Sentences with phrase «year growth initiative»

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A year and a half ago, J.Crew's CEO Millard «Mickey» Drexler was quoted as saying «I don't know what the rush to be big is for, to be outside the United States,» and noted that growth outside the U.S. can distract from initiatives within the American marketplace.

«While revenue for Q4 and FY18 was below expectations due to lower than anticipated smartphone unit volumes, Cirrus Logic made meaningful progress this past year on numerous strategic initiatives that we expect to position the company for a return to year - over-year growth in FY20,» said Jason Rhode, president and chief executive officer.

Over 2,500 initiatives and innovations have been honoured by the AEF since its inception in 1992 (they receive over 100 nominations every year), raising public awareness of environmental preservation as a necessary goal alongside economic growth and natural resource development.

Do you need relatively short - term capital - between one to four years - for various company initiatives such as acquisitions or growth financing?

Katz told the Dallas newspaper that the re-organization will allow Neiman to invest in growth initiatives such as the acquisition last year of German online retailer MyTheresa and new and remodeled stores.

Analysts estimate that earnings growth will continue strong for the next few years, though they are not even accounting for the Bitcoin initiative at the Bank.

Forward - looking statements may include, among others, statements concerning our projected adjusted income (loss) from operations outlook for 2018, on both a consolidated and segment basis; projected total revenue growth and global medical customer growth, each over year end 2017; projected growth beyond 2018; projected medical care and operating expense ratios and medical cost trends; our projected consolidated adjusted tax rate; future financial or operating performance, including our ability to deliver personalized and innovative solutions for our customers and clients; future growth, business strategy, strategic or operational initiatives; economic, regulatory or competitive environments, particularly with respect to the pace and extent of change in these areas; financing or capital deployment plans and amounts available for future deployment; our prospects for growth in the coming years; the proposed merger (the «Merger») with Express Scripts Holding Company («Express Scripts») and other statements regarding Cigna's future beliefs, expectations, plans, intentions, financial condition or performance.

TIL, which typically uses its own resources or that of its deep - pocket parent BCCL to fund growth initiatives, had kicked off the uncharacteristic move of raising substantial external capital for MagicBricks Realty Services Ltd early last year when the digital real estate business in India saw the emergence of a host of new players backed by global investors such as SoftBank, News Corp and Tiger Global.

CEOs are looking at growth initiatives more than they have in two years.

The Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, for example, is spearheading the APEC - Canada Growing Business Partnership, an initiative with Global Affairs Canada to foster economic growth and reduce poverty in APEC developing economies by building the potential of MSMEs and aspiring entrepreneurs through its four - year, $ 4.49 - million initiative.

Perhaps one of the most significant characteristics of RBC's overall performance last year is that it's broadly based and diverse, reflecting successful growth initiatives around the world.

In a low - growth world, these three initiatives taken together could have a significant impact on economic growth, year after year.

Through this Founder's Mentality 100 initiative, or what we call FM100, we believe that we will be helping companies over the next several years become the next generation of growth leaders globally, and thereby meeting Bain and Company's mission to help our clients redefine their industry.

With growth expected at 20 % for the next half - decade and likely beyond, given the potential for Teavana in the $ 90B global tea market and other initiatives to increase the size of each patron's check, a price of 30x earnings today will look like a bargain in a few years.

Banks and broker / dealers, however, represent a «key initiative» for American Equity, as these channels represent «a significant growth opportunity» for FIA sales, said Matovina in a news release issued last year.

This initiative, which will start next year and continue through 2020, will double container capacity, position the port for future growth, create thousands of jobs, improve efficiency, and increase tax revenues.

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) looks likely to tighten monetary policy further, as inflation and unemployment move closer to its targets — underlining the strength of the domestic economy — but, while awaiting more substance on policy initiatives, we remain cautious about predictions of an end to the pattern of modest US growth seen in recent years.

Nonetheless, we would not read too much more into the Fed tightening, and, while awaiting more substance on policy initiatives, we remain cautious about predictions that the US economy will soon break out of the pattern of modest growth seen in recent years.

Nominees must show year - over-year growth and leadership in packaging, food safety, plant safety, energy management initiatives, new product development, etc..

See: http://www.bestswines.com. In recent years, the company has achieved notable growth through maintaining its focus on regional wine excellence, outstanding winemaking and contemporary sales and marketing initiatives.

«During his 25 - year tenure in the Senate, he has been a tireless advocate for initiatives aimed at spurring job growth and economic opportunity in every corner of New York, but particularly upstate which has been his lifelong home.

The Bridge, which is geared towards economic growth in the State, is expected to gulp N844billion in a Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative and would be delivered in three years.

In 2017 - 18, Emirates and dnata delivered our 30th consecutive year of profit, recorded growth across the business, and continued to invest in initiatives and infrastructure that will secure our future success.»

Critics, however, say START - UP NY, an initiative of the Cuomo Administration, spent more than $ 50 million last year on advertising alone, while not producing the same revenue in business growth.

Under that initiative, three of seven competing regions will each be awarded $ 500 million over the next five years to support projects that promote long - term growth.

