Sentences with phrase «businesses and consumers look»

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And while the iMirror is the kind of product that feeds directly into consumers» current assumptions of what IoT technology looks like, there are plenty of Canadian companies finding business applications that consumers will hardly notice.

Consumers and customers may be feckless a — holes — always looking for the next best thing and anything better or cheaper — but the people you rely on to help you build your business have to be loyal beyond reason.

For consumers looking to purchase products or services across a number of sectors, customer service counts, and managing this delicate and instrumental infrastructure can make a business or bring it to its knees.

He describes the experience as one characterized by service providers who usually see small - business users much like consumers, and small - business users who often don't analyze their own needs and desires well enough to understand what they're looking for.

Jing Daily looks at the intersection of luxury and culture in China: the ins and outs of business development there with an eye toward the upscale consumer market, as well as the business of culture — from auctions, museums, and contemporary art to performance, public events, and more.

But faster is not always smarter, especially for any online business looking to connect consumers with local services, in which case balancing supply and demand is critical.

And as small businesses face more and more challenges to reach their target market, consumers too continue to look for something different and refreshiAnd as small businesses face more and more challenges to reach their target market, consumers too continue to look for something different and refreshiand more challenges to reach their target market, consumers too continue to look for something different and refreshiand refreshing.

Malwarebytes started as an antivirus tool for consumers and now gets about half its revenue, which totals $ 100 million annually, from businesses looking to protect their devices from the persistent threat of infections and malicious websites.

But if consumers snap up Netflix - inspired T - shirts, games and action figures, the company could be looking at a new, multi-billion dollar business opportunity.

IDC also pointed out a large reason for the Chromebook's success: the low - cost devices have been a hit with K - 12 schools in the United States, even though the company is still looking to break into consumer and business markets.

«For too long, Wall Street banks and the financial industry wrote their own rules while no one was looking out for small businesses and consumers,» said David Borris, an executive committee member of the Main Street Alliance, a national advocacy organization, in a statement.

But it certainly helps modernize the company's aging image, particularly as business software looks and acts more like consumer apps.

And for those looking for through lines they can duplicate in hopes of becoming a unicorn themselves: One of the biggest attributes of the group has always been creating a «disruptive» technology that lets consumers or businesses do something they've done forever, but with greater ease and more cheapAnd for those looking for through lines they can duplicate in hopes of becoming a unicorn themselves: One of the biggest attributes of the group has always been creating a «disruptive» technology that lets consumers or businesses do something they've done forever, but with greater ease and more cheapand more cheaply.

Nilam Ganenthiran, Toronto - based vice-president of business development and strategy at Instacart, says the Canadian grocery shopper now looks much like the American consumer did when the company debuted, in 2012: increasingly comfortable with online ordering, and willing to trust people hired to fulfil a grocery order.

Van der Does, looking relaxed after returning from a vacation where he's been windsurfing, explains that unlike consumer - facing payment apps like Apple Pay, Adyen works on the back - end and is a business - to - business product.

Best Buy Co Inc, the No. 1 U.S. consumer electronics retailer, on Wednesday said it will shut 250 small mobile phone stores in malls as it looks for ways to operate profitably and turn around its business amid intense competition.

We recommend Kickstarter for individuals and business owners looking to fund consumer products and creative projects, especially related to design, technology and film.

We work with both Business to Consumer (B2C) and Business to Business companies (B2B) looking to improve or establish their brand presence.

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.

FICO collects data from major consumer and business credit reporting bureaus and also looks at the documentation you submitted to your lender.

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 company.

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.

And in 2018, running your own, large direct - to - consumer subscription business — which works on any platform or device, even those that aren't psyched about it being there — looks like a very attractive, valuable thing.

The benefits of a rule - like approach arise, in part, because consumers and businesses are forward looking.

Of course there are instances where an anti-competitive business combination constructed as an ancillary restraint will survive antitrust tests, but this situation with the three incumbent consumer credit repositories looks like an illegal attempt to stifle competition — namely FICO — and create a vertical monopoly atop the existing horizontal data franchise shared by the three firms.

