In 2016, we saw Apple launch its second - generation smartwatch, Asus and Samsung their third and Fossil bring several
fashion companies into the market, including Michael Kors, Skagen and Kate Spade.
Not exact matches
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those reflected in such forward - looking statements and that should be considered in evaluating our outlook include, but are not limited to, the following: 1) our ability to continue to grow our business and execute our growth strategy, including the timing, execution, and profitability of new and maturing programs; 2) our ability to perform our obligations under our new and maturing commercial, business aircraft, and military development programs, and the related recurring production; 3) our ability to accurately estimate and manage performance, cost, and revenue under our contracts, including our ability to achieve certain cost reductions with respect to the B787 program; 4) margin pressures and the potential for additional forward losses on new and maturing programs; 5) our ability to accommodate, and the cost of accommodating, announced increases in the build rates of certain aircraft; 6) the effect on aircraft demand and build rates of changing customer preferences for business aircraft, including the effect of global economic conditions on the business aircraft market and expanding conflicts or political unrest in the Middle East or Asia; 7) customer cancellations or deferrals as a result of global economic uncertainty or otherwise; 8) the effect of economic conditions in the industries and markets in which we operate in the U.S. and globally and any changes therein, including fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; 9) the success and timely execution of key milestones such as the receipt of necessary regulatory approvals, including our ability to obtain in a timely
fashion any required regulatory or other third party approvals for the consummation of our announced acquisition of Asco, and customer adherence to their announced schedules; 10) our ability to successfully negotiate, or re-negotiate, future pricing under our supply agreements with Boeing and our other customers; 11) our ability to enter
into profitable supply arrangements with additional customers; 12) the ability of all parties to satisfy their performance requirements under existing supply contracts with our two major customers, Boeing and Airbus, and other customers, and the risk of nonpayment by such customers; 13) any adverse impact on Boeing's and Airbus» production of aircraft resulting from cancellations, deferrals, or reduced orders by their customers or from labor disputes, domestic or international hostilities, or acts of terrorism; 14) any adverse impact on the demand for air travel or our operations from the outbreak of diseases or epidemic or pandemic outbreaks; 15) our ability to avoid or recover from cyber-based or other security attacks, information technology failures, or other disruptions; 16) returns on pension plan assets and the impact of future discount rate changes on pension obligations; 17) our ability to borrow additional funds or refinance debt, including our ability to obtain the debt to finance the purchase price for our announced acquisition of Asco on favorable terms or at all; 18) competition from commercial aerospace original equipment manufacturers and other aerostructures suppliers; 19) the effect of governmental laws, such as U.S. export control laws and U.S. and foreign anti-bribery laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the United Kingdom Bribery Act, and environmental laws and agency regulations, both in the U.S. and abroad; 20) the effect of changes in tax law, such as the effect of The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the «TCJA») that was enacted on December 22, 2017, and changes to the interpretations of or guidance related thereto, and the
Company's ability to accurately calculate and estimate the effect of such changes; 21) any reduction in our credit ratings; 22) our dependence on our suppliers, as well as the cost and availability of raw materials and purchased components; 23) our ability to recruit and retain a critical mass of highly - skilled employees and our relationships with the unions representing many of our employees; 24) spending by the U.S. and other governments on defense; 25) the possibility that our cash flows and our credit facility may not be adequate for our additional capital needs or for payment of interest on, and principal of, our indebtedness; 26) our exposure under our revolving credit facility to higher interest payments should interest rates increase substantially; 27) the effectiveness of any interest rate hedging programs; 28) the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting; 29) the outcome or impact of ongoing or future litigation, claims, and regulatory actions; 30) exposure to potential product liability and warranty claims; 31) our ability to effectively assess, manage and integrate acquisitions that we pursue, including our ability to successfully integrate the Asco business and generate synergies and other cost savings; 32) our ability to consummate our announced acquisition of Asco in a timely matter while avoiding any unexpected costs, charges, expenses, adverse changes to business relationships and other business disruptions for ourselves and Asco as a result of the acquisition; 33) our ability to continue selling certain receivables through our supplier financing program; 34) the risks of doing business internationally, including fluctuations in foreign current exchange rates, impositions of tariffs or embargoes, compliance with foreign laws, and domestic and foreign government policies; and 35) our ability to complete the proposed accelerated stock repurchase plan, among other things.
With the
company's early entry
into e-commerce, there's no doubt that Indochino has been ahead of the curve in the retail and
fashion industries.
