Sentences with phrase «in consumer operations»

The battering Wells Fargo has taken over the past year from multiple scandals in its consumer operations might not be finished, Chief Executive Officer Tim Sloan said.

Not exact matches

«On the consumer side, it's very clear we are now in the age where the next $ 50 billion market cap company will be what we call a «hybrid» that uses both technology and operations from a human perspective.»

«Fraudulent activity of your employees was not limited to Wells Fargo's consumer banking operations,» he wrote in the letter, which was reviewed by Reuters on Tuesday, explaining that the revelations came during congressional staffer discussions with the bank.

Pilozzi believes Target executives should ditch sales strategies grafted from its U.S. operations and come up with a brand - new, made - in - Canada plan that clearly defines the Target consumer and identifies what sets the brand apart from the competition.

Nakanishi, an engineer who joined Hitachi in 1970 and worked his way up the ladder, proceeded to sell the company's hard disk drive business and consumer - related operations, opting to concentrate on sales of big - ticket power plants, rail lines and water treatment facilities.

That has Anderson speculating that, with the help of consumers» more refined palates and a new frontier in pharmaceuticals, his acreage could soon be a $ 10 - million operation.

If the CFPB reforms fix the deficiencies in those companies» operations, consumers will benefit to the tune of potentially billions of dollars, the National Consumer Law Center said.

An analysis of Building 8's recent hires and job listings by Business Insider, as well as conversations with people close to the company, shows an ambitious effort to create and sell millions of consumer hardware units, from a supply chain outpost in Hong Kong to a planned retail push and customer call center operation.

And Nintendo said in its earnings release it's planning to «introduce new [mobile] game applications while also focusing on continued operations for our released applications so that consumers can enjoy playing them for a long time.»

Scotia, having expanded into Latin America, and TD and BMO, with operations in the United States, are somewhat insulated against a period of consumer debt reduction.

In that role, Lawton oversaw all aspects of eBay's Americas business unit, including marketing, merchandising, operations, business selling, consumer selling, and advertising, as well as global responsibility for shipping, payments, risk, and trust.

In 2012, the company took the reins back from its Chinese distributor and began to oversee its own China operations, rolling out multiple sales channels and directly managing consumer engagement.

While the company spent heavily on TV ads and discounts to woo consumers, its operations were plagued with poor technology, accounts of swindling by fake restaurants, and theft by employees and contractors, the Mint newspaper reported in September.

Without the enormous staff and unavoidable bills that come with an operation of this size — rent, salaries, benefits, Web hosting, etc. — competitors to Groupon can challenge the granddaddy in individual markets all over the world by offering deals more favorable to merchants and / or consumers.

With the reach of 170 full power television stations in 100 markets addressing nearly 38.7 % of US television households, and a diversified, growing digital media operation, Nexstar Media Group offers superior audience engagement across all media devices and local broadcast television's unrivalled influence on consumers» purchasing and political decisions.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

Specifically, her skills lie within operations and compliance in consumer banking, corporate and investment banking.

As I wrote back in August, recent studies conducted by Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) and the Information Technology and Information Foundation (ITIF) have demonstrated convincingly that blocking offshore pirate websites works in terms of changing consumer behaviour (i.e. directing consumers away from infringing content to sources of legitimate content) while at the same time not interfering with normal internet operations.

Previously she ran global operations at a venture - backed consumer startup in Berlin, Germany.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Consumer confidence and discretionary spending, fear of terrorism or war, weakening economic conditions, fare initiatives, labor actions, weather and other factors have resulted in significant fluctuations in revenues and results of operations in the past.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

Not long afterward, The Seattle Times reported that more changes were afoot for Amazon, with the company consolidating its consumer retail operations in order to focus on Alexa, AWS, digital entertainment and other growing areas.

J&J ranks as the single largest healthcare company in the world, with operations including pharmaceuticals, consumer healthcare, and medical devices.

In doing so, they hoped to craft ethical standards around the safe and fair operation of machine learning and robotics before government regulators — in the United States or elsewhere — sought to more aggressively target AI with consumer protection regulationIn doing so, they hoped to craft ethical standards around the safe and fair operation of machine learning and robotics before government regulators — in the United States or elsewhere — sought to more aggressively target AI with consumer protection regulationin the United States or elsewhere — sought to more aggressively target AI with consumer protection regulations.

This explains why consumer metrics like retail sales are dropping in an environment that supposedly has all time low rate of unemployment, and also why major retailers in the US have shuttered so many operations over the last few years.

