Sentences with phrase «consumer value system»

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While nutrition, convenience and price are concerns, consumers, particularly millennials, want the companies they are buying from to also represent their value system.

Essentially, we have made a consumer - welfare trade - off, swapping a more comprehensive system with somewhat higher fares for a more limited one that can deliver the best value on the country's most popular flights.

The Trump administration is committed to transforming the health care system into one that emphasizes value over marathon tests with hazy prices, while empowering consumers to find doctors and services the way they find restaurants on Yelp or Open Table, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told health insurers.

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 C2C (Consumer to Consumer) market — technology enablement and affordability is leading to customers participating in creating the value for themselves while entrepreneurs are becoming platform providers and in turn building a self sustaining system.

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, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; 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 ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; 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 United States and in various other nations in which we operate; 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 we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

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 business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; 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; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; 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; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

European Utility Week is the meeting place for the entire smart energy community from utilities, network operators, vendors, large energy consumers, consultants, startups and system integrators covering every facet of the smart energy value chain.

You won't want to miss this session, where three veteran strategic investors in health are breaking down barriers to supporting consumers, while providing greater value to the health system.

More importantly, it is the primary conveyor of a consumer culture whose values system is radically dissonant from biblical faith.

This lineup is being supplemented with new, developing programs that include Good Food Is Good Medicine, which aims to take the collective knowledge of FamilyFarmed, medical experts, nutritionists, chefs, farmers and others about the powerful connections between food and health, and make that information more readily available to members of the general public; and the Organic Grain Promotion Initiative, which seeks to advance the fast - growing interest in better, more sustainably produced, heirloom grains among retailers, consumers, bakers, distilleries, breweries and others while providing farmers with high - value - crop alternatives to the commodity farming system.

October 31, France adopted the NutriScore, a labelling system designed to inform consumers about the nutritional value of food choices.

Since 2000, she has been Director of Programs at Childbirth Connection, working with colleagues and partners to advance Childbirth Connection's mission of improving the quality and value of maternity care through consumer engagement and health system transformation (transform.childbirthconnection.org, http://www.childbirthconnection.org).

Patients, as consumers, may value elements of care that the health care system might not.»

Included in the PowerPoint: a) Scarcity, Choice and Opportunity Cost - The Fundamental Economic Problem - The Meaning of Scarcity and the inevitability of choices at all levels (individual, firms, govt)- The basic questions of what will be produced ow and for whom - The Meaning of the term «Ceteris Paribus» - The Margin and Decision Making at the Margin - Sort run, long run, very long run b) Positive and Normative Statements - the distinction between fact and value judgements c) Factors of Production - the rewards to the factors of production: land, labour, capital and enterprise - Specialization and division of labour d) Resource Allocation in Different Economic Systems and Issues of Transition - decision making in market, planned and mixed economies - the role of the factor enterprise in a modern economy e) Production Possibility Curves - shape and shifts of the curve - constant and increasing opportunity costs f) Money - functions and characteristics in a modern economy - barter, cash and bank deposits, cheques, near money, liquidity g) Classification of Goods and Services - free goods, private goods (economic goods) and public goods - merit goods and demerit goods as the outcome of imperfect information by consumers PowerPoint Also Includes: - Key Terms for each Chapter - Activities - Multiple Choice and Essay questions from past exam papers.

The panel stressed that «the most powerful system of indicators will start from the perspective of what consumers and the public expect and need from education» understanding that «the people of the United States also clearly expect the nation's schools and colleges to advance certain national values above and beyond the benefits education provides to individual students.»

At the time, they described the challenge this way: «Rapid technological innovations, new forms of ownership, and changing social expectations on the part of both producers and consumers make it difficult for any of us holding a job to live up to the values of the domain, the values of society, and our own system of values.»

Brands include AutoTrader (vehicle - inventory listings) and Kelley Blue Book (vehicle values) on the consumer side and vAuto (inventory - management systems), Dealertrack (dealership management systems) and Manheim (auto auctions) on the dealer side.

Progressively integrating these autonomous systems into Nissan cars will «demonstrate to consumers the viability and value» of self - driving features to customers over time.

Kobo's open - standards system might well be its unique selling proposition in India, a country where consumers are highly value - conscious and price sensitive.

«Our new Mobility Global Business Unit initially will focus on consumer tablets and will expand to additional segments and categories where we believe we can offer differentiated value to our customers,» read the HP internal memo, a copy of which is with the verge and is signed by Todd Bradley who heads HP's recently merged Printing and Personal Systems Group.

Yup, but again, that's based on «liking» rather that data - driving pricing models that reflect the value system of the consumer.

The self - publishing industry needs a filtering system, so that the consumers pay for value, enjoy and compensate he truly gifted writers.

