Sentences with phrase «at consumers rather»

Not exact matches

My prediction is that small businesses will continue to challenge and at times beat the large enterprises (perhaps sooner rather than later), simply because they will appeal to the consumers desire to support the up and comers, the dreamers and the entrepreneurs that are often much easier for people to relate to.

The result is Canada is at «some risk» of a balance sheet recession — a period of slow growth or decline caused by consumers saving and paying down debt rather than spending.

Rather than being proof of malfeasance by Sears or gullibility on the part of consumers, that the store sold so few tires at a high regular price suggests buyers are perfectly able to spot a good deal.

In other words, consumers» rather modest gains have been far surpassed by the profits reaped by corporations making stuff in China at huge reductions in cost and then lowering the price a bit on the finished retail goods.

The move is just the latest to make Walmart's shopping app «stickier» in the hopes consumers will stay and make their digital purchases there, rather than at amazon.com or target.com for instance.

«We still have rather little customization in the consumer - goods space with regard to functionality,» says Frank Piller, who serves on the Smart Customization Group at MIT.

In saying that the government stands with «consumers» — rather than citizens or voters or, God forbid, shareholders — Clement diminishes the federal government's importance, making it nothing more than the complaints desk at the Better Business Bureau.

In May, Microsoft announced it was testing a new pricing model where, rather than selling the Xbox 360 outright for $ 250 or more, consumers could opt to buy it at a company - owned store in the U.S. for $ 99.

Rather than puzzle over soft drink sizes, many consumers simply pick a size and stick with it, ordering a medium or a large at every restaurant even though these words have different meanings depending on the establishment.

Gallup surveys actual consumers, while Commerce looks at available data, mostly from manufacturing shipments, reflecting more the perspective of the retailer rather than buyer.

Speaking at the Soil Association conference in Manchester on Wednesday (9 February), Mr Kendall said organic producers needed to convince consumers about the quality of their produce rather than making claims which might not stand up.

Speaking at Tmall's Super Kitchen event, an offline expo of home goods held by Alibaba Group's business - to - consumer site, Stewart said she saw an opportunity to expand her brand into the world's second largest economy as rising incomes in the middle class there were increasingly being spent on lifestyle and experiential purchases rather than staple goods.

Hong Kong - based drugstore chain Watsons has become the first multi-national retailer to sign on to Cainiao Network's «ship from store» service, which delivers in as fast as two hours by fulfilling online orders at the store nearest to the consumer, rather than a warehouse.

Of course, other solid names that I'm not considering still look weak like GWW and VFC but I'd rather add to my consumer staples at this time.

BRUSSELS (AP)-- Consumer price inflation in the eurozone was stuck at 0.2 percent in August, a low rate that could encourage the European Central Bank to offer more stimulus sooner rather than later.

More than 50 per cent of entrepreneurial activity was directed at serving businesses, rather than consumers.

«The argument adopted by consumer groups in the USA is that access is not universal service - that the telephone should be priced at a level which makes it possible for disadvantaged groups to use it for social reasons rather than simply as an emergency service».

At the other end, there are costs to the consciences of workers who come to see themselves as passive consumers of paychecks and workplace orders given by others, rather than as active participants in the common enterprise of productive effort.

And these crafted menu items, developed for Hispanic guests, also appeal to the general public — nearly 70 % of consumers are more likely to try ethnic cuisine in a restaurant rather than cook it at home.

«The dairy alternatives market has seen rising levels of interest in recent years, spurred mainly by consumers increasingly looking for lactose - free, dairy - free and plant - based / vegan options as healthy lifestyle choices, rather than regarding them as simply for those with allergies or intolerances,» says Lu Ann Williams, Director of Innovation at Innova Market Insights.

We would look at the action taken and whether in all likelihood it is about delivering cheaper prices for consumers or whether the action that was taken and the way it was taken was really more likely to be about damaging a particular competitor where whatever benefits were offered to the consumer were probably a byproduct rather than being the prime objective.

The levy that the UK government has unveiled is aimed directly at producers and importers, not consumers, because the government believes that producers need to act, rather than just passing higher prices onto consumers.

The Spirits International Prestige (SIP) Awards — a distinguished spirits competition where consumer palate is king and brands receive ratings based on merit rather than marketing — were held July 30th at SHe by Morton's, a stylish, boutique steakhouse located on the Las Vegas Strip.

«Time is a luxury most of us don't have, and consumers are increasingly searching for a quality, convenient meal solution rather than cooking at home or committing the time required to dine at a full - service restaurant.»

Kelly Weikel, director of consumer insights at Technomic, said that consumers are feeling more empowered than ever and feel that they should be entitled to order several taster - style dishes rather than commit to a larger plate concentrated on one dish.

