Many of our competitors also develop and sell software to businesses and
consumers under this model and we expect this competition to continue.
Not exact matches
Under Armour Chief Executive Kevin Plank said they are «particularly excited» about a global woman's campaign that features ballerina Misty Copeland and
model Gisele Bündchen, which he claims «ignited a powerful new dialogue with our female
consumer as we begin to bridge the gap between female athletes and athletic females.»
The simple
model under - predicts
consumer spending in the 1990s, probably because of wealth effects spun off by the housing bubble, and over predicts in this recovery, but tracks
consumer spending — 70 percent of the US economy — pretty well.
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Under some circumstances, new pricing
models may create competitive issues, but
consumers will be best served by fact - specific investigation rather than blanket prohibitions.
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Under the new retail
model, information Alibaba and its merchants collect on
consumers can be used to better identify, reach, analyze and serve the more than half - billion users on Alibaba's platforms.
The signature direct - from - the - dock sourcing philosophy, which we call «Three Hand Fish,» encourages
consumers to actually get to know their fishermen personally through a unique cooperative membership
model that is driven by supply
under the very strict guidelines and directives of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The
model is also coming
under increased pressure as brands focus on their direct - to -
consumer channels and platform players like Farfetch, which take a commission on sales without buying and holding inventory, grow market share.
«Our biggest concern is that the
consumer may be confused about which emissions standard to believe — the (real - world) non-mandated one which can not be reliably repeated, or the one which is government - mandated, conducted in controlled conditions,
under very strict protocols, and is replicable time and again across different brands and
models,» he says in a statement.
While they have been
under development for many years, in 2013 they made it out of the labs and into
consumer products: in some
models of Sony Bravia TVs, with Quantum Dots from QD Vision, and in the Amazon Kindle Fire HDX 7, with Quantum Dots from Nanosys, which we recently tested in a Display Shoot - Out article.
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Under the agency
model, [Macmillan] will sell the digital editions of our books to
consumers through our retailers.
According to a key sentence in the new filing, the payment arrangements will be
modeled on earlier deals
under which most
consumers received a credit to their Amazon Kindle (s amzn) or Barnes & Noble (s bn) based on how many books they bought.
Because retailer discounting is prohibited by the agency agreements, retailers have been prevented from introducing innovative sales
models or promotions with respect to Publisher Defendants» e-books, such as offering e-books
under an «all - you - can - read» subscription
model where
consumers would pay a flat monthly fee.
Under that
model, retailers pay publishers approximately one - half of the list price of books, take ownership of the books, then resell them to
consumers at prices of the retailer's choice.
Defendants were determined to end the robust retail price competition in e-books that prevailed, to the benefit of
consumers,
under the wholesale
model.
They look like they are in the
consumer's court yet wind up making much more money
under the agency
model.
The publishers noted that while they continue to sell e-books
under the wholesale
model, they have «benefitted significantly» — along with authors, booksellers and
consumers, — from the ability of the Big Six publishers to adopt the agency pricing
model with Amazon, since those arrangements, «contributed dramatically to increased competition and diversification in the distribution of e-books.»
If publishers sustain prices for ebooks closer to hardcover and other printed books, at say $ 14.99, to benefit retailers of books, it harms the
consumers, who will be paying a price premium that they otherwise wouldn't
under the Amazon $ 9.99
model.
And when prices to
consumers drop, someone
under the traditional author - publisher - retailer
model has to make up the difference with lower income or profits.
Andrew Gavil, who teaches antitrust at the Howard University School of Law, said the
consumer would win
under a Justice Department settlement that rips up the agency
model, even temporarily.
Instead of tossing their «older»
model under the bus, they're offering it for the lower of two prices, the Prime then considered the «premium» choice for
consumers for its advanced build and processor, not to mention is two lovely color options.
Companies operating
under a contingency fee
model charge fees that are based upon a percentage of the debt at the time the
consumer enrolled; occasionally they are based on a percentage of the savings negotiated by the debt - settlement company.
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Under a maximum - impact scenario where all liens and judgments are removed from
consumer credit files, the VantageScore 3.0
model's predictive performance drops only minimally,» according to a 2016 report from VantageScore.
Benefitfocus, Inc. is a provider of cloud - based benefits software solutions for
consumers, employers, insurance carriers and brokers delivered
under a software - as - a-service (SaaS)
model.