So many community partners have come together to build upon the Vision 2020 initiative that is preparing our region for the next five years of growth in our county and beyond.

Four years later, UFT Community Learning Schools (CLS) are helping students succeed, with the schools in the CLS initiative the longest showing the most academic growth.

This growth in training opportunities is largely a result of NSF's Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) program, which awards $ 3 million grants to about 20 interdisciplinary training initiatives each year.

She has 20 + years of experience in leading nonprofits, fundraising, financial management, governance, and change management initiatives that drove triple digit revenue growth.

We believe with our current and planned initiatives the next five years will likely be our best growth period to date.

Prior to founding Miigle, Luc spent the past 10 years leading digital marketing initiatives and revenue growth for B2B and B2C companies in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area, including Shopzilla, LegalZoom.com, CrownPeak and HackerRank.

During Waldorf's five - year tenure as CEO, the company expanded substantially with new investments in its proprietary matching systems as well as its global growth initiatives.

Snap has founded an Innovation Lab to support growth initiatives in the live video markets; beta launched 50more, a new dating app targeted at the market of users 50 years and older; and integrated dating functionality into Paltalk to introduce FirstMet membership to video chat users.

Employer NIC and the under 21s In recent years there has been a desire from government, whatever political persuasion, for businesses to grow and this latest new initiative aims to encourage that growth by removing the cost of employer NICs on earnings up to # 815 per week where an employee is under the age of 21.

School - based curriculum and pedagogy initiatives led by teacher leaders include Read It, Speak It, Write It (Early Years Literacy), Growth Mindset Project, Vocab and Spelling Project, Oral Language Project, and a Reading Program.

Promisingly, researchers have found that it is possible to orient students toward positive learning mindsets through low - cost interventions, including online programs that teach students about growth mindsets and purpose.29 According to Carol Dweck and her colleagues, ``... educational interventions and initiatives that target these psychological factors can have transformative effects on students» experience and achievement in school, improving core academic outcomes such as GPA and test scores months and even years later.»

She also conducted a three - year study of the Parent Institute for Quality Education program, which was designed to help new immigrant parents better support their children's academic, social, and emotional growth at home and through school involvement, as well as a three - year evaluation of the California's Healthy Start School - Linked Services initiative.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, including store closings, higher - than - anticipated or increasing costs, including with respect to store closings, relocation, occupancy (including in connection with lease renewals) and labor costs, the effects of competition, the risk of insufficient access to financing to implement future business initiatives, risks associated with data privacy and information security, risks associated with Barnes & Noble's supply chain, including possible delays and disruptions and increases in shipping rates, various risks associated with the digital business, including the possible loss of customers, declines in digital content sales, risks and costs associated with ongoing efforts to rationalize the digital business and the digital business not being able to perform its obligations under the Samsung commercial agreement and the consequences thereof, the risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, the performance of Barnes & Noble's initiatives including but not limited to its new store concept and e-commerce initiatives, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, potential infringement of Barnes & Noble's intellectual property by third parties or by Barnes & Noble of the intellectual property of third parties, and other factors, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Prior to joining the Pathway family Karen served as the President / CEO of Eye Care for Animals for 12 years and was responsible for expansion and strategic growth initiatives, including overall operations and systems for more than 50 Eye Care for Animals hospital clinics.

The sizable growth East Padden Animal Hospital has achieved over a three year span has been attributed to a major overhaul of its website, increased digital and direct marketing, a new reputation management system, and a major staff development initiative.

In addition to his local and area leadership responsibilities, as Managing Partner for the past 20 years, he has had full P & L responsibilities, client service, acceptance and retention responsibilities, been responsible for the leadership, development and growth of the Audit, Tax and Advisory functions, lead all major business development initiatives, had responsibility for all HR, technology and real estate decisions, and represented the Firm in the community from a professional reputation and civic leadership standpoint.

Budget Car Rental has announced that it has opened more than 175 new locations across Europe so far this year, with more to follow as part of a strategic growth initiative.

Looking forward, Smith outlined four areas that Sotheby's plans to focus on in the coming year: physical growth, its technology initiatives, «allocating capital wisely,» and continuing to assemble what he called a «winning team.»

The Clean Energy Fund has already experienced successes beyond NY Green Bank - including its NY - Sun initiative that has helped facilitate over 800 percent growth in solar deployment over five years.

Highlights of the year include the emergence of green growth initiatives around the world, the innovative approaches to address climate change and ecosystem loss, and the renewed efforts to strengthen international environmental governance.

Yet even if the high price of energy from fossil fuels and power plants combines with regional climate initiatives to slow the current rate of growth somewhat, we will probably hit 11 gigatonnes of carbon emissions per year by 2020.

To date, almost 200 companies have joined the initiative, and in the past year, growth has been at a rate of over 2 new companies per week.

This year the Awards recognize strategic vision, particularly focusing on cross-border initiatives, robust partnership culture, strong financial performance and growth, consistent excellence in delivery of legal services as well as outstanding talent management.