Sentences with phrase «going upmarket»

As companies find continued success, they increase their revenue by going upmarket, where they can find higher margins, by creating more sophisticated services and goods for their biggest customers.

While Citroen is also going upmarket with models like the DS - line, Peugeot is keeping the harder tab on the highest sporting side of things such as Le Mans and of course the RCZ.

A smattering of ST logos lets you know this isn't a normal ST.. The new Fiesta is said to be going upmarket, and the Ford Fiesta ST follows suit.

Some areas have been going upmarket, others are declining.

Odd strategic choices foiled other efforts to go upmarket.

Since its failed effort to go upmarket under ex-CEO Johnson in 2012 and 2013, Penney has been fixing its business by bringing back popular in - house brands like St. John's Bay that offer higher profit margins, fixing its e-commerce business, and tweaking its homes goods selection.

Sbarro is the latest to go upmarket, the Wall Street Journal reports, following a trend started a few years ago by McDonald's.

«It sounded kind of downmarket, and the trick of life is to go upmarket.

There are some times you need to go upmarket when dating Hull singles and if you are looking for the classiest and most stylish restaurant in Hull, you'll find that 1884 Dock Street Kitchen has plenty to offer.

A new type of wood, a striped light oak veneer, looks particularly Scandinavian, as if Ikea suddenly went upmarket and consulted with Audi on the design.

The big takeaway, though, was how Hyundai wanted to go upmarket.

Inside, the Clio goes upmarket with chrome and gloss black trim, a dash shaped like an aircraft wing, a wide range of colour options and comfortable seats with clever stuff like R - Link, an internet - ready touchscreen tablet which even offers an App for selecting engine sounds, reversing camera, keyless and a bass reflex system.

This is a calculated step by Kia to go upmarket against some very strong, established competition and while the Stinger's design has been attractively resolved, the car's performance promises to elevate Kia's brand.

For your evening accommodation, choose from the 3 star Seaview Motel or go upmarket in the 4 star Sovereign Resort.

Then it went upmarket, as the perfect material for colorful designs ranging from disney to art deco.

Deck your bed with lace - covered pillows, invest in lace trimmed bedding or even go upmarket with a full lace bedspread.

Not exact matches

It was the toast of the auto - show circuit and a clear play on Kia's part to redefine the brand with a classic «halo» car — in this case, a rear - wheel - drive, go - fast machine with a game - changing exterior design and an inviting price tag, relative to the upmarket competition.

Totally agree that we should go for Xhaka because his club wants to sell and the player has probably needs fresh challenge (if not necessarily move upmarket).

If all goes well and your date continues long into the evening, watch the sunset over the Tyne Bridge before heading for dinner and drinks in one of the many upmarket places along the river.

They are only going to the upmarket, and high society sugar daddy club were just members can hang out.

Upmarket clubs and bars: Cities like London are home to some of the wealthiest bachelors in the world and it goes without saying that these men look for companionship.

Competing against nonconsumption and moving disruptively upmarket are critical elements of a successful new - growth strategy — and yet by definition, these disruptive markets are going to be small at the outset.

The wing - backed Recaro seats are the only familiar touches; everything else, from the dashboard to the door panels, has gone decidedly upmarket.

Basically, Subaru decided to go a bit more upmarket than Scion, so the BRZ's starting price is $ 1335 more than the Scion's but includes more equipment, such as standard navigation.

And even the Outlander has gone in the wrong direction — the new Outlander GT disguises its legitimately entertaining chassis beneath a body that's gone supergeneric (and, yes, ditched the drop - down tailgate that was otherwise seen only on upmarket machines like BMWs and Land Rovers).

The 1992 E36 3 Series went further upmarket in style.

Aside from the upgrades, which we will go into more detail about later, the Volvo V40 is an upmarket hatch offering that sits between mainstream family hatchbacks and full - on premium rivals like the Audi A3.

