Sentences with phrase «focus group says»

The Secondary Staff Focus Group said: «My teaching is much more kinaesthetic, more practical, more moving around, it's trusting the kids a little bit more to be able to behave.

That's because focus groups said pickups with higher truck beds looked like they could haul more weight.

Acura turned the TL (too big, focus groups said) and smallish TSX into the dazzling Acura TLX (photo above).

In discussions about providing research databases for the public, many librarians in our focus groups said that patrons are not generally aware of the databases that are available or how these databases differ from the resources available through a public search engine such as Google.

One consumer in one focus group said, «When it's a former Congressman endorsing it, it makes it sound like a good idea.»

Not exact matches

Having a few clients gives Joanne Sonenshine's consulting group time to focus on their specific needs, but «there is a fear that if one or two go away, we are in a serious financial conundrum,» she says.

C. Fred Bergsten, a member of the advisory council and director emeritus of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, said the nonlabor members of the group warned not to focus on the «hobby horse» of the U.S. trade deficit with Mexico.

Discovery invested $ 100 million in a new holding company, Group Nine Media, that combines millennial - focused online publishers Thrillist, a food, drink and travel brand; video news creator NowThis, and animal video site The Dodo with its own digital assets, the company said in a statement.

Apple would have done better to focus on China's regional trends rather than develop the payment service for a global market, says Kitty Fok, managing director of the China group at the market research firm International Data Corporation.

Whitman also said that HPE (hpe) would merge its Hewlett Packard Labs research arm into its enterprise group, which is focused on selling data center gear.

The trick with successfully hosting any kind of focus group, says Bell, is finding a broad range of college students — from all ethnic backgrounds and walks of life.

Rather than focusing on how individuals can achieve success with their own companies, Startup Phenomenon will address how communities might foster entrepreneurship more broadly, says John Bradley, senior vice president of content and strategy for Van Heyst Group, the company producing the conference.

«Jeb Bush has a big interest in Latin America, and I expect he would follow in the footsteps of [his] father and brother in being more internationally focused on trade issues,» says Todd McCracken, president and chief executive of the National Small Business Association, a business advocacy group.

It's like an instant, public focus group with marketing built in,» says Jason Calacanis, Mahalo's CEO.

We like to focus very strongly on groups and sectors,» Bollinger said.

Preventing the display of sensitive data in plain sight — say an employee seeing a confidential record as they walk by a colleague's computer — is the focus of Kate Borten, founder of Marblehead Group consultancy and a member of the Visual Privacy Advisory Council.

BERLIN, May 2 - Volkswagen's labour leaders should focus on staff - related matters and not get involved in other aspects of management, the head of the carmaker's controlling shareholder group was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

When it comes to the obstruction portion of the investigation, Mueller is said to be focused on three main episodes: Trump's firing of FBI Director James Comey last May; the drafting of a misleading statement about the purpose of a June 2016 meeting between Don Jr., Trump's son - in - law Jared Kushner and a group of Russians at Trump Tower; and the disclosure that Trump considered firing Mueller last June.

The group, known also as APT37, in 2017 began attacking targets in Japan, Vietnam and the Middle East after having focused on its southern neighbor for years, FireEye said in a report.

Kevin Lynch, vice-chair at BMO Financial Group, says that this change has been a huge advantage for Canadian financial institutions expanding abroad, but he believes that putting the focus on Canada's stability could help any business gain traction.

The company has responded with statements saying that it's not as dependent on drug price increases as critics have claimed; it has also pointed out that while attention has focused on changes in list prices for drugs, those prices don't reflect the actual cost for insurers, governments and other group purchasers, which typically receive discounts that aren't publicly disclosed.

Those using Telegram for illicit purposes say they view Telegram as a platform that offers increased anonymity compared to other alternatives, and one that isn't as heavily policed when it comes to removing groups and channels focused on sharing pirated or illegal material.

BERLIN, May 2 (Reuters)- Volkswagen's labour leaders should focus on staff - related matters and not get involved in other aspects of management, the head of the carmaker's controlling shareholder group was quoted as saying on Wednesday.

«In the short term, costs will increase, but in the medium - to long term, there will be more transparency in the market, and prices may start to come down in time,» said Marcia Wagner, head of the Wagner Law Group, which focuses on ERISA law and employee benefits.

