Sentences with phrase «fundamental changes in the business»

«At the beginning of this year we set an aggressive plan to rebuild our two key brands — JDate and ChristianMingle — to become relevant again to our customers and drive fundamental change in business performance,» said Michael Egan, Chief Executive Officer of Spark Networks.

«The move by Barnes & Noble as well as Amazon to slash the prices of their eBook readers reflects a fundamental change in their business strategy intended to counter the rising competitive pressure from Apple's iPad,» iSuppli said.

This is a company that, absent a corporate buyout, will eventually be destined for bankruptcy based on fundamental changes in the business model since 2004.

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While a lot has changed in the business world over the past several decades, the fundamentals of building a strong business have not, he says: «Once an entrepreneur, always an entrepreneur.

While a lot has changed in the business world over the past several decades, the fundamentals of building a strong business have not, Branson notes: «The principles are the same and still fit what I am good at: finding markets that need shaking up, coming up with ways to make people's lives better, then finding brilliant people to bring it to life.

The fundamentals of business plan writing remain the same, but there are some crucial changes these days that you should keep in mind when crafting your plan.

«We saw that [the internet] was a fundamental change in the way companies did business, and that it was going to create a fundamentally new type of risk,» says Robert Parisi, cyber product leader at insurance brokerage firm Marsh USA.

I was kind of like I said interested in gambling or at least speculating or figuring things out and then taking a calculated gamble and what they were telling me was don't try, there were saying that no one can beat the market and the stock prices are efficient and just through simple observation looking at the newspaper and they used to have the 52 - week high low prices in the newspaper, it seemed unreasonable that you know the fair price was 51 day and eight months later, it was 120, and that was pretty much every stock had that kind of range every year and it didn't make sense to me that the fundamentals of the underlying businesses were actually changing that much.

Allergan Plc's chief executive on Monday said he was opposed to fundamental changes to the drug company's business strategy, even as its board considers drastic moves like splitting the company, selling off assets or doing deals to turn around a steep drop in its share price.

However, the reality is that the overwhelming percentage of the population needs to change how they think about the world at a fundamental level in order to actually follow through on starting a business and getting customers.

Bitcoin and blockchain have the potential to bring about a fundamental change in the way we do business.

«Due to the fundamental changes facing the business today, including increased domestic competition and rising content costs, we believe other shareholders would be willing to partner with Icahn in his efforts to force a sale,» DiClemente wrote in a note to clients.

But that would require a fundamental change to the Elections Act — eliminating the requirement of a party leader's endorsement to run as a party's candidate, then fashioning a more coherent rule — and a change in the ways our political parties do business.

They involve new laws and policies, radical changes in mentalities and lifestyles, codes of conduct for businesses and institutions, changes in the content of curricula and textbooks, new norms and decision - making methods in politics, health care and education systems, new strategic priorities for international cooperation, radically new approaches to development, fundamental transformation of democratic principles and mechanisms - a new social ethos imposed on all.

We work closely with leaders in business and governmental agencies who have a vision of what is needed but are becoming tired and depressed in the face of the seeming impossibility of fundamental change.

Although it will be incredibly difficult to ever match his contributions on the pitch, it's vitally important for a former club legend, like Henry, to publicly address his concerns regarding the direction of this club... regardless of those who still feel that Henry has some sort of agenda due to the backlash he received following earlier comments he made on air regarding Arsenal, he has an intimate understanding of the game, he knows the fans are being hosed and he feels some sense of obligation, both professionally and personally, to tell it like he sees it... much like I've continually expressed over the last couple months, this team isn't evolving under this current ownership / management team... instead we are currently experiencing a «stagnant» phase in our club's storied history... a fact that can't be hidden by simply changing the formation or bringing in one or two individuals... this team needs fundamental change in the way it conducts business both on and off the pitch or it will continue to slowly devolve into a second tier club... regardless of the euphoria surrounding our escape act on Friday evening, as it stands, this club is more likely to be fighting for a Europa League spot for the foreseeable future than a top 4 finish... we can't hope for the failures of others to secure our place in the top 4, we need to be the manufacturers of our own success by doing whatever is necessary to evolve as an organization... if Wenger, Gazidis and Kroenke can't take the necessary steps following the debacle they manufactured last season, their removal is imperative for our future success... unfortunately, I strongly believe that either they don't know how to proceed in the present economic climate or they are unwilling to do whatever it takes to turn this ship around... just look at the current state of our squad, none of our world class players are under contract beyond this season, we have a ridiculous wage bill considering the results, we can't sell our deadwood because we've mismanaged our personnel decisions and contractual obligations, we haven't properly cultivated our younger talent and we might have become one of the worst clubs ever when it comes to way we handle our transfer business, which under Dein was one of our greatest assets... it's time to get things right!!!

