Sentences with phrase «strong year of sales»

Predictions are in for another strong year of sales in the residential markets, if not quite at the record - breaking levels of the past three years.

Prior to 2012, the industry had ramped up capacity expecting another strong year of sales and profits.

A dip in existing sales activity in December (2.8 percent) was not enough to keep 2016 from being the strongest year of sales (5.45 million) in exactly a decade.

Not exact matches

«Lulu enjoyed several years of extremely strong growth as a faddish demand for its product produced record setting levels of sales productivity and the highest ever operating margins we've seen for a specialty apparel retailer.

After pulling back on its holiday season hiring in anticipation of weaker sales this year, Macy's (m) said on Friday it will hire another 7,000 temporary workers, citing a strong number of shopper visits so far this Christmas period.

For fiscal 2014, Hitachi delivered an operating profit of 600.4 billion yen ($ 4.89 billion), its second year of record - breaking profit, on the back of cost - cutting, alongside strong demand for its lifts in China, as well as robust sales of auto parts and electronics products.

Clearly the company has had its product and operational issues, but while global sales remain strong and the company's marketshare with younger consumers actually grew earlier this year, a huge part of RIM's problems can be traced back to image.

The strong growth in coffee category sales over the past five years has been fueled by demand for cold coffee beverages, now estimated to contribute over 20 % of coffee sales in the U.S. Starbucks currently serves over 35 % of its coffee cold and expects this proportion to grow to 50 % by 2021.

The Advanced Products category continues to deliver strong revenue growth during fiscal year 2018, posting an increase of 28 % from the previous year and constituting approximately 54 % of total sales.

After three straight years of strong sales, the US auto market enters 2018 with a sense of trepidation.

In recent years, PINK has become one of the most successful parts of the company, reporting stronger sales than other parts of the store.

Sales of the Envision have been strong in China since and the popularity of the SUV helped Buick sales in October in China rise 42 percent year - over-year and set a record of more than 100,000 sales in a month for the first Sales of the Envision have been strong in China since and the popularity of the SUV helped Buick sales in October in China rise 42 percent year - over-year and set a record of more than 100,000 sales in a month for the first sales in October in China rise 42 percent year - over-year and set a record of more than 100,000 sales in a month for the first sales in a month for the first time.

Consumers aren't going to like this, but eventually, the federal government will have to step in, so it's in the auto industry's best interest to get ahead of the curve, and 2018 — with sales continuing to be strong and profits rolling in — is the year to take the hit.

The bank has a strong track record on semiconductor deals, advising NXP on the sale of its standard - products business to a group of Chinese investors for $ 2.75 billion earlier this year.

Hudson's Bay announced this week that they saw $ 176 million in profit in the first few months of this year, driven in part by strong online sales.

Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, expects apparel will lead holiday sales growth, with a year - over-year increase of 7.6 percent — its strongest showing in more than a decade.

Looking at particular stocks, the French firm Carrefour reported a stronger performance for the second quarter of the year on Thursday and kept its 2017 sales growth outlook.

White House lawyers and other officials studied the option of overriding the ban but did not develop a strong legal position or an effective political sales pitch in an election year, a source familiar with the discussions said.

Sales of distilled spirits reached nearly $ 72 billion last year, as strong growth in the whiskey segment drove a demand for super-premium alcohol brands.

He said comparable sales would be stronger in the back half of the 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.

Brooks, president and CEO since August 2008, has accomplished many things in her three - plus years on the job — by the Bay's own accounting (and as a privately held company, there's no other kind), sales are stronger now than they've been in more than a decade, up 9 % in the second half of 2011 — but chief among them has been rebuilding the Bay brand in her own image.

The stock has lost roughly 40 % of its value year to date and now trades at just 11 times this year's expected earnings and just 0.8 times expected sales — despite posting strong top - and bottom - line growth.

Sony Corp. said on Wednesday sales of its PlayStation 4 video game console had exceeded 50 million units as of Dec. 6 helped by strong demand during the year - end holiday season.

TOKYO (Reuters)- Sony Corp said on Wednesday sales of its PlayStation 4 video game console had exceeded 50 million units as of Dec 6 helped by strong demand during the year - end holiday season.

Daimler (DAIGn.DE) said the strong euro would dampen revenue growth this year, while Sanofi said a stronger euro had a negative effect of 8.3 percent on sales in the first quarter.

The company's revenue jumped a whopping 174 % in the first quarter of the year thanks to strong demand for its rough rocks and the sale of a 910 - carat diamond, the fifth - largest ever found.

