Not exact matches
Nike shares fell despite reporting better than expected earnings and a
surge in global
sales due to this summer's World Cup tournament
in Brazil.
It was a solid earnings report for Samsung
in the fourth quarter of 2017, as earnings
surged due to strong
sales of the manufacturer's memory chips, the company said
in an announcement.
A large drop was forecast
due to the
surge in spending seen last year
in March ahead of a
sales tax increase
in April 2014.
This is primarily
due to its Amazon Prime Day
sale in early July that led to a huge
surge in shipments of its Fire tablets.
Electronic book
sales are expected to see a «huge
surge»
in 2010, partly
due to the recent addition of e-book readers for iPhone and BlackBerry devices and new form factors
in production, according to Fictionwise LLC's Steven Pendergrast.
Fields dismissed the recent
surge in SUV and pickup truck
sales due to low gas prices as nothing more than a blip.
Second, while not as strong and we believe less reliable, the seasonally adjusted data were also largely positive, a possible sign that the increase
in prices may be
due to more than just the expected
surge in spring
sales.