«You have to shift your perspective,» says Christine Koh, Minimalist Parenting co-author, and co-founder of the online community Mission List, «When you're looking at children's gear, think of yourself as a curator, rather than a consumer.»

Although Conaghan doesn't cover its development, I don't believe the structure was necessarily wrong but it did perhaps spend too much time looking at rights of the consumer, rather than asking some of the more fundamental questions about the stability of financial institutions here and in different parts of the world.

At the time, the proposed solution to redistributing wealth and power was nationalisation - a rather bureaucratic form of public ownership that offered little empowerment to either employees or consumers.

Those on diets, for example, often prefer not to look at the number of calories in a tasty dessert, people at high risk for a disease avoid screening tests that could give them a definite answer, and most consumers of news choose sources that align with rather than challenge their political ideology.

The study by Robin Soster, assistant professor of marketing in the Sam M. Walton College of Business, demonstrated that consumers experience significant differences in satisfaction based solely on their budget status or financial condition at the time of purchase, rather than the quality of the product or how much it costs.

Half of the problem While at BESA, we continue to encourage schools to consider the total cost of ownership and not just the initial price tag, it is important to remember that there are lower cost tablet devices available, rather than having to pay the premium price tag for the big name consumer brands; some offer schools the ability to purchase twice as many devices for the same cost of another brand and as long as they are BESA members they are more likely to be good products.

Is she saying that consumers lost $ 26 billion because they financed at the dealership selling point rather than borrowed money directly from their local bank or credit union — many of which have wholesale lending arrangements with dealers?

Winners of the Tech Driven Awards will be made available the year they're shown at the CES — Edmunds wanted to focus on fully realized products consumers can actually buy soon rather than far - off concepts.

The Philippines has become rather serious at combating book piracy in schools and on the consumer level.

The HarperCollins team is also working with Accenture to sell e-books directly to consumers — starting with the works of C.S. Lewis at cslewis.com and Narnia.com, with the possibility of more launches for other authors and genres — rather than going through intermediaries.

Younger consumers, and especially those with children, are both more likely to buy and to buy more books — suggesting a growth at Christmas might be in children's rather than adult books.

Consumers «prefer a pure Android platform rather than something else,» said Jean Philippe Bouchard, an analyst at tech research firm IDC.

Meanwhile, BlackBerry's bold move with the unusual Passport handset met with mixed success; it was widely criticised and even ridiculed in tech press circles, however, here at Know Your Mobile we absolutely loved the BlackBerry Passport, as did a few other fairly prominent reviews such as Forbes and Engadget, but more importantly it seemed consumers rather liked it too; we've had tons of feedback from enthusiastic Passport fans, while BlackBerry reported a lot of consumer interest in terms of orders and sales.

When it comes to digital works, however, two complications arise: first, consumers might only hold a license to the content, rather than all of the rights that come from a sale; second, without a traditional physical container for each purchased work, consumers may not practically be able to sell their «particular copy» at all.

At that time, he explains, bestseller charts were based on books bought in, rather than sales to the consumer (that practice has now changed).

A final thought: If, in this digital realm, we're not truly purchasing content, but rather «borrowing» it at a set price, and according to someone else's changing rulebook, we as consumers we deserve to know this up front, in clear and obvious language (unlike Amazon's clear references to «buying» books, and all the assumptions of ownership that go with buying books).

Rather than trying to sell people their product at a price point, format, and location the consumer wants, they are trying to punish the consumers.

At this point consumers need to be researching all of their options rather than draining their savings and still not becoming debt free.

Financial experts are advising consumers, especially now that the holidays are near, to research their own power at relieving debts and repairing their own credit status rather than giving money for services that do not work miracles.

Rather than rehash all of the initial documents in this case fought by the consumer herself, let's just look at what the bankruptcy court judge had to say after reviewing the facts.

The only way a retailer can earn a wide economic moat is by doing something that keeps consumers shopping at its stores rather than at competitors».

This month's issue of Money Advisor by Consumer Reports echoes the research saying that «you'll generally do better investing all at once rather than in increments» but goes on to say that «averaging shines in times of crisis» and gives four examples: oil crisis (1973), Black Monday crash (1987), Sept 11, 2001 and Bear market of 2002.

Strong second - quarter economic growth figures last week has an increasing number of economists predicting the central bank will raise rates sooner rather than later, which could help to curb consumer borrowing at a time when Canadians have record debt loads.

The result is Canada is at «some risk» of a balance sheet recession — a period of slow growth or decline caused by consumers saving and paying down debt rather than spending.

Easy games are more relatable to new customers, and stores are far more likely to generate repeat business after a consumer has first succeeded with the easier games, rather than starting with and failing at the difficult ones.»