Sentences with phrase «companies expanded their use»

However, companies expanded their use of this practice over the past ten years, responding to increasing labor and audit regulation.

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GDPR will codify data protection rules for all companies that collect data from EU citizens while greatly expanding individuals» control over how and when their personal data is collected and used.

A Seattle native, Gorelick used some of his musical earnings to invest in Starbucks in the mid-1980s as CEO Howard Schultz started to expand the company out of the Pacific Northwest.

«The growth of our business depends in part on existing sellers expanding their use of our products and services,» the company says in the prospectus.

The latest batch of recommendations also includes a fund of about $ 100 million to help promising smaller companies expand, and a suggestion that the federal government use its $ 18 - billion procurement budget to favour young companies that need an anchor client.

In October, the Trump Administration debuted a program in which the FAA would work with local governments and companies to create a set of rules that would expand how businesses could use drones.

As she expands her furniture company, RockPaperRobot founder Jessica Banks walks us through her big decisions: where to manufacture, whom to partner with and what materials to use.

While the partnering companies are using the shipping industry as a start, Gault and EY's Crawford have plans to expand the platform to other categories of insurance, like automotive, in due time.

DeSimone said the money would be used to help Carbon expand to work with companies around the world, especially in Japan and China.

The company plans to use the investment to expand further, it said.

The company has raised more than $ 230 million in venture capital since its founding, from investors such as Sigma West and Ignition Partners, and is using that money to rapidly expand its business outside the U.S.. It's well on its way: DocuSign is available in 43 languages.

Fortune noted earlier this year that the service is looking to grow that revenue through an expanded targeted network that will focus more on «programmatic» ads, where companies use software to buy and sell ads automatically based on algorithms.

John Zimmer, the start - up's 29 - year - old president, says the company plans to use the capital to expand globally, open offices overseas, and continue to hire employees.

Looking ahead: Moveline recently raised a $ 1.5 million seed round of funding, which it will use to expand the company to other major cities, add more staff and enhance the product.

The commercial rental product line utilizes capital for the purchase of vehicles to replenish and expand the Company's fleet available for shorter - term use by contractual or occasional customers.

Although the program is generally reserved for existing entrepreneurs wanting to expand their business, the pair was able to secure $ 20,000 for their startup, Coracao Confections, an Emeryville, Calif. - based chocolate company that uses all organic ingredients, antioxidant - rich raw cacao and low glycemic sugars.

Razzaque has already put the money to use, expanding SocialToaster's sales, marketing and customer service teams as he takes his message to even larger companies.

The company, launched in 2009, started by selling medical refrigerators used in labs and hospitals but recently expanded into fiber - optic devices, which heat up as light and data travel through them.

Franchising is a way for companies to expand their business by licensing the rights to third - party retailers or individuals — or franchisees — who then can use the franchise's logo, name and business model.

Being marketers ourselves, we understand how marketers at other companies can use our product, and now that we've grown, we're expanding our ICP to also include the sales department.

However, national registration expands and protects your trademark rights, giving your company a presumption of first use of the mark in association with particular goods or services.

Gibbon said Shyp will expand to Miami in November, giving the company time to get used to the New York City market.

Ma says part of his strategy for growing the company is to continue expanding into developing countries — countries where approximately 6.5 billion people don't use e-commerce today.

For investors bargain hunting in the beleaguered sector, industry analysts recommend a relatively simple formula: Seek out companies that have low debt, that are growing their omnichannel presence (the term that is used to describe retailers» ability to serve customers either in - person or online), and that didn't expand too fast during the mall boom of the 1990s and 2000s.

By expanding profile pages — which about 3 million businesses use right now — Weiner believes small businesses will be able to compete more easily with larger companies.

With that in mind, here are six tools you can use to expand your company's reach.

Tony Xu, DoorDash's exuberant CEO, says the four - year - old company will use the cash to expand from 600 North American cities to 1,600 by year - end.

While the product uses a Dell Venue 8 Pro tablet with the Windows 8.1 OS, the company hopes to expand to Android and Apple devices in the future, including cell phones.

Connecting these devices with emerging technologies like connected speakers and intelligent voice assistants to expand their practicality, while also making them easier to use and monitor, represents one way PERS companies can continue to grow in the evolving healthcare market.

Gelman says the company will use the money to hire more employees, expand its physical footprint, invest in technology that will beef up its digital member portal, and more importantly, add a «scholarship program» for professional women who can't afford The Wing's rates.

And on Thursday, Mylan expanded its discount program, offering up to $ 300 off the cost of EpiPen with the use of a special «savings card,» thereby reducing the price for patients paying out - of - pocket by half, the company said.

Each of the companies are expanding upon «luxury» services previously reserved for a small segment of the population Today, technology brings each of these services to the fingertips of anyone willing to download an app and pay for the service, which are also made more affordable, as greater use and improved technology can bring prices down.

The company plans to use the new funds to expand outside of Germany.

The Berlin - based company plans to use the investment to expand the platform and advance cooperation with health insurance companies and insurers.

The enterprise plan adds expanded usage limits, additional administrative control, the ability to use the company's authentication system so IT can provision users without creating new accounts, etc..

This money could be used for launching new products, paying off debt or purchasing capital to expand the company, such as machines or buildings.

The company will use the funds mainly to enhance product capability and user experience and to expand its sales and marketing teams, Ajay Singh said.

The company will use the funds to further develop its transport offerings, accelerate customer acquisition and expand to international markets, the statement added.

New funding will be used to extend sales and marketing into Europe and APAC, expand engineering and data science teams to accelerate the company's new data analytics products, and fund potential acquisitions of key data source partners.

The company will use the funds to fuel its rapid growth and expand the development of its content marketing automation platform and proprietary Content Science ™ recommendation engine.

In October, BlackBerry expanded its relationship with Ford Motor Company to include a dedicated team working with Ford on expanding the use of BlackBerry's QNX Neutrino Operating System, Certicom security technology, QNX hypervisor, and QNX audio processing software.

The company will be using the funds it raised to further its legal efforts in Switzerland and continue to expand its marketing efforts.

But there's a pattern of American companies using their tax windfalls to reward investors rather than to expand.

The company said they are using the capital to expand into new markets; Nigeria, Namibia and the Philippines will be the next countries Bitx enters.

While many companies started out using social media to get the word out about products, the most successful have significantly expanded their efforts to engage their customers at every step of what we call the «customer corridor,» touch points that start when a potential customer first learns of a product and extend through the moment they opt to make repeat purchases.

Eight Strategic Investors Including Dell and Cisco Investments Signal Nantero's Strong Support WOBURN, MA — April 5, 2018 — Nantero Inc., the nanotechnology company developing nextgeneration memory using carbon nanotubes, today announced that it has expanded product development with a wide range of new and existing customers.

Funds from the latest round will be used for ramping up the company's tech backbone, expanding its marketing team as well as building partnerships with fleet owners, the press release added.

«We've got a strong and quickly growing client base and we're going to use the funds to both enhance our solution to existing clients and expand our sales team to grow the business,» said CEO Dan Ruch, whose clients include Opower, Wayfair and some undisclosed Fortune 500 companies.

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.

The company plans to use the funding to expand operations and its client base.