Sentences with phrase «customers hit walls»

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It, like everyone, was hit hard by recession, and did what a lot of companies did: dramatically reduced costs, laid off workers, raised prices, and went back to customers and said, «I'm sorry we can't honor this contract...» The response from Wall Street was, «Wow, you've done a great job managing your costs!»

Within hours of the Harry Potter series going on sale as e-books for the first time, the Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) Kindle Store hit a wall: titles of all kinds showed up as unavailable on Kindle Fire and iPad Kindle storefronts while the browser version told would - be customers that titles like the top - selling Hunger Games aren't available in the U.S.

Meanwhile, customers of luxury retailers have also been disproportionately hit by Wall Street layoffs and troubles in the stock market, notes Craig Johnson, president of Customer Growth Partners, LLC, a New Canaan, Conn. - based retail consulting firm.

«It has been a real hit with our commercial building customers who want to combine the benefits of masonry, pre-cast or tilt - up concrete walls with the speed and economy of pre-engineered structural and roof systems,» says Wills.