However, thanks to a more favorable sales mix, earnings per share should jump 14-18%.
Thanks to a more favorable sales mix, the gross profit margin widened 77 basis points to 24.8%.
They do predict that the sales mix will lean toward more fuel-efficient vehicles.
Moreover, luxury cars usually have higher margins, so a healthy sales mix certainly helps the automaker in maintaining the desired margins.
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The company however managed to beat its gross margins guidance by 260 basis points as the sales mix came in better than expected.
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However, device revenues staged a mini-comeback with sales mix improving due to an increased adoption of the higher-end BlackBerry Bold handsets in developed markets.
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The increase was the result of an improved sales mix, partially offset by a 3 percent decrease in volume of carats sold during the quarter.
Also given the launch of the 4S and increasingly popularity of iPads, we look for some updated guidance on gross margin trends and sales mix.
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Due to the shift in sales mix towards cheaper products and lower in store traffic, we expect the comparable store sales growth to remain under pressure.
Best Buy reported improving profits in the last two quarters led by a shift in sales mix from TVs and PCs to smartphones, e-readers and tablets.
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However, device revenues staged a mini-comeback this quarter with sales mix improving due to an increased adoption of the higher-end BlackBerry Bold handsets in developed markets.
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Gross margins declined both sequentially and y-o-y, but it was about 150 basis points better than guidance as commodity costs declined and sales mix was better than anticipated.
Nokia had a higher sales mix of their cheaper models.
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The truck share in overall U.S. automobile sales mix is declining, and macro economic factors such as housing, construction and capital investments which influence truck demand also remain muted.
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The fact that the Lumia ASP did not bounce higher than 192 euros implies that the Lumia sales mix was still dominated by deeply discounted older models like Lumia 800.
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There's no indication on how the addition of Best Buy to the US sales mix will affect production or distribution, but at least there'll be one more place to try to find some frickin' stock.
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Some of its branded cars like Fiesta, Fusion and Focus have given strong retail sales and a better sales mix in the medium term should give a boost to its market share in the North American car market.
The company said this improvement is principally due to higher auction commission revenues resulting from a 23 percent increase in net auction sales, partially offset by a decline in auction commission margin from 17.2 percent to 16.4 percent, attributable to the sales mix.
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Still, combined with federal rates and sales taxes, the mix is causing some people to think critically about where to live.
Combined with federal rates and even sales taxes, the mix is causing some even outside the professional sports stratosphere to think critically about where to live.
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Combined with federal rates and even sales taxes, the mix is causing top athletes (and even some outside the professional sports stratosphere) to think critically about where to live.
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook told investors Wednesday that around the world, the mix of sales of the latest and older iPhone models was similar in recent months to a year earlier.
Samsung was able to secure stable growth for the quarter with an improved product mix and strengthened sales of high-end panels.
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The decline of mental health services at a time of rising social distress and exploding gun sales has created a toxic mix that is uniquely American.
Gross profit percentage is expected to be in the range of 42.0% to 44.0%, reflecting a higher mix of branded sales volume and the launch of new products, together with a significant reduction in the private label business.
Avnet said the weak profit forecast reflects the lower revenue in the technology solutions group, lower profits margins in the Western regions in electronics marketing due to a weaker sales environment, and a greater-than-expected mix shift in electronics market, with better sales in the lower-margin Asia region more offset by weaker sales in higher-margin Western regions.
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And this means that the company can shift its sales force from hunters to a mix of hunters and farmers.
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Bachman looks at applications for installations because they predict both the volume and mix of future panel sales and installations.
Marketers are mislead to think that they promotionally come out ahead with incremental sales and profits in spite of lower margins because mix models do not measure the longer-term negative consequences of cannibalized, future full-margin sales.
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