Sentences with phrase «adding costs to business»

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An MBA or Master's in Marketing helps professionals gain a more in - depth understanding of marketing analytics and add value to their marketing careers, but the degree comes at a cost: top business schools such as those at Columbia, USC, and Vanderbilt charge annual tuition fees of $ 50,000 to $ 60,000.

If you're considering going this route to incorporate some promising technology for your business, you'll need to decide if it is more cost effective to add employees or look for a third - party solution.

Interest rates remain low, unemployment hovers around 5 percent, jobs are being added to the economy, and low gas prices have cut the cost of doing business.

All of that begs the question: Why would a major business like Amazon keep adding perks to Prime at no cost?

«When our customers see we do add value to their operations and reduce costs or drive efficiencies, it is a relatively easy sell to offer that client additional services in other areas of their business,» explains Wills.

Add to this that English is the official language, business laws are based on British laws with protections for investors, and the lower cost of living and you can enjoy a high quality of life for much less.

So think of IoT as freeing up your business to scale and grow, without being hindered by adding more cost.

According to John Paton, a former Sun Media digital guru who recommended Godfrey to the Post «s new institutional owners, «Two - thirds of all newspaper costs are in infrastructure that adds zero value to the business.

All these uncertainties would likely leave businesses wary of adding new staff, and may even spur some to cut costs, threatening to send Canada's bustling job market into reverse.

Utility costs can add up to a huge expense for business, and they vary widely by state.

As Nerdwallet notes, Austin, Salt Lake City, and Midland, Texas «offer costs of living below the national average,» adding that «by reducing living and office space costs, entrepreneurs have more cash to invest in their growing businesses.»

Eric Abrahamson, a professor of management at Columbia Business School and author of The Perfect Mess, adds that order comes with a cost: «If you stop to tidy up every time something becomes disordered you'll continually interrupt yourself and never get any work done,» he says.

It adds layers of obligations, regulations, costs, and pressures to the already challenging daily grind of running a business, not to mention hundreds of hours of planning, meetings with bankers and lawyers, and travel in preparation for the biggest event in the company's history.

Add to that the fact that Honolulu has one of the highest costs of living in the country — due in part to the cost of importing supplies and exporting products from the islands — and it's no wonder that most business owners are quickly lured back to the mainland for anything more than a long vacation.

The company also adds a free gift to all orders — anything from sample - size chocolate bars to hot chocolate on a spoon — which costs it about 50 cents per gift but creates customer goodwill and repeat business.

«Applying for H - 1B visas takes so much time that I, as CEO, should be spending doing other things,» she tells Inc. «It has absolutely hurt my business,» she adds, noting that her costs associated with hiring through the program have shot up some 24 percent, causing her to lower some salaries at her 65 - person business.

For insurers, these value - adds not only make their business more appealing to employers, but can help to reduce costs associated with unnecessary hospital visits and expensive services.

The Tim Hortons «business is strong, the brand is healthy and we're working closely with our restaurant owners to drive sales for many years to come to offset any cost inflation that we may face,» he added.

He adds that IT budgets are also far larger than what it costs to use Gartner's services, which bodes well for the business.

He observed that the reduced costs of distribution over the Internet are making it easier for businesses to serve consumer demand for niche items, and that collectively, the niches added up to quite a significant market for companies like Rhapsody, Netflix, or Amazon.

In our example of growth through acquisition, after covering costs, and after paying the debt you used to buy the business, you add cash flow to the bottom line.

«I believe that the added costs of ACA - compliant insurance will threaten my ability to maintain my own, independent business.»

These include the general background of strong demand and tight capacity, as well as rises in global commodity prices that have added to business input costs.

Indeed, David Lyon, founder and CEO of Oranj, adds that compliance «comes down to the overall cost of doing business for [broker - dealers]-- you're seeing BDs getting out of specific lines of business because it's too costly to put the IT controls to maintain that business line.»

In Alberta and B.C., GST is applied on top of the carbon tax on direct consumer fossil - fuel purchases, such as gasoline, as well as on products where a business has added some or all of the cost of the carbon tax to the cost of their good or service.

The removal of exemptions means that the funding will not add new complexity to the PST system, or new costs to business.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

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Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

Far more common, and often much more important for most types of businesses, interest expense on the income statement represents the cost of borrowing money from banks, bond investors, and other sources to meet short - term working capital needs, add property, plant, and equipment to the balance sheet, acquire competitors, or increase inventory.

Whether you are opening a restaurant franchise, a fitness center, or a pet grooming business — any operation that has a physical location needs to budget for the added cost of insurance.

Dell's net cash, its finance business at book value and the cost of recent acquisitions, which Dell says are doing well, add up to almost $ 13 a share, as Southeastern points out.

The recent rise in oil prices, itself partly a reflection of stronger global economic conditions, has directly added to CPI inflation in the past two quarters and may have a further contribution through effects on business costs and price expectations.

While startup costs are reasonable when compared to other business models in other industries they can still be considerable when you add up the administrative, marketing, legal, insurance and equipment costs that are involved.

Redirecting shipments to other modes of transport is a not practical solution as it disrupts supply chains, delays shipments and leads to added costs or penalties for missed delivery schedules and, possibly, the loss of future business to global competitors.

«Certainly consolidation must appear to be an increasingly viable solution for smaller funds as barriers to entry and the costs of doing business have increased for hedge funds across the AUM spectrum,» added Altman.

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Early on, high margins can put your business in your best possible position to grow and over time, the savings generated from low costs can add up.

When comparing costs, remember that the cheapest option may not include all of the offerings needed to support your business, and adding them a la carte may be more expensive in the long run.

As the treasury and insurance manager at Western Power, Kurt changed the treasury and insurance business from a transactional cost centre to a centre of strategic value - add.

Munger agreed and added that U.S. manufacturers have a «huge competitive disadvantage caused by the health system» over say European counterparts since U.S. businesses have to pay for health care costs while European companies don't.

Their protection keeps the prices of their products higher than they would otherwise be and thus adds to the costs of consumers, including other businesses.

Did you add up all the expenditures needed to start your donut business, and find yourself facing a list of unexpectedly high costs?

R.F. Hunter Co.'s only business is mobile edible oil filtration, he adds, and its machines have higher quality, are more efficient, easier to use and maintain, and cost less.

«We're focused on reducing our internal costs and increasing our efficiencies across our business in order to avoid raising our prices,» Wasserstrom adds.

«All our dairy foods assets, UHT, fresh milk, cheese, consumer powders, nutritionals are flat chat producing value add to capacity, as well as disciplined cost control in the business.

Nicholls added its Industrial Packaging mill system allows the business to optimize product mix, increase service and reduce costs.

Enhancing the proportion of on - shore value - adding will be key to these businesses, whether it be through the creation of unique products for niche markets or through developing varieties of commoditised goods with unmatched quality attributes and competitive production costs.

What should have been presented is decade long trends about: farm and processor bank debt; return on equity; full and part - time employment trends; farm and processor business numbers; domestic versus overseas value adding to commodities; volume and value of imported ingredients and products; international versus Australian processing costs comparisons for major foods like meats, flour, oils, milk products; and the farm gate price share of the consumer dollar for fresh foods like fruit and vegetables, milk, meats, bread, juice, eggs.