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ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.barrons.com/articles/BL-TB-15137\nGartner Sees PC Unit Sales Off 6% In '09; 10% In Q2\nEric Savitz\nUpdated June 25, 2009 11:53 am ET / Original July 18, 2019 10:58 am ET\nWorldwide PC shipments will drop 6% in 2009 to 274 million units, according to revised forecast from Gartner. That's a smaller projected drop than than the 6.6% decline the research firm projected in mid-May, and the 9.2% decline that had been forecast in March. The firm sees declines of about 10% in both Q2 and Q3, but now expects positive year-over-year growth in Q4, with a 10.3% rise in 2010.\nGartner said PC unit growth was stronger than expected in Q1 in all market other than Eastern Europe; they believe that was in part due to vendor and channel restocking rather than an upsurge in demand.\nThe firm said \"mini-notebooks,\" or netbooks, are on track to hit 21 million units this year and 30 million in 2010. While Gartner sees a 4.1% increase in mobile PC units this year, revenue from those sales is expected to drop 12.8% as average prices decline \"at an unprecedented rate.\" Desktop units are expected to drop 15.7%, resulting in a 26.6% decline in spending.\nAs for Windows 7, Gartner expects only a a modest impact from the introduction of the new Microsoft(MSFT) operating system software. \"Unless Microsoft mounts a major marketing campaign in support of Windows 7, we think consumers will simply adopt the new operating system as they would normally buy new PCs and/or replace old ones,\" analyst George Shiffler said in a statement. \"As for professional users, we still expect them to put off adopting the new OS for at least a year until they have fully tested their applications against it.\"\nWorldwide PC shipments will drop 6% in 2009 to 274 million units, according to revised forecast from Gartner."

ERROR: type should be string, got "https://www.barrons.com/articles/ulta-beauty-earnings-preview-51559075136\nEarnings Preview\nUlta Beauty Reports Earnings Today. Here’s What to Expect.\nSophia Cai\nUpdated May 30, 2019 6:15 am ET / Original May 29, 2019 6:45 am ET\nPhotograph by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images\nThe beauty-products retailer Ulta Beauty is scheduled to report its results for the first quarter after the close of trading on Thursday.\nUlta Beauty stock (ticker: ULTA) was up about 37% year to date through Tuesday’s close, for a gain of 33% in the past 12 months. The shares are trading at 26.6 times expected earnings for the next year.\nHere’s a snapshot of Wall Street’s expectations and some recent history.\nWall Street is looking for quarterly earnings of $3.06 per share, on revenue of $1.74 billion, according to Bloomberg data. That compares with earnings of $3.61 per share and revenue of $2.12 billion in the previous quarter.\nUlta has managed to remain relevant at a time when many retailers have tumbled. It has benefited from efforts to develop enhanced in-store customer experiences—including the use of interactive AI technology that allows shoppers to virtually ‘try on’ various types and colors of make up—and a large selection of brands and price ranges at each location.\nMost of Ulta’s sales are in its stores—in-store sales grew after bringing the previously online-only Kylie Cosmetics brand to its more than 1,100 outlets in late November. However, in its latest earnings release, the company attributed some of its sales growth to “digitally native brands where Ulta Beauty is often the only point of distribution in brick and mortar.”\nA number of insiders and investors sold the stock after a price surge earlier this year.\nUlta stock appears to be moving more independently of the broader market amid the recent flare-up in U.S.-China trade tensions and other simmering geopolitical issues.\nUlta will hold a conference call at 5 p.m. ET on Thursday."