Maserati and Jaguar both went Porsche - hunting, Kia moved upmarket, and Honda brought back a dormant nameplate.

I think BMW, Benz, and Audi will go even further upmarket and tae their spots.

Originally a subcompact, the Civic has gone through several generational changes, becoming both larger and more upmarket and moving into the compact car segment.

As far as pickups in its segment go, the F - 150 is very well built out of upmarket materials.

When the Discovery Sport replaced the Freelander in 2014, the model grew in size and went more upmarket, leaving space in the range for an affordable offering beneath it.

Instead it's gone for a more mature and upmarket approach that it hopes will lure buyers away from popular models such as the recently revised VW Golf and SEAT Leon.

The F - Pace is going way upmarket, and the Land Rover Discovery Sport needed to be different.

Kia hasn't seen fit to send any interior photos — it looks like the reveal, and technical details, are an on - going project — but we're expecting a more appealing and upmarket cabin.

Kia's attempt to creep upmarket is built on strong foundations if the new Sorento 7 - seat SUV is anything to go by

When the MINI Clubman went on sale in 2008, its quirky barn doors and five - seat interior offered buyers who wanted quirky styling and an upmarket badge, something bigger and more practical than the existing three - door hatch.

Datsun will definitely have a successful model on its hands once they launch the GO Cross, especially with the urban crossover design and upmarket interiors.

Designed by VW to go more upmarket, it's hoped the large family car's sleeker image and improved tech will help steer customers away from the BMW 3 Series and Mercedes C - Class, not to mention mainstream rivals like the Mazda 6 and Ford Mondeo.

The posh interior ambience is backed up by the fact that even entry - level S models get a that eight - inch colour touchscreen in the centre of the dashboard, which helps the Golf to feel upmarket from the word go.

Expect a more upmarket cabin than before, just as in the new A-Class, and a selection of four - cylinder petrol and diesel engines, powering the front wheels on lesser models and all four as you go up the new CLA price list, as well as AMG 35 and AMG 45 versions.

The 2019 BMW X7 flagship crossover hasn't even been revealed yet, but BMW may be thinking about going even more upmarket with the addition of a new X8 crossover, which would give BMW a Range Rover rival.

Along with the Skoda Rapid, the Toledo goes up against affordable and practical hatchbacks like the Hyundai i30, Vauxhall Astra and Kia Cee'd, while you could also consider a Dacia Logan MCV estate or head upmarket and bag yourself a Volkswagen Golf.

The tease video Land Rover has revealed (below) shows a silhouette of a new Discovery model that's much sleeker than what's gone before, but which sees the return of the kinked roof line, and an interior shown in a single picture (also below) released by Land Rover that seems to show an interior much more upmarket than we had expected from Land Rover's «Lifestyle» Discovery range.

«For those who wish to go even further upmarket, there is a broad range of innovative extras not offered by competitors such as the Touch and Connect infotainment system,» says the company.

For those looking for more specifics, the following might be helpful: Young - adult and upper - level middle - grade novels in all subgenres; Big crossover novels with one foot squarely in genre (Wool, The Night Circus, Gone Girl); Literary commercial novels (Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, The Art of Racing in the Rain); Upmarket women's fiction (Keepsake, My Sister's Keeper, Still Alice); Single - title romance (historicals especially)(Ravishing The Heiress, The Ugly Duchess, The Heir); Lead title or hardcover science fiction and fantasy (Soulless, Game of Thrones, Old Man's War).

There are quite a number of upmarket eateries in Pietermaritzburg these days and as far as steakhouses go you aren't likely to find anything more upmarket than Butcher Boys.

For a touch of luxury on this beautiful stretch of Caribbean coast, you can't go wrong with the newly developed upmarket community of Playacar.

The bright lights of the casinos and upmarket hotels here have made Las Vegas the go - to for revellers and party - goers the world over.

- I would encourage you NOT to go somewhere too upmarket — to me, this always highlights being on your own.