Sentences with phrase «people spend money on»

Another issue critics often mention is the difficulty of ensuring people spend the money on basic needs, particularly on housing.

In fact, I can't even get how people spend their money on those, but they are obviously a success, specially in Japan... (RIP videogames?

These cards come with no additional benefits but are just a way to have authorized users, really it never made any sense to pay Amex to let you have more people spend money on your account.

Too often people spend their money on junk or better than that assets such as gold but even better is an income producing asset.

It is more important to spend time with friends and family than it is to have «boat money» or whatever it is rich people spend their money on.

Naturally, people spend money on these gifts because they're much more likely to get a response and it's much more engaging.

Clegg says that CPI provides a better measure of what people spend their money on.

Some people spend their money on beer or knick - knacks, while I spend mine on cloth diapers and baby carriers.

People spend money on things that they think are going to make their lives better.

Atheists complain that religious people spend money on shiny churches instead of the poor.

As a very wise man I once knew said «We always think the things other people spend their money on are foolish, but that the things we spend our money on are necessities».

People who master this skill have figured out how to find the gaps in what people spend their money on versus what they really want and need.

And she should feel no obligation to be other than she is because people spent money on her childhood TV persona.

For example, what is the positive effect of people spending money on the days off (i.e. tourist trade, pubs, etc).

Not exact matches

And of course leaving people alone much of the time means spending less money on advertising, which means we can keep our prices lower.

People have a tendency to «throw good money after bad» — meaning we feel attached to bad investments because of the money we've already spent on them, and therefore we're reluctant to write off our losses and move on to better ventures.

We spent all this time and money on building this product because we just knew it was what people wanted.

For example, most people don't start saving money until they know what they want to spend it on.

One study discovered that people who spent their money on experiences like trips and classes, rather than material items, were happier and more satisfied with how they spent their money.

A recent study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggested that people who spend money on time - saving services feel happier.

«What we found is that people who spent money to buy time reported being almost one full point higher on our 10 - point [happiness] ladder, compared to people who did not use money to buy time,» wrote Elizabeth Dunn, an author of the study and a professor of psychology at the University of British Columbia.

The term «newcomers» is code for a couple of demographic subsets, one being women, the other aging boomers — people with time on their hands, replacement hips and money to spend.

Block grants would give states a set amount of money to cover people on the Medicaid program and provide flexibility in spending decisions.

So spending money on other people makes us happier than buying stuff for ourselves.

... when researchers interviewed more than 150 people about their recent purchases, they found that money spent on activities — such as concerts and group dinners out — brought far more pleasure than material purchases like shoes, televisions, or expensive watches.

According to a study by Michael Norton of Harvard Business School and two colleagues from the University of British Columbia, the amount of money people earn has less influence on their happiness than how they spend it, and those who spend at least some of their money on others are happier than those who do not.

Many people plan to spend money on their pets for Valentine's Day.

You spend a ton of money on stuff you can't charge for and that most people don't care about anyway.

People spend three times more money on iOS shopping apps than they do Android ones, but some of the Pixel's features will help close this gap, according to the bank's analysts.

These are companies that spend disproportionate amounts of time and money on people.

But that wasn't our master plan and we've had to spend a lot of money on PR so people knew it actually worked.

This will keep you moving toward your financial goals and stop you from spending money on things you don't need, to impress people you don't like.

In response to a question about marketers using Adobe products to reach users on Snapchat, Shantanu did not address that platform specifically, but said, «Video is certainly becoming the biggest category of where people want to spend their money.»

The more people use Alexa devices, the more likely they are to spend money on Amazon.

By opening up the books and allowing others more transparency, more people on the team have a deeper understanding of how the company makes and spends money.

You could then spend money on a sponsored video to directly market your brand's video to people who 1) love ice cream and 2) live in your area and 3) have kids.

And, if your business is like most of the SM newbies out there who are running to catch up while wearing concrete sneakers, you've got a lot of otherwise productive time and energy being spent by your people (and possibly a pile of money as well on outside vendors) in the unclear pursuit of who knows what.

Many people spend unnecessary money on assistance they don't need, such as career coaches, because they feel the approval of someone else will make them feel like they're heading in the right direction.

You absolutely need to spend more time, money and effort on your packaging because when a person walks into a store they are looking at your packaging, not the product itself.

«Your most talented and outgoing employees are your greatest asset,» Spark says, «Yet the time and money spent at trade shows and conferences is rarely focused on the people and their ability to engage.»

«People will not be spending money on channels they don't want to watch.»

So, other things being equal, it is better to spend money on doing something good for people (e.g., providing someone with a job) than it is to spend money on mere machines.

There's a big difference between paying people to participate in a focus group and having them actually think they're about to spend money on something.

During these economic times, people are more selective on where they spend their money.

Telecommunications companies amortize the costs over years of contracted services, eventually making back the money they spent getting people on the grid in the first place.

One of the obvious ways to win at e-commerce is to get people to spend a lot of money on something.

«People are now spending their money on their pets instead.»

I think the average person on the ground would never spend that amount of money - they have to spend it on something that makes sense and this is definitely saving our planet.»

People aren't spending money on clothes anymore.

Increasingly, young people are moving into cities to rent, not buy, and many prefer to spend their money on experiences rather than material goods.