The 128 - year - old beauty
company, known for products such as Skin - So - Soft and ANEW skincare, has been hit by a triple whammy: the rise in sales of low - priced beauty products at mass - market chains such as Walgreen (WAG) and Dollar General (DG), the apparent obsolescence of its direct - selling model for beauty items, and ill - advised forays
into fashion, jewelry and pricier skincare products that alienated many customers.
And, when she decided to get
into fashion, she didn't just do some research, she met with «people in the industry who had created or worked at
companies I respected — Tory Burch, Ralph Lauren, Michael Kors, and Calvin Klein, of the established players.»
Francois - Henri Pinault, CEO of luxury
fashion group Kering, explains why his
company has not looked
into buying designer shoe brand Jimmy Choo.
In doing so, it has transformed itself from an old - line modeling agency rooted in providing personnel to
fashion - show runways, magazines, and mail - order catalogs
into a hit new - media production
company.
CEO Art Peck said the
company had continued to resort to heavy promotion — to get people
into stores and also to rid itself of inventory and
fashion misfires.
Simon pumped more than $ 20 million over the past two years
into small tech
companies, among them a dress - rental service for weddings called Union Station, and
Fashion Project, a marketplace for deeply discounted clothes.
To this day, the
company taps
into this history by telling stories and publishing content that honors the past, while encouraging customers to remain
fashion forward.
Instead of continuing to mine resources,
fashion them
into products, use the products and then throw them away (the «take - make - waste» model), individuals,
companies and policy makers are increasingly looking to a less wasteful «make - use - return» model of doing business.
In 2004, his
company purchased a 20 % stake in Tory Burch, becoming the first and largest outside investor in the
fashion house, which has since blossomed
into a powerhouse retailer worth over $ 3 billion.
Should Uber find ways to match or exceed incumbents» performance levels without compromising its cost and price advantage, the
company appears to be well positioned to move
into the mainstream of the limo business — and it will have done so in classically disruptive
fashion.
Apart from the LBO still weighing down the
company and operating in what can only be called a cutthroat market (if you go out of
fashion you are done for), Claire's had embarked on a global expansionary campaign with very little regard to both the markets they were expanding
into and especially if said markets could absorb 2,700 new Claire's stores.
In the meantime, the
company «s betting on the continued growth of men «s high end
fashion and that there still be demand for people to come
into a store.
The strength of Classic
Fashion Apparel's business — and both Gulf Capital and NBK Capital Partners» track record of deploying capital
into industry - leading
companies — highlights our commitment to generating superior opportunities and returns for investors.»
Some years ago it became apparent to some large corporations that they had succeeded so well in
fashioning the
company man
into symmetrical functionaries of an order that a danger was recognized.
You get a sense EcoLogic Solutions Inc. is a different type of chemical
company the moment you walk
into its Brooklyn Navy Yard headquarters and see walls made out of plants and furniture
fashioned from old doors and reclaimed materials.
While undergoing the journey of starting and growing her
fashion company, Yoko has remained focused on lifting the women up as they embark on this major transition
into motherhood and helping, in her own little way, to shatter the notion that pregnancy and becoming a mother is akin to taking a career break, a set - back, a penalty, or a weakness.
Swatch, the Swiss
company which injected
fashion into wristwatches, plans to launch its Beepup wristwatch pager in Britain next year.
Honeybee Robotics, a
company building some of the instruments for the NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity, obtained some metal wreckage that they
fashioned into two cable shields and two spares (in case the launches failed) to protect wiring on each rover from rock impacts.
With organizations like Cradle to Cradle pushing sustainable certification,
companies like H&M creating a sustainable collection, actress Olivia Wilde getting behind Conscious Commerce, and supermodel and actress Amber Valletta (pictured) launching Master & Muse, sustainability is seeping
into the
fashion world.
In December, the
company posted job listings looking for brand managers with «experience studying (athletic, activewear) trends, customer behavior and shopping patterns and converting them
into recommendations for products and programs,» hinting that activewear is the next step for Amazon
fashion.
There are plenty of
fashion based
companies who have recently delved
into the activewear market, but despite some cool patterns, I have found a lot of these to largely under perform when I need it in a work out.
Since then, I've graduated college, moved back home to New York City, began my career as a
fashion merchandiser for a menswear
company, and grown this blog
into a little side hustle.
Since it was founded in 1947, H&M has grown
into one of the world's leading
fashion companies.
H&M has since it was founded in 1947 grown
into one of the world's leading
fashion companies.
