Can iPad 2 serve as a blockbuster new product of the magnitude of the original tablet and generate a dramatically higher sales growth rate than Apple would have achieved had it continued to sell the original?
In tabulating year-to-date new-car sales he assumed that states having greater than average new-car sales growth rate reflect a more robust economy than those having below average growth, and would in turn be more likely to vote for the incumbent, and vice-versa.
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If you were to take out a 14th week of iPhone sales the growth rate would be 40%.
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The company is looking for a 7% compound annual growth rate for sales and a 12% compound annual growth rate for earnings in the coming years.
The Bank of Communications forecast nominal growth for retail sales at 16 percent and actual growth rate at 12.5 percent this year.
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Historically, the margins have risen over the years since the sales growth has outpaced the rate at which the fixed costs (such as labor and occupancy costs) have increased.
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Corporate revenues are growing at a blistering 10% year-over-year rate, and July retail sales show an 8.5% growth rate.
The growth rate of sales price in seven cities rose by no more than 1% month over month.
If you were to take out a 14th week of iPad sales the previous year the growth rate would be 9%.
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If you were to take out a 14th week of iPad sales the previous year the growth rate would be 66%.
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In contrast, our physical book sales experienced the lowest December growth rate in our 17 years as a book seller, up just 5%.
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This gradual shift towards a more favorable margin segments is how IBM plans to grow profits at more than twice the rate of sales growth (forecasted to grow 5% annually).
In contrast, physical book sales experienced the lowest Dec. growth rate in their 17 years as a book seller, up just 5%.
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This would leave the race, according to Pauze, up to the three as-yet undecided states that have about the same rate of auto sales growth as the national average, namely Florida (29 electoral votes), Missouri (10) and Virginia (13).
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That rate far outpaced iPhone sales growth in the U.S., which increased 155% year-over-year.
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The kidney blow a declining growth rate for desktop computer sales is yet to come.
In the first four years after the iPhone was introduced in 2007, Apple had recorded close to a 90% growth rate in iPhone unit sales every year.
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Barton wants to double engine sales by 2005, implying a 12% growth rate.
He also expects sales to rise at an 18% compounded annual growth rate through 2015.
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By comparison, Rolls-Royce, which is owned by BMW Groups, saw sales rise about 1%, a dramatically slower growth rate than the 31% seen in 2011 and the 150% seen in 2010.
That is the fastest rate of like-for-like sales growth since December 2009, the group said.
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The company saw its Chinese sales double in both 2010 and 2011, but the growth rate slowed last year.
The recent growth rate is more than double the average sales growth among all privately held companies tracked by Sageworks.
The trend has emerged even more strongly during the holidays with holiday online sales expanding at a rate of 15% whereas retail growth for the season is expected to linger around 3-4%.
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Earnings grew at a triple-digit rate in the past two quarters, and sales growth accelerated.
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In light of the tough macro conditions while the PC market growth rate has slowed down, tablets and smartphones sales are witnessing tremendous growth which is expected to increase in the future.
Advisors in partnership with Wells Fargo found that spending at small retailers in November showed a 5.2 percent year-over-year gain, outpacing the growth rate of total U.S. retail sales even amid the effects of Hurricane Sandy, which impacted stores hardest in the Northeast.
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Sales in the country are expected to maintain a moderate rate of growth in the near term.
Excluding autos, gasoline and building materials, sales increased by 0.2% in May, the weakest growth rate this year so far.
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In the U.S., grocery sales are growing at 4%, as against an 8% growth rate for meals taken away from home.
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