The project shares many of the values we uphold in the tolino partnership: We strongly believe in the vision of books as cultural assets rather than simple consumer goods and stand against those trying to establish a monopoly via proprietary standards and closed - system vendor lock - in.

For consumers who value productivity, entertainment and desktop power on - the - go, ASUS offers the Eee Slate EP121 which boasts a 12.1» multi-touch screen with Intel ® Core ™ i5 processor technology running on Microsoft ® Windows ® 7 Home Premium operating system.

We are developing this application to provide consumers with strong value suitable to smart devices while also generating synergy with our dedicated video game system business, as this is one of the goals of our smart device business.

Microsoft has two ways to prove Kinect's value to its consumers: make it invaluable to the system's use and craft games tailor - made for the camera.

Five games are must - haves for anyone who owns a Nintendo 3DS or Nintendo 2DS system, and their new price represents an even better value for consumers.

Jack Tretton, President and CEO, Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) offered the following comments on the PSN video download service:» [The] PlayStation Network's video delivery service capitalizes on the superior value and entertainment potential of PS3 and PSP — not only for gaming enthusiasts, but also for the millions of consumers looking to buy the best, most versatile solution for their home entertainment system.

Furthering its commitment to delivering value to consumers, SCEA today announced the availability of the Assassin's Creed III PlayStation 3 bundle at major retailers across the U.S. this October, which brings together the PS3 system with Ubisoft's highly - anticipated Assassin's Creed III game on Blu - ray disc.

PlayStation ® 3 Now in its sixth year, the PS3 system continues to experience tremendous momentum while delivering more entertainment value to consumers than ever before.

I've let Nintendo have it pretty good in this article, but it's so you, the consumer, will be aware of what the current value of the system is for the average consumer (not great), how the first year and beyond is likely to pan out (better than the Wii - U... slow at first, perhaps hot afterwards), and what things Nintendo could have done if they were truly «in it to win it».

By 2008, in his book Remix, Lawrence Lessig speculated on how to reconcile a flourishing online remix culture — where user - generated content on participatory platforms collapsed traditional boundaries between producers, users and consumers — with the values of the copyright system and business.

«Hank Willis Thomas uses appropriation as a strategy to catalyze thinking about the value system operating within images that circulate in consumer culture,» said Lisa Corrin, the Block Museum's Ellen Philips Katz Director.

These improvements will lower consumer energy bills, maximize the value of renewable energy generation, and reduce overall system costs.

«It also has the potential to accelerate the growth of Australia's emerging battery storage industry as consumers look for more value from their rooftop systems.

«As a large electricity consumer in the US, they can truly transform energy systems by bringing significant renewable capacity online — all of that while delivering real value to their customers.

The study, Going Solar in America: Ranking Solar's Value to Consumers in America's Largest Cities, finds that «in 46 of America's 50 largest cities, a fully - financed, typically - sized solar PV system is a better investment than the stock market.»

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With more than 100,000 suppliers around the world, our supply system is many times larger than our company's direct footprint, and the biggest, fastest and most economical GHG reductions are within the value - chain of consumer products rather than at the retail level.

«Today's residential solar consumers are opting to own their systems, and as our data shows, they're prioritizing equipment quality and value over whatever is the cheapest option,» said EnergySage CEO and founder Vikram Aggarwal.

This conference is the latest in a series of conferences being held world - wide on the issue of implementing a global system for ODR for low - value consumer claims.

Going forward in order to provide legal value to disgruntled consumers and businesses that currently use human lawyers, and solve the problem of the legally unrepresented, underserved and neglected, the answer lies in solutions like LISA; a hybrid human and machine system knowledge engineered with reasoning, insight and judgment built in.

They backfilled and improved their systems, their stock control systems, their warehousing, logistics and so forth, but what's interesting is that in retail the first step is get a system that adds value in front of the consumer and, in a sense, in the legal market it's the reverse.

They also added a «Principles» clause to the Ontario Drug Benefit Act, [5] which stated that the public drug system «aims to operate transparently to the extent possible for all persons with an interest in the system, including... consumers, manufacturers, wholesalers and pharmacies» and «aims to consistently achieve value - for - money and ensure the best use of resources at every level of the system».

The nutritional value of nearly every food in the world has been entered into their system — by consumers, by the way — so you only need to scan a barcode and the nutritional info appears as if by magic.

The existing systems simply provide the estimated nutritional value of generic food items and meals and, more often than not, require consumers to manually encode data to count calories and keep track of food intake.

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This is because consumers around the world will lose faith in the system as fiat currencies continue to lose their value.

While there is certainly an opportunity for major disruption, more hybrid systems will be created, where centralized and decentralized pieces are combined to enhance key consumer values like transparency, freedom, agility, accountability, security and warranty.