Sentences with phrase «challenge the business still»

One challenge the business still faces is competition from online sales, especially when consumers can price check from their smartphones.

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Still, the challenge remains for how Google Home really figures into the search advertising business that's propelled Google to its current heights.

«On the downside, women still have challenges accessing capital and there remains a skills confidence gap for women contemplating business startups.

It's just one reminder about the challenges of doing business with China: the government still maintains a tight grip on its corporations, and Beijing's wishes come first.

While completely new companies, non-profitable businesses, or owners with challenged credit histories might still find some trouble, many more small business owners can find a loan to help their business grow.

Still, it's a model that creates certain shipping challenges for businesses, ones that can't be ignored, given the volume of orders.

Three years of a very challenging business and we still have a strong balance sheet.

Penley, who succeeded Cabrera as dean, maintains that the partnership is absolutely necessary due to all the challenges the university is facing in what is still a growing market for global business education.

That kind of progress would delight most executives, but Gates still felt that some formal business training would prepare him for the company's next challenge.

Even if it has a stellar faculty and solid curriculum, a budding foreign business school still has to face the challenge of matching its teaching style to its students.

Clearly, better problem solving abilities and boosted creativity will only be good for your business career, but if you're still not convinced of the benefits of international travel, a whole host of nomadic entrepreneurs, bloggers, and economics professors (and more economics professors) have expressed why they feel travel is valuable for reasons ranging from conquering fear to heading off future regrets and challenging our bias for the status quo.

Still, although the technology transition may be complete, both of Hewlett Packard's legacy companies face challenges ahead — aside from the obvious business obstacles.

However, some banks are still grappling with legacy issues and business model challenges, where progress has been uneven.

Simone Del Guerra, Global Head of Transactional Sales at UniCredit discusses the challenges facing correspondent banks, the impact of Swift GPI, instant payments and whether banking is still a people business in the wake of technological advancements.

Though these are positives for the future of housing and business competiveness, there are still challenges ahead in supplying a range of high - quality, affordable housing options for Orange County's workforce.

So, while a boycott — whether of tourism or of oil sands products — might be, in and of itself, ineffectual in halting oil sands development, it may still contribute to a more challenging business case for future oil sands projects.

It also, though, may have been impossible, simply because Windows was still the biggest part of the business, and it's not clear the markets would have tolerated an explicit shift before it was painfully obvious it was necessary; without a rising stock price, Nadella's mission would have been much more challenging if not impossible.

But, anxiety will still visit those who are prone to it due to the always present challenges of starting and running a business.

Though cryptocurrency is becoming more mainstream, it's still somewhat of a challenge to find brick - and - mortar businesses that let you spend it in real - time.

«With the great strides we have made in our goal to be both a Quebec and Canadian player on the global stage, nevertheless we still have to deal with the reality of the current business environment in Canada, which presents real challenges to a company like ours,» the engineering giant's chief executive, Neil Bruce, said in prepared comments he made to the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations Tuesday.

Despite the inherent challenges in the SEM industry, it's still a great business to be in if you intend to sell someday.

However, the business model in India is a little more challenging since its infrastructure and ability to sustain development is still questionable.

«Reducing greenhouse gas emissions while still growing as a company is one of the defining business challenges of the 21st century, and we're proud to be addressing that challenge head - on, starting with our new 2025 goal to achieve absolute reductions of no less than three percent year - over-year,» said Dean Scarborough, Avery Dennison's chairman and CEO, who will travel to Paris this December to discuss climate change with other business leaders at COP21.

«We understand the technology challenge... we have been alive to online retail for some time, keep in mind Google and Facebook are very big businesses in Australia, Amazon is still a new entrant in Australia.»

I still believe that our challenge this coming season will be to get back into the top 4 and that we should be wise and realistic enough to know that the 19 point gap to the top of the PL table is unlikely to be closed this coming season with the way we are going about our business.

I'm still a fan, but this «nearly winners» business every year is tiring and challenging when we see teams like Leicester last season and Chelsea this season riding their confidence and really showing what it means to be winners.

The biggest challenge has been finding clothes I can still wear to work because or dress is business casual.

Sheikh Mohammed is a trendsetter: encouraging the concept of transparency is still a tough challenge culturally for most Arab policy and business leaders.

It's a super challenging and demanding business, which I still run 100 % on my own, but I love what I do and I'm excited to see what the future holds!

Some business schools are already taking the lead within this challenge but others are leaking far behind still teaching paradigms that educate people in reductionist, narrow - minded ways.

And perhaps the most challenging aspect will be to prepare the workforce to be ready for those as yet non-existent jobs while still pursuing business as usual.

All the same, the Chairman of the Dutch Publishers Association still wants to see greater innovation in terms of technology and business models, in order to cope with the challenges to come.

As I said at the outset, the dedicated short - form eBookstore as a standalone business seems to be challenged but there are still lots of opportunities to sell short - form writing when you step outside the Amazon bubble.

Although there are more loan options available today than ever before, accessing borrowed capital is still a challenge for many small business owners.

Grace period: If your business is still struggling with liquidity challenge, you may need to consider the grace period your card issuer is offering you.

Still challenging, but it afforded Record the opportunity to re-focus on its passive hedging business — previously an after - thought, in revenue terms — and to also succeed in re-pricing (i.e. consistently raising) passive fee rates to reflect a new business reality.

When a company has a consistent track record of raising its quarterly payouts even under circumstances in which its industry is facing challenges, investors can take confidence that the company knows how to navigate the cyclical nature of its business and still foster long - term growth.

While it is obvious that the natural products trend is still having a big impact on the pet industry — and on pet specialty stores, in particular — Pet Business recently conducted a survey of pet store owners and operators to see just how pervasive the the natural movement has become, as well as to reveal some of the challenges and opportunities facing pet stores in this area.

Even though building a business based on something Scott and I love has challenged us on many different levels and has caused us to work insane hours, it still feels easier than any of the other businesses where I didn't spend near as much time and energy building.

• The international tourism industry is moving towards a more sustainable business model but still faces many challenges and obstacles to reach this goal.

Pinterest is still figuring out a business model — and they are also dealing with some very real challenges in regards to copyright.

EnergySage CEO Vikram Aggarwal discusses some of the challenges small businesses sometimes face in going solar, but why it's still a smart investment for many.

If the cell phone or device was a personal purchase, but was being used for business purposes at the time of the accident, then the employer is vicariously liable and can still be challenged for compensation.

I wouldn't limit it to small firm lawyers at all but it's rampant in small firm lawyers that will regularly talk to people who say, «Oh yeah I know I should be doing that but,» and I guess that's the challenge and is one of the things that I think is kind of scary about the small firm industry is how frequent the, «I know I should but,» becomes a hindrance to success in small firm practice and therefore there ends up being a lot of small firm failure when there could be success if people would develop some skills, habits, commitment to learning to focus on their business as a business while still being great lawyers to their clients.

The challenge in Alberta particularly, he says, is that in good times they're waiting six to eight months to get one approved, a «significant blow to business,» and even with a bad economy, it's still taking four to five months.

The challenges were perhaps greater than I anticipated, but 16 years later I'm still in business, which speaks volumes!

There are particular challenges for women lawyers who must find clients in what is still a largely male business world.

Overall, the picture for Canada's western and northern region is still one of breaking new ground and the work for legal departments only becomes more challenging as they are asked to help business happen.

While health insurance is the second largest contributor to the non-life insurance business in India, its reach still remains a challenge.

This exit suggests that sustaining a standalone app business is not easy in today's crowded app marketplaces — and that even with hundreds of millions of users monetization can still pose challenges.