Sentences with phrase «by higher brand»

MG&A expense increased 11.5 percent in local currency, driven by higher brand amortization expense related to the reclassification of certain Canada brands to definite - lived intangible assets, partially offset by lower incentive compensation.

Not exact matches

They justify their early focus on luxury goods by noting numerous high - end brands successfully expanded into the mass market by grabbing «customers hungry for a piece of the brands» cachet.»

Specializing in charter flights to popular vacation spots, Transat is under pressure by Air Canada's discount vacation brand Rouge, but so far holding its own in a difficult category where consumer expectations run high and travelers are never shy about expressing dissatisfaction.

A 2012 report by the Kaiser Family Foundation calls the PBM assertions of Medicare savings «overstated» and says the reduced cost probably stemmed from incorrectly high predictions of prices and from brand drugs going generic.

Just as there's a higher success rate in couples who are introduced to one another by a mutual connection, consumers will feel more connected to a brand through the advocacy and recommendation of others.

Carter, trusted by brands like NBC, Microsoft, and PrideStaff, has guided businesses to 800 percent profits and higher with Facebook marketing.

As a professional athlete, you are constantly being judged by how hard you work, how well you take care of your body, how professional you are with media and in the community — you are a brand and are expected to hold yourself to a higher standard.

Personal branding has become a requirement for anyone looking to grow their business, get a better job, get noticed by the press, take their career to the next level or meet new, high quality friends.

Following accusations of sexual harassment by model Kate Upton, Guess cofounder Paul Marciano is temporarily relinquishing his pay and day - to - day responsibilities as the high - end fashion brand investigates the allegations.

If you're a high - end brand, you can always pick up a lot of sales by dropping down.

At its worst, the 1,850 - room hotel and its 60,000 - square - foot casino was estimated by creditors to be worth at least US$ 360 million, thanks to its historic brand and high - profile location next to the MGM Grand (which was built on the Trop?s former golf course).

In the past year, Breyers, the ice cream brand owned by Unilever, introduced a low - calorie, high - protein ice cream with the calorie count printed in big letters on the container, just like Halo Top.

Fast - forward to 2008, startup WiseStamp began helping professionals transform standard, regular emails into a high - converting marketing tool by allowing them to easily brand email signatures, distribute engaging social content and add marketing messages that align with their organization's dynamic marketing campaigns.

Advertisers have flocked away from The O'Reilly Factor over the scandal, led by high - profile brands such as Allstate, Hyundai, and Mercedes - Benz.

One of China's top 400 richest people, he was estimated to have a personal fortune of worth $ 740 million in 2012, but how he's really made his name is by high - profile charity donations — something he brands «flashy philanthropy.»

One of the ways that Refinery29 stays sticky is by keeping engagement with its brand consistently high, which has meant bringing its digital brand to the «real world.»

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

As Popeyes enters its 45th year, its success reflects the amazing brand entrusted to us by founder Al Copeland Sr. and the unique high trust partnership that we enjoy with our franchise owners.

Since its failed effort to go upmarket under ex-CEO Johnson in 2012 and 2013, Penney has been fixing its business by bringing back popular in - house brands like St. John's Bay that offer higher profit margins, fixing its e-commerce business, and tweaking its homes goods selection.

Similarly, coffee brand Illy aimed for high - end cachet by partnering with contemporary artists like Jeff Koons and Julian Schnabel to release limited - edition espresso cups.

The move by Cadillac Fairview, owner of the Eaton Centre, to host the two high - end retailers prevents the popular tourist mall from becoming weighed down by stagnant brands.

The industry in North America has high fragmentation and has low barriers to entry, but ACT enjoys one of the strongest positions, enhanced by the brand equity of its banners, the quality of its real estate, and efficiencies stemming from the breadth of its operations.

By aligning your business or brand with a YouTube creator whose following matches your target demographic, you can knock off multiple birds — content creation, audience alignment and a high - profile endorsement — with one stone.

Founded by Moreno, Mormedi has developed high speed trains for Spanish rail service RENFE and Hitachi, as well as interior and exterior truck designs for Hino, Toyota's (tm) medium and heavy duty truck brand.

While brands like Oscar get high marks for expression, the best brands walk the talk by using their voice to deliver on their promise.Southwest Airlines does an excellent job of keeping the voice real and engaging across all channels, from flight attendants to social media.

The increase follows a rash of high - profile data breaches suffered by brands like Target, Home Depot and J.P. Morgan; the infamous «Backoff» malware package that compromised tens of millions of Target shoppers» credit cards in late 2013 also affected the in - store payment systems of more than 1,000 American businesses, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

Before Walmart's recent acquisitions of trendy e-commerce brands, Amazon had similarly ventured into more high - end fashion, selling products by designers such as Zac Posen and Stuart Weitzman.

The way that one was able to brand a strain was by winning a cup, say the Emerald Cup or the High Times Cup.

