Sentences with phrase «few years in the making»

The visit has been a few years in the making but was delayed as the Colombian government's negotiations with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia stretched on.

A: Yes, [that decision has] been a few years in the making.

It's also been a few years in the making for the Smyrna, TN Nissan factory.

Sky has been a few years in the making.

That writing was on the wall for a few years in the making.

«We're really doing well with it,» says Liz Roberts, buyer for Stebbins Anderson, adding that the nautical trend has been a few years in the making for the home - furnishings and hardware store.

Not exact matches

Currently, no U.S. carrier has made the change, though a few international airlines — including Air Asia, Malaysia Airlines, and Singapore's Scoot Airlines — have created policies in the last few years.

In the past few years companies like Braeburn Pharmaceuticals, Intarcia Therapeutics, and Proteus Digital Health have set out to create better medical mousetraps through devices that make existing drugs more effective.

«In the last few years, Meituan's business model shifted in a way that makes it uniquIn the last few years, Meituan's business model shifted in a way that makes it uniquin a way that makes it unique.

Piotrowski and two friends had formed their company a few years earlier, in 2003, with a plan to make cellphone games.

If you build fewer than 100,000 vehicles a year, it doesn't make sense to manufacture in China, says Steve Man, analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence in Hong Kong.

For the next few years, the brothers made periodic trips to New York City, where they could buy retired trash trucks in bulk at auction.

With such huge profits to be made, I expect the boom in apartment and condo building to continue, perhaps approaching its 1972 peak within the next few years.

The beloved Canadian coffee retailer had a few activist investors at its gates in 2013 who questioned the company's U.S. expansion strategy, and 2014 will likely be the year that Caira either makes some adjustments or holds fast to the company's American approach.

Fellow entertainment moguls Jay - Z and Ashton Kutcher have also been making venture investments in the last few years.

It could be that because we've brought more cases in the last few years against some well - known names that that's interpreted as a crackdown, but that's simply more a reflection of the fact that time has gone by since we've updated the guides in 2009 to make it clear it applies to social media marketing.

In 1993, Conlon joined one of Chicago's top real estate firms at the time, and within only a few short years, he had made a name for himself as one of the most prolific sellers of residential real estate throughout not only Chicago and and the Midwest, but also the entire U.S. with sales approaching $ 200 million annually.

Earlier this year, Nike (nke) CEO Mark Parker said the retail landscape is «not in a steady state» as consumers spend more online and make fewer visits to brick - and - mortar stores.

At the height of China «s real estate boom in Yulin a few years ago, they made 10,000 yuan a month, running a canteen for construction workers.

Former customers are the best source for future sales, even in businesses where customers make purchases only every few years.

Facebook is the largest such site and has made incredible advances in its advertising platform the last few years.

But an even bigger concern, and a much greater exposure for our entire economy, relates to the efforts we're making to upskill our existing workforce — especially the folks in their 40s and 50s — who basically lack the digital smarts needed to be valued contributors to their businesses in the next few years.

Violin Memory's sale to Quantum Partners ends a turbulent few years for the company, which held an initial public offering in 2013 but struggled to make money.

This was an actual accomplishment for Barrett, the general manager of The Abbey Bar in Williamsburg, but also an entrepreneur - in - the - making: («am planning to own my own spot in the next few years,» the 30 - year - old wrote us).

But BMO Capital Markets» equity research analyst Dan Salmon says MDC has made leaps and bounds in the past few years.

Currently, corporate accounts make up just 3 % of the company's revenue, but Pierson thinks it can rise to 50 % in the next few years.

That's because airlines have gone through a consolidation craze over the past few years, making United the best — if not the only — option for travelers in some areas.

I know you were fairly intimately involved in the various acquisitions that Canadian Tire has made over the past few years, like the Forzani Group that operates Sport Chek and Mark's Work Wearhouse.

While they've relaxed a little in the past few years, younger or smaller businesses still have trouble making their strict standards.

Fast - food chain Chipotle has made a few missteps this year, from faking a Twitter hack in July, to facing criticism over reports that it might be changing its standards on the beef it uses.

A lot of things you can get away with in your 20s (like subsisting on lots of beer, little sleep, and no exercise), will quickly make you fat, miserable, and sick just a few years later.

After all the frenetic deal - making of the past few years, Canada's oilpatch is now finding itself in the grip of an unaccustomed drought of mergers and acquisitions.

Back in 2013 when he was born, that was the only widely available product the company made, it having been designed by a Swedish doctor a few years earlier.

It is important to reach out to our customers occasionally to «just catch up,» and to make the time to stop in a few times per year.

Vigorate — which has revenues in the $ 4 to 8 million range and ranked 255th on the 2013 PROFIT 500 — opened a Chicago sales office a few years ago to make further inroads with professional sports teams in the U.S. And in 2012, it set up a similar sales hub in Barcelona, reckoning, as Grieve explains, that the sprawling European soccer industry would also be receptive to the sort of digital marketing the company provides to North American leagues.

Though much of the success of craft breweries (which are technically defined as those that make less than 6 million barrels per year) and microbreweries (which make less than 15,000 barrels) can be credited to shifts in public taste, those in the industry say they've learned a few truths along the way that have aided in their success.

In the past few years, various Chinese companies and funds have made numerous bids for high - tech firms — some with military applications — in the U.S. and EuropIn the past few years, various Chinese companies and funds have made numerous bids for high - tech firms — some with military applications — in the U.S. and Europin the U.S. and Europe.

Though the industry has grown explosively in the past few years, making an estimated 1 million loans worth about $ 12 billion to consumers and small business owners, so too have questions and complaints.

In the last few years, cybersecurity vendors have also begun integrating machine learning into their detection and protection systems, which makes perfect sense.

A study from research firm, Gartner, revealed that in the next few years, some 70 percent of B2B e-commerce websites will use personalized content to help executives make informed decisions faster.

Though NexJ fell short of that goal in its first few years, it has more than made up for it since.

Energy companies have made up a good portion of debt issued in the high yield market over the past few years.

Take just a few minutes out of your day to watch this short trailer announcing Firsts, a multi-media project from TIME featuring candid interviews with 45 extraordinary women, more than a year in the making.

In fact, it took a few years for cofounders Brad Damphousse and Andrew Ballester to find their niche and figure out how to make it work.

It's a lesson my business coach taught me a few years ago, and it's made an immense difference in my ability to close deals as a result.

Crowdfunding has made a big splash in the last few years as sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo have helped entrepreneurs launch donut shops, produce albums and create smart watches; theoretically, it's a perfect vehicle for franchising.

«This stock is still making lower highs for the past few years, I am very skeptical of this move, and if it's truly marking a change in the long - term trend,» Wald said Tuesday on CNBC's «Trading Nation.»

Some of the Oracle of Omaha's best investments of his entire career have been ones he has made in the past few years.

And yet, some of Buffett's best investments of his entire career have been ones he has made in the past few years.

Not only is «Blockers» one of the few women - directed movies coming from a major studios this year, but it's sex - positive message about consent and societal pressures around people losing their virginity make it an incredible feat in the midst of the #MeToo and Time's Up movement.