Promotions Quotations

Canada Day comes and goes modestly every year. Sure, there are retail sales promotions and a long weekend. But there isn't bluster or commodity in Canadian celebration. Canada isn't big on bunting. Or jet flyovers, fireworks, marching bands or military pomp.

I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions and salaries solely on merit, on loyalty and industry in the public service.

The demand in India is to have a hit, which becomes a promotion for the movie and makes people come to the theater. You have five songs and different promotions based on those. But when I do Western films, the need for originality is greater. Then I become very conscious about the writing.

Promotions are the worst part of making a movie. We are actors and not salesmen. Still, you have to go to so many places to try and sell the movie.

Promotions can be seen in two ways - either you hate them, and they're a burden, and you are getting through with it, or you can enjoy them. I decided early on that I was going to enjoy them. I did 43 interviews in a day for 'Kahaani.'

One of Midway's core in-game advertising strategies is to infuse our games with cultural context through the integration of static in-game product placements. We believe static promotions in conjunction with dynamic advertising will represent an attractive revenue opportunity for Midway. Sarah is arguably one of our industry's most experienced professionals in this emerging field, and we anticipate that she will manage the process for static ads as well as dynamic in-game ads with Double Fusion in an effort to maximize incremental revenue from our top titles.

One big difference was that last year retailers kept promotions under tight control. Things were more panicky this year.

Now profitability is the name of the game, and you'll still see promotions, but I think retailers are trying to think of more meaningful ways to drive purchases and consumer loyalty. We won't see crazy promotions, but we will see the kinds of promotions you'd expect this time of year.

Now that the 2005 holiday shopping season is underway, traffic to retail sites will climb as shoppers head back to work on Monday ready to make headway on their holiday shopping lists, ... Cyber Monday will bring additional growth in traffic for online retailers by luring shoppers to their sites through sales promotions and free shipping incentives.

m definitely game to make it happen. Hopefully his people at Main Events give Golden Boy Promotions a call and they're able to make that happen.

Sears did a superb job on seasonal holiday promotions in circulars and TV ads and enjoyed a strong November. Sears comparable sales gains compares favorably to last year when November 2003 same-store sales were down 3.6 percent,

She was a student member of the promotions committee for Rocky Dailey. I was supposed to get in contact with her but couldn't reach her. The police told the dean who told me that she had just died.

There are so many things a large intelligence espionage organization can do to justify its existence, that people can get promotions for, because it could result in results.

Future promotions will be chosen based on how the selection we launch is received and the titles we feel are the best fit.

I expect Dell to limit the number of printer promotions that it does online to help balance the cost,

China's distribution networks aren't as sophisticated as in the United States, especially away from the major cities. Finding the right location is critical. Retailers will have to tailor their marketing, promotions and merchandising to fit local tastes.

Because this promotion is valid for up to six months after purchase date, this is a great opportunity for students and tourists to get more value for a Summer 2006 European vacation. Traveling by train is the best way to truly see Europe and we are thrilled to offer promotions and deals that make it even easier and economical for North Americans to have this experience.

Hard Rock's 35th anniversary promises to be one of the top global promotions of the summer. Our celebration will reach millions of fans around the world through the Hard Rock Ambassadors of Rock Tour. We are thrilled to kick off the tour with The Who and Roger Waters -- two legends that have helped shape Hard Rock's history.

What we have announced today are promotions and opportunities around the attach area. We want to allow you to get aggressive this quarter.

Having a great ad campaign is not enough anymore. Any company wanting to succeed in selling nationwide needs to market with the following in mind: their audience in every area of the country; regional viewpoints and beliefs; purchasing drivers; information sources; -- and most of all -- what types of promotions (print, radio, TV, internet, etc.) work best in each given market. Many opportunities are being missed simply because marketers are unaware of the regional preferences affecting purchasing behavior.

We looked closely at our market and business plan once it became clear that sales out of our North American commercial channels were not meeting our expectations. We are putting in place price reductions and aggressive promotions in the first and second quarter to reduce these channel inventories and accelerate the implementation of our Optimized Distribution Model.

Some of the largest promotions come from quitting one employer and moving on and up with another employer,

Management cited a narrower assortment of handsets, ramp up of expertise on the activation process, and fewer-than-expected promotions as reasons for the softness.

I think there will be heavy promotions over the holidays because retailers have not been meeting their sales plans.

Restaurants are moving in the direction that consumer packaged goods manufacturers and retailers took some years ago. Continuous measurement and evaluation of marketing channels such as television, radio, internet and print and in-store promotions is either in practice or under consideration at a number of leading restaurant chains.

Retailers ordered extremely conservatively for the holiday season. The shelves aren't overly abundant with goods, and controlling inventories has finally made it into broad retailers, not just Wal-Mart. That's important because it means a lot of the early promotions we've seen have brought the consumers in, but has left less on the shelves with less selection.

