Higher inventories are presumably a good thing if they result from informed optimism regarding near-term sales growth.
The long-term sales potential is enormous, because Xolair will need to be taken chronically, year after year after year, doctors say.
But Erbitux has a second effect as well, one that may bode well for its long-term sales prospects if it pans out.
Limiting the iPod to Apple users only limits its long-term sales potential.
"Drug companies will be disappointed in their long-term sales, " she says.
Unfortunately, Best Buy leadership confused short-term sales re-allocation with long-term trends.
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The company is continuing to focus on its oral care segment over other categories such as home care and personal care, although this may hurt it short-term sales growth.
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While many industrial companies could benefit from this potential near-term sales spike, those that are not well-positioned to sustain their gains will quickly fall back from an equity valuation perspective.
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Charlie Cole, VP Online Marketing at Lucky Brand, illustrates the importance of respecting your consumer relationship by being careful not to risk a long-term relationship by overly pushing short-term sales opportunities.
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We analyzed 26 industries (excluding trading companies) of the Global 2000 and scored each company on long-term and short-term sales growth, profit growth, return on capital and total return to shareholders.
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Ford cut back on rental and short-term sales during the quarter, resulting in an overall market share loss of 0.8%, but its share of the retail market in major Western European markets is up, Shanks said.
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Indeed, it will be relatively easy for the Dutch energy giant to cease its short-term oil sales.
That impression will be worth more than a short-term focused sales message.
At BrandMixer, we have seen phrase and adjective tag clouds yield a stronger correlation to increasing long-term product sales vs. a popular meme on Twitter.
Tsuga is placing big hopes on the home building materials and white goods sales in the near term and auto industry sales further out.
Open software in the cloud would translate to a near-term decline in sales, support, consulting and upgrades.
Yet although the long-term prospects for sales growth look excellent overall, the car industry has a problem: it needs to shrink dramatically.
It seems Groupon-like deals may be good for generating a short-term bump in sales but, in the long run, they can create a stingy buyer.
Rebecca Lindland, the director of research at IHS Automotive, says that while there will certainly be a short-term decline in sales (no one shopped for cars this week), many consumers will need to buy replacement vehicles for the ones totaled in the flood.
While the tax hikes might boost sales in the short term, small business owners fear that they will lose sales in the long run.
On a brighter note, sales of Long Term Evolution (LTE) wireless broadband technology equipment continued gains while revenue from overseas sales of notebook PCs improved.
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Many believe the Fed will announce it will continue to purchase longer-term U.S. Treasuries, while stopping its sales of shorter-term government debt, as was the case in the Twist operations.
Many believe the Fed will announce Wednesday it will continue to purchase longer-term U.S. Treasuries, while stopping its sales of shorter-term government debt, as was the case in the Twist operations.
These should be funded by term loans, asset sales or your company's own, honest-to-goodness cash flow.
The important thing for the long term though is not sales but profits.
The short term value of handset sales and the profit from a single new customer is not necessarily their ultimate goal.
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Over the long-term, Larkin sees sales and earnings continuing to increase from market share gains, acquisitions, and an expected consolidation of the metals service center industry.
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Timber mills are using shorter-term contracts for timber sales.
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