Sentences with phrase «than drive sales»

In late May, when Edward Yruma of Keybanc Capital Markets downgraded the stock, his reservations had more to do with its shares already being priced for perfection at a time when its strategy seemed to be shifting toward testing new products and markets more than driving sales in its yogawear stronghold.

Not exact matches

Maintenance contracts drive service calls, which drive customer relationships, which drive sales of new systems, since it's a lot easier to sell a $ 300 maintenance contract than it is to sell an $ 8,000 system — and when that time comes he's no longer «selling a new system» to a cold - call customer, he's «replacing outdated and inefficient systems» for a current customer.

Driving more than half the growth in drug spending in 2015 were sales of new branded medications that have been available for less than two years.

Sales came in faster than they could ship out the tea, which prompted the couple to drive around Hamilton asking people at bus stops if they wanted to make some extra money bagging tea leaves for a few hours.

Fast - forward 15 years, and Alibaba drives 80 percent of China's online sales and accounts for more than half of the nation's parcel deliveries, yielding profits that exceed those of Amazon and eBay combined.

Rather than offering a promotion on a wide array of products or services, the paradox of choice suggests that narrowing down to one or two options will be drive more sales in the long - term and decrease return rates.

Social - driven retail sales and referral traffic are rising at a faster pace than all other online channels.

Zara turns its merchandise more rapidly and more frequently than other fashion brands, driving higher sales and fewer returns.

«Like other retailers in the United States, the unseasonably cold and disruptive weather negatively impacted U.S. sales and drove operating expenses higher than expected,» McMillon said in a statement.

Call it a win for the power of old - school customer service and immediate gratification, the kind that drove more than $ 1.2 trillion in sales during the second quarter of 2014, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce.

The boom has driven Intuitive to $ 2.7 billion in 2016 global revenue, with more than 70 % of sales being recurring in nature — a fact that underscores the advantage that comes from being the first major player in a rapidly growing market.

Do we drive a faster car than the other sales manager across town?

Mr. Woollen has more than 18 years of sales, marketing and development experience, with a history of redefining market segments and delivering products that are easy to use and drive improved productivity.

Instead, they drive even more in - store purchases than online sales, according to the results of four surveys by research firm Vision Critical.

A deal is by no means assured in light of the company's uncertain financial prospects and steep price tag — its market value is more than $ 16 billion after talk of a sale drove the stock up over the past few days.

Despite a long sales cycle and little volume driven by repeat purchases, this legendary piano saleswoman sold more than $ 40 million in Steinways before retiring a few years ago.

Facebook Inc. reported a better - than - expected 40.5 percent jump in quarterly revenue helped by the launch of new advertisement services and updates to its mobile app, which drove more ad sales.

Access to Microsoft's more than 40,000 salespeople, along with that team's set of existing relationships with businesses, could drive significant sales for startups that are selling to other companies.

PARIS, April 12 - L'Oreal posted better - than - expected sales growth in the first quarter on Thursday, driven by luxury cosmetics like Lancome and demand in Asia, though the French beauty giant is still struggling to kickstart its weaker mass market division.

I have written dozens of useful how - to lessons for driving sales, but perhaps none is more important than this one.

Global comparable sales rose 4 percent in the third quarter, their first rise in more than one year, driven by demand for value meals and breakfast items in China, where sales had plummeted after a food safety scandal in July 2014.

The two, then 33 and 38, drove sales but also got more responsibility than they could shake a tree at.

Shares of the world's biggest fast food chain by revenue rose more than 5 percent as global same - restaurant sales topped Wall Street forecasts, driven by the strength in mature markets especially the United Kingdom and Germany.

That may be, but today's pulquerias will need more than the seal of an Aztec god to drive sales.

In fact, the surge in craft beer sales — industry sales have more than doubled to $ 12 billion in the past five years — is what's driving the professionalization of beer knowledge.

