Sentences with phrase «companies in a difficult market»

«It's been a tough time in the resource industry,» said Kofman, speaking as part of a panel on Global Capital Markets and M&A Trends: Financing Alternatives For Mining Companies in a Difficult Market Environment hosted by Baker & McKenzie.

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Your company could also earn the dreaded label of «hard to do business with,» which can be difficult to overcome in a fast - moving market.

That provision would have allowed approved drugs that win additional FDA clearances to treat rare disorders — i.e., those that affect 200,000 or fewer Americans — extended market exclusivity in the hopes that biopharma companies would be more compelled to invest in difficult - to - treat spaces that involve costly follow - on clinical trials.

Ken Wisnefski, founder of WebiMax, an online marketing company in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, had to have a difficult talk with a manager at his previous company, which he sold last year.

The company's top managers also told analysts in a conference call late Thursday that 2018 would be difficult too, due not least to spending on Cloud - based infrastructure and services, along with marketing efforts.

Sweeney says he sees parallels between Qualtrics and Atlassian, another Accel - backed enterprise tech company that bootstrapped itself in its early days and went public amid a difficult IPO market.

David Meerman Scott, a marketing strategist and the best - selling author of Real - Time Marketing and PR says that perhaps the most difficult challenge companies must overcome in creating a viral hit is coming to the realization that the content usually can't be about the product or servicmarketing strategist and the best - selling author of Real - Time Marketing and PR says that perhaps the most difficult challenge companies must overcome in creating a viral hit is coming to the realization that the content usually can't be about the product or servicMarketing and PR says that perhaps the most difficult challenge companies must overcome in creating a viral hit is coming to the realization that the content usually can't be about the product or service itself.

«Some of the regulatory issues that have been put in by state and local governments, some of the capital constraints that the independent builders are facing, the labor shortages in a lot of markets, have all conspired to make this a very difficult recovery for new - home builders,» said Rick Sharga, chief marketing officer at Ten - X, a real estate auction company.

By Steven Wood The growth in market capitalization at these companies is the stuff of investing legend By Aswath Damodaran The difficult part about working in a service profession is that you're not selling a finished, manufactured product.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled cCompany's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled cCompany's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled companycompany.

True, this has led to an explosion in new companies far beyond the levels seen previously, which is entirely expected — lower barriers to entry to any market means more total entries — but this has actually made it even more difficult for venture capitalists to invest in seed rounds: most aren't capable of writing massive numbers of seed checks; the amounts are just too small to justify the effort.

From a historical standpoint, however, when the equity market has joined persistent overvalued, overbought, overbullish extremes with deteriorating market internals, with a cherry on top featuring two - tiered speculation in glamour stocks and heavy new issuance of stock by companies that predominantly have no earnings, we find it difficult to find any precedent that hasn't worked out quite badly.

We look forward to seeing the final details, but at this stage, we commend the Panel on delivering what looks to be a thorough and credible framework that can help Alberta companies compete in difficult market circumstances while providing a more transparent and suitable royalty system.»

The company met many of Buffett's criteria for purchase: strong return on capital, a family run company, $ 135 million in annual revenue and a business plan that's difficult for competitors to copy, said Kenkel, who is international marketing manager for an Omaha health care diagnostics company.

Since such auditing is so complex and costly — sometimes quadruple the normal amount — many smaller companies have found it prohibitively difficult to raise capital in the public markets.

Companies that haven't invested adequately in food safety and quality will have a difficult time surviving in this market.»

With so many mattress companies available in the market it is often difficult to trace out the right kind of that would be perfect for you and your family.

Our company's idea evolved when the owners realized how difficult it was to find modest dresses in today's market.

It will lock - in free market reforms in these areas, making it much more difficult for a future government to, say, regulate the health service, or renationalise energy companies.

Stanford University and the researchers have filed for a patent on the microchip, and the researchers also are working to launch a startup company to help get the method approved by the FDA and bring it to market, both in the United States and in parts of the world where the old test is too expensive and difficult to use.

Nestle: Well, we will do it in the way these changes always take place — you do it through education of the public; you create demands for different kinds of foods; you teach parents to go into schools and look at what their kids are eating and then do something about it; you change policy so that it becomes more difficult for food companies to advertise to children; you stop them from marketing junk food to kids using cartoon characters.

The pathway to market for new products utilizing synthetic biology can be difficult to navigate, posing a challenge for companies in their efforts to commercialize new ideas, while the novelty posed by some of these products can make it difficult for regulatory agencies to evaluate risks, according to a new report from the Synthetic Biology Project.

European online content and services tends to lag a couple of years behind what we see in the U.S.. It's also a more difficult market; dealing with a couple dozen countries, different languages and national borders — which matters more then some of the U.S. companies might think.

