Sentences with phrase «consumer business like»

Still, he points out that a direct - to - consumer business like Lovehoney wouldn't be directly impacted — at least not its sales.

Not exact matches

«SMBs are businesses that behave like consumers,» says Bastin Gerald, founder of Apptivo, a developer and provider of CRM and related solutions.

Why you should care: The goal of Placemeter is to collect data to help increase the effectiveness of urban design, give local businesses a better idea of their traffic, and help consumers get useful info like how crowded the bar down the street is before you get there.

The registration total, announced on Wednesday during the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, include both hobbyists and businesses that use drones for tasks like inspecting rooftops for damage or taking pictures of farmland.

And while the iMirror is the kind of product that feeds directly into consumers» current assumptions of what IoT technology looks like, there are plenty of Canadian companies finding business applications that consumers will hardly notice.

It breaks down like this: So as a business owner, it's important to consider the consumer trend towards gift cards to ensure that you are offering customers the products and payment options that they demand.

Similarly, the number of fans shows how popular a brand is and Facebook reviews can reassure buyers by showing them that other consumers like a business.

Telematics can offer up business intelligence: Insurance companies like Desjardins, for instance, are offering to adjust rates for consumers who install car - monitoring devices that will analyze their driving habits.

But as the overall consumer smartphone market declines, Apple sees business customers — long the domain of companies like Microsoft and Dell Technologies — as a new area of growth.

Direct sales seemed like a perfect fit for Steeped Tea: The party setting would allow consultants to educate consumers and build camaraderie, and the consumable nature of the product would be an ideal recipe for repeat business.

Hasbro will launch a new game subscription service this summer, becoming the first big toy maker to try a business model that has found success for other consumer products like razors, beauty products, and meal kits.

It's not unusual to see companies trading well above 20 times earnings these days, especially more bond - like businesses, such as dividend - paying consumer staples, utilities and other defensive equities, says Arthur Heinmaa, chief investment officer at Cidel Asset Management.

But, «direct to consumer» will eventually be the brave new economy that will shape our IoT industry whether businesses like it or not.

The new team furiously started spitting out added features and new versions of Skype every four to six weeks, and dove into significant new businesses, including smartphone apps, deals to embed Skype in consumer products like TVs and game consoles, and partnerships with Facebook and Verizon Wireless (VZ).

Small - business owners looking to buy mobile phones are often treated more like consumers than business professionals with specific business needs.

He describes the experience as one characterized by service providers who usually see small - business users much like consumers, and small - business users who often don't analyze their own needs and desires well enough to understand what they're looking for.

«The small - business user's buying process is exactly like the consumer's.

This doesn't just stop at consumer - focused projects like commercial banking, but even businesses like Currency are taking this change in consumer behavior and using it to their advantage with facilitating equipment leasing through their online portal.

Why I Like It: While this book is about marketing to consumers, even business buyers are influenced by the principles that it describes.

When consumers and the financial industry do come on board, the Committee advises regulating it much like other financial services products, like supervising bitcoin exchanges with «requirements for business continuity planning,» and «a forum for fraud prevention and disclosure of bitcoin's risks and costs.»

But he's said to be an «insatiable» consumer of news, getting up at 6 a.m. to watch TV and then read print newspapers like the New York Post, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal, according to Business Insider.

We are a family run business and we appreciate feedback from consumers like you, as it is helpful in our planning.»

What consumers seem to understand even better than some of us in the business is that putting your name on a product says you're proud of it and you hope they like it.

But traditional telecom conglomerates like Rogers still rule the content business end - to - end by producing the shows that consumers watch and owning the channels and cable connections on which they do so.

Investors like to see longevity and a stable marketplace full of consumers, so you should be able to show them the value of your business and how that value will only continue to grow.

It was intriguing to me how many consumers, especially under 35, would value a Business Insider article like they would something from The Wall Street Journal.

In other words, decisions about business solutions are indeed based on trust, emotions, and aspirations, and business software users need to be entertained, connected with, and spoken to in their interactions with technology vendors in exactly the same way as when engaging with consumer brands like Apple, Nike, and Starbucks.

