Sentences with phrase «consumer companies out»

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Zandberg points out that alcohol companies are experts at developing and promoting consumer brands, something that cannabis firms, until now confined to the medical space, haven't done before.

If you're concerned about cost - effectively getting your company's message out to the right prospects, consumers and customers, you need to make sure that you're not spending your scarce resources in passé places and on cluttered channels that are getting you nowhere.

As you look across the robotics landscape, there are a number of notable names that may come to mind, from the «cute» robots that consumer electronics companies roll out for the holidays to the big acquisitions being made by Silicon Valley companies, including Google.

So, are these large plans just a gesture completely disregarding the companies profits, no, they are carefully laid out plans capitalizing on the average consumer's change in attitude towards the environment.

A&W's operating company has been owned by current and former management since 1995, when they bought out global consumer goods giant Unilever.

In 2010, Fadell, who grew up in Michigan, founded Nest, a consumer - tech company that in October launched its first product — the world's first «learning thermostat» — that can figure out the temperature you prefer.

As one analyst recently told me, many consumer electronics will soon be coming out of cereal boxes, which explains the «bloodbath» currently happening among Japanese companies, where big losses and merger talk is all the rage.

We as consumers are exposed to a lot of green washing, and are skeptical of companies that seemingly out of the blue introduce something «mission» related.

The company's sales in the region have tumbled 7 % for the first nine months of 2014 despite an overall increase in sportswear gear sales, as consumers buy more shoes, tights and shorts for working out and even for their casual streetwear needs.

Horace Luke hopes the electric Smartscooters from his Taipei - based company, Gogoro, will help snuff out some of Taiwan's air pollution, as well as provide a fun and efficient ride for consumers.

Called My Intelligent Communication Accessory, or MICA, the snakeskin bracelets are aimed at fashion - conscious women and are an attempt by the two companies to stand out in a growing field of often - clunky smartwatches and fitness brands that have yet to catch on widely with consumers.

Brand - licensing models are not new in the industry; European companies like Philips and Alcatel have made money from consumer electronics by licensing out their brand after capitulating to Asian competitors more than a decade ago.

Winnebago is also moving away from the traditional concept of model years — if consumers have complaints or find ways to improve their vehicles, the company won't wait until the next model comes out to fix them.

Both companies currently manufacture cars with price tags of $ 100,000, which put them out of reach for most consumers.

Benjamin Wolin, co-founder and CEO of Everyday Health, a digital - media company that owns sites and produces content related to health, started the business in 2002 with two co-founders with the goal of allowing different players in healthcare to reach out and communicate with consumers.

The company is now trying a strategy of deliberately keeping inventory low and selling products at full price in order to foster an air of exclusivity, thereby encouraging consumers to spend for fear the desired items will sell out.

Investors» fears of an all - out trade war between the United States and China is prompting U.S. stock fund managers to hunt for companies that can easily pass on higher costs to their consumers.

Privacy policies let consumers know what information the company has access to and how the company intends to use that information, which gives consumers the option of opting out of any internet transaction that threatens their privacy.

IDC also pointed out a large reason for the Chromebook's success: the low - cost devices have been a hit with K - 12 schools in the United States, even though the company is still looking to break into consumer and business markets.

The presentation also called out Mick McGuire, Marcato's founder and head, for his «track record of losses in the boardroom,» citing his tenure on the boards of NCR, a consumer technology company, and Borders, the now defunct bookstore.

«As an investor, I think the ideas and discoveries coming out of biohacking will change the world,» says Scholnick, though he adds that companies concentrating in this market face a challenge in developing products that are easy for consumers to understand and use.

The company also made sure to have more product available during the holiday season to avoid out of stocks and was well positioned to take advantage of heightened consumer interest in products like mobile phones and video games.

We rage against out - of - control CEO pay, demand stricter corporate governance, and yet we love the dominant leader who cuts through the noise, gives us something we didn't know we wanted and creates the most valuable company in the world in an industry — consumer electronics and entertainment — that commands just two or three per cent of household budgets and GDP.

Second, companies like Facebook should be required to provide service to consumers even if they opt out of sharing info with the company.