Tim Hortons says focus groups and other consumer research found that its customers felt the old extra large wasn't huge enough.

HSBC management should switch to expansion mode rather than focus on share buybacks, says Kevin Leung of Haitong International Securities Group.

«We have a core IT supervision group... and within that group we created a new division that is focused on cyber security issues to strengthen our capacity to deal with these,» he said.

Holyk said customer focus groups showed that many customers were not very up on the changes in recent years.

With each design choice, customers share real - time shopper preferences that go well beyond what they would say in a focus group.

Blackstone Group CEO Stephen Schwarzman said the biggest risk to market valuations are geopolitical, and the very things that people don't want to focus on, like North Korea.

April 6 (Reuters)- French luxury group Kering said on Friday it had taken steps to sell skatewear label Volcom, its last remaining non luxury brand, as it focuses on its high - margin, high - end labels.

An IPO could lead to softness in SoftBank Group shares for a while as some telecoms - focused investors sell their holdings to buy shares in the newly listed entity, said Chris Lane, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein.

With that in mind, Dimon said there needs to be bipartisan group of experts focused on fixing healthcare.

Acting on it is another thing altogether,» says David Ambler, a partner in the Phelon Group, a consultancy based in Palo Alto, California, which focuses on helping companies better relations with customers.

Since video has become a major focus for AOL, Adap.tv, which specializes in video and has dealings with 83 of the top 100 Ad Age advertisers, «essentially provides the technology and the relationships to help facilitate that shift at a faster rate for AOL,» said Telsey Group analyst James Cakmak.

«Skip the focus group,» she says, because with tech, «You have an everyday focus group.»

David Nahamoo, manager of the human - languages group, says the company is focusing on specific applications, rather than the general approach taken by Mobile Technologies and Sakhr.

Flynn's son also recently drew focus in the Russia investigation because of work he did for his father's lobbying firm, Flynn Intel Group, and legal analysts have said that Mueller's focus on Flynn Jr. could be an attempt to coerce his father's cooperation in the investigation.

«We've run out of space,» Zak says, reflecting with Cohen on how far the company has come since uncovering that seemingly small insight at the Craigslist focus group.

While the losses are significant, the results still are positive for Uber with revenue rising and losses falling in three of four quarters in 2017, said Rohit Kulkarni, managing director of SharesPost, a research group focused on privately held companies.

First Cobalt says the acquisition will help it position itself as a North American - focused cobalt company, as buyers of the metal look to diversify from a widespread reliance on production in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where human rights groups have raised concerns of child labour in mining operations.

When young adults do ask parents for their two cents on saving, they often do so with a heavy dose of skepticism, says Lisa Szykman, associate professor at William & Mary School of Business, who has run focus - group research exploring young adults» personal finance behavior.

«A traditional press release focuses on a product launch or putting a product into seasonal contact, and the main purpose is to either get print coverage or blog coverage,» says Michelle Olson, an account director at New York's The Lane Communications Group, where she focuses on beauty and skin care companies.

JPMorgan is also «making a special effort» to bring on more African - Americans by setting up a separate group to focus on school recruiting, retention and hiring «more senior African - American talent,» Dimon said.

Previous research that focused on adolescents» use of the drug in the wake of medical marijuana laws didn't find an increase in that age group, she said.

«Our efforts are paying off by shifting our focus to thinking more like a group of speciality retailers and less like general merchant,» said Wetmore.

«The type of hidden fees annuity investors should pay attention to are separate account [investment funds] expense ratios; back - end sales charges; annual administration fees; mortality and expense costs; any rider fees, such as guaranteed income rider, death benefit riders [and] principal protection riders, to name a few,» says financial planner Joseph Carbone of Focus Planning Group.

Velloso says his team's focus is on highlighting the best tweets from those gaming groups for the entertainment of the people following the account.

Local IT company Synergy Equities Group has reached a settlement to dispose of the last of its mining assets in a deal it says will allow for a greater focus on its core technology business.

People will have a little more freedom to say, share an e-book with a friend, as regulators focus more on halting piracy, said Laurence Pulgram, chair of the copyright litigation group with Fenwick & West in San Francisco.