Sentences with phrase «years these results improved»

Over the next three years these results improved and expanded.

Not exact matches

«While March proved challenging, we remain focused on taking the necessary steps to improve results across the portfolio throughout the year,» Gap CFO Sabrina Simmons said.

For the last few years, there has been a lot of work that's been done and that's leading to improved results like Macy's and Bloomingdale's.

* CP recently reported first - quarter results that were much improved compared with a year ago.

«If numbers remain what they are today we will not improve our results in the second quarter versus the one of last year,» chief financial officer Denis Petrin told reporters after the company's annual meeting.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

This has been planned for some time and is the result of a lot of hard work over the past year to improve our products and service and make the operations of the company more efficient.

The company had better - than - expected results for its third quarter as its revenue and profits improved compared with a year ago.

«Jeff Bezos whiffed with the Fire phone last year and he realized he has to keep Wall Street happy because he pays people with stock,» Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter said of the company's improved financial results in a Bloomberg report.

But at least one rule change appears to have improved the numbers: touchbacks have only resulted in 17 to 20 concussions over the last several years, about half the injuries compared with pre-2011 seasons when that play moved the ball to the 20 - yard rather than 25 - yard line.

Although the Company's performance for 2007 was in the top quartile compared to its Peer Group and met one of the alternative goals under the Performance Policy, the HRC considered in making its incentive award decisions the fact that the Company did not meet its EPS goal of $ 2.49 (2006 EPS, as originally reported) under the Performance Policy and therefore did not improve upon the EPS results of the prior year.

As a result of their top 10 rankings on important keyword phrases increasing by 125 % since the beginning of the year, search traffic has also improved significantly.

Improving operating results have helped to underpin the increases, profits have nearly doubled since 2011, and the aircraft manufacturer appears poised for solid bottom - line gains again this year.

The company believes that financial information excluding certain items that are not considered to reflect the ongoing operating results, such as those listed below, improves the comparability of year - to - year results.

The outlook for July improves in reviewing the results over four additional years.

Whether you are preparing to get started on an exercise program for the first time in years or you are looking for a way to improve your current efforts and results, attending group fitness classes is a great option to consider.

The results of the winter Business Outlook Survey indicate that business prospects have improved following two years of overall modest activity.

The report card provides parents with information they can't easily get anywhere else: In addition to five years of academic results, the report card shows which schools are improving or falling behind.

Several foreign banks have also issued improved results for 1991 compared with the preceding year.

Business investment has also improved over the year, and Ottawa's long - delayed infrastructure spending program began to show results in third quarter data, the BoC said.

Last year, we conducted a survey to find out if flexible jobs can improve people's relationships, health, and happiness, and we got some really interesting results.

Kaba reported strong operational results during the year as it benefited from an improving macro backdrop in Europe.

However, orders were up 22 % year over year, supporting our view that the trucking division's results will improve in the second half of 2017.

Throughout the years, the Nagles worked to improve the quality of halibut through the monitoring of bleeding and icing procedures, resulting in superior meat textures and a longer shelf life.

Its loss was amplified by the $ 68.5 million foreign currency gain a year earlier, significantly improving its 2011 result.

In 2017, we continued a five - year trend of improving our energy efficiency, resulting in a 27 % energy efficiency improvement since 2012.

«This expected improved result for the first half as well for the full year is likely to be reflected in the usual January milk price review,» WCB chairman Terry Richardson said.

Keurig Performance Update Since becoming a private company following its acquisition by a JAB - led investor group in March 2016, Keurig has renewed its marketing investment and improved its new brewer innovation pipeline, which has resulted in renewed top - line volume growth, increasing U.S. household penetration for Keurig brewers to 20 %, from 17 %, in the last two years.

WRAP has published results for its three - year agreement aiming to reduce food and packaging waste and improve waste management in the hospitality sector.

«Overall, when you look at our continuity, 2015 was a positive year because we won the FA Cup, improved our results in the Premier League at the start of the year, continued with that and today we are in a strong position.

Results improved towards the end of the year but any hopes of hitting the ground running in 2010 were dashed when BMW announced it was pulling out of F1.

As we've mentioned they are much improved from a year ago and the results are all the proof we need.

Just over two years ago, Carragher was quoted in the Independent as saying there should be a limit on foreign youngsters joining Premier League academies, in order to give «our boys» more of an opportunity to reach their clubs» first - teams, and as a result, presumably, improve the fortunes of a perpetually bad England side.