Comment: Despite a range of attempts within the party itself and by the party in government I fear that it is now clear that without specific, binding changes to bring about equal access for women to the top jobs in business and politics we will not be able to achieve these fundamental goals any time soon.

The Business Council of New York State supports Governor Cuomo's plan for fundamental changes in how New York State develops its budgets, and for advancing innovative approaches to managing State government.

«The Executive Budget calls for what the governor describes as reforms to the state's pension system, Civil Service and some fundamental changes in the way the state does business,» Fox said.

«I think that very fundamental change which the business community is strongly in support of is key to making sure this law will not stagnate job growth,» she said.

A: Lazio said he'd prefer to be known as «the person that's going to bring about fundamental and sweeping change to state government, who's going to restore integrity, who's going to get us back in the business of creating jobs... who's going to lower the cost of living and lower the cost of government and get our spending under control so that we can have a state that we can be proud of and feel optimistic about.»

But we have to stop assuming men and women are basically the same because they're not, which represents a fundamental change in how neuroscience has been doing business — a major zeitgeist change is afoot.»

This is a timely development, as cash strapped western governments reduce the amount of money they dedicate to international aid, and consumers show signs that they increasingly expect the brands they buy from to be ethically conscious, the changing funding environment around NGOs will make the role of businesses in achieving the goals fundamental.

Quite a bit of the discussion is along the predictable and tired paths of building in some corrective measures into «business as usual» scenarios, but at least a few brave voices from within civil society and some governments are pushing for more fundamental changes in economic and political structures.

In January 2005, leaders from Connecticut's business, higher education and civic communities came together to create ConnCAN: The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, a nonprofit organization designed to be a catalyst for the fundamental changes needed to ensure every child in the state received a high - quality education, regardless of their addresIn January 2005, leaders from Connecticut's business, higher education and civic communities came together to create ConnCAN: The Connecticut Coalition for Achievement Now, a nonprofit organization designed to be a catalyst for the fundamental changes needed to ensure every child in the state received a high - quality education, regardless of their addresin the state received a high - quality education, regardless of their address.

Wealthy philanthropists invested millions of dollars into their own playbook for reforms that spread to Newark and other cities, including Chicago: Close failing schools with low enrollment and test scores; create «charter schools» that get public money but are run by private groups; and move to a business model that makes fundamental changes in hiring, firing and evaluating teachers.

She argues that without fundamental change in government and business policies and the redirection of major resources back into the schools and the communities they serve, urban schools are consigned to failure, and no effort at raising standards, improving teaching, or boosting achievement can occur.

This is a complete rebuild, fundamental business model needs changed otherwise every point listed will fail in the current environment.

You don't normally expect to see your bestselling titles targeted for a purge, but thus is the new reality as subscription services learn to cope with popular books... It's a punch in the gut but doesn't change the fundamentals of our business.

That, in turn, means locking down the device to prevent transactions outside of Amazon; otherwise, the business model falls apart and Amazon begins selling easily - rooted tablets which bring the company little (if any) after - sale revenue.Sorry you're so short - changed on such fundamental business strategy, something King Gillette championed about a century ago.

Changes in market sentiment can cause a stock to drop, but that doesn't mean the underlying business model or fundamentals of that company has changed at all.