Here too, then, the shoe maker already has the lion's share of the bargaining power and it is not obvious that additional bargaining power will be rewarded by higher prices paid to shoe brands.

These seem to be fed by a global demand for cocktails containing top - tier brands, and a trend toward high - premium whiskeys around the world, distillers told the AP.

Since biosimilars are so new to the U.S. market (there have been just five total approved here since 2015), it's been hard to gauge whether or not they can make a formidable dent in high drug prices by offering generic alternatives to branded treatments.

The Bay, led by another visionary, CEO Bonnie Brooks, had newly re-established itself as a power player on the high - fashion landscape, while the increasing regularity of online shopping meant Holt's was also waging war with high - end American brands.

Earlier this month, marketers were shocked to learn that Facebook would be making more major changes to its News Feed, effectively bringing brand and publisher organic reach to zero by prioritizing high engagement content from family, friends and groups.

A recent study by Moz shows that posts with videos receive nearly 300 % more inbound links, so make sure that your video is of the highest caliber, as it can become the chief representation of your brand in the digital realm.

Nearly every social media tool and research report has a chart showing brand mentions, by venue, and they almost always show Twitter as the venue with the highest volume.

Awareness of Twitter's brand has also gotten a boost from frequent tweets by public figures like U.S. President Donald Trump, who is among the platform's most high - profile users.

«With ILG, we will bring together six world - class vacation ownership brands under one licensing relationship with Marriott International, which will enable us to leverage high - value marketing and sales channels, including those provided by Marriott International's platforms, and enhance the benefits of our access to Marriott International's loyalty programs, call transfer and hotel linkage programs.

In Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 98 the Supreme Court formalized this premise into a doctrinal test.The case involved cigarette manufacturing, an industry dominated by six firms.99 Liggett, one of the six, introduced a line of generic cigarettes, which it sold for about 30 % less than the price of branded cigarettes.100 Liggett alleged that when it became clear that its generics were diverting business from branded cigarettes, Brown & Williamson, a competing manufacturer, began selling its own generics at a loss.101 Liggett sued, claiming that Brown & Williamson's tactic was designed to pressure Liggett to raise prices on its generics, thus enabling Brown & Williamson to maintain high profits on branded cigarettes.

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.

«The benefits of this high quality data accrue to the rural focused initiatives deployed by governments, by corporates for their brand of products and services, by non profits who want to understand the needs of their target groups, etc.» he shared while describing the use of such data collection.

Powered by a progressive collective of journalists, strategists and business minds, Hybrid moves with unparalleled pace across five independent brands in high - growth markets.

COGS per hectoliter decreased 5.9 percent in local currency due to cost savings and lower pension and distribution costs, partially offset by the impact of volume deleverage, inflation, mix shift to higher - cost brands, and foreign currency movements.

JLL is characterized by its growth orientation, operational excellence, financial strength, premium brand, collaborative culture and high ethical standards.

More important, a well - received Phaeton could boost sales of cheaper, high - volume models such as the Jetta and Golf by making the brand more desirable.

Recent Millennial Branding reports show that 45 % of companies experience high turnover with those employees identified as «millennials» — by a 2:1 margin versus older generations.

Brands, Inc. (NYSE: YUM)- owned Taco Bell CEO Brian Niccol as its new CEO sent Chipotle's stock higher by more than 15 percent.

These risks and uncertainties include food safety and food - borne illness concerns; litigation; unfavorable publicity; federal, state and local regulation of our business including health care reform, labor and insurance costs; technology failures; failure to execute a business continuity plan following a disaster; health concerns including virus outbreaks; the intensely competitive nature of the restaurant industry; factors impacting our ability to drive sales growth; the impact of indebtedness we incurred in the RARE acquisition; our plans to expand our newer brands like Bahama Breeze and Seasons 52; our ability to successfully integrate Eddie V's restaurant operations; a lack of suitable new restaurant locations; higher - than - anticipated costs to open, close or remodel restaurants; increased advertising and marketing costs; a failure to develop and recruit effective leaders; the price and availability of key food products and utilities; shortages or interruptions in the delivery of food and other products; volatility in the market value of derivatives; general macroeconomic factors, including unemployment and interest rates; disruptions in the financial markets; risk of doing business with franchisees and vendors in foreign markets; failure to protect our service marks or other intellectual property; a possible impairment in the carrying value of our goodwill or other intangible assets; a failure of our internal controls over financial reporting or changes in accounting standards; and other factors and uncertainties discussed from time to time in reports filed by Darden with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

So, while high quality links on popular websites will greatly benefit your SEO, they will also help attract consumers to your brand simply by association.

We also continued to shake things up by announcing Larry Flint's Hustler brand as a high - profile merchant.

Investors and buyers could now purchase a hotel suite or a service apartment that will be managed by international branded chain hotel operators offering a higher income of 12 % -15 %.