Sentences with phrase «city based consumer»

The Rockland Independent Living Center, a New City based consumer - directed, cross-disability advocacy and service organization dedicated to empowering disabled people to exert independence, choice and control in every aspect of their life, will hold its Annual Awards Dinner on Thursday, October 27, 2011.
As the International Year of Soils comes to an end — it may be time to reflect on how little impact it has had for city based consumers and how to change that.

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• Anonyome Labs, a Salt Lake City, Utah - based consumer privacy startup, raised $ 20.4 million in Series B funding.
A local girl's sour lemonade immediately struck Debra Kaye, a partner at Lucule, a New York City - based innovation consulting firm, as a product destined to disappoint consumers.
Meanwhile, Shutterfly, based in Redwood City, Calif., has gone directly after consumers.
And so it impacts our margin before it impacts consumers,» CEO of New York City - based sweetriot Sarah Endline said.
In mid 2014, it split its consumer apps in two — Swarm became the check - in app, and Foursquare City Guide recommended activities based on user interests.
For example, a retailer based in New York that sells a product to a consumer in Chicago must factor in a 1.25 percent Chicago city sales tax, a 1.75 percent Cook County sales tax, the 6.25 percent Illinois sales tax and a 1 percent «special» sales tax.
The 2018 global corporate default tally increased to 28 this week after New York City - based consumer products company Nine West Holdings Inc. defaulted after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
«As alleged, if Uber is committed to safe rides for all consumers, including women, it needs to make drastic changes to prevent rapes, sexual assaults and gender - motivated harassment that occur on a regular basis in cities throughout the U.S.»
For example, CCL Industries Inc., a Toronto - based company that provides specialty packaging and labeling solutions for the consumer products and healthcare industries, has greenfield plants in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; Pune, India; and Tianjin, China.
This year's event was co-sponsored by BevForce / FoodForce, the only hiring strategy agency specializing in staffing for the beverage industry, Giannuzzi Group LLP, a boutique New York City - based law firm with significant experience in consumer brands, and City Harvest, the world's first food rescue organization, which rescues food for the nearly two million New Yorkers facing hunger each year.
As the fresh produce industry integrates new technologies throughout the supply chain, China has emerged as a leader in some key areas, especially technologies that reduce friction points for the consumer such as mobile payments (with an estimated 94 % penetration rate in first tier cities), app - based food delivery and, a big buzzword in China right now, «O2O,» or online - to - offline — which describes a range of technologies and strategies for using internet - based tools to facilitate brick - and - mortar sales, and vice versa.
«Consumers will not have to make a choice between environmental preservation and their pocketbooks,» says senior attorney Dale Bryk of the New York Citybased environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council, which supports such market - based mechanisms for pollution control.
«I think it's a great educational tool, which is just what a lot of consumers need right now,» says Katharine Burnham, media director of the New York Citybased Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), which offers a similar online service called Seafood Selector on its Web site and for mobile devices.
New York City - based, direct - to - consumer ecommerce brand that provides a complete wardrobe and personal - styling service for the professional woman who has #BetterThingsToDo than shop.
Earlier investments of nearly $ 3 million in this personalized learning portfolio include Rocketship, a national network of blended learning schools seeking to eliminate the achievement gap in low - income neighborhoods, New York City's School of One blending learning model upon which New Classrooms is based, and CFY, a national nonprofit organization that runs the acclaimed online learning platform, PowerMyLearning.com, which provides students, teachers, parents and school leaders with free online access to pre-screened digital learning activities produced by third parties, as well as consumer ratings.
Save up to $ 300 on one of 35 Used 2014 Volkswagen Passat Sedan for sale at dealerships within 25 miles of Kansas City, MO with prices as low as $ 9,999 as of 06/01/2018, based on data from dealers and consumer - driven dealer ratings ranging from 5 to 5 out of 5 stars.
Knoxville, Tennessee, tops the list again, while Boise, Idaho, was the least romantic city based on consumers» purchasing.
Our network of private lenders in this city do not reach a decision based on credit score, allowing bankrupt and those faced with consumer proposals to get much - needed loans.
It's also the largest city in the top 10 with over 5.6 million residents, which bodes well for a local, consumer - based company.
According to a study released in July 2009 by New York City - based Demos, a public policy group, consumers 65 and older carried $ 10,235 in average card debt last year.
This information is based on the non-seasonally adjusted U.S. City Average All Items Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI - U) published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor.
