The DVR that can also play Hulu without any hassles -- instant hit product.
Now 3M's goal is to ramp up production much faster when it has a hit product and avoid "disjointed supply chains, " Mr. Welsh says.
Or keep investing in the hope of another humongous hit product?
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The transformation in the company's fortunes was rapid, and there's every possibility that Samsung could see an equally rapid turnaround at some point in the future -- in mobiles, you're only as good as your last hit product.
We're honestly not so sure, though: Apple always tells investors that it's confident in how its products are priced but responsive to market changes, and it's not like a smaller price cut boosted the Apple TV into hit product territory.
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Chevolet has launched one new hit product after another, with its Cruze, Sonic and now Spark small cars creating lots of conquest sales for Chevy in the small-car segment even as Equinox continues to perform well in the CUV category and Silverado holds its own in pick-up trucks as it moves toward a new version next year.
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During this entire period Disney was nowhere as far as hit licensed product was concerned.
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Result: The breakthrough product hit the market only 15 months after the company was founded.
But the process of getting to the final product hit some bumps along the way.
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Gross margins are also taking a hit with new product yield issues and, with the overhead from the new production line, we could see gross margins hover around low 30% for several quarters.
It hit me that this product was better for my son AND it was helping charity.
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But ABthrax might well be its first product to hit the market.
But the company developing the non-stick gum, Revolymer, believes the product could hit stores in less than a year--with or without the help of a major backer like Wrigley's or Cadbury.
If those two items are not approved by the U.S. Congress, he estimates it could have as much as a 0.4% to 1% hit on gross domestic product, which he sees at 2% for 2012.
The product was a hit for Ferrero and his company began mass producing the spread.
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Conversely, when the final product is a hit, he and his team are validated.
Sounds more like an invitation to developers than a product that will hit the shelves any time soon, but you never know.
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And that fact alone should be enough to convince anyone who actually wants to sell a business service or product not to hit send.
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Barclays, in a daily commodity research report, said palladium exchange-traded product outflows have hit some 21, 000 ounces so far in December following outflows of 84, 800 ounces in November.
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We hit up a Sony Ericsson product rep at this week's Apple Expo in Paris (yeah, it's not just Apple people in attendance), who with a little prodding confirmed for us a couple of rumors about some of their upcoming 3G phones.
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The product was such a hit that women wore them as accessories around concert grounds.
For years, there was no point in debuting a product months before it hit the shelves.
Their product, Popchips, hit store shelves in May 2007, initially just on the West Coast.
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The company believes no competing product is likely to hit the market for six years.
Gross domestic product looks set to hit the government's forecast of 4.4% growth.
By Sunday, a good many Joe Fresh items were sold out online and finding the product in stores is hit or miss.
Even without a new health care entitlement, the federal deficit is expected to hit 11% of gross domestic product by the end of this year.
Product revenues took a hit in Q2 due to seasonality and macro-economic factors, but hardware maintenance contracts showed robust growth and is likely to positively impact margins.
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