Sentences with phrase «from lower labor costs»

And more than insulated, they stand to benefit from lower labor costs.

Meanwhile, business owners still profit more from lower labor costs than they lose from either lower sales or less robust productivity gains.

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Steering consumers to pick - up and drop - off locations saves both companies money because labor and fuel costs are lower when many packages can be picked up from one place rather than retrieving packages door - to - door.

«Firms with low labor costs should be most insulated from accelerating wages, a trend that our economists expect will persist in 2018.»

As Japanese rivals grabbed business away from them, U.S. electronics companies moved production to countries with lower labor costs.

Manufacturing is routinely relocated to take advantage of lower labor costs in different countries, and competition among suppliers to get a contract from a major athletic shoe brand is high.

Wage and benefit increases of 15 to 20 percent per year at the average Chinese factory will slash China's labor - cost advantage over low - cost states in the U.S., from 55 percent today to 39 percent in 2015, when adjusted for the higher productivity of U.S. workers.

Now, after years of benefiting from low - cost labor, many employers are starting to pay more.

That proposal was controversial because some critics view it as a way for tech companies to simply save money on labor costs by relying on lower - paid workers from overseas.

We anticipate lower restaurant labor expense and restaurant expenses as a percentage of sales this fiscal year from same - restaurant sales leverage and our transformational cost savings initiatives.

Second, the small size of a typical Wingstop at 1,700 square feet and a singular focus on serving up bold, crispy wings made from fryers means low labor costs, and the potential for juicy profits.

Early - stage businesses are taking advantage of Jacksonville's emerging startup scene, and it's inexpensive business and labor costs, low taxes, a young population and an attractive quality of life entice entrepreneurs from around the country in ways that the more established tech - hubs of California and New York can not.

Such gaps tend to narrow for a number of reasons, including higher marginal productivity on cheaper labor and land costs in lower - tier cities, better economic integration with government - led redistribution of infrastructure and public resources from regional hubs to small neighbor cities, and broader penetration of technology, including smartphones and the internet, according to the Morgan Stanley research.

This trend has been accelerating over the last two decades, leading to almost nomadic companies that move their factories from the US to China, then to Thailand, to Vietnam, etc., seeking ever lower labor costs.

The discrepancy was largest for the smaller farms, partly because they had higher labor costs and lower yields from using more pasture for feed.

Problems with plant diseases, rising labor costs, and competition from lower - priced imported peppers have led to a 75 percent decline in the acreage devoted to growing chiles in the state in the last twenty years.

The nonprofit received a lot of help from corporations such as construction company Hayner Hoyt, who engaged subcontractors to provide free to low cost labor and materials.

The rate increase, if approved, comes with several backup measures that would allow LIPA and PSEG to hike rates (or lower them) in the future if costs and projected savings related to storms, labor contracts and debt refinancing differ from current projections.

Because nitrous oxide offers relief from pain and anxiety that is low cost with low risks to mama and baby, it appeals to women who desire a low intervention, natural birth but who need a little extra help coping with the pain and anxiety of labor.

From a business perspective, this helps companies become much leaner, removing redundancies from their processes and lowering labor costs simultaneouFrom a business perspective, this helps companies become much leaner, removing redundancies from their processes and lowering labor costs simultaneoufrom their processes and lowering labor costs simultaneously.

Curricula, teaching methods, and schedules can all be customized to meet the learning styles and life situations of individual students; education can be freed from the geographic constraints of districts and brick - and - mortar buildings; coursework from the most remedial to the most advanced can be made available to everyone; students can have more interaction with teachers and one another; parents can readily be included in the education process; sophisticated data systems can measure and guide performance; and schools can be operated at lower cost with technology (which is relatively cheap) substituted for labor (which is relatively expensive).

GM said it will also lower its breakeven volume point to 10 million vehicles by reducing its plants from 47 in 2008 to 34 by the end of 2010, cut an additional 7000 to 8000 North American employees in addition to the cuts dictated in the February viability plan, and reduce labor costs from $ 7.6 billion in 2008 to $ 5 billion in 2010.

«Our books are tiny, and tiny things tend to cost less in our marketplace than regular - size things,» says Prabhaker, adding that volunteer labor, free content from the writers and lack of national distribution all allow them to keep their prices lower.

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If 40 % of SPX revenue of 1,080 per share comes from overseas, and that low - cost labor starts to go away, the $ 90 of aggregate earnings will begin to decline.

State made several flawed assumptions in its environmental review, including 1) an unrealistically low cost for transporting tar sands by rail from Alberta to Texas, 2) an inaccurate estimate of tar sands production costs and 3) an unrealistic assumption that tar sands production costs will not increase with rising labor, material and energy prices.

It won't grow in the US (except Hawaii, maybe south Florida), but the places where it does grow (indonesia, Maylasia) have low labor costs, so buying it from there is a good choice economically.

The brute - force, labor intensive legal delivery model is being replaced by a digitized one where repetitive tasks are automated; products are replacing many services; delivery cycles are compressed; costs are reduced and / or proportionate to supply and demand; and lawyers are deployed to perform tasks that require differentiated judgment, skills, or knowledge and / or working from more efficient, lower - cost tech - enabled delivery models.

The Southeastern U.S. enjoys fast growth for a variety of reasons: low cost of labor and land, great infrastructure (from roads to rails to water) and advanced manufacturing and distribution hubs.

However, secondary cities including Phoenix, Austin, Texas and Raleigh - Durham, N.C. are starting to show tremendous growth in office demand from tech tenants as well, as firms look for cheaper, but still urban - orientated, markets that will offer fresh labor pools, but with lower operating costs.