Sentences with phrase «compete for the business of»

The company is headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., and the lenders on the company's site compete for the business of the applicants who use LendingTree.Getting a Personal Loan Through LendingTreeLendingTree -LSB-...]

US firms like Perkins Coie have had blockchain practices for years and they're competing for the business of Canadian blockchain startups.

Several insurers compete for the business of state residents.

Despite the state's small size, there are still a number of Vermont car insurance companies eager to compete for the business of auto owners.

With multiple sectors and providers competing for the business of end users, the software world has become highly competitive.

Their website also allow agents to compete for the business of home buyers and home sellers in Canada (and is a much more interesting process than filling out Zoocasa's multiple forms to be connected with an agent).

Productivity is a major edge in a fiercely competitive industry, especially when an agent is competing for the business of a quality - conscious buyer or seller.

Not exact matches

UPS told Reuters it is now eyeing the furniture delivery business — one of the fastest - growing segments of online retail — with Amazon, Wayfair and other e-commerce companies competing for market share against chains like Crate and Barrel and big - box stores.

As the agreement involves 40 percent of the world's competing economies, it's a big deal for business owners.

Google Buzz wants to compete with the likes of Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, but it falls short of its competitors when it comes being a resource for small businesses, TheStreet reports.

One of the hardest tasks for small businesses is making sure it has the skills and equipment on board to allow it to compete with other larger companies in the same field.

The order «hinders the ability of American companies to attract talented employees, increases costs imposed on business, makes it more difficult for American firms to compete in the international marketplace, and gives global enterprises a new, significant incentive to build operations — and hire new employees — outside the United States,» according to the brief.

Friends - turned - business partners have until August 1st to submit their ideas to the Miller Lite Tap the FutureTM business plan competition and compete for a portion of the $ 400,000 prize pool.

Not every business has the marketing mileage or budget to compete with the likes of Coca Cola or Apple and when it comes devising and executing the advertising campaign for your small or start - up business, -LSB-...]

Remember that there a lots of different processors competing for your business, so they'll be prepared to make a few compromises to secure it.

However, rather than compete for market share on the merits or fulfill its statutory obligation to enable competitors to practice its invention after its patents expired, Green Mountain has abused its dominance in the brewer market by coercing business partners at every level of the K - Cup distribution system to enter into anticompetitive agreements intended to unlawfully maintain Green Mountain's monopoly over the markets in which K - Cups are sold.

And it's here where a new battle is brewing, because these middlemen, which make up the backbone of the Internet, and which many small businesses also depend on for access, are now competing head - on with enormous providers like Comcast and Verizon.

Factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from these forward - looking statements include such factors as the Company's ability to accomplish its business initiatives, obtain regulatory approval and protect its intellectual property; significant fluctuations in marketing expenses and ability to achieve or grow revenue, or recognize net income, from the sale of its products and services, as well as the introduction of competing products, or management's ability to attract and maintain qualified personnel necessary for the development and commercialization of its planned products, and other information that may be detailed from time to time in the Company's filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

Look for two or three people with whom you don't compete and who don't work with you and use them to form your own «board of directors,» a strategy promoted by Stanford Graduate School of Business professor Jeffrey Pfeffer.

That's why you should consider a covenant not to compete, in which an employee joining your firm agrees not to work for a competing business for a specified period of time.

For example, giant tech firms often struggle to keep up with the ingenious pace of new tech startups — some find a solution in acquiring the agile business, rather than trying to compete directly.

Not every business has the marketing mileage or budget to compete with the likes of Coca Cola or Apple and when it comes devising and executing the advertising campaign for your small or start - up business, it often pays to be creative.

«Commerce is going to be really big with us, and we want to show we can compete head - to - head with major commerce competitors,» said Squarespace's founder and CEO Anthony Casalena, a group that includes Weebly, Wix, Shopify and GoDaddy, all of which offer specialized commerce features for small businesses.

In a situation which seems alien to the world of business, SAAS companies are effectively competing to see who can provide the most high - quality and relevant material to their users for free, and with very little chance of direct ROI in the immediate future.