Under the FICO 8 score
model,
consumers who have different types of credit accounts (such as a mortgage, auto loan, and credit cards) will be given a higher score than those who only have a couple types of accounts.
Under the new Vantage Score
model used by all three bureaus, your credit score (FICO score), is a number between 501 (worst) and 990 (best) that is used to determine a
consumer's credit worthiness and potential risk to the lender.
Dear Sir / Madam Voluntary termination of agreement Account No: Car make /
model / registration no: I am writing to notify you that I am exercising my right to terminate the above agreement
under Section 99 of the
Consumer Credit Act 1974.
Frankly I found the TASC testimony that contained a regurgitation of the same old failed strategy of asking for more to be be vile, repugnant and an insult to both
consumers and debt settlement companies that work hard every day to do the right thing and provide an excellent service
under performance based pricing
models and who focus on enrolling
consumers that are the most suitable for the service.
«However,
under newer scoring
models like FICO9 and VantageScore 3.0, paid collection items are no longer calculated in the
consumer's credit score once they reach a zero balance.»
This change, Nitzsche said, was made so
consumers would actually benefit by paying the accounts, «because
under older scoring
models there was no credit score benefit to paying off an old collection debt.»
Bruce Cran of the
Consumers» Association of Canada said people should be wary when booking with new startups that operate
under a new business
models because they can be exempt from having to provide protections on baggage and cancelled flights afforded to passengers who directly book with established airlines.
The Company also announced the launch of its first direct to
consumer website
under the Generali brand to complete the loop on a 360 ° sales and service portfolio — rounding out its already robust affiliate sales
model.
A combination for the regulated sectors of a «cap and trade»
model,
under which polluters could trade pollution permits on an open market, and a «cap and dividend»
model, which would return revenue from the sale of permits directly to
consumers.
«The Texas
model under Gov. Perry's leadership enabled the growth of low - cost wind energy that made the grid more diverse and reliable while saving
consumers money.»
As noted above, after the 5 - 7 year payback period
under the ownership
model,
consumers receive pure electricity savings over the next approximately eighteen years.
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In
modeling terms, this operates as a constraint on the «decrease in energy
consumer surplus,» i.e., how much more
consumers — both residential and commercial
consumers of fossil fuel energy — have to pay, on net,
under the carbon pricing system.
Advised firms of solicitors (often as panel firms to the CMC) as to applicability of
consumer protection legislation to not only their own business
models but of their clients too including obligations akin to those arising
under the Conduct of Authorised Person Rules 2007 and the distance selling regulations.
«The cost
under the old
model is higher than it should be, the wait for the quote is unnecessary, and the indirect cost for the
consumer's time is expensive,» he added.
This site is not a replacement of our third - party sales
model, but rather a complimentary add - on to help put more information and access to our tools,
under the Generali brand, in the hands of the
consumer.
LG is working on an invisible embedded solution of its own, and Synaptics, which provides scanners for a number of
consumer electronics OEMs, already has its FS9100
model that works
under 1 mm of glass.
Under this
model, broadcasters charge to stick
consumers with bloated bundles of channels, and newer internet services like Aereo get frozen out altogether.
Under this MOU which covers both OEM and ODM projects, the global
consumers of France Telecom - Orange can look forward to a portfolio of handsets, mobile broadband devices and tablets created through Orange and HUAWEI's collabourative product development efforts, joint investments in technology and innovation as well as exploration of new business
models underpinned by co-marketing and sales activities.
Consumers in the U.S. can go to Apple.com, pick the iPhone X, select their carrier and color preference and then click the «Pickup: Check availability» option
under the
model capacity options.
The official name of the device that hid
under the
model number «ZTE V0840» is the ZTE Small Fresh 5, which probably sounds odd to you, but it's something Chinese
consumers are quite familiar with, considering this is not the first smartphone that was announced in the «Small Fresh» lineup, as its name suggests.
Beginning in the late 1980s, groups, including NAR, state and local associations, and
consumer advocates, started examining how the interests of buyers were being represented
under the traditional agency / subagency
model.
Buyer
consumers need to be represented all of the time and not just some of the time which is the case
under our present real estate
model.
A Washington appellate court has considered whether a nonprofit trade group for mobile home park owners could be liable
under the state's
consumer protection laws for creating a
model lease form that did not conform to state law.
Real Estate: First ever online real estate brokerage + member portal
model bringing millions of
consumers together with tens of thousands of real estate agents (by 2004)
under one national brand (Prudential Real Estate Affiliates).