Sentences with phrase «business was better this year»

While almost every exhibitor acknowledged that sales were little to none in 2012, nearly all said that business was better this year.

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And this year I plan to lift up the many businesses that have figured out that doing right by their workers ends up being good for their shareholders, their customers, and their communities, so that we can spread those best practices across America.»

It's a good time to reflect on your business» progress and plan how you want to grow your business in the new year.

Overall, it has been a good year for small business lending and Small Business Administration (SBA) business lending and Small Business Administration (SBA) Business Administration (SBA) lending.

The advantage of having a small business with a smaller customer base is that you are better able to provide your clients with the attention they deserve — the kind of attention that will keep them satisfied and loyal to you for several years.

Half of small business social media users complain that the platforms take more time than they'd thought, but almost the same number believe it's time well - spent — that their social media initiatives will pay off financially in a year or less.

These are the best ratings in more than 10 years, according to the National Federation of Independent Businesses.

This article is part of Fortune's Best in Business 2015 package of highlights and lowlights of the year in business, politics and the economy by the writers and editors of Business 2015 package of highlights and lowlights of the year in business, politics and the economy by the writers and editors of business, politics and the economy by the writers and editors of Fortune.

Schultz: Well, you know, Starbucks has been in business now for 45 - plus years.

These excellent results are supported by the success of our innovation drive in advanced materials, the benefits of increased production capacities in specialty molecular sieves in France and PVDF in China last year, the integration of XL Brands in adhesives and the confirmation of the very good performance of our intermediate chemical businesses.

The world's largest retailer, for years slow to respond to Amazon.com (amzn) in the digital wars, has been on a tear in recent quarters, helped by the $ 3 billion acquisition of jet.com and overhaul of its marketplace last year, and by better integration of its stores with its digital business.

While hiring was down by 0.1 percent in March, the survey found that nearly 9 in 10, or 87 percent of small businesses, expect the first quarter to be the same or better than a year ago.

A leading organization of financial journalists unveiled its picks for the year's best business writing, and we're delighted to announce that Fortune brought home seven honors.

I read this book well after I started my business, but I think the hardest lesson for entrepreneurs to grasp is that in order to give your business the best chance for success, you need to reinvest the profits for at least the first year.

Although NBCUniversal's theme park revenue was strong compared to the previous year, the entertainment unit's movie business didn't do so well, thanks to some weak releases such as Ride Along 2 and Hail, Caesar!

Overall, 2017 has been a good year for small business lending.

It could be that some businesses are much better off being private, even after years as public companies.

It's a proven business model we've honed for more than 90 years and we are always looking for people as good as our tools.

Only time will tell if Under Armour can return its shoe business to the growth of a year ago, but it doesn't bode well that such a young category for the company is already struggling.

With news of both Jessops and HMV closing down just days after the start of the New Year, for people wishing to start up their own business especially, the outlook isn't good.

2012 was a phenomenal year, with incredible guests on the Small Businesses Do It Better show!

«I realized that after six years of starting, operating, and growing BirchBox, it was best for me and for the business to step away,» she said.

Here are 10 business leaders who dominated headlines in 2014 and set the stage for the year ahead — for better or for worse.

«Good» debt is typically defined as mortgage, education or business debt because, ideally, each of these investments will generate returns for years to come.

Dubbed the best business book of the year last year by The Financial Times and McKinsey, this one by a Pulitzer - Prize winning journalist looks at what happened to Janesville, Wisconsin when a General Motors factory that had been operating in the town for 85 years closed.

The second - hand car business was revolutionised 20 years ago with the arrival of the internet, but there is a second revolution under way that promises to be even more disruptive and could have a significant effect on some of Western Australia's best - known car yards.

Such factors include, among others, general business, economic, competitive, political and social uncertainties; the actual results of current and future exploration activities; the actual results of reclamation activities; conclusions of economic evaluations; meeting various expected cost estimates; changes in project parameters and / or economic assessments as plans continue to be refined; future prices of metals; possible variations of mineral grade or recovery rates; the risk that actual costs may exceed estimated costs; failure of plant, equipment or processes to operate as anticipated; accidents, labour disputes and other risks of the mining industry; political instability; delays in obtaining governmental approvals or financing or in the completion of development or construction activities, as well as those factors discussed in the section entitled «Risk Factors» in the Company's Annual Information Form for the year ended December 31, 2017 dated March 15, 2018.

For me, one of the most important, and surprising, discoveries over the last few years has been that choosing the best approach to balancing business and social concerns starts with a decision to make shareholder interests the higher priority.

When you have years of experience running a business, as I do, you recognize patterns and can give good advice, even if you haven't been close to a specific company.

To learn how Bridgewater seeks out new employees and what it's like to apply there, Business Insider spoke with Brian Kreiter, Bridgewater's head of client service and marketing and cohead of its core management team, as well as several former Bridgewater employees who worked there within the last five years.

«If your business is going well, that's the time you've got to reinvent it,» says A&W CEO Paul Hollands, a 36 - year company veteran.

If we know that the global network will only spread in the years to come, it goes without saying that well - managed digital strategies should be among the priorities on the list of your New Year business resolutions.

One of the best things we did for this business was spending four months in the Silicon Valley at Y Combinator program last year.

In the absence of decisive, quick action to tackle this slow - motion crisis, the best - case scenario for the next few years is that America becomes a much riskier place to do business.

Home Hardware is a Gold Standard business in accounting firm Deloitte's annual list of Canada's Best Managed Companies — a winner for four consecutive years.

Small businesses are fueling our communities, making them better, stronger, more happy places — all year long.

«On a year - over-year basis, the frack business in general is looking quite a bit better,» said Greg Colman, an analyst with National Bank Financial.

Years of experience in business is a better indicator than age, young or old, when guessing who will complete the trek to success.

One night long ago, my business partner Ed Moed and I tore up the town after being named PR Week's best small agency of the year.

Former customers are the best source for future sales, even in businesses where customers make purchases only every few years.

By 8:30 a.m. (the time I usually ended up rolling out of bed), I had read several chapters of a good business book, listened to part of a podcast, spent time in prayer, done some P90X Yoga, and worked on a side - project that I'd been «too busy» to work on for years.

Towards that end, Amazon is well into year six of a push for big business customers.

He was featured in Crain's «40 under 40»; awarded Irish America's Business 100 profile four years running; and was honored to be guest speaker at The Wharton School of Business on entrepreneurship and leadership as well as Cornell and DePaul Universities.

We have access to thousands of accounts spending billions of dollars on PPC advertising, and over the years consistently found that small to medium - size businesses struggled to manage their accounts in a way that was cost effective and earned them the best results.

«If your business is structured as a sole proprietorship or an LLC, you are probably better off taking distributions from the company and paying taxes on an estimated basis during the year,» Spark says.

And the fact that it takes a little while to get to know how each other works best - that's normal, I've been working with new business relationships for many years.

Start with just one thing that you're going to stop doing and work your way from there to create an even better business in the New Year.

Twice a year, each department brainstorms ways to make the business better, whether it's tapping into a new market or fixing a bottleneck.

The ability to put a new spin on the old: That's what catapulted Jason Lucash and his business partner, Mike Szymczak, from aspiring entrepreneurs to creators of one of Time's 50 best inventions of the year in 2009.

And then when I watch the trials and tribulations of a business like L.L. Bean, whose good - faith commitment and lifetime guarantees to customers have been shamelessly abused for years by flea market phonies, eBay a-holes and other crafty resale store shoppers, I remember that things become clichés, not because they're pithy phrases, but because they're sadly too true.