On Thursday, DIRECTV (NASDAQ:DTV)’s shares inclined 0.27% to $94.30.
UIEvolution, a global leader in highly scalable connected device software platforms for Enterprise companies in the Hotel, Cruise, and Automotive industries, announced today a partnership with DIRECTV, one of the world’s leading providers of digital television entertainment, to integrate the company’s technology platform, UIE ExperienceManager™, with DIRECTV’s Residential Experience (DRE) and COM2000 products in the launch of Guest Welcome Screen PRO. DIRECTV is the national leader in entertainment solutions for hotels.
The inclusion of UIE ExperienceManager, the industry-leading hospitality platform for in-room digital entertainment, services and signage, to DIRECTV’s hospitality product offering gives hoteliers control in driving ROI and guest retention though a rich selection of features and business intelligence. The partnership positions DIRECTV to redefine the next-generation needs of hotel guests, providing the ability for hotel brands to deliver a consistent user interface and guest experience on in-room TVs across all of their properties, regardless of the DIRECTV Free to Guest technology installed. The fully branded, dynamically updated and engaging guest experience can be controlled at the brand and/or property level to give hotels the utmost flexibility in marketing, communication and interaction with their guests.
DIRECTV, a digital television entertainment company, engages in the direct-to-home (DTH) business in the United States and Latin America. It acquires, promotes, sells, and distributes digital entertainment programming primarily through satellite to residential and commercial subscribers. The company offers DTH digital television and multi-channel video programming distribution (MPVD) services. It provides a collection of programming in the MVPD industry, counting about 195 high-definition (HD) television channels, 1 ultra-HD channel, and 1 3D channel; and video-on-demand (VOD) services under the DIRECTV CINEMA name, which provide a selection of about 12,000 movie and television programs to its broadband-connected subscribers, in addition to operates directv.com that provides subscribers access to about 21,000 movie and television programs.
Nike Inc (NYSE:NKE)’s shares gained 0.48% to $109.90.
Nike Inc (NKE) will report its earnings for the fiscal quarter ending May 2015. Wall Street is predicting FQ4’15 EPS to come in at $.84, having significantly underestimated EPS every quarter for the past 8 quarters. The Estimize consensus is projecting a slightly higher EPS of $.88, and it has been within 1 cent of Nike’s actual EPS in 4 of the last 8 quarters.
Nike is a world leader in marketing, designing, and distributing athletic footwear, apparel, accessories, and equipment, and it controls over 60% of the footwear market share. The company recently declared a partnership with the NBA to take over its licensing of apparel from Adidas starting in 2017, making Nike the first company to have its logo appear on NBA players’ uniforms. The deal will commence at the starting of the 2017 - 2018 NBA season and last for 7 years. ESPN has estimated the value of Nike’s new partnership at over $1 billion.
In terms of its financials, Nike has slightly underperformed when contrast to the industry average. Experiencing 19% revenue growth in China and 23% growth in Western Europe, Nike raised revenue by 7% since the same quarter one year prior, though lower than the industry average of 9.7%. However, the company’s stock price may tell a different story. Year-to-date, Nike’s stock price has raised 11.25% when contrast to the S&P 500’s enhance of 3.34%.
NIKE, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, designs, develops, markets, and sells athletic footwear, apparel, equipment, and accessories for men, women, and kids worldwide. The company offers products in eight categories, counting running, basketball, football, men’s training, women’s training, sportswear, action sports, and golf under the NIKE and Jordan brand names.
At the end of Thursday’s trade, Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE:TSN)‘s shares dipped -0.07% to $42.93.
Tyson Foods Inc.’s (TSN) partner, Tyson Food Service, and its Italian products brand, BONICI, have undertaken five planned initiatives to enhance the efficiency and profitability of the brand. These initiatives focus on the growing pizza category, as 19% consumers want more pizza on the menu, per Technomic’s 2014 The Pizza Trend Report.
BONICI brands offer a complete line of Italian products, counting pepperoni and toppings, dough, crusts and chicken products.
Tyson Food Service provides expertise, insights and production capabilities and offers more than 2,500 products across six core brands — Tyson, BONICI, Wright Brand, Mexican Original, IBP Trusted Excellence and Lady Aster.
Among the five strategies, the first one aims to enhance the versatility of the traditional pizza to match the taste of modern consumers.
Lastly, Tyson Food Service suggested the brand to partner with other food service providers and food brands to optimize offerings.
Tyson Foods, Inc., together with its auxiliaries, produces, distributes, and markets chicken, beef, pork, prepared foods, and related allied products worldwide. The company breeds and raises chickens; and processes live chickens into fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products.
Kimco Realty Corp (NYSE:KIM), ended its Thursday’s trading session with 0.75% gain, and closed at $22.90.
Kimco Realty Corp. (KIM), the nation’s largest publicly traded owner and operator of neighborhood and community shopping centers, declared that it has won three Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking (LEEP) campaign awards for largest absolute number of facility upgrades; best use of controls; and largest absolute area. Kimco formerly won a LEEP award for largest absolute number of facility upgrades in 2014.
The awards program recognizes owners and managers who install highly-efficient lighting solutions in their parking facilities. The campaign and awards program is sponsored by the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA), the Green Parking Council (GPC), the International Parking Institute, the International Facility Administration Association (IFMA), and supported by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).
Kimco Realty Corporation is an independent real estate investment trust. The firm invests in the real estate markets across North America. It is primarily engaged in acquisitions, development, and administration of neighborhood and community shopping centers. The firm also provides property administration services regarding the administration, leasing, operation, and maintenance of real estate properties. Kimco Realty Corporation was formed in 1966 and is based in New Hyde Park, New York with additional office all across North America.
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