Sentences with phrase «cutting costs»

The underlying price of gold has stabilized and management is focused on ramping productions and cutting costs.

During the all - hands, both sources say it was revealed that SoundCloud had known for months that it had to lay off a large number of people, yet didn't properly inform the team that it should be cutting costs.

But the company remained focused on cutting costs, while also boosting buybacks and its dividend.

But it actually harmed profits among those firms that were focused on cutting costs, mainly because trust, which underpins the flextime philosophy, tends to break down when employees think they might lose their jobs.

Sprint is in the middle of a turnaround plan and has sought to strengthen its balance sheet by cutting costs.

Those changes are aimed at shoring up its important tire and auto parts business, as well as smoothing crucial relations with its powerful store owners and cutting costs, ahead of U.S. discounter Target Corp. opening its first Canadian stores in March.

The company's rounds of layoffs have mostly targeted middle managers and staff at the company's headquarters, an approach that ensures that the customer experience doesn't take a hit for the sake of cutting costs.

Forecasting will also help you time important moves — like bringing in a new hire, launching a new marketing campaign, or cutting costs during slow seasons — to match your predicted revenue throughout the year.

In one notable instance, Starboard accused Darden of cutting costs in the wrong place by not salting the water for its pasta — a ploy to get longer warranties on cooking pots, the fund said.

Sprint has sought to strengthen its balance sheet by cutting costs and mortgaging a portion of its airwaves and equipment.

From the mind of the ultimate sourcing guru, here are four tenets of building a winning offshore team, all while cutting costs and fast - tracking results.

Efficiency is key to cutting costs, and fleet tracking provides what you need to optimize the efficiency of your fleet.

The short answer is that the paper squeaked its way into the black by cutting costs.

But because it was a smaller loss than a year earlier, showing the shrinking retailer is at least cutting costs efficiently as its core business dwindles, shares went up 5 % though they remain down 70 % from their 52 - week highs.

Cutting costs by doing things in - house isn't just a habit for startups, it's often times a necessity.

Although 3G Capital has a record of aggressively cutting costs at businesses it acquires, managing partner Alex Behring said Heinz is different because the business is healthy and sales are rising.

Former Medtronic CEO Bill George says innovation is essential to improving the health of Americans, while cutting costs by improving system efficiency.

He also said that 3G has done quite well cutting costs including at Heinz, which it bought with Berkshire.

It's been buying stock and cutting costs, and its acquisition of rival Wyeth in 2009 helped diversify its offerings.

Small businesses can thrive in today's challenging economy, but not if they adopt the knee - jerk responses of cutting costs, lowering prices, and hanging on until times get better.

Cutting costs is never easy, something always has to go.

Most companies during economic contraction focus on cutting costs he says.

Investors in the PFC will now prepare to negotiate a restructuring plan — they will likely push for the government to take on austerity measures like cutting costs and raising taxes.

Since taking over as CEO last fall, Pourbaix has been aggressively cutting costs.

Taking proactive steps — such as investing in research — instead of focusing solely on cutting costs and battening down the hatches will pay off in the long run.

«The serfs are tapped out,» and «the overlords are responding by cutting costs (firing serfs) to increase profits.»

The only thing to do, it seemed, was to keep cutting costs and, hopefully, negotiate easier terms on all that debt.

«I don't believe his focus on cutting costs was sufficient,» says Melanie Healey, who headed P&G's North America business until 2015.

As of the autumn of 2017, GoPro has delivered three solid quarters in a row — growing revenue, cutting costs, meeting or beating guidance — and it claims it will return to steady profitability in 2018.

Cutting costs can have problematic effects though.

There are two primary ways to keep your operations lean: cutting costs and improving efficiency.

Packaged food companies have seen their sales slow as consumers prefer fresh foods and have reacted by cutting costs, divesting underperforming businesses and increasing...

Longhi took the helm with a commitment to streamlining and cutting costs (a plan dubbed «Project Carnegie,» for the legendary Andrew, of course).

Sears Canada, meanwhile, is drastically cutting costs.

If you already have health insurance, be sure you're cutting costs so you're not overpaying, either.

The companies that thrived during a recession didn't cut back the fastest or invest the most, but found a middle ground between cutting costs to survive in the present and investing for tomorrow.

Companies hoarding cash and cutting costs is a sign of slowing economic activity which will later become evident in the U.S. economy.

Conversely, the large forest - products companies» most urgent problem is cutting costs.

Like almost every other traditional media entity, it is trying to grow one side of its business — the digital side — while simultaneously cutting costs and managing the decline of the print side, which continues to generate the bulk of the revenue and profits.

Every business leader is looking for flexibility without sacrificing quality and reducing cutting costs - that's the perpetual trade everyone is making.

For the time being, the company will focus on cutting costs.

Citi, like other big banks, has been cutting costs to boost profit as low interest rates and new regulations crimp revenue growth.

Saying all that, the company has done a good job of cutting costs.

With industrial robots, Chinese companies hope to keep innovating while cutting costs.

When it comes to saving money or cutting costs, work out how much you could save in a year not just a month.

Adopting an analytic approach will help keep your store lean and mean, cutting costs and raising profits.

It's also cutting costs.

A recent study by Accenture discovered that going digital has helped improve mining operations by up to 47 percent, cutting costs and speeding up decision - making.

Enterprise chatbots are taking the spotlight, proving to be effective for increasing company productivity, cutting costs and assisting current teams.

But a certain amount of burn rate in startups is often desirable if it comes with commensurate growth and if ones prospects for either raising capital or failing that cutting costs and hitting profitability seem achievable.