker first quarter after strong sales during the holiday season.

Retrevo said that with the iPad 2 out since March, and with no iPad 3 expected until the second quarter of 2012 or later, both newcomers are taking advantage of strong holiday demand for something new in a tablet.

«A strong fourth quarter is always good for the American economy, but it's never good when consumers come out of the holidays loaded down with unmanaged debt,» said Tran.

There are a number of reasons a company would choose do this, from preferring to avoid an accounting rush at end of year during holiday season, to aligning with seasonality for their profits (some like to have Q4 as the strongest quarter).

Our strong sales performance over the holiday period and throughout the fourth quarter was driven by compelling Black Friday and holiday promotions, driving growth in hardware, particularly the Nintendo Switch.

«During the holiday season, we benefited from high consumer demand for our offerings, enabling our Company to deliver another quarter of both strong Net Bookings and net cash provided by operating activities,» said Strauss Zelnick, Chairman and CEO of Take - Two.

The increase in PlayStation 4 and Xbox One sales during the holiday quarter was thanks to strong consumer demand, lower price to entry and compelling software titles only available on next gen such as Fallout 4, Halo 5 and Star Wars Battlefront.

Apple's smartwatch had its strongest quarter ever during the holidays, Apple said, though the company didn't break out specific sales numbers.

Arcuri doesn't think that Apple will face the same production issues with its fifth - generation iPad, however, and projects that strong demand for the larger model will help Apple sell an estimated 23 million iPads over the holiday quarter.

Sales were strong over the holiday quarter as the biggest iPhone fans rushed to get their hands on the latest device.