«With this collection, the LC Lauren Conrad brand is launching
into the plus category, making affordable
fashion possible for everyone looking to have a night out,» reps for the
company said in a press release.
I quickly realized that what began as a t - shirt
company expanded
into much more; a complete
fashion brand offering a full range of products and accessories.
Walking
into Diane Von Furstenberg's
fashion week «experience» in «the house of DVF» (which the
company staged in lieu of a regular runway show) was like walking
into a giant DVF - themed party.
Today, Dallas welcomes The Everygirl
into her home for a tour around her office and a chat about creating the stylish
company that's been taking the
fashion world by storm.
The king of American «jet - set» sportswear has turned his conviction
into a multi-billion dollar
company and positioned himself at the very centre of New York's
fashion scene.
«Often a job of a stylist, particularly if you go
into a
fashion house, or you're doing a
fashion show, is to really feel that you can get
into the DNA of the soul of the
company you're working for and really empower the people there to make them feel more ambitious, more creative, more inspired and more confident than when you first walked in.
With its drip - feed product - distribution model, clean design aesthetic and focus on transparency, basics purveyor Everlane is the name on the tip of every old - guard
fashion company's tongue, cutting
into the market share of established players such as Gap.
«The True Cost» (2015): This deep dive
into the
fashion industry not only exposes the deadly cost of cheap clothing, it shows just how little executives at some of the most successful
companies capitalizing on foreign labor care about it.
Right now, Glossi creators are locked
into the
fashion niche with DKNY, Lucky Magazine, RenttheRunway, and RevolveClothing as the main
companies to release content.
One of the things that bothers me most about vanity publishing of any stripe — from the old -
fashioned vanities that shipped you boxes of books to molder away in your basement, to the print on demand self - publishing services that are trying to re-brand themselves as «indie» publishers or «assisted publishing», to the sleazy deceptive pay - to - play
companies that pass themselves off as «real» publishers — is that they take advantage of authors twice: first by taking their money, second by brainwashing them
into believing all the deceptive hype.
However, the
company's unique retail position also means it has to maintain its inventory just right, as any degredation in the customer experience (be it through quality, assortment, on - trend
fashion, value, etc.) can eat
into the
company's economic moat.
Whereas for previous generations retirement planning simply meant working at the same
company for 30 to 40 years before retreating
into a life of leisure, such old -
fashioned notions rarely apply anymore.
Calculating in this
fashion also is a good insight
into what a
company might be worth on a non-distressed basis, if they can pay - down debt, sell assets, eliminate losses etc..
New Frontiers While its early success was in the world of pet
fashion, Pet Life's quest to join the upper echelon of pet product manufacturers has the
company branching out
into new and diverse product categories such as pet tech and nutritional supplements.
In another NX rumour spawned by the painful silence on Nintendo's end, it has come to light that the
company may be reverting to their glory days and bringing the cartridge back
into fashion.
I ended up going
into the commercial and
fashion photography world after the show, and have been fortunate enough to travel around the world shooting for various
companies and magazines for the last eleven years.
The Paper Fiber Processing
Company needs to be able to accept delivery of the waste stream material, and turn it
into a product ready for the local market in a timely
fashion.
From Charleston, South Carolina comes a new socially conscious textile design
company called Proud Mary that's turning hand woven and sewn textiles made by artisans in Guatemala
into beautiful home and
fashion accessories.
Other Green Surf
Companies Wet Women Surf Wax: «Making Sure Women Stay On Top Loose Fit: World's First Carbon Neutral Surf Shop Country Feeling Surfboards Makes Hawaii's First Green Surfboards Yamamoto Neoprene: From the Sea, For the Sea BodyGlove Biostretch: Oh No It Don't Come Easy Aaron Chang Recycled
Fashion Swimsuits The Greening of Surf Brazil Turning Surfboards
Into Sustainable Products Ben Harper on Surfing and Clean Oceans Video Part 3 Quiksilver Initiative Eco Surf Activities Surf Festival Incorporates Eco Awareness Activities in Brazil Surfs Up!
If the planned purchase of Whole Foods Market and the
company's ongoing push
into the world of
fashion are any indication, it seems the Seattle - based giant will only continue to expand its reach.
They could rest easily while the insurance
company looked
into the matter, checked the noted value of the object, and reimbursed the person in a timely
fashion so that they could replace the piece if they so desired.
These are all features
companies building phones will need to implement
into its version of Android Oreo in some form or
fashion, or not at all.
The
company's new Photo Books service taps
into Photos to intelligently and automatically create physical photo albums in Shutterfly - like
fashion.