No doubt, Apple has been taking a look at its ability to create splash and fanfare on the consumer end while quietly going about designing portability for the business end.

The report looks at the businesses that maintain pages on Facebook as well as the mobile apps and games that consumers play on Facebook and measures all the economic activity that result.

You want to be objective in looking at the business and not be swamped by emotions and also not be affected always as to whether you will be a consumer of that business or not.

Earlier this month, Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma visited the U.S. to talk about Alibaba's international strategy and how small businesses can use the Web to sell directly to Chinese consumers, who are increasingly looking for high quality, imported products.

If you're looking for a business story to intrigue your readers, try one on predatory lending, something that involves the ever - popular topics of money, politics and consumer debt.

First and foremost, you want to make sure to look for a reputable plus reliable shop that has received great assessments and ratings from other consumers and business world leaders.

As consumers continue to look for sugar alternatives, Fritzsching highlighted the challenges this has on the business and focused on its activities surrounding sugar reduction and sugar replacement, with blood glucose management being key.

«At GPI, like many businesses, consumer needs are at the forefront of what we do and it's always very insightful to look at innovation excellence from the food manufacturer and retailer perspective.

The trend brought a change to consumers» buying habits and forced distributors such as The Best of Beers of Hickory, N.C., to start looking at business differently.

Decanter is looking to recruit a Head of Marketing to devise business - to - business and business - to - consumer marketing strategies

In the same way it simply makes sense to sell plant - based milks (like almond and soy milk) in the section of the store where consumers currently go looking for milk, savvy retailers are realizing it's helpful to their shoppers — and good for business!

Dominic Burke looks at how the move towards plain packaging could affect the drinks business and how it could also provide opportunity if approached in an innovative way that responds to consumer need

«We're excited to take our expertise in the frozen berry business and apply it to our first vegetable fusion smoothie,» said Steve Sklar, senior vice president marketing for Phoenix - based Inventure Foods, Inc. «The Green Fusion smoothie is on trend with today's consumer who is looking for a refreshing, great tasting smoothie that provides a substantial boost of vitamins and a full serving of fruit.»

«As board chair, I look forward to working alongside our industry's great leaders to ensure that we do what is best not only for our businesses, but also for our consumers, our environment and our industry as a whole.»

David Wood, business improvement director for Northumbrian Fine Foods, which owns Prewett's, says, «These great - tasting mini choc chip cookies are ideal for gluten - free consumers looking for a delicious and convenient snack.»

Australian Certified Organic auditors look for evidence that its certified businesses use fair workplace practices, whether they are picking vegetables or working in retail.industry and some consumers are unaware that cheap clothes come at a cost to people and the environment.

The truth is that consumers are looking for businesses to provide both short - and longer - term support during the recession.

«Look, it's job creation, it's about the quality of residents and existing businesses and visitors for upstate New York and I believe a lot of my colleagues will work together to come up with the right framework for consumer protection and making sure the companies are held responsible,» said Sen. George Amedore, a Republican who represents a district west and south of Albany.

If Conservatives look insensitive to the needs of hard - pressed consumers and Labour naïve about the impact on jobs their less business - friendly policies could have, the Lib Dems could make hay as the moderaters.

The value of such information is obvious, said IBM's CEO, Ginni Rometty: «Twitter provides a powerful new lens through which to look at the world — as both a platform for hundreds of millions of consumers and business professionals, and as a synthesizer of trends.»

I don't think that fast fashion will ever fully disappear, just like organic food hasn't displaced all of the fast food businesses, but I do believe that educated and compassionate consumers will change what the fashion industry looks like 10 years from now.

COURTLAND BROOKS - Mar 2 - The Better Business Bureau (BBB) non-profit was founded in 1912 and is one of the places consumer look to check up on company reputations, and to complain.

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Letting revenue slip through their fingers may not be unique to free online dating services (indeed it can happen to any business online or off) but it does highlight some of the problems these companies face and how it could adversely affect the consumer who is looking to explore online dating.