Sentences with phrase «consumers pricing benefits»

The efficiency of e-commerce permit us to offer e-commerce consumers pricing benefits.

* The efficiencies of e-commerce permit us to sometimes offer e-commerce consumers pricing benefits.

Not exact matches

«This Agreement addresses the most significant negative competitive effects of the merger by ensuring that consumers continue to benefit from competitive prices in the retail sale of drugstore and pharmacy products in Canada.

A Royal Bank of Canada report released in early January even suggested that the benefit of a low dollar for exporters, coupled with an upswing in the U.S. economy and increased consumer spending in Canada, could offset the economic hit of low oil prices.

Disruptive innovation: In an industry ruled by low prices, proved that the segment of U.S. consumers prepared to pay more for local, responsible, organic, fresh, or natural grocery products is much more than a niche when there's a perceived personal benefit.

The Eurozone's economy slipped in the third quarter as the slowdown in China and other emerging markets more than offset the benefit to consumers from low oil prices.

With four major players remaining in the wireless market, consumers should continue to benefit from competition that has lowered prices, eliminated two - year contracts, and done away with all sorts of annoying fees and extra charges.

Their main effort centered on convincing people that all consumers benefit from the widest possible choice of products at the lowest possible price -; which means that consumers would be the biggest beneficiaries of lowered trade barriers.

In the meantime, food price deflation slowed down and consumers started accounting for food stamp benefit decreases, erasing some of the headwinds the chains faced in months past.

But consumers have actually benefited more from posted prices and the shift away from auctions.

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.

The non-transparent way in which phones are sold, where the device's true price is hidden from the consumer, is benefiting Apple immensely.

«As they progressively increase the capacity as they get additional Q400s we're going to see these kinds of pricing benefits extended to consumers from coast to coast.»

Drug makers have asserted that benefits managers, who negotiate rebates and discounts with drug makers and then partially pass those savings on to insurance companies and consumers, are part of the reason that list prices have risen so much, since biopharma companies must incorporate the expected future discounts into their pricing strategies.

The discount sector, both in Canada and the U.S., has benefited from a more spendthrift consumer, adds Izabel Flis, a research analyst with Bissett Investment Management, but the stores have also been able to sell quality goods at below average prices.

But Wells Fargo analyst Paul Lejuez said that should change in 2015, as prices at gas pumps plunge, and consumers aren't faced with another round of reductions in food stamp (SNAP) benefits.

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Over the coming year, lower energy costs (and other comodity costs) will benefit consumers and as oil prices rise, 80 % of U.S. oil production will move to breakeven then substantial profit.

The RSC budget make Social Security sustainably solvent by implementing a slightly modified version of Representative Sam Johnson's (R - TX) «Social Security Reform Act,» which would slow initial benefit growth for higher earners, gradually raise the normal retirement age to 70, and eliminate annual cost - of - living adjustments for higher earners while using the more accurate chained Consumer Price Index (CPI)(currently used for the tax code) for other beneficiaries.

Within program expenses, major transfers to persons were up $ 1.1 billion, primarily due to higher old age security payments, reflecting an increase in the number of recipients and higher inflation, as benefits are indexed to quarterly changes in the consumer price index, major transfers to other levels of government were up $ 0.6 billion, reflecting legislative increases; while direct program expenses declined by $ 0.2 billion, as lower «other transfer» payments more than offset increases in departmental / agency operating costs.

WASHINGTON (Reuters)- U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief, Scott Gottlieb, criticized pharmacy benefit managers, health insurers and drugmakers on Wednesday for «Kabuki drug - pricing constructs» that profit the industry at the expense of consumers.

By adding a health insurance company in the form of Aetna, the resulting combination — retailer, clinic operator, pharmacy benefits manager, and insurer — can realize significant efficiencies, negotiate for lower drug prices with pharmaceutical manufacturers, and capture the growing share of healthcare spend among consumers and employers.

«Agricultural tariffs primarily benefit French farmers, but negatively impact all European consumers by pushing up food prices.

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.

Consumers are reaping the benefits, while oil - exporting nations are struggling to balance their fiscal budgets and oil companies are seeing their stock prices slump.

Divesting DirecTV would eliminate the price decrease for millions of DirecTV consumers predicted by the government itself, and divesting Turner would eliminate the content innovations and the advertising benefits that put downward pressure on Turner prices,» AT&T said in a court filing.

Social Security benefits increase automatically each year based on the rise in the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI - W), from the third quarter of the prior year to the corresponding period of the current year.