Producer Arnon Milchan admits in the doc that the film's complicated financing and release agreements - two companies splitting the North American and International markets - made the struggle to preserve «Legend» more difficult, and he acknowledges a measure of culpability in not fighting harder to preserve Scott's original vision.

Certainly if one has shares in Paramount's parent company, Viacom, the difficult - to - market «Annihilation» might induce some heartburn.

While six of the best - performing economies of the 2001 - 2010 decade are African (IMF / The Economist Report — 2011), and four African countries are among the top 10 economies recording the highest growth rates in 2013 («The World in 2013» report by The Economist), multinational companies prospecting in African markets often face cultural differences and find It difficult to operate with their local partners.

Cultural dimension: While six of the best - performing economies of the 2001 - 2010 decade are African (IMF / The Economist Report — 2011), and four African countries are among the top 10 economies recording the highest growth rates in 2013 («The World in 2013» report by The Economist), multinational companies prospecting in African markets often face cultural differences and find It difficult to operate with their local partners.

Since Chrysler spent the last decade building products that often were mediocre at best, it was difficult to imagine the company succeeding in a more competitive, lower - volume market.

Plus, in part due to the lack of U.S. market access, sales of the old, basic Defender weren't huge, making it a difficult financial case for the company.

Domenicali said that the company would find it difficult to market its otherwise low - slung performance cars due to the road conditions in such regions.

Many ebook companies that allow authors to market their manuscripts directly make it difficult to weed out «writers» who are looking for a bit of extra cash or who don't keep their readers in mind.

They focus on companies that have demonstrated their ability to use various marketing methods to grow their business in spite of difficult economic times.

Early to Mid-2010: Despite a declaration by Mike Lazaridis that the market and use - case for a tablet is «a difficult one to judge,» rumors circulate that the company has something in the works.

Amazon's dominance in the market has left other players in a difficult position of relying on the company for revenue but also having little sway when negotiating revenue splits.

With the stock at $ 8.55 per share and the market aware that the $ 500 million in rights offering proceeds is insufficient to adequately capitalize the company, it will be difficult to set a market - clearing price.

The stock market can be very fickle and tracking down the top five dividend paying stocks in 2012, can be difficult, very few people will actually have their money invested in all of the top paying dividend stocks at any one time, but keeping a close watch on the markets will provide at least some insight into which companies are heading in the right direction and able to provide a good rate of return for your investment.

Gendelman, along with Pam Marron, a Mortgage Broker in the Trinity area, have been relentless in their fight against the way banks and mortgage companies along with the credit bureaus have been unfairly punishing people forced to short sale their home in this difficult real estate market.

Investing in companies that pay healthy dividends has been getting a lot of media coverage lately, especially with the short term future of the markets being difficult to predict.

Also quoting from the post at Accrued Interest, quoting from the Moody's report, «Moody's stated that the ratings review was prompted, in part, by concerns about the deterioration in ABK's financial flexibility since the company's $ 1.5 billion capital raise in March 2008, as evidenced by the substantial decline in the firm's market capitalization and high current spreads on its debt securities, making it increasingly difficult to economically address potential shortfalls in the company's capital position should markets continue to worsen.

A decline in the firm's market capitalization and high spreads on its debt securities makes it difficult for the company to address potential capital shortfalls.»

The company is starting in the San Francisco Bay Area, one of the most difficult housing markets to get into.

From a historical standpoint, however, when the equity market has joined persistent overvalued, overbought, overbullish extremes with deteriorating market internals, with a cherry on top featuring two - tiered speculation in glamour stocks and heavy new issuance of stock by companies that predominantly have no earnings, we find it difficult to find any precedent that hasn't worked out quite badly.

If it persists, that trend will have two big impacts: Small players in the ETF market will find it difficult to get enough assets to become economically viable, and even the larger ETF companies will struggle to come up with new fund ideas to gather new assets.

This fact about our minds makes it very difficult for people to appropriately understand and navigate the perpetual, but irregular, cycles in markets, economies, and companies.

Neal Wilmore, vice president of sales and marketing for Perrigo Animal Health in Omaha, Neb., said that based on his company's consumer research, flea and tick can be a difficult category to shop.

It's often difficult to know the true quality of your pet's diets without getting lost in the marketing scheme from the pet food companies.

The fact that these products are not yet found in every pet store or retail channel gives pet specialty retailers that carry them a big advantage, turning these stores into destinations for pet owners seeking out freeze - dried products, says Tyler Thielmann, director of marketing for SO Bright LLC, a family - owned dog treat company in Kiel, Wis. «Another great thing is that it's very difficult to find dogs and cats that dislike [freeze - dried] treats,» he says.

I think it is difficult to be active in the consumer market for indie game makers, such as our small company.

The first companies to market plug - in hybrids may find it difficult to keep up with the demand.

However, considering the UAE economy is in a transitional period, the market often fails and makes it difficult for any proposed merger to be fairly assessed based on the fair values of the two companies.