Sentences with phrase «few years planning»

We spent the next few years planning and developing ways to distinguish ourselves from other commercial book printers.

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Under the plan, which launched last year, T - Mobile divided its customers into blocks of about 120,000, who are each assigned to a specific group of a few dozen employees at a specific call center.

And bucking the trend in a retail industry where many rivals are paring their store fleets, Walmart said it plans to open a few more stores: it expect to open fewer than 15 SuperCenters in the U.S. next year, a small uptick to be sure, but additional physical facilities to support its roughly $ 15 billion a year e-commerce business.

And, he argues, «they will add up to a very bold change for the brand and the business... If we execute the plan over the next few years, you will say, «Boy, Target made a huge transformation.»»

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

Over the past few months, Paulson has bought 3.7 million nonvoting shares of Viacom, which he said on Tuesday has begun to show positive results under a plan overseen by Chief Executive Bob Bakish after years of declining advertising and viewership.

After realizing a successful exit selling Destia Communications, Levy took a few years off to get reacquainted with his family and get his financial plan together, and gradually began about what he wanted to do next.

A few years later, all six of the country's big banks, along with Desjardins, the Canada Pension Plan and Canaccord, joined together to launch Alpha, in hopes of lowering trading costs and bringing more competition to the market.

Southern California Edison has a plan to install 250 megawatts in its home state over the next few years.

Over the past few years a growing number of entrepreneurs have forged a quiet revolution in compensation plans, jettisoning traditional salary structures and carving out bold new incentive programs for their entire organizations.

Yet fewer than half of employers (47 %) plan to pay holiday bonuses this season, according to the same poll, a slight increase over last year's 45 %.

I have a few more trips planned this year, and have every intention of bringing a Skyroam Solis with me.

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).

About 100,000 fewer Canadian households subscribed to a cable TV or satellite plan last year, though 11.92 million were still paying for packages.

The time to think about tax season isn't at the first of the year — it's all year long, and these five strategies can help any small business plan for a simpler tax season with fewer headaches.

So, along with Memorial Sloan Kettering, Grail plans on following hundreds of thousands of patients over the next few years and trying to see if they can detect CTDNA in those patients whenever they develop cancer.

By the looks of things, many of you have been so busy building wealth through your businesses in the past few years, you've forgotten something pretty important — namely, a succession plan.

Several reports have surfaced over the last few months that suggest Apple (AAPL) has plans to deliver new iPads this year.

TORONTO — HBO's plans to launch a stand - alone streaming service in the United States that will let viewers sidestep their cable company to watch popular shows like «Game of Thrones» and «True Detective» could be just a few years away from posing a similar threat to Canadian telecoms.

«Accept that you will never have anything figured out,» writes copywriter Joe Choi, as «it's near impossible to plan where you'll be a few years.»

Every year around this time, I like to spend a few weeks reflecting on the year and planning the next one.

Following launches of the Shanghai - and Shenzhen - Hong Kong Connect programs in the last few years, Chinese regulators now have plans for international and mainland investors to trade in ETF products in the Special Administrative Region, Shanghai and Shenzhen, Hong Kong media reported.

They hadn't gone back to raise money in a few years, so maybe that would have been a good time to go to market and raise a war chest and set aside a bunch of people to try and do the full innovator's dilemma salvation plan.

Jack Raudenbush, vice president of the $ 4.6 million company, which is based in Middletown, Pennsylvania, estimates that the change costs a few thousand dollars per year but calls it money well spent: «This was the type of plan our competitors had, and we needed to offer competitive benefits.»

The good news is that by doing a few simple things, such as planning to withdraw no more than 4 % of your portfolio each year, you can lower your risk significantly.

Facebook is one of the few companies in recent years to continue the legacy of the traditional company town, where the corporation master - plans a new community for its employees to work and live in.

There are fewer than two dozen Athleta stores now, but by the end of the year Gap plans to have about 50 (compared to Lululemon's 185 worldwide).

While the plans to build your own TieFi are real (it calls for a tiny Raspberry Pi computer and some software customizations), the launch is a stunt — a tongue - in - cheek reminder to close the laptop and spend some time with your kids this Father's Day, lest you find yourself Cat's Cradled a few years from now.

Tesla's business plan calls for developing a less expensive sedan, code - named White Star, over the next few years, as well as opening a network of dealerships and service centers.

It also plans to lift productivity in its retail business by around 20 percent over the next few year...

For all of Musk's talk of master plans and Mars trips, it doesn't hide the fact that his companies hit quite a few rough spots this year.

In the last few years, financial advisor Ron Carson has observed prospective clients increasingly asking whether his firm has a succession plan in place.

Perhaps the business leaders» attitude toward older workers has to do with their own retirement plans — many expect to retire a few years later than originally anticipated.

A few of last year's category winners are back, leading in the early nominations, including tax specialist Robert Sceales from Sceales & Co, insolvency practitioner Lee Christensen, who has changed partners during the year and now goes under the banner Christensen Vaughan, and environmental planning lawyer Tony van Merwjk from Freehills.

If you look at your succession plans over a few years and all your candidates are male, you've missed an opportunity.

The beverage company's new guidelines for a plan already approved by shareholders at the annual meeting earlier this year mean it will issue fewer stock awards each year, addressing concerns that the plan would dilute their investments and was too generous.

That's according to David Noto, owner of Altaneve, a premium Italian sparkling wine that launched in the U.S. a year and a half ago and to date has sold 2,400 cases in more than 100 northeastern U.S. locations, with plans to expand into Las Vegas and California within the next few months.

After 10 years of modeling, I told my husband, «You know, I have this idea: Here are a few things I've made, and here's a business plan for us.»

T - Mobile became the fastest growing wireless carrier over the past few years by simplifying its mobile plans while throwing in more and more consumer - friendly features.

When I started Deborah Mitchell Media Associates a few years ago, I was primarily concerned about getting it up and running, but Hilling explained that an exit strategy should be a part of every business plan.

Ultraviolet cell phone disinfectants, bloodstain testers, and a brand new use for dry ice are just a few of the pitches at this year's Rice University Business Plan Competition.

Spotify, which is planning a stock market listing this year, has grown around 20 % in value to at least $ 19 billion in the past few months.

It's not too hard to understand why workers might like this plan; it offers them the ultimate flexibility: Instead of running out or cramming vacations into the last few weeks of the year, vacation days can be taken at any time.

Until just a few years ago, a good disaster recovery plan included insuring your company against flood and disruption, backing up your data and storing it in a different location once a week, as well as developing a contingency plan for your employees to work from home, or some other location.

Sport Chek is planning to grow to 300 stores from its current 190 over the next few years, with 17 slated for next year.

Planning a career over the next few years?

A few years ago, northwest British Columbia seemed headed for boom times, with billions of dollars in projects planned by the liquid natural gas (LNG), mining and other resource sectors.

A few years later, now as I shape my plans as a new entrepreneur, I find myself playing the «hurry up and wait» game quite often.

The plans themselves have been adapting to the low - return environment over the past few years by hiking contribution rates from both employees and employers.

He claims that options also helped him persuade three executives to leave billion - dollar - plus corporations to join Spencer Reed, which has plans to go public in the next few years.