The results of the improved and fast - forwarded offense (and a coaching staff that's finally stable) are obvious: 52 points to last year's 45, 701 yards to 499, 37 first downs to 24.

That shows we are improving on the «big» games and whose to say we won't improve on those results next year?

The prem results are what you wan na look at cause a 38 game season doesn't lie and we've been improving points wise the past few years.

It is just an issue that the Gunners do not invest such wealth into improving the club's situation and as a result, we find ourselves stagnating at just coming in the top four every year, or as we've seen this season, probably not even that.

this window has just finished i am already thinking about who we will get for the january window we might try for khedira on a really low offer as he is free agent almost would help boost numbers in midfield in the new year as we will no doubt need to filling the numbers about then also i will hold my hands up and say i was wrong this morning for giving wenger stick and saying welbeck is rubbish i have been out in the cold light of day and had a chance to reevaluate the situation and realized that this could be a canny shrew transfer on wenger behalf actually if wenger can turn the clock back and work his magic on welbeck and get him scoring goals and improve his game then we could have a great underrated signing on our hands its wengers absolute trust in him that might be what makes him a great player as this is something that he never had at old mordor if anybody can make him a world beater wenger can he loves this little pet projects improving players against the odds welbeck has the skillset to be high class player upfornt he just needs to work very hard on his finishing i think once he gets a few goals under his belt he will settle in fine and he is a team player you could put him on the left against man city to shore up that side and he will put in a great shift without a complaint that could be his biggest asset to us or on the right whenever we need him there ithinkwenger might start himon the left against city to protect the left back against navas and i bet you if he does a great job we will take a shine to him quickly i am hopeing he will be one of those wenger gems that he finds and polishes up to a high finish i must admit i was annoyed as some other gunners were at not signing d / m and c / h but if wenger does win the league with this lot it will be his greatest win yet and what might play in to our hands is the unpredictable nature of the league in the last few seasons if we get on a good run at the right time we might be hard to stop look at city they should have never lost to stoke but the result is there in black and white for all to see and i think chelsea will hit the skids after a while to just because cesc and costa are doing well now thats there main threat but teams will work out how to stop them as the season goes on and chelsea will become predictable i think we might just do well this season after all

Now Akpom may feel that he is more experienced as a result of his loan spells away from North London, but three goals in 56 domestic league appearances over the course of 3 years is not promising at all and he definitely needs to improve if he desires to lead Arsenal's front line one day.

It's that time of the year, when the weathers temperature starts raising slowly and melts away at our frozen stiff performances and just like clockwork our results will start improving, just in time to claim the famous Wenger trophy and the celebrational St trottinghams Day.

Knowing that we had already developed a profitable system with a large sample size and consistent year - to - year results, we wanted to continue layering filters to improve our return on investment (ROI).

Based on the work that he's done with the likes of Harry Kane and Dele Alli in recent years, working with Pochettino could be a good place to continue to improve for Lanzini, and if he has ambitions of winning things, then Spurs wouldn't be a bad place to go as they're certainly a club heading in the right direction based on results over the past two seasons.

This indicates that oddsmakers have done an exceptional job of setting lines over the past twelve years, but we believed that by looking at games with low totals we could improve these results.

He walked into a difficult situation (he was the third Tennessee coach in three years thanks to Lane Kiffin's hasty exit), and while he has improved the program a bit, Vols fans (and admins) are not going to wait around much longer for results.

Walcott was unlucky, he should have scored four and Even though it was a bit wobbly In the last 20 minutes, the end result shows that this Arsenal team has improved a lot from previous years, where we would have more than likely lost points in this game.

Hopefully we will be able to modernise our race kit and use our home advantage to improve on last year's results and win both trophies this year!

Already this year, some forum contributors have mentioned «turnovers» and other ideas / statistics to improve NFL results.

The result improves on her bronze in the same event last year.

As a result, the search may continue for low cost additions to offer temporary solutions, while Montella will have to hope that his summer recruits step up and improve as the pressure remains on his shoulders to oversee an upturn in form and to ensure Milan are at least moving in the right direction ahead of the new year.

A big part of our fabulous and improved results from the start of 2015 onwards, however, was directly connected with the easing of the injury crisis at the club which had been like having to do without a complete first team of players for about a whole year.