Patent expirations in the U.S. hurt sales as well, where sales represented 40% of total revenue in the third-quarter, compared with 44% in the year-ago quarter.
Energy efficiency can save trillions in national costs, but its side benefits are often even more valuable: 6% to 16% higher labor productivity in efficient offices, 20% to 26% faster learning in well-day-lit schools, 40% higher sales in well-day-lit shops, faster healing in efficient hospitals.
The huge market size and Amazon pricing its devices at low margins which most likely will appease the growing Chinese middle class leads us to expect that the devices will be well received and likely provide substantial upside to e-books and other content sales as well.
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And so it goes with sales as well, especially when targeting the mythical Chinese consumer.
Outside the Olympic bubble, the folly of trying to suppress private sales is well understood.
Strong truck sales bode well for the profitability of the American auto companies since they dominate the pickup segment.
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Target suffered worse, reporting a 0.9% increase in sales, well below expectations, and losing 7.5% from its share price.
The auto makers ended up boasting of sales totals well above the number of cars consumers were actually buying.
On the contrary, the proportion of private-label sales may well continue to rise to levels long seen in Europe.
When those devices hit the market, they are likely to take a huge bite out of Wii U sales as well.
According to our estimates, the main driver for the retailer is the direct-to-consumer channel, which is driving industry sales as well.
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And after June 28th, they will apply to petroleum sales as well.
In corporate news, Costco (COST) announced that quarterly profit was higher by 39 percent due to increased sales as well as membership fees.
The ACCC said it was seeking an injunction on sales as well as a financial penalty against Apple, corrective advertising and refunds to consumers.
We expect the international penetration to improve even further in Q3, which will result in increase in sales as well as improved gross margins.
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We realize that there will likely be an impact on unit sales as well and want to see more data before adjusting our estimates.
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The proposal would give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory oversight of online prescription sales as well as the authority to impose fines upon sites illegally selling drugs like Viagra and Valium.
At the conference Tuesday, Mr. Cook played down concerns over iPhone market-share growth, instead stressing that the smartphone market continues to expand and customer desire to upgrade frequently will drive sales as well.
Mr Seo said that he expected Samsung's earnings to hit the 10tn won mark in the April to June quarter, boosted by GalaxyS4 sales as well as improving conditions in the memory chip market.
The legislator, speaking on condition of not being identified, cited loopholes in the federal database for background checks on gun sales as well as issues involving mental health checks as possibilities for executive action.
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The U.S. consumer continues to be a mystery for markets, as data indicates consumer sentiment fell more than expected to 57.5 in the preliminary October reading while retail sales jumped well above consensus by 1.1%.
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Retail sales data comes out on Tuesday in the U.S.. So far, chain store sales performed well in the week ending May 12 with the ICSC-Goldman Sachs weekly U.S. retail chain store sales index growing 4.5% on the year and the Johnson Redbook retail sales index increasing by 3.7% on the year.
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The company, which also owns the Free People brand, announced its third quarter sales numbers Monday as well, which fell under expectations, as sales at Anthropologie weakened.
Partial figures gathered by the International Digital Publishing Forum suggest e-book sales are doing well.
This will further negatively impact sales growth as well as operating profit and net income.
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Without the surge in car purchases retail sales fared less well, with rising petrol prices behind the increase.
PlayStation Home, a 3-D virtual world on PlayStation Network, also says its virtual goods sales are doing well.
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Not too encouraging for investors were its March sales figures as well.
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This includes capital gains from sales, as well as dividends and interest.
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