I think it's really up to businesses to come up with creative ways to attract customers. We have a lot of promotions planned.

We are in the midst of an exciting expansion that will move our company forward. As we increase our capacity, these hires and promotions will help us provide the needed sales support to our customers.

We're very pleased with the plan. It gives us the flexibility in pricing packages. We can also institute promotions without having to telegraph them to our competitors.

We've been in constant contact with the lawyer and he's confident a visa should be granted by mid-April. Mick still has the deal with North East Promotions over there, and if things go according to plan will have his first US fight in May.

We're an extremely well recognized brand amongst consumers and these promotions will allow us to build on our relationship.

Wal-Mart pushed its holiday promotions earlier than most of its competition and so was much stronger coming out of the gate. And then their steam putters out.

The promotions are coming pretty fast for me, but I hope not fast enough to make me lose sight of the primary objective.

The overall industry outlook is not improving in the short term, and the economic conditions in Asia Pacific and Latin America continue to negatively impact our business, ... The domestic market is suffering from heavy promotions at retail, which is affecting our performance. And the well publicized conditions in Japan and Korea, our two largest markets in the Far East, has caused reported sales to decline approximately 50 percent when compared to last year.

We were able to negotiate a great deal for our company and shareholders and we feel that this will be a great year and an exciting one at that. Central Park North Recording is an Entertainment company with its current Hip-Hop Group Martian Colony who is making noise on the A/C Radio Charts as their most recent position was #65 on the Hot 100 chart and with other Entertainment and music acquisitions in negotiation. Central Park North Records will be able to spend the much needed time with the growth process that is involved in Entertainment business. We are working with Central Park North on some cross promotions projects and will announce additional details in the coming weeks.

We do gasoline promotions and heating oil promotions regularly ... there is a recognition that these are popular items due to the high cost of gasoline and home heating oil prices.

The demand for Japanese entertainment content by European audiences is growing substantially and we are pleased to partner with Copyright Promotions Licensing Group to bring exposure and mainstream acceptance of this genre to diverse demographic groups throughout Europe. We believe that our partnership with CPLG, with their expertise in publishing, merchandising and promotions across Europe, coupled with our access to the best content and our experience in the U.S. and Japanese markets, will assure the success of this new venture.

The decision of PLC speaker includes only appointments and promotions and not related to the approval of presidential decrees.

We would now be able to play after the players return from New Zealand. That's very good and it would help with getting better arrangements and better marketing and promotions in place.

We said when he got here that he would have to work his way up. I told my coaches that there aren't going to be any battlefield promotions out on the field. He's going to have to go through the process. When he shows us he knows the system and he's getting the job done, then he'll move up.

...We're trying to build the best of both worlds. We've created a wholly owned subsidiary of Best Buy, we've attracted unique talent with an incentive program, ... At the same time we're wholly owned by Best Buy, and we're creating incentives to take advantage of a shared consumer experience like integrating promotions and taking advantage of fulfillment from Best Buy. We're taking advantage of customer service and created an independent organization that we think is allowing us to build on some of the unique things Best Buy does.

When we are selling time-saving products, we can appeal to contractors. But when we sell to homeowners, manufacturers need to advertise to people who will own these homes. We need to plan ahead for product launches. Frequently, manufacturers spring promotions on us with less than 30 days notice.

This year, online retailers will be capitalizing on the increased traffic by offering special promotions and discounts.

Every dealer we talked with had finance promotions going on. That's a little unusual. I don't recall, in recent years, anyway, when the company had zero-percent-down financing on the entire line of motorcycles.

Every day, bureaus hear from consumers who invested in what they thought were solid and sure money-makers. They abandoned their common sense and succumbed to enticing promotions that were short on details but full of dollar signs.

Is it a risky strategy for retailers to have both tighter inventory and fewer promotions over the holidays? Yes.

While we continue to face significant competition in the household products categories, we were able to achieve success in this area due to increased distribution, increases in promotions and the launch of new products.

As the 'traditional' holiday selling season got underway on Friday, consumers headed to those retailers who provided promotions and discounts.

As the holiday season continues, we believe increased promotions will give rise to concerns about holiday sales. Specialty retail stocks historically have underperformed in December. We maintain our defensive stance on the group and look for shares to struggle in December as holiday concerns take center stage.

As soon as we announced the '86 celebration dates and those giveaways, the sales for those tickets increased. Promotions are a factor and people do consider them when they are buying tickets for games.

The subsidies are smaller as operators look for more creative promotions to retain customers and recover margins.

These promotions of Paul, Gerhard, David, and Frank reflect the enormous amount of talent and depth within our organization, ... Each of these executives has served many years in our company, developing their leadership skills and proving themselves with increasing levels of responsibility. I believe this is the strongest and most capable executive team in our industry.

