Expectations are for double-digit year-over-year sales growth in the U.S. for the top auto companies.
Overall, for the April quarter, the company's year-over-year sales growth was 32.7%, and earnings grew 37.7%.
Also full year sales guidance of 3%-5% growth was more conservative than Wall Street.
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Penney, I believe full year sales will be lower by -16.8% to -19.6% (see table).
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The new game saw year-over-year sales on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 up 7 percent.
That month, Toyota and Honda's year-on-year sales in China were down, respectively, 49% and 41%.
Astra International, Indonesia's largest car maker, predicts its end-of-year sales will be up 150% over last year.
Shoppers could be drawn out by end of the year sales, buying for themselves rather than others.
It said this week that it could not give any indication of full-year sales and operating profits.
In August, the same survey showed a total rise of 6.2% in year-on-year sales north of the border.
In July, Kia celebrated its 23rd consecutive month of improved, year-over-year sales, also its best July sales ever.
TruCar is forecasting year-over-year sales declines of 32.8% for Toyota and almost 21% for both Honda and Nissan.
Nintendo's portable system, the DS, sold 1.6 million units in December alone, for full-year sales of 5.3 million.
Indeed some retailers, particularly luxury retailers like Saks and Nordstrom, reported stronger than expected year over year sales growth.
The reward for his (and his company's) labors: A new five-year sales contract with the same (previously) disgruntled customer.
The Government of the Republic of Botswana, with which Anglo has a new 10-year sales agreement, owns the rest.
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It had five-year sales growth of 14.5% and three-year earnings growth of 28.4%.
That ended a run of nine consecutive months of negative year-on-year sales numbers.
Darden affirmed its expectations for full-year sales growth of 6% to 7%, resulting in earnings growth of 4% to 7%.
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In contrast, 2008 sales declined by 2 to 4 percent, while last year sales increased by 4 to 5 percent.
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The chip maker said it expected year-on-year sales growth of between 40% and 60% in the first quarter, "given normal seasonality".
But Kohl's is showing the strain, particularly in southern California, where stores have been slow to produce big first-year sales volumes.
Better-than-expected performance in the mobile and home appliance businesses helped offset a slight decline in overall year-over-year sales for the third quarter.
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Caterpillar added to those worries Monday when it lowered its forecasts for full-year sales and profits because its mining business is slowing.
Thus, a number of the biggest selling biologic therapies are forecast to deliver substantial cumulative revenues once they have passed peak year sales.
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Although the full-year sales will be strong, they can largely be attributed to subsidies provided by the Japanese government, which lasted through September.
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But last year sales started to drop due to fears of an extremely rare side effect that might itself cause a deadly heart attack.
The company, which designs and manufactures generators, hiked its full-year sales forecast due to the major power outages in the wake of the storm.
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