As corporations increasingly rely on contractors for core parts of their business, they are held responsible by ethically minded consumers for actions further back in the supply chain - even the provenance of the mineral tantalum in their electronic devices like smartphones.

For example, if you write about business and consumer tech for a living (like someone we know), you can set Flipboard up to deliver a steady stream of the latest articles from technology - focused sources like CNET, GigaOM, Engadget, TechCrunch, Wired and however many other topic - relevant publications you like.

From consumer - facing, web - based productivity apps like Google Docs to enterprise database management suites, the tools businesses rely on are increasingly moving to the cloud.

According to FBN's co-founder, VP of Product Charles Baron: «The ways in which farmers do business had not been touched by e-commerce and social networks like other consumer industries before.

Get started by conducting a Google search for keywords that consumers would be likely to use when searching for a business or products like yours.

With our service, we make it possible for small business and consumers to rent high - tech items like Go Pro cameras, drones, and 3 - D printers.

You're able to understand so many opportunities outside by learning about different topics like consumer and organizational behavior, that you can see (a.) ways to improve and, (b.) new opportunities in a business.

And much like Amazon's (AMZN) Web Services division, which quietly provides cloud computing to other businesses, MLB.com has turned its powerful consumer brand into a healthy technology business.

Adding to their marquee offering of cheap calls, Internet telephony providers are courting small businesses with services like unified messaging and live - calling software for consumer Web sites.

But it certainly helps modernize the company's aging image, particularly as business software looks and acts more like consumer apps.

Running the printing press like never before has indeed produced a mountain of cash on bank balance sheets, but they aren't lending it out much to consumers and business.

The grocery business is undergoing a slow - moving revolution, as more consumers opt for high - end supermarkets like Whole Foods or choose to purchase goods online or at discount outlets.

Look at the business in light of consumer or economic trends; for example, if you're considering a store that sells products based on a fad like Crocs, will that client base still be intact five or 10 years later?

«The BCSC strongly urges consumers to avoid these types of seminars,» the release said, noting that they often offer «questionable ways to succeed in business and / or to make money through things like precious metals, consumer debt, environmental projects, and international mutual funds.»

Business - focused paid services are all feeling intense pressure from free or near free consumer video conferencing alternatives like Google (goog) Hangouts and Microsoft Skype.

Nilam Ganenthiran, Toronto - based vice-president of business development and strategy at Instacart, says the Canadian grocery shopper now looks much like the American consumer did when the company debuted, in 2012: increasingly comfortable with online ordering, and willing to trust people hired to fulfil a grocery order.

Smaller players such as Fairmont and Omni may feel compelled to offer instant rewards to get the attention of business travelers, though when it comes to perks like WiFi, even the larger players are capitulating to consumer demand; InterContinental newly instituted free WiFi this month to its higher membership tiers with universal access to all members beginning in 2014.

Van der Does, looking relaxed after returning from a vacation where he's been windsurfing, explains that unlike consumer - facing payment apps like Apple Pay, Adyen works on the back - end and is a business - to - business product.

In all parts of the world, women entrepreneurs are more likely to run businesses that work directly with the consumer, like retail businesses, the GEM data shows.

Skeptics feel that these figures are mostly repercussions of a combination of the ECB's quantitative easing program and cheap oil, but positive indicators like rebounding business and consumer confidence show clear signs of economic improvement.

A growing number of businesses, like Target, Sephora, Bath and Body Works, and Olive Garden deliver coupons via mobile devices in an effort to appeal to consumers, many of whom would never think of clipping or carrying coupons.

«Investments in mobile search, mobile cloud, location - based services and consumer produces like mobile games are helping to build a moat around Baidu's business.»

Some established businesses, like the Zagat Survey restaurant guides, already roughly fit the category — Zagat gets consumers to fill out restaurant surveys and organizes them into guides that grow stale and need replacing, like last year's fashions.