Future orders — those scheduled for delivery from September 2012 to January 2013 — rose 6 percent.
Future orders for the as-yet unbuilt Crossrail and High Speed Two projects are years from being tendered.
Future orders rose 28percentt in Europe, 19percentt in Asia and 9percentt in the Americas.
Future orders for athletic footwear and apparel grew 9percenttoto $6 billion, including a 1percentt gain from currency exchange.
Future orders also fell, and every market around the world was weak.
Future orders, scheduled for delivery between September 2002 and January 2003, fell by 3% in the U.S. Nike The biggest headache for the sportswear giant is sports retail chain Foot Locker, which said it could reduce purchases of Nike products next year by as much as $250 million.
The incestuous relationship should help OSX lock up future orders.
Yet a single delay has made me leery of placing future orders.
The more a retailer sells, the greater the allowance taken by the retailer against future orders.
Mr. Arnold, the analyst at Edward Jones, was expecting future orders to be up at least 8 percent.
And, for still others it might be a pipeline report of where the company is on future orders.
