While the results came up short of Wall Street forecasts, analysts said sales of its TV shows to overseas markets and to Web video services would continue to help make the company more resilient to economic swings.
The National Association of Realtors forecasts that sales will rise 9 percent this year.
It forecasts sales growth of 9.4% for its own brand and 22% for Kia in 2007.
The analyst is sticking to his sales forecasts of 48 million iPhones in the December quarter and 45 million for the March quarter.
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But even when exchange rates are held constant, IMS now forecasts sales growth of only 3%, 40% less than IMS was predicting as recently as October.
Apple's fourth quarter profits missed Wall Street forecasts as iPad sales fell short of analysts' predictions.
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The company has trimmed its profit forecasts thrice this fiscal because of slowing sales growth in Europe and the U.S., rising commodity costs, unfavorable foreign-exchange rates and price reductions, fueling investor pessimism.
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Costco Wholesale (COST) this morning reported that same store sales increased by 7 percent in December, missing analyst forecasts of 7.6 percent, largely a result of a drop in online sales.
Merck met earnings estimates for the first quarter and reaffirmed its sales forecasts for the rest of the year.
Along with GM, its recovery plans were predicated on fanciful forecasts of market share and hoped-for sales that were simply impossible in the midst of the current economic crisis.
The company has trimmed its profit forecasts three times this fiscal because of slowing sales growth in Europe and the U.S., rising commodity costs, unfavorable foreign-exchange rates and price reductions.
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The food maker reported first-quarter income and revenue that beat the forecasts of Wall Street analysts as it increased sales and cut costs following its split from its global snack business.
The problem extends beyond Brazil, with economic forecasts showing the majority of global growth in auto sales taking place in emerging-market nations as the world's auto fleet doubles to 1.5 billion by 2020.
The Gap reported its sales soared 12% compared to forecasts of a 3.7% gain.
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But the broader trend towards slower sales growth bears out forecasts by the Conference of British Industry and the retail research group Verdict.
Analyst reports continue to pour in, and almost all of them are glowingly positive, increasing sales forecasts for the drug and price targets for Genentech and OSI shares.
According to the filing, actual sales were just 20% of the forecasts, and DNA had to revert back to previous plant capacity and fire the additional employees it had hired.
The software forecasts demand for specific products and stores derived from a database of sales history, broken into half-hour increments.
The forecasts for department store Nordstrom call for same-store sales growth of 5.7%.
Monday morning it was that existing home sales rose 10% in September, much better than forecasts of a 4% increase.
Sales and marketing need a shared understanding of expectations, forecasts and goals.
EBay's sales for the last three months of 2012 topped analysts' forecasts as the online marketplace saw strong trading over the Christmas period.
Although indirect sales is a key component to scaling revenue as the start up gets bigger and provides the scalable reach, the lack of control in indirect deals results in a predicament around accurate sales forecasts.
Among reports of recent weeks that came in better than forecasts were consumer sentiment, retail sales, home sales, construction spending, auto sales, factory orders, the ISM Mfg Index, the ISM Non-Mfg (service sector) Index, and so on.
At the moment, only a small fraction of car buyers who bypass showrooms use the Internet: Chrysler reckons that about 1.5% of its sales last year were on-line, but it forecasts the proportion will rise to 25% within four years.
Sales of the new system have not been included in the financial forecasts announced today for the fiscal term ending March 2012.
Retail sales were up 3.3% in August, better than forecasts of 2.5%.
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Of the 22 stocks for which we track monthly sales, only four beat forecasts with one coming in as expected.
Its sales in the latest quarter were almost double those of the previous year, and forecasts for 2013 revenues are nearly treble those recorded in 2010.
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