Sentences with phrase «customers than small firms»

There are no businesses that are closer to their customers than small firms.

Not exact matches

It's the sort of rapid gearshift that few companies ever experience, much less master: over the course of about five years, FouFou Dog (FFD), a Markham, Ont. - based dog apparel firm, has seen its revenue grow by more than 800 % — a steep growth trajectory matched by the company's shift from providing very specialized boutique goods, like jewelry and booties for small dogs, and to a far wider range of products suitable for mass merchandisers and large offshore customers.

«Small firms, with their dependence on domestic customers, are much more concerned about Washington's inability to formulate coherent fiscal policy than their larger, globally - focused competitors.»

And rather than just assume our customers use their mobile phones the same way they use their laptops and desktop computers, we really studied how small firm and solo practitioners use (or would like to use) their mobile devices and the specific activities they need to be able to do when they're away from their desks.