Still, that was down 29 percent as Lipitor's sales in the two biggest markets, the U.S. and Japan, where shifted into the established products category.
"Oregon Scientific has a long history in creating innovative consumer technology and we've had tremendous success in the electronic learning products category, " said David Riley, Product and Marketing Director for Oregon Scientific, Inc.
The most likely explanation is the rapidly cooling European consumer demand for Media category products.
Sagan noted that the company in 2012 will introduce refreshed or major new products in every category in which it competes.
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That's why Lafley has spent a lot of time thinking about beauty brands, particularly hair-color products, a category growing twice as fast as household goods.
We need an easier way, like an app version of the Cosmetics Safety Database, to help us choose the safest possible products in every category.
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That's why Lafley has spent a lot of time thinking about beauty brands, particularly hair-color products, a category that's growing twice as fast as household goods.
The Switchies honor some of the year's best products by coming up with a category to fit them into, since great products often break out of the accepted boundaries.
This whole category of products have been some of the most successful brands in recent retail history.
If Apple were to introduce iWatch, it will be the first new category of products under Tim Cook.
He rhapsodizes about creating a category of products somewhere between mobiles and computers.
Consistent with past years, comScore expects sales for this category of products to remain elevated throughout the entire week following Christmas day.
There are millions of websites, small and large, that list the top products in any given category or help you comparison shop.
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Consumer tech was one of the most reliable category of products for retailers in the recession, not suffering a slump in sales to any significant degree.
In doing so and cutting a few dollars off the price, the company became the leader in a small category of products exclusively focused on displaying networked content.
"Today, you have to be a great operator to grow a network of stores, focusing on unique products or services, category management and customer loyalty, " said Headland Capital's Mr. Shen.
"We are unsure of the ultimate significance of more than one negative CV signal, but it could put Celebrex on an even slipperier slope given the totality of CV findings across the entire COX-2 category of products, " Anderson wrote.
In your lifetime, what new products have completely reinvented their category and blown you away personally?
Various kinds of products are offered in this category including liquid and spray-on waxes in addition to the traditional paste variety.
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In the past, Apple has been able to handle this process of maturation by creating category-killing products in big existing markets.
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In practice most large firms have a short "panel" consisting of less than ten products they recommend in each category - pensions, ISAs, bonds etc.
And that means that the bigger risk for Apple investors is whether its earnings growth will slow down in the absence of new category-killing products.
In order for Apple the business to continue to drive sales and earnings, the company has to introduce either new products or a new product category.
This unit represents one of the two NEW products in the HIGH BRIGHTNESS category that SIM2, the company hailed by world's most famous Movie Directors as the top performing in projection technology, is unveiling this year at CEDIA Expo.
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It blamed competition from cheap entry-level products in emerging markets, a category it does not participate in.
The floors are grouped by product category, with similar products placed together.
That trade show trio helps to keep the international airlines in business, but it doesn't do us much good at CES, when nearly every other consumer electronics category gets a major products boost.
The other category under consideration involved financial products said to promote industries that harm the globe - be it the environment or the world's poor.
The reserve power category includes backup batteries and related products that provide a continuous supply of direct current (DC) during power outages.
Optimized for iPad, the app facilitates browsing by category and subcategory with hundreds of additional related products.
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