Sentences with phrase «competing companies consumers»

The range of competing companies consumers have to choose from is a testament to the steady (or sometimes explosive) growth of the online insurance market.

Not exact matches

While the proposed bid has gone on hiatus, the Quebec - based company must still compete for consumers with other home improvement chains, notably Home Depot.
These technology companies are leveraging their control over consumer attention and customer data to vertically integrate upstream into content creation, spending billions per year on original content to compete head - to - head with the studios.
Intel, Dell and Apple are just a few of the companies competing to introduce a product that allows consumers to simply set hardware down for a charge.
Criticism of Google's dominance in search — it enjoys a 90 per cent market share in Europe — reached a fever pitch this year, with competing search engines and major publishers attacking the company, and even consumer rights groups piling on.
While rumors about a potential merger between the electric car maker and consumer electronics giant have swirled for years, a new Bloomberg report suggests that Tesla has recruited at least 150 employees from Apple — more than any other company, including competing car firms.
Under Jung, Avon leaned too far toward being a beauty company that wanted to compete with blue - chip consumer packaged - goods companies like Procter & Gamble (PG) and L'Oréal.
While a minor player in social networking, Google competes with Facebook for advertising dollars and consumers» time, as do other social media companies like Twitter.
They would compete with similar companies for attention, hoping consumers would select their products over those of their direct competitors.
Smaller, independent brands are seen by many consumers, especially younger ones, to be more hip and healthy and rather than compete with them many big food and drink companies have looked to buy into and learn from startup innovation, a leaf straight out of Silicon Valley's playbook.
The joint Regulatory Cooperation Action Plan announced this week seeks to lower costs for businesses and consumers, increase trade and investment, and help U.S. and Canadian companies compete more effectively with new, strong rivals in global markets.
A business model explains which consumer pain your startup chooses to relieve, why your solution works better than competing ones and how big a wedge a company can drive between what customers are willing to pay and the costs.
It may be tough for some companies to compete in the highly saturated candy industry, but Hillside, N.J. - based Hillside Candy Co. has found success in a niche that caters to consumers who lead a healthy lifestyle but still want to enjoy the sweeter things in life, President and CEO Ted Cohen says.
«Brand Coke is a wonderful brand, and we want to make sure it's very relevant for what the consumer wants today, but a company of our size has a great ability to compete across all categories in the non-alcoholic ready - to - drink market including some of the smaller categories,» she said.
I t may be tough for some companies to compete in the highly saturated candy industry, but Hillside, N.J. - based Hillside Candy Co. has found success in a niche that caters to consumers who lead a healthy lifestyle but still want to enjoy the sweeter things in life, President and CEO Ted Cohen says.
Charging less and providing more for consumers seems like a decent way for smaller companies to compete, but not all practice this approach.
Tech companies are looking to expand their footprint from traditional consumer electronics, and car companies are competing to provide the latest in infotainment and connectivity services to their customers.
I would say that Tesla's day's in the monopolistic sun are numbered - more than 120 electric car models have been promised to appear over the next several years and Tesla has ZERO patents to protect itself and has run out of govt subsidies in the U.S. - they are going to have to compete against companies whose cars have a $ 7500 price advantage and will be unable to continue raping the consumer by selling zero emission credits.
Because Tesla does not have any dealership franchises whatsoever, the company's direct - to - consumer model is not in violation of this rule because the factory - owned stores do not have any franchise dealerships with which to compete.
Self Publishing is becoming more competitive than ever before, and even though Top Consumer Reviews has rated Outskirts Press the # 1 self - publishing company (more on that in the near future), we still have to compete aggressively for those authors who shop based solely on price (rather than high quality and service).
Since Apple's launch of its first consumer - friendly tablet in 2010, the sector has spawned a slew of slate tablets from competing companies.
The latest product from the company, not coincidentally announced a couple of weeks ahead of Black Friday, looks to be competing with Amazon on price, as well — a tough proposition when you're going up against the reigning champion of consumer hardware subsidies.
When I asked for his reaction to the Department of Justice's anti-trust lawsuit against Apple and the Publisher Defendants over eBook pricing, he eschewed gloating and stuck to the company line: «We think it's great for customers for retailers to be able to compete and set prices for consumers and try to find a way to build a great business and a great consumer offering.»
Barnes & Noble Inc. is to split in two, separating its unprofitable Nook digital business from its consumer bookstores, an acknowledgment of the difficulties the retailer faces in competing with bigger companies like Amazon.com Inc. in the e-book and hardware sector.