Three tactics proved especially promising: 1) moving away from «direct» sales and toward integrated campaigns that drove purchases in retail stores; 2) using DRTV as an inexpensive testing vehicle, rather than an all - or - nothing launch pad; and 3) maximizing margins by relentlessly optimizing costs and sales prices.

The year - over-year improvement was driven primarily by a sharp decline in production costs -LRB--16 %), which more than offset a 2 % pullback in sales.

(Reuters)- AbbVie Inc (ABBV.N) forecast its flagship drug Humira to bring $ 21 billion in sales by 2020, about $ 3 billion higher than its expectation two years ago, driving the U.S. drugmaker's shares up 4 percent on Friday.

Modern sales teams are now more data - driven than ever before.

For example, you might buy something when and where it's convenient for you, rather than wait for a sale and drive across town.

More than 1,500 leading organizations have already selected Velocify to improve speed and productivity and drive sales results.

The strong sales figures are driven via hundreds of profitable SKUs, with no single SKU accounting for more than 10 % of sales.

Following an unconfirmed report of waning iPhone 5 sales, nervous investors briefly drove Apple's stock below $ 500 on Monday, continuing a slide from a peak of more than $ 700 in September.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

An AI - Driven Big Data Catalog Will Impact B2B Sales — And It's Closer Than You Think Combining artificial intelligence with big data can be an unbeatable approach to B2B marketing, and Larry Myler takes an in - depth look at this powerhouse combo.

2017 was a record sales year for 3M, but a one - time tax hit its profits and drove its FCF to a lower - than - expected level of around $ 4.9 billion.

The economy's late - 2017 strength was driven by better - than - expected holiday retail sales.

It may be that the Black Friday sale price from Best Buy is designed to offload Invoke inventory more than drive foot traffic as many Amazon Echo and Google Home Mini deals are expected to do.

For the full fiscal nine months, revenues in its core Mercedes - Benz division were stronger than our forecast, driven by unit sales increases mainly in China and the U.S. Despite continued weakness in Germany, Western Europe improved in the third quarter.

Looking more closely at Sonoma County, the Press Democrat earlier this month reported that in Sonoma County, homes selling for more than $ 1 million were driving the largest increase in residential sales for the first three months of this year.

Like, a company doubling the number of stores in the same town is going to grow earnings faster than sales while a company increasing its nationwide store count by 10 % through filling in the most rural places it hasn't yet reached is not going to drive any sort of earnings growth beyond store count growth.

Your web presence (yes, more than just your website) must take on more responsibility for not only supporting the sales process, but driving the process as well.

Its technology has driven more than 300,000 sales conversations in more than 41 languages between enterprise sales professionals and their customers.

Marketing knows which campaigns, offers, and marketing assets drove sales and how much, so each successive marketing campaign can be more effectively targeted than the previous one.

(Reuters)- China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd reported a better - than - expected 61 percent rise in fourth - quarter revenue on Friday, driven by steady sales in its core ecommerce and cloud computing businesses.

S&P Global Platts Analytics expects accelerating global Electric Vehicle penetration, rising from a little more than 500,000 sales in 2015 to over 7 million by 2025 — driving a surge in demand for lithium - ion batteries.

Having seen more than 100 % growth in the past year, we are searching for a dynamic & driven sales hire to propel us to the next level.

Constellation Shares Hit Record High on Strong Results Constellation Brands Inc. reported a better - than - expected 16.6 percent jump in quarterly sales, primarily driven by robust demand for its beers such as Corona and Modelo, and the company raised its full - year adjusted profit forecast...

Denny has more than 30 years of leadership experience in consumer - driven marketing and product innovation as well as building teams to develop and execute on strategies that increase brand awareness and drive sales.

This growth is part of an overall increase in online shopping in China, which soared more than 70 percent in 2015 to $ 672.01 billion driven in part by a higher standard of living and the advent of global digital sales platforms such as Alibaba's Tmall Global, launched in 2014.