Ideally, benefits of this special 8 (a) program to the protà © gà © firm — which can have only one mentor at a time — will include technical and management assistance; options to enter into joint - venture business agreements with mentor firms to compete for government contracts; financial assistance in the form of equity or loans; and qualification for other SBA assistance programs.

These key characteristics are the resulting survival methods learned through the volatility of the last decade, and are necessary for a business to be successful in the ever - changing, fast - paced environment in which small businesses compete.

Regarding Disney's decision to end it movie - output deal with Netflix with 2019 releases, Sarandos said, «We just have to focus on creating content that our members can't live without... Whether or not one of our partners decides to produce for us or compete with us, that's really a choice that they have to make based on their own business.»

Nearly a third (32 percent) of small - business owners in the retail trade industry say their business competes with Amazon for customers.

If you do that, you're in a position of power and can get banks to compete for your business by reducing application fees, draw fees and unused line fees, as well as the interest rate.

Kazakoff and Rose have poked fun at business schools» growing acceptance of the GRE exam (dismissed by them as a ploy by schools to compete for more female applicants) and donned powdered wigs, ruffled shirts and tailored Victorian jackets, bantering in British accents for a recent segment on the invention of capitalism.

Workplace is essentially a version of Facebook's social network that businesses can subscribe to for a fee, similar to competing workplace collaboration tools from Google (goog), Microsoft (msft), and Atlassian (team).

Goulden also said Virtustream will be part of the vCloud Air Network, although it's unclear what, exactly that means given that Virtustream and vCloud would often compete for the same business accounts.

«Everyone prefers leaders who are exposed to global business practices, and supply is limited,» says Kandula, so companies across a broad array of industries compete for the same people.

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.

Amazon will presumably use the Whole Foods business to ensure it can compete for those billions of dollars that will be up for grabs.

TEAMS from a range of Perth businesses will don the lycra and sweat bands to compete in the Spin to Cure Diabetes competition this Friday to raise money for juvenile type 1 diabetes research.

Rene offers one other piece of salient advice for companies trying to win business abroad when they're competing with local firms: don't coast.

Barbara Corcoran is known for her gutsy business moves, but the Shark Tank investor and entrepreneur displayed a new level of leadership and bravery by competing on CBS's Dancing With the Stars.

«From a business perspective,» wrote Peter Tertzakian, chief economist at ARC Financial, last year, «each new barrel of oil must now compete for market share instead of being always guaranteed a top - dollar buyer.»

States should not and can not impose their will on other states, but instead should compete for residents and businesses based on the wisdom or folly of their political choices.

Given competing sales from two of the world's biggest retailers, other businesses may be bound for slow traffic this week.

Such affiliations are cropping up among small banks all across the country, in part because they've got to compete not only with bigger banks but with credit - card companies and other financial - services organizations that offer this type of full - service menu and are hungry for a share of the small - and midsize - business market.

Still, Gavet had words of praise for Boyd, saying that «there's a very strong business case to be made» for his strategy, which she described as decentralized, forcing Priceline's subsidiary companies to compete with each other.

Right now, non-banks are most active in the low margin parts of the trading business, with Morgan Stanley and Oliver Wyman estimating that these firms only compete for ~ 15 % of the fee pool.

Without them, you lack identity; without identity you're just another face in a crowded field of businesses competing for talent.

Sixteen people compete in silly weekly tasks that have little to do with the work of a business executive for the «dream job of a lifetime.»

If you're one of many companies competing for a firm's business, start by asking: Why did you invite us here?

(Hofmann, it should be noted, has ties to a competing business model of sorts: He advises a startup called SilverCloud that markets online cognitive behavioral therapy programs for anxiety and other conditions.)

This would save small businesses a large percentage of money and allow them to focus on their core strengths knowing that their software and hardware will just work and is monitored and supported for pennies on the dollar and allow these companies to compete with corporations many times their size.

«Consumers are better off without the merger because Sprint and T - Mobile will continue to compete fiercely for budget - conscious customers,» said Erik Gordon, a Ross School of Business professor at the University of Michigan.