Eli Lilly and Co lifted its full - year profit forecast on Tuesday after comfortably beating estimates for the first quarter, largely due to strong sales of its diabetes and cancer drugs and lower expenses.

Also contributing to the decrease, the company's Latin America sales channels were down roughly $ 2.1 million compared to the second quarter of last year, as the company continued to be impacted by a stronger U.S. dollar.

Tops said «the vast majority» of its 174 stores «are already sustainable profit centers, showing strong sales numbers» and offering the potential to generate strong cash flow in the coming years.

I mean what we've learned over the last several years is that there's tremendous variability across the year, and so you had really strong sales results at Red Lobster first quarter last year, weak earnings results because of the variability in food costs.

Taken from a helicopter view, strong sales to close the previous year led analysts to ask this question: Is a sudden downturn evidence of a fresh trend, or just Mother Nature's latest cruel twist?March's results would, thankfully, point to the latter.

Comparing the launch this past year with the previous launch of the Xbox 360 and PS3, console sales in Canada have never been stronger.

Relative to Q2 last year, the greenback is roughly 20 % stronger across the board; this means that foreign sales at many of the large, multinational firms that make up the index are worth «less» when translated back into U.S. dollars.

After adjusting for the timing of New Year's Day and Easter, same - store food and liquor sales rose 1.3 per cent — the strongest growth in six quarters but still well below that at Woolworths, where same - store food sales are forecast to grow 3.8 per cent.

A moderate recovery of car sales in the second half of the year gathered pace in December, according to the ACEA data, but wasn't strong enough to pull the industry into positive territory for the year.

«The record sales STAAR generated in the first quarter represents a meaningful acceleration from the emerging growth we saw in the second half of last year and illustrates our team's initial progress toward achieving the strong growth priorities of the recently announced 2018 - 2020 strategic plan,» said STAAR President and CEO Caren Mason.

The $ 20 million of revenue reportability was driven by $ 9 million of favorable revenue reportability in the first quarter of 2011, due to year - end 2010 sales associated with the launch of the company's Marriott Vacation Club Destinations program that were recognized during the first quarter of 2011, and $ 11 million of unfavorable revenue reportability in the current year quarter from strong contract sales growth that resulted in an increase in contract sales in rescission periods at the end of the quarter.

Provide many of these factors with competitive pay and benefits and you will have a strong, stable Sales Team for years to come.

Sales of existing single - family homes in California had a strong bounce back in February, with sales of 422,910 units (up 1.1 percent year to date year to date and up 5.4 percent year to ySales of existing single - family homes in California had a strong bounce back in February, with sales of 422,910 units (up 1.1 percent year to date year to date and up 5.4 percent year to ysales of 422,910 units (up 1.1 percent year to date year to date and up 5.4 percent year to year).

«We are predicting increased sales over the next couple of years as the housing market continues a steady pace of growth, and of course we still have [a] strong oil industry here and construction is picking up,» he said.

Following aggressive store expansion and a strong summer trading period, discount clothing chain Primark expects full - year sales to be 22 % ahead of last year.

Gerspach said of branded cards that «client engagement remained strong, with average loans growing by 5 percent and purchase sales up 8 percent year over year.»

«Strong Switch sales through the rest of the year could provide a possible upside opportunity, although uncertainty around unit allocations from Nintendo limits visibility into 2H17 as console demand continues to outpace supply, along with a fluid release schedule.»

Retail sales rose by 2.7 per cent in January and, although this may have partly reflected a change in the timing of consumer spending around year end, the stronger January level was broadly maintained in February and March.

These tables also illustrate, however, that exporters have made some gains in sales to other countries; over the past year, growth in exports of manufactures and services to many countries outside the Asian region have been stronger than trend growth rates recorded earlier in the 1990s.

Profits have grown strongly over the past couple of years in the mining industry, driven by strong growth in sales volumes.

In our experiences strong sales leaders are more willing to give up some salary for a big performance - based payday, so a good rule of thumb is to negotiate a salary that is an average of their last three years «guaranteed income.

Strong product revenue, which was $ 74 million above our expectations and was up an impressive 50 % year - over-year, contributed roughly $ 0.03 in earnings upside, with better - than - expected services gross margin and lower operating expense as a percentage of sales each contributing $ 0.02 of upside.»

Excluding November 2009, when demand was bolstered by the expiration of a federal government first - time homebuyer tax credit, sales last month were the strongest in more than eight years.