Progrexion, a North Salt Lake - based marketing company whose clients include consumer credit report repair services, said it plans to open a facility in West Valley City that could pave the way for hiring 500 people over the next year.
«The Millennial consumer, generally, has a deeper connection with the brands and products he or she chooses to buy and looks for an authentic backstory with which they can relate,» says Finney, whose Salt Lake City - based company designs and manufactures collars, leads and harnesses.
Based on walkability, off - leash dog parks per 100,000 residents and cost of a vet visit, NerdWallet — a website that helps consumers save money and make smarter decisions about personal finances, travel plans or higher education — analyzed 50 cities to find the metropolitan areas best suited for people and their canine counterparts.
Other Grooms films include: The Big Sneeze (1962), a hand - drawn comic filmed by Rudy Burckhardt; Before an» After (1964), a sadomastic comedy that casts Mimi Gross as part dominatrix / part healthclub operator; Fat Feet (1966), a collaboration with Mimi Gross, Yvonne Andersen and Dominic Falcone that begins where Shoot the Moon ends; Tapping Toes (1968 - 70), which uses his first sculpto - pictorama City of Chicago (1967) as its set; Conquest of Libya by Italy (1912 - 13)(1972 - 3), a black and white animation that spoofs that era's newsreels; Hippodrome Hardware (1973), based on Grooms» 1972 live performance of the same name, whose main character Mr. Ruckus is played by Grooms; Grow Great (1974), a live - action short that features Mimi Gross as the household consumer; Little Red Riding Hood (1978), which features his daughter Saskia; and Man Walking Up (1984).
It's obvious that many car companies, tech companies, homebuilders, architects, city planners, airline companies, and many other industry leaders could do more, and we could (and often do) offer plenty of unsolicited advice to them, based on our own perspective, but considering how slowly the wheels of change turn, and how consumers and manufacturers alike are complicit in the creation of our current petro - based economy, the move to a more sustainable economy is more likely to be one full of baby steps, and not giant leaps.
It seems as if Impossible Foods has done the impossible with its bloody veggie burger, as a consumer taste test with 600 «burger eaters» in four cities ended up with people preferring the company's plant - based option «by two to one.»
«Consumers will not have to make a choice between environmental preservation and their pocketbooks,» says senior attorney Dale Bryk of the New York Citybased environmental group Natural Resources Defense Council, which supports such market - based mechanisms for pollution control.
There are multiple resources dedicated to starting a business and there are a variety of large cities nearby so you will have access to a broad consumer base.
Here's a look at the most expensive cities in Ontario for auto insurance, and what premiums consumers are typically paying on an annual basis, according to Kanetix (all figures are based on a single, 35 - year - old driver with a clean record):
Despite the intention to help consumers save money on electricity, only 28 % of Consolidated Edison's (New York City's regulated utility) customer base has chosen an ESCO.
ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 17, 2005 - Upland Mutual Insurance, Inc., a mutual insurer based in Junction City, Kan., is the 32nd company partner to join the growing Trusted Choice consumer brand movement.
Now, Logitech is diving even deeper into audio space as it has agreed to purchase Jaybird, a private consumer electronics company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, for $ 50 million in cash (with an additional $ 45 million up for grabs based on growth targets).
To that end, the partnership claims Chinese consumers from various cities covered by Cainiao, including Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, will be able to track the blockchain - based logistic information for some 30,000 goods from 50 countries through the e-commerce's mobile application.
The industrial «backyard» east of the city is home to the Port Newark - Elizabeth Marine Terminal, one of the busiest ports in the world, as well as Bayway Refinery, a major are employer producing 230,000 barrels of petroleum - based products per day for New York and New Jersey consumers.
Ninety - three low income inner - city African American consumer - family dyads were tested to see the possible impact of family factors, based on the EE and family caregiver burden literatures, on consumer psychosocial functioning (work, social, and independent living).
Omni - channel retailing is about placing the consumer at the center of the shopping eco-system, according to professionals at The Grayson Co., a New York City - based retail consulting firm.
The Polk Co., a Southfield, Mich. - based consumer research company, finds that places in the United States with the highest percentage of vacation homes areFort Meyers - Naples, Fla.; Marquette, Mich.; Anchorage, Alaska; Alpena, Mich.; Bangor, Maine; Fairbanks, Alaska; and Traverse City - Cadillac, Mich..
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