q4 sales forecast
Britain's £28m Xmas shopping lunchtime
News The researchers forecast £1.2m will be spent on apparel in the period, a growth of 25 per cent on last year, while alcohol sales will reach £233m during Q4 2008 and £24m will be bought... [12 Nov 2008]
Yahoo! Q4 profits fatter than expected
News s own forecast was for revenue between $1.145bn and $1.265bn for the fourth quarter. continues to be the leader in display advertising, with strong sales from financial services, consumer packaged goods... [24 Jan 2007]
Inside Ariba: A vendor dossier
Comment It is no secret that June's profitability forecast has more to with last year's strict cost cutting measures and redundancies than improved sales. Calderoni has forecast pro forma... [19 Mar 2002]
D-Day for Amazon
News In October Amazon reduced its Q4 revenue growth forecast from 10 to 20 per cent to 0 to 10 per cent, following mediocre results in Q3. Analyst house Lehman Brothers expects revenue growth to bypass... [21 Jan 2002]
Intel profits slump, but Wall Street still happy
News In line with an upbeat forecast at the start of the week (http://www.silicon.com/a50375), Intel has posted decent fourth quarter results. Regionally, for the first time Asia-Pacific accounted for more... [16 Jan 2002]
Juniper disappoints this Christmas
News Network infrastructure specialist Juniper Networks has cut its profits forecast to half of Wall Street's expectations. Juniper expects to report Q4 sales of between $150m and $155m, down... [21 Dec 2001]
What if... Amazon.com has bumper sales this Christmas?
Comment The latest forecast from Amazon's 'Delight-o-Meter' sent its stock price up significantly. If the company achieved the analysts' estimate of $1.03bn in sales for the fourth quarter it would therefore... [04 Dec 2001]
Amazon.com cuts 1,300 jobs in push for profitability
News The focus of today's announcement from Amazon was whether after last year's dot-com implosion the 2001 forecast would change downward. Its loss over the three months ending 31 December 2000 was $90.4m on... [31 Jan 2001]
Worldwide PC sales continue to soar
News The figures, which represent an 18.5 per cent increase on last year and 10 per cent growth from the second quarter, have been raised by strong demand in Asia - with a 35 per cent increase in growth on last year forecast... [08 Sep 2000]
Cabletron outsources manufacturing
News Cabletron forecast Project Ignition will save it over $50m over the next year. For the fiscal year, profit before charges was $130m on sales of $1.4bn. Cabletron has announced a major restructuring... [23 Mar 1999]
