Sentences with phrase «charged by their competitors»

Georgetti's claims conveniently ignore the fact that corporate tax rates have been falling across the industrialized world, and that Canada's rates aren't particularly low compared with the rates charged by our competitors.

At the time, NFCU's Matt Freeman specifically pointed to the higher rates being charged by competitors.

The other finding that interested me — related to the first — is that most firms base their pricing strategies on the going rates charged by their competitors.

The basic zero - fee trading appeals to younger, less wealthy, less experienced traders who make small investments where the $ 7 - plus commission fees charged by competitors like Scottrade and E * Trade could eradicate their potential gains.

Not exact matches

Duracell, however, sets itself apart from its competitors through its PowerForward program, which helps communities recover from natural disasters by providing internet access, charging phones, and offering free batteries during power outages.

While its competitors were offering deep discounts to pull in recession - battered customers, Apple (AAPL) had already ended its Black Friday sale and by Monday was back to charging its usual premium prices for laptops, desktops and MP3 players.

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.

The card does charge an annual $ 59 dollar fee, although this is significantly lower than the fees charged by many of its competitors, as you'll find below.

Try charging customers for your product when you have 12 competitors giving the product away free finances by $ 20 million of VC.

By comparison, HBO, Netflix's most often talked - about competitor, charges $ 15 a month for its service.

If you are already working with a provider, negotiate your rates by providing them with details on what their competitors are charging.

The three had «colluded with representatives from a Chinese government entity and a direct competitor of the university for which they worked to illegally acquire N.I.H. - funded research for the benefit of those entities,» charged U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, as quoted by The New York Times.

Lisa Schmidt, who often goes by the online pseudonym Exa Palmateer, is a former sugar - baby - turned - CEO at SugarMatchmaking.com, a competitor to SeekingArrangement that charges sugar daddies anywhere from $ 2,500 to $ 20,000 for a yearly membership.

By examining prices of competitors» books you can make a better informed decision on what to charge for your book.

Imagine if you bought a car and only the manufacturer was allowed the fix it and they charge you three times the price of the mechanic you prefer to go to or you buy a telly and the store tells you can only use it for the streaming service they provide put you wan na use it to watch a movie by one of there competitors.

If the retailer is not feeling the pressure of competition (ie they've put all their competitors out of business by selling books below cost in the past), the retailer can now charge $ 14.00 and earn a nice spread of $ 7.00 at the consumer's expense.

They do so by offering accounts with fees and charges that are lower than competitors.

Now they tout they charge less than competitors (by a whopping 0.01 %).

Considering that the Altitude Reserve card's annual fee is already significantly less expensive than the annual fees charged by its closest competitors, the annual travel credit and other freebies make this card an exceptionally good value.

It must be because CanLII cites seem to vanish from the list of parallel cites in some paper journals published by commercial competitors who charge for access to their case law databases.

Just as the imposition of a licensing process facilitates the recognition of a profession and therefore an increase in the fees charged by such newly designated professionals, one could similarly elevate the value of one's products or services by giving them an unique compliance with a national standard, which compliance, and resulting competitive advantages, are not matched by the products or services of one's competitors.

Moreover, the writers of the report warn that firms which still charge by the Billable Hour are at risk of being ousted by their agile competitors.

what the circumstances are in which a policy, pursued by a dominant undertaking, of charging low prices to certain former customers of a competitor must be considered to amount to an exclusionary abuse, contrary to Article [102 TFEU], and, in particular, whether the finding of such an abuse may be based on the mere fact that the price charged to a single customer by the dominant undertaking is lower than the average total costs attributed to the business activity concerned, but higher than the total incremental costs pertaining to the latter.

Their low overhead, efficient use of personnel resources, and technology platform permit them to provide highly effective legal services at price levels that are substantially below the prices charged by their large firm competitors.

You will be pleasantly surprised by our low rates, which are far below what our competitors charge.

For instance, if one platform charges a high fee to one side of the market in order to subsidize another side of the market (say, by offering generous rewards), this creates an opportunity for a savvy competitor to undermine that balancing by charging the first side of the market a lower fee, thus attracting consumers from its competitor and, perhaps, making its pricing strategy unprofitable.

Because Robinhood instead employs a leaner engineering - focused team and doesn't need physical locations, it can pass the savings on to customers and undercut competitors by charging no per - trade fee.

I was asked an awesome question today by a client who had been looking at some of my competitors» website: «Why do you charge one rate for most resumes instead of charging based on experience level?»

Any Advertising by a REALTOR ® which contains seemingly derogatory statements about other Registrants or competitors, their businesses or their business practices may form the basis of an ethics charge only if such statements are false or misleading within the meaning of the Competition Act, or are otherwise prohibited by law.»

Rather, antitrust conspiracies are most commonly proven by inferences drawn from the actions of competitors, such as private discussions about prices and subsequent uniformity of the prices charged by the participants to such discussions.

We counter this by pointing out that the percentage of our listings that we sell is similar to that of our competitors who charge higher commissions.