Benefiting from undervalued international companies experiencing positive change International companies: The fund invests in international large and midsize companies to benefit from business opportunities outside the United States.A value strategy: The fund focuses on companies whose stocks are priced below their long - term potential, and where there may be a catalyst for positive change.Building competitive portfolios: The portfolio manager uses fundamental research as the cornerstone of the investment process.

With a chart like this, the share price may end up lagging (often severely) a fundamental step - change / turnaround in the business.

Ultimately science blogs may make a fundamental difference in our response to climate change — as they help create the critical democratic mass to counter the «corporatocratic» tendency to business as usual present in most developed countries.

More generally these days, it seems, growing ranks of companies are moving beyond pursuing corporate social responsibility as a marketing strategy (sift Twitter for «#CSR #marketing» to get familiar with this arena) and changing basic business models in fundamental ways.

Shareholder action can be an effective tool to make small reforms at a company — such as pressuring Apple to institute better labour practices at the factories it works with in China — but it won't achieve the fundamental changes to the business model of the fossil fuel industry needed: keeping their coal, oil and gas reserves in the ground.

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While there's still a fundamental resistance to change by some law firms, Mr. Esposito believes those firms that proactively look at their business models, understand their economics to better address pricing issues and work more efficiently to adapt to evolving client demands, will be those poised to succeed in today's highly competitive legal market.

Today, law firms need to be nimble and a step ahead in «horizon scanning» client organisations to help anticipate business risk when potentially fundamental changes are taking place within their customers» enterprises.

«Publishing pay data alone won't change anything — progress will only happen if organisations use this as an opportunity to understand what's happening in their business and make some fundamental changes as a result.

Overall, however, this fundamental change in the system of UK trade mark examination should encourage more small - and medium - sized businesses to register their marks, thereby protecting their IP with the minimum of additional expense and time.

You can cargo - cult your way to a better office by building different desks and arranging them in different ways — but nothing will change until you understand the fundamentals of where business is broken.

«The fundamental idea is to perform a change — a reform if you want — of the business model of financial derivatives to exploit in the best way the technology of the blockchain to get derivatives which are more transparent, which are more secure.»

While the fundamental focus will remain on phones, Surface, meetings with devices like PPI and Xbox hardware, Microsoft is in a move to make certain changes in its newly acquired Nokia handset business and its Lumia lineup.

«The fundamental idea is to perform a change — a reform if you want — of the business model of financial derivatives to exploit in the best way the technology of the blockchain to get derivatives which are more transparent, which are more secure,» the paper said.

«For business, the fundamental underlying issue of finding the best talent for their organization hasn't changed, but what has evolved across our industry is how to manage this process in an age where technology has brought new ways of finding top - quality talent.»

• Track record of effectively analyzing customer buying patterns and predicting correlating future trends • Deep familiarity with managing plans for stock levels and effectively reacting to changes in demands and logistics • Highly experienced in maintaining fruitful relationships with existing vendors and suppliers and sourcing new ones for future liaison • Exceptionally well - versed in liaising with different departments including merchandising and sales to ensure that all buying and projection requirements are fulfilled • Competent at providing input in promotional activities and visual merchandise setups • Effectively able to research and present new product ranges to retail managers • Focused on researching and developing product assortments in sync with the demands of retailers and customers • Qualified to maintain and monitor purchase orders, shipping, reorders and markdowns • Hands - on experience in creating periodic reports and recaps in order to support merchandising strategies • Demonstrated expertise in selecting products that appeal to customers and meet their expectations • Fundamental comprehension of the statistical components of business such as selloffs, WOS and MD percentages • Able to prioritize tasks in order to balance both immediate and long term needs of the buying process • Proficient in assisting buyers with determining appropriate adjustments such as markdowns, delivery changes and price negotiations

The concept — as a means of attracting new business — represents a fundamental change in the goodwill that had previously been associated with REALTOR ® as a trademark entity.

But more fundamental changes may be afoot as the company drives toward a new business model for making money in residential real estate.

Trade in your fancy sports car for a VR headset and change the fundamental way you do business.