Bolthouse Farms, which is owned by private-equity firm Madison Dearborn Partners, experienced compound annual net sales growth of 7% from 2010 to 2012.
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"Better pricing and a stabilising ready-to-drink trend may give us the opportunity to improve on the net sales growth we achieved this year, " said Paul Walsh, Diageo's chief executive.
The company continues to expect fiscal year 2012 net sales percentage growth of high single-digit to low double-digit.
On a constant-exchange-rate basis, an expected high-single-digit percentage increase in worldwide net sales includes sales growth in all regions, ranging from a mid-teens percentage increase in Asia-Pacific to a low-single-digit increase in Japan.
Unfavorable exchange rates due to a stronger U.S. dollar was the main culprit with a net -5% impact on sales growth.
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Electronics and appliance stores (NAICS code 4431) over the last 12 months have generated around 16 percent sales growth, and net profit margins have strengthened to 4.44 percent.
According to financial statements filed in the six months ended January 2013, privately held companies saw average annual sales growth of 9 percent and net profit margins of 8.1 percent.
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This will further negatively impact sales growth as well as operating profit and net income.
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The increase in revenues is primarily due to the same store sales growth partially offset by revenues associated with the net decrease of 50 stores compared to last year.
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Marking the 23 consecutive quarter of sales growth, the company announced that higher volumes and net pricing more than offset rising commodity prices.
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On a constant-exchange-rate basis that excludes the effect of translating foreign-currency-denominated sales into U.S. dollars, worldwide net sales rose 5 percent, for the period ended Jan. 31, due to growth in all regions and comparable store sales equaled the prior year.
The company registered a mammoth 74% international growth in last quarter with international sales contributing roughly 25% to the net sales.
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The authors find that when subsidies are given to competitive sectors and distributed in a way that maintains or increases the level of competition within the industry, then the net impact of these subsidies on productivity, productivity growth over time and also the share of new products in total sales (which is a measure of how innovative a firm is being) is positive.
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