We've seen how supply management for dairy, poultry and eggs hurts a) consumers through artificially high prices; b) food processors (and the jobs they could be creating in Canada) because of their inability to compete internationally; c) exporters of all kinds looking for more international trade access, but which Canada is denied because of supply management; d) the majority of Canadian farmers (over 90 per cent)-- those who grow and produce beef, pork, grains, oilseeds, pulses, and who are not supply managed — who would also benefit from more international trade access; and finally e) most ironically, dairy farmers themselves, also prevented from exploiting international growth opportunities.

Free - trade proponents are depicted as those who accept the alleged benefits of globalization — more jobs for everyone, lower consumer prices and more consumer choices.

I can, though, see where Zillow is coming from: no one thinks the North American real estate market is the way it is because that is somehow optimal or good for consumers; the only folks that benefit from the status quo are real estate agents that continue to collect 6 % of the purchase price even as their responsibilities, particularly in the case of the buying agent, run in the opposite direction of their incentives.

If this takes off, prices for trading, money transfers, remittances, credit cards and other products could potentially be undercut drastically to the benefit of consumers.

Major transfers to persons increased by $ 2.7 billion (5.9 %), due to growth in the elderly population and increases in benefits which are indexed to quarterly changes in the Consumer Price Index.

The abundance of retailers, both from U.S. and globally, is heating up the competition and Canadian retailers are seeing profit erosion while consumers are benefiting from «price wars».

COLAs generally adjust your policy's monthly benefit equal to the percentage increase in the consumer price index.

Calling Wal - Mart «our best $ 35 oil idea» in a mid-December note, Nomura analyst Robert Drbul wrote that low oil and gas prices help Wal - Mart «for two key reasons: 1) we believe lower income demographic consumers stand to benefit most from lower gas prices, and 2) we believe its private transportation fleet (> 6,650 trucks; one of the largest in the world) will realize cost benefits due to low fuel prices.»

Major transfers to persons rose $ 0.8 billion (4.0 %), primarily reflecting higher elderly benefits, due to an increase in the eligible population and higher average benefits, which are indexed to the Consumer Price Index on a quarterly basis.

The lower exchange rate will in time add to consumer prices, which up to the end of 1997 benefited from the impact of a high currency in 1996.

Sure, commodity consumers benefit from lower prices as producers lose.

Global dairy prices have fallen since 2013, but Canadian consumers have not benefited.

India gives broad government food subsidies to its farmers and poor consumers — a benefit that has allegedly undercut fair - market agriculture prices and is at the heart of a World Trade Organization dispute that has irked the U.S.

Wine Market Council surveyed 1,159 primarily high frequency wine drinkers (those who consume wine more often than once a week), to gauge their understanding of the various production methods, perception of apparent benefits to consumers and how relevant green methods are to pricing and buying decisions.

For dairy producers and transformers as well as industrial consumers of dairy products, the use of derivatives provides significant benefits in mitigating against price volatility.

Increased demand from consumers such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, buoyed by strong oil prices, coupled with exports to traditional trading partners such as Japan, is benefiting the Australian dairy sector, which has a 17 per cent share of global cheese exports.

«Perfectly positioned to thrive in the current climate, meat - free foods benefit from a cost, health, ethical and environmental stand, as well as providing variety in consumer diets,» said Amy Price, a senior food and drink analyst at Mintel.

Consumer surveys also confirmed that CCA had dropped the ball on brand Coke — pushing pack sizes and prices too high in a bid to boost volumes and sales, without communicating the benefits.

The Business, Energy and Industry Committee has said that a future move by the UK to lower or remove tariffs could have extremely damaging consequences for British farming with only the prospect of very limited benefit to consumers in terms of lower prices.

However, the drop is insignificant, and wine prices in general have been going up not down, which means, for end consumers, the benefit is perhaps limited.

The recession has not dented the will of consumers to pay price premiums for products that deliver digestive, bone and other benefits, according to European consumer research conducted by global inulin and oligofructose leader, Beneo - Orafti.

«While intensified competition between the two major chains has reduced grocery retail prices, there are concerns that those reductions come at the expense of suppliers and impact on the longer - term durable benefit to consumers,» he will say, according to a draft of the speech obtained by The Australian.

Competition between retailers is, however, sufficient to ensure that Coles and Woolworths can not simply retain all of the benefits of the lower wholesale prices they extract — at least some of the benefits flow to consumers in the form of lower retail prices.»