Sentence examples for shipments ahead from inspiring English sources

Sales rose 6.4percentt, partly due to customers timing extra shipments ahead of a price increase announced on Aug. 15.

(AP) — The Hershey Company on Thursday reported higher profits and sales, helped as costs from a major revamping project subsided and customers ordered extra shipments ahead of a price increase.

Despite that, Huawei maintained its lead from the previous quarter with 23 million shipments ahead of brother-sister companies Oppo (21 million) and Vivo (16 million), the two companies that rose to prominence last year in China and beyond.

Worse, the local stores weren't expecting new shipments; looking ahead, they're already filling their scarce shelf space with spring sandals and Mary Janes for Easter.

Huawei led the field with 22 million shipments, fractionally ahead of Oppo (21 million — the only annual decline) and Vivo (20 million).

The shipments would come ahead of a summit meeting between the two Koreas set for June.

At the start of 2012, France raised tax on whisky by 15%, and it is thought that influenced importers in France to boost shipments in 2011, ahead of the new tax being introduced.

Russia alerted Bush administration officials two weeks ago that the fuel shipment was going ahead, administration officials said.

Orders have been ahead of shipments since March, a sign revenue for the industry will improve in the months ahead.

Customers can choose to have these items delivered in regular four to 12-week installments, and Target will send out reminder emails at least 10 days ahead of shipments to allow customers to make adjustments if need be.

Gartner's forecasts about device shipments in the year ahead indicate that PC sales are continuing their decline, while those of mobile devices like phones and tablets continue to rise.