Sentence examples for weather consumer from inspiring English sources

"Last year, we benefited from unusual circumstances – a late Easter, very warm weather, consumer confidence on the rise and exceptional sales from the loom band craze," he said.

For example, big data-driven growing systems are beginning to emerge as a way to integrate a growing amount of information about crops, weather, consumer preferences, logistics and productivity measurements.

Susie Ellis, the president of Spa Finder, said that luxury spas in fancy hotels may be better able to weather consumers' cost-cutting.

Aside from the weather, consumers have shown a marked reluctance to spend heavily, even as the job market perked up and low gasoline prices put more money in their pockets, experts said.

Unseasonably cool weather, lower consumer spending and weak economies in many countries have also hurt sales, the company said.

Mr Saunders says the poor weather and consumer downturn has separated the "wheat from the chaff, polarising the performance between the good and the bad".

9.    Swiss chocolate maker Lindt & Spruengli on Thursday missed expectations for its full-year sales after a sluggish global economy and hot weather hit consumer demand.

Bad weather, weak consumer confidence, unfavourable foreign exchange rates – these are just some excuses companies love to invoke to explain weak performance.

The severe weather meant consumer sales being lower than expected, which in turn led to lower sales by the company to its retail customers.

The growth rate in gross domestic product was almost twice what economists had expected, though slower than the revised 3.5percentt expansion in the April through June period because cool summer weather reduced consumer spending.

For the first three quarters combined, McDonald's has increased revenues to $17.9 billion, up 6% from a year ago, thanks in large part to the brand's success in emerging markets, and in its ability to weather the consumer recession in North America.