Sentence examples for channel checks from inspiring English sources

It said: Our channel checks lead us to believe that Smith & Nephew's wound division is currently operating below its potential.

For example, questions have arisen over time-tested techniques like "channel checks," in which investors try to see how, for example, local stores are performing.

"We've been doing channel checks for a week now, and we're seeing softness in copiers, printers, digital cameras, all kinds of equipment," said Gibboney Huske, an analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston.

Analysts at Piper Jaffray said: Based on our channel checks and view that Stryker does not want to be third in the orthopedic market where it competes (behind Zimmer Biomet and Johson & Johnson), we do believe that the company will indeed purchase S&N.

And JMP upgraded shares of Quality Systems from market perform to outperform following channel checks.

Recent channel checks led Bear Stearns analyst Gurinder Kalra to lower estimates on Advanced Micro Devices.

And it's fine to ask the manager of a local Best Buy about the store's iPod sales (this is called a channel check).

He lives in the western suburbs of Houston, where he sleeps only four hours a night, and gets up in the morning to the Weather Channel, checking for heat waves.

"In the Shadow of the Sun" — directed by Harry Freeland, to be shown Sunday night on the World channel (check local listings) as part of the "Global Voices" documentary series — follows Mr. Torner over six years as he educates Tanzanians about the plight of albinos and campaigns for their rights.

Driven by new features and higher speed processors, the sales of laptops are increasing, according to a channel check conducted by Forbes.com.

Season three of Defiance is currently running on SyFy channel check local listings.