The Consumer Electronics Association has already slashed its projection for fourth-quarter sales--it will be flat from last year--even as tech tracker iSuppli predicts sales of flat-panel televisions in 2009 will fall for the first time on record.
It achieves multiple goals -- it stimulates auto sales, increases the efficiency of the U.S. fleet and makes us safer.
So it's not how many people--who wins the weekend, it's how much money a film generates for a studio, not merely from the box office, which is the smallest part--it's only 20 percent of the earnings--but from television sales where it's shown on television--network, pay television, cable--and, of course, DVD and video, foreign sales, toy licensing and even product placement.
The company is continuing to focus on its oral care segment over other categories such as home care and personal care, although this may hurt it short-term sales growth.
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It saw same-store sales increase 6.7% in January when it pitched its Super Value Menu, followed by a 3.9% increase in February, when it promoted its Spicy Chicken sandwich.
Flintshire-based supermarket chain Iceland says it saw sales in the run-up to Christmas rise by 5%.
Stocks of other gun companies fell, and one sporting-goods chain said it would temporarily stop sales of military-style firearms.
While Nokia said it would meet or beat its first-quarter profits target, it also said sales would be slightly below its previous forecast of a decline of 6-10%, largely because of a big drop in sales of network equipment.
The third-party call centers it had hired used high-pressure sales tactics to sell consumers add-on features to their credit cards but misled them about the benefits.
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Advanced Micro said it expects third-quarter sales to increase, which is in-line with seasonal trends.
It had five-year sales growth of 14.5% and three-year earnings growth of 28.4%.
It expects same-store sales to rise 8% to 10% this year--this in a business with flat to declining growth (Wal-Mart excepted).
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The price-to-book of 2.3x is above the peer group average of 1.7x, and it price-to-sales of 0.6x is on par with the peer group average.
And, he says, it makes sense for Wal-Mart to add service to an area that's outgrowing one store, even if it drags same-store sales a bit.
Last year, it established a direct-sales network in Germany allowing investors who are enticed by its advertisements to dial a local telephone number to purchase funds.
From there, Scavone and his six portfolio managers try to find companies that are likely to show more such disappointments--downward momentum, as it were--because of slowing sales growth, a botched acquisition or heightened competition.
One big exception was Wal-Mart Stores, which said it expects to report same-store sales in November below its already lackluster forecast.
Picture People, which is owned by private-equity firm Blackstreet Capital, says it has had positive same-store sales growth and customer traffic in the latest year, and had not seen a slowdown.
The jewelry company missed on the boost that another company with strong holiday sales, Sears, got after it reported better-than-expected December sales due to its Kmart operations.
The NRF back-to-school outlook goes against the grain of recent lackluster news on the retail front, from a small industry sales decline in June to a reduced July sales forecast from discount giant Target (nyse: TGT - news - people ), which announced on Monday that it expects to grow same-store sales 3% to 4% this month compared with last July's sales, down from an earlier 4% to 6% forecast.
The NRF back-to-school outlook goes against the grain of recent lackluster news on the retail front, from a small industry sales decline in June to a reduced July sales forecast from discount giant Target, which announced on Monday that it expects to grow same-store sales 3% to 4% this month compared with last July's sales, down from an earlier 4% to 6% forecast.
Historically speaking, the market has been willing to pay 3.3x to 7.5x times sales per share, but at current levels it trades at a price-to-sales level of 9.6x.
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Some of that was intentional:For a while it walked away from moneylosing fleet sales, and it killed low-margin vehicles like the Ford Escort and Lincoln Continental.
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The company, which is already the subject of an SEC probe over allegedly forcing wholesalers to take stock in order to boost its apparent sales, said it may be forced to restate prior-year sales and profits.
At age 10 he started buying books and other "low-end stuff" at garage sales and re-selling it on eBay.
Publishers have largely resisted e-book library lending because they're concerned it might undermine their own e-book sales.
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An important part of Dell's success has been that along with its direct-sales model it offers a customisation service.
Thing is, while it can be good sales-wise for a car to look novel, going too trendy usually means sales will fade out quickly.
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