But Amazon is a high profile software and tech company with lots of consumer metrics and a dominant position, while Barnes & Noble, through their recent partnership with Microsoft, has acknowledged the need to become a technological company in order to compete in the e-reading arena.
I expect the company won't just try to compete, it will give everything to tempt consumers away from Apple and its «magical» iPad.
It has allowed the company to garner key consumer feedback so it can create an even better product that can compete with the iPad and, in the end, deliver an even better user experience for its customers.
Near the end of the earnings call, one analyst asked Jobs about Apple's competitors - specifically, how those companies would attempt to compete with the iPad in the consumer tablet market.
Companies that have introduced consumer tablets to compete with the iPad are dialing back production as demand for their tablets is failing to meet expectations.
The big three consumer reporting companies compete fiercely for their share of the business.
Vantage is a joint venture modeling company form by the big three consumer bureaus to compete with the FICO score.
Unfortunately, companies that offer credit repair services have been a target for consumer watchdog groups, the government, media and other industries that compete with credit repair services.
Just as American companies are not competing solely for domestic consumers, they are not competing solely against American counterparts, and the victor will not always live in our own backyard.
Companies are competing for your business by lowering their fees and offering better products and it all benefits the consumer.
This included the «True Blue Test,» which NAD said conveyed the message that competing «big name» pet food companies were deceiving consumers.
Petsy also won the consumer category of the countrywide competition, in which 110 companies competed.
As the pet food industry continues to compete with a growing human population for protein sources, and pet food companies and consumers continue to seek novel proteins, insects could potentially provide many solutions.
More than a decade ago, the company's executives made the decision to switch the chain's merchandising strategies, at first trying to compete for higher - end consumers, and then backtracking and going after lower - middle - class shoppers.
Credit card companies have to compete with each other for different segments of the consumer market.
Factors that could cause Blizzard Entertainment's actual future results to differ materially from those expressed in the forward - looking statements set forth in this release include, but are not limited to, sales of Blizzard Entertainment's titles, shifts in consumer spending trends, the seasonal and cyclical nature of the interactive game market, Blizzard Entertainment's ability to predict consumer preferences among competing hardware platforms (including next - generation hardware), declines in software pricing, product returns and price protection, product delays, retail acceptance of Blizzard Entertainment's products, adoption rate and availability of new hardware and related software, industry competition, rapid changes in technology and industry standards, protection of proprietary rights, litigation against Blizzard Entertainment, maintenance of relationships with key personnel, customers, vendors and third - party developers, domestic and international economic, financial and political conditions and policies, foreign exchange rates, integration of recent acquisitions and the identification of suitable future acquisition opportunities, Activision Blizzard's success in integrating the operations of Activision Publishing and Vivendi Games in a timely manner, or at all, and the combined company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits and synergies of the transaction to the extent, or in the timeframe, anticipated.
Since the system launched in March, it came out where there was no need for consumers or companies to try and to compete for the system.
Despite the drop in prices, the sector provides opportunities for companies as well as consumers, he added, explaining that textile firms in Turkey can't out - compete their Chinese or Egyptian counterparts on price, but they can offer better compliance with international (especially European Union) standards.
Fast forward to 2009 and there's a plethora of competing claims made by companies and much more awareness that simply dumping your old gear is a bad idea.Clearly there's now demand for greener gadgets, a fact confirmed by recent research from the US Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) on demand for green products.
But under «managed competition,» each insurance company can set its own price and compete for consumers» business.
Other legal plan companies may similarly decide to migrate into the direct - to - consumer market and offer plans that compete with ours.
In many cases consumers can have leading companies compete for their business.
Insurance companies use narrow networks to trim enrollee costs in an effort to compete for consumers with less expensive premiums.
Each company competes to offer the best product at the best price - and you as a consumer win by looking at the whole market (like you would do on Amazon).
NetQuote can help you earn how the Internet has made researching and buying health insurance easier and more convenient for consumers, and how to receive and choose the best health insurance quote from competing insurance companies.
Consumers complete one simple and secure online application, netQuote matches their application with the right agents, and within minutes the consumer receives multiple insurance quotes directly from those competing companies.
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