The strength was largely driven by promotions and did not provide as strong of a start to the holiday season as some retailers would have liked.

We've heard from a large number of Pasco deputies. The typical concerns that most law enforcement officers share is working conditions, discipline, promotions and salaries.

On Cyber Monday, consumers set their sights on surfing for holiday gifts and shopping online, ... This year, online retailers will be capitalizing on the increased traffic by offering special promotions and discounts.

Quality of life is very important in France. I have many friends who turned down promotions and more money because it would affect their quality of life as a couple or a mother.

The response we've had to our promotions has been tremendous, and this April we really wanted to outdo ourselves in terms of creativity and value.

We think the video board is a great enhancement at the field. These boards are used in stadiums across the country. They add an element to the on-field promotions and they allow us to better feature the players on the field.

If the promotions are planned then we can expect retailers to hit their numbers. It's a question of if the promotions were unplanned, what does that do to the bottom line?

In order to maintain this commitment to our clients, we constantly strive to improve upon the services we provide. These promotions will allow the firm to fulfill the goal of providing clients with service at every level that is second to none.

In spite of vibrant economic conditions, holiday shoppers continued to hold back and remained very value conscious, taking advantage of retail promotions and deep discounts.

In the last 20 years, all these spots and sales promotions and contests were designed to deliver to advertisers, but we've lost sight of the fact that we have to get the listeners first.

In the last few months, we've given several promotions within the department... and I think that's brought more stability.

At expense of margins, we believe Pier 1 continues to rely on heavy promotions to drive sales. March results seem to have improved, but we await greater signs of improvement.

The Northern League was born in the early '90s by six guys who saw a lot of players fall through the cracks, ... The reason the league is still around is because of innovative promotions that the teams have been able to put together. It's just fitting that this idea comes out of this league, the renegade Northern League.

Summer is the highest-volume period of the year for the beverage industry. But it's not just the new products that will get the attention. The promotions and advertising are also very important for both companies.

Clearly, we believed we conducted our promotions in good faith and that our conduct conformed with state law.

I hope Friday and Saturday night we get tons of UH students there. Hopefully these two promotions will get a lot of students in the games and it gets rowdy.

I don't know how strong it's going to be. First of all, I haven't seen the promotions going on, so we're not exactly sure when it's opening, and that's unusual. I'm sure, once they get a head of steam rolling, they'll promote it. I don't think their promotion has been real heavy.

Clearly the last 10 days before Christmas were very strong and allowed retailers to achieve their sales plans for the month despite the lack of aggressive promotions we saw in 2002.

The games introduce them to other things. Things like promotions and hot deals, and it gives them an incentive to come to one of our properties.

The first year I did this, I spent $15,000 to earn $7,000. The first three or four years, I was losing money, because all the money went into marketing and promotions and brochures. I had to build a business.

The holidays will be challenging. They will have to have compelling products or good promotions to drive store sales.

All I wanted to do when I was a teenager was get dropped off at a radio station - one of the ones I listened to - and watch how the shows worked. After a point it was about showing up and driving people crazy, driving the van to promotions and sneaking on the air.

As you can see, Christmas is spread out -- not just among December but among January as well. Promotions certainly helped to drive those sales and you can see what the consumer is looking for. It all depend on price.

That just defies all logic and all common sense. When Gov. Bush unveiled his plan to end social promotions in public schools, it was heralded by the national press as a sweeping reform, the most sweeping ever attempted in the country.

They offered extra swim times and different promotions to encourage the use of the indoor pool, but it's just hard to get people to go indoors.

There seems to be some level of sustainability of entertainment promotions from a cursory glance, given the number of repeats, there is sustainability within the industry and indeed, growth.

This week, consumers can expect to be hearing from retailers reminding them of all the strong promotions they are offering.

We will begin promoting the Xbox 360 on TV, newspapers, and magazines. We also plan on promotions that integrate various forms of entertainment, such as sports, fashion, arts, and music. And as a symbol to our promotions, we will open an Xbox 360 Lounge, where people can experience the high-definition entertainment that will be offered by the Xbox 360.

Though many consumers are more financially comfortable now than they were a year ago, they are still looking for great prices and savings on gifts and everyday merchandise. The retailers that succeed this holiday season will be those that continue to focus on sales and promotions to drive traffic.

We want to give brands more time around audiences, while still having our promotions outside the classroom.

They have their planned promotions, but they have to be prepared to add some planned promotions in there if business is not happening.

The consistently high level of satisfaction each year increases the future expectations for online sales. More consumers are taking advantage of the benefits of e-commerce to avoid holiday crowds and purchase competitively priced gifts. Many of the free shipping promotions help level the playing field among the sales channels, which elevates satisfaction amongst online shoppers.