Candace Klein, the CEO of SoMoLend, a debt - based funding platform, points out: «We are usually targeting consumer - facing brick - and - mortar companies — restaurants, retailers, salons, gyms — that already have customers, already have cash flow, and can service debt.

Shah's CSRs also reach out to customers on social media outlets and networks to engage them in dialogue, which helps CSN get candid feedback about the company and its reps. «We have enhanced many consumer promotions, deals and rewards this year and plan to do the same in the next year — in an effort to bolster customer retention, interest and loyalty,» he said.

Paul Moroz, Mawer Investment Management's deputy chief investment officer, points out that many emerging - market consumer staples companies did exceptionally well this year because they offered investors stability, dividends and growth.

This «packaged fresh» category — a term coined by Campbell Soup CEO Denise Morrison — has become critical to consumer packaged goods companies as they seek out growth.

The third thing is that Founders Need to Run the Company Longer Today, we take for granted new mobile apps and consumer devices appearing seemingly overnight, reaching tens of millions of users — and just as quickly falling out of favor.

In general, telecommunications companies were the winners, while consumers and Internet companies lost out.

Back then, to generate awareness for the product, the company created the high - profile Explorer program in which a beta version of the device was handed out to a group of consumers for testing.

According to Apple lore, Jobs and company realized during the early days that the ideal arrangement was to break up areas based on consumer interactions: an area for checking out how a camera and printer worked with a computer, another space for multimedia - focused tasks and so on, with an emphasis on hands - on demos, so consumers could handle the goods themselves.

The largest U.S. student loan servicer, Navient (navi), cheated borrowers out of billions of dollars, often by deceiving them about repayment options and their legal rights, the U.S. consumer financial watchdog said on Wednesday as it announced a lawsuit against the company.

-- Coral Chung, co-founder and CEO of Senreve, a direct - to - consumer handbag company which has sold out of its bags five times since launching in 2016 with sales in the multi-millions

Giesler points out that for decades, McDonald's was one of the best companies around at shaping consumer trends in ways that benefited its business.

When Fortune reached out to Pepperidge Farm, the company simply said, «We enforce and defend our valuable trademark rights and we want consumers to be sure of the source of their products.

«Small businesses have a lot of great deals, but it's difficult for consumers to know what's out there and to filter the signal from the noise,» says Signpost CEO Stuart Wall, who co-founded the company (then named Postabon) in 2009.

Shares in Japan's Nintendo Co. surged on Friday as consumers flocked to try out its new Pokemon GO smartphone game, raising hopes that the company's long - awaited shift into mobile gaming will pay off.

It has been months — an eternity in Silicon Valley — since the company rolled out a new product that excited consumers.

The iPhone's popularity has catapulted Apple from an underdog fighting IBM to arguably the most successful consumer electronics companies out there.

But as Ma points out, his company's name - brand recognition is relatively low among the American business owners that he hopes will start selling their goods to Chinese consumers via Alibaba's online platforms.

For instance, whereas many consumer - products companies would employ rank - and - file workers in sales and marketing, Baker has farmed out most of those functions to brokers and outside strategists.

While it may no longer be the only innovative company out there, with cheap valuations and a still dedicated consumer base, there's a good chance this stock will rebound.

While DropBox is a consumer - driven company, it still has not figured out how to monetize its online storage platform.

Find out if the company has received complaints by contacting local and government authorities, such as a local consumer protection agency, the attorney general's office, the FTC and the Better Business Bureau.

Tetrick acknowledges that the roll out of what the company is calling Just Scrambled could be more challenging for consumers from a psychological perspective since it's a replacement for an actual egg, not just the egg as an ingredient.

Companies will be required to find ways to reach out to this new customer base in order to satisfy consumer demand.

Instead of allowing the wood to rot into nothingness, the company is going outs of its way to reclaim the wood and change it into something consumers can enjoy in their homes.

«It's really just calling out to the company, saying it has an important role to play in lowering our dependence on oil and appealing to the brand's fans and consumers to ask them to be the company we want them to be.»

More recently, it's struggled to strike a deal for its consumer healthcare business, with major potential bidders like GlaxoSmithKline pulling out and Procter & Gamble deciding to buy German pharmaceutical company Merck KGaA's consumer unit instead.