Riskified commits to optimizing your fraud protection operations, resulting in higher approval rates, irrespective of the product or consumer segment.

As of December 31, 2016, through its operations, authorized bottlers, contract manufacturers and other third parties, the Company made, marketed, distributed and sold a range of beverages, foods and snacks, serving customers and consumers in over 200 countries and territories.

With deep domain expertise in software, SaaS, digital media, eCommerce, marketplaces, platforms and consumer Internet, as well as a strong global network, board level, M&A, operations, P&L, and management experience, Ivan operates as an internal resource to help companies reach their strategic capital needs.

In addition to having significant investing or operations experience, the women offer a broader and more diverse network for recruiting and finding new start - ups and an understanding of female consumers, who are often the dominant users of new products.

«We are obviously disappointed in the results for the quarter, and our team is working quickly to adjust our operations to a changed retail landscape in which we are seeing our consumers move faster than ever from one source of inspiration or influence to another,» Johnson said.

As a result of this focus, and given the clear impact the operations of the banking sector have on the country's economy and individual consumers, calls from all stakeholders for a significant cultural and behavioural change in the industry are growing.

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In addition to our new supervision program, we began handling consumer complaints about credit reporting issues, all of which will open a clear window into the actual operations of these companies.

Working with a variety of leading companies in the industry means that Grand River Foods is ultimately serving the end - consumers at their homes and in restaurants and foodservice operations.

Different PGS require different levels of farmer involvement but, at a minimum, farmers (and hopefully also consumers) are integrally involved in peer - reviews of each other's operations.

Huhtamaki completes strategic review of rigid plastic consumer goods operations and restructures operations in Foodservice Germany

Second, college students eventually become consumers and will bring their eating habits and preferences with them when patronizing commercial foodservice operations in their post-graduate years.

By integrating technology into their retail store footprints and operations, for the first time in the company's history, Accent Food Services is interacting directly with consumers.

The Edinburg, Texas - based company grows a variety of fruits and vegetables in North and South America, oversees the logistics of its operations from the field to the packing house, and then manages its shipments, while marketing its product line, to foodservice companies, retailers and consumers.

The company plans to expand into the southeast in the near future to complement its parent companies» operations in Atlanta, and Esposito expects Railex to broaden its capabilities to include other fast - moving consumer goods.

UHT pasteurization is being used because consumers are buying more dairy products in bulk, dairy operations are becoming larger, and population expansion is increasingly causing consumers to be located in more remote locations throughout the world.

«What makes the EZ Scoop in powder packaging so appealing is that not only does it improve the consumer experience, it improves the ergonomic experience of workers involved in the packaging process without impacting operations,» said Becky Donner, senior vice president of design and engineering at TricorBraun.

On show in the Inspection area of the stand, Ishida's new IX series X-ray range raises the bar in performance and usability, offering customers easy maintenance, stress - free operation, and a robust fail safe system that prevents a contaminated product reaching the consumer to minimise the potential for costly recalls.

«Kerry is constantly focused on expanding its food technology base and broadening its product offerings through its global ingredients and flavour operations, and will also continue to capitalise on growth opportunities in snack and convenience categories of the UK and Irish consumer foods sectors,» Friel said.

Standing out against the competition were candidates Maya, of JKS Restaurants, who is working alongside head of operations to develop the drinks offering across the group, and The Railway Kitchen's Martin Bilsborough, both of whom will work closely with bartenders in their respective cities and around the country to deliver bespoke training sessions, interactive master - classes, and consumer and trade tasting events to communicate the distinctive flavour profile and production process of Half Hitch gin.

In 2015, The Consumer Goods Forum, which represents more than 400 of the world's largest retailers and manufacturers from 70 countries, adopted a resolution for its members to reduce food waste from their operations by 50 percent by 2025, with baselines and progress to be measured using the FLW Standard.

The main priority for Bright Food as it heads towards a Hong Kong float of the Asia - Pacific food operations is buying premium food service businesses in Singapore, Hong Kong and China and to acquire more fast - moving consumer goods distribution operations in China, from which it can sell more of the sought - after food products being made by its Australian businesses.

But the loss of private label volumes will reduce productivity in their branded milk operations, where margins have been squeezed as consumers switch from branded milk to cheap home brand milk.

Australian Competition and Consumer Commission chairman Rod Sims says he will not push supermarkets to divest assets despite a stern warning from former Woolworths executive Tony Leon that the retailer's liquor operations had become far too powerful and should be spilt in two.