Sentences with phrase «increase the price point»

«We can increase price points and the perceived value of a brand even if the liquid remains the same — but that doesn't mean we're making people drink more.»

Switching from contract to independent food service is also a way for schools to break the «good sales, cheap food» cycle and improve quality without increasing the price point.

It will feature some amount of text searching but does not include a touchscreen or keyboard, both of which would increase the price point a great deal.

This can increase the price point and possibly margins at OmniVision.

One of the key strategies for Coke in developed markets where consumption for capita is stable - to - declining is to increase the sales per occasion by finding ways to subtly increase the price points of their products.

While suppliers are endlessly looking for ways to increase their price points on items, as well as bring line extensions to market, they may be losing focus on their original task: to offer consumers a healthy and reasonably priced alternative for the pet food needs.

Now that OnePlus has increased the price point with its latest flagship, is the OnePlus 5 able to go toe - to - toe with the latest and greatest from Samsung?

The Director of Productivity has helped agents increase their price points, number of transactions, and overall sales volume — in some cases even doubling it.

Not exact matches

The underlying combined ratio of 95.5 % increased 1.1 points, primarily driven by (i) loss cost trends that modestly exceeded earned pricing, the impact of which has been moderating in recent quarters, and (ii) normal quarterly variability in both loss activity and expenses.

He used cans of Campbell's Soup and Coca - Cola to stress his point about what he called insignificant price increases from Trump's tariffs.

It pointed to the continued presence of fragile fixed - income market liquidity as a key vulnerability in the overall financial system, while it repeats the risks of a sharp increase in long - term interest rates, stress from emerging markets like China and prolonged weakness in commodity prices.

A fair point made by Wendy's management is that the gap between the price of groceries, or food at home, and restaurants, or food away from home, is increasing.

SINGAPORE, April 23 (Reuters)- Oil prices dipped early on Monday as a rising U.S. rig count pointed to further increases in the country's output, underlining one of only a few factors holding back crude markets in an otherwise bullish environment.

As lawmakers and the public scrutinize dramatic price increases for other old drugs — most recently with the Mylan - owned EpiPen, which saw its cost go up by 500 % in the past nine years — the next flash point may be insulin, a drug both ubiquitous and complicated.

The Prices Index increased 6.8 percentage points to 70 percent, indicating that prices increased significantly in DecPrices Index increased 6.8 percentage points to 70 percent, indicating that prices increased significantly in Decprices increased significantly in December.

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.

The price point has increased with the new lounge offerings but the goal remains clear: As American Airlines is able to generate significant profits, some of that money will be reinvested in improving travel experience, at least for premium cabin customers.

For March 2014, the national house price index was flat — which doesn't sound particularly alarming, until the authors point out that this is the first time in 15 years that house prices haven't increased in March, typically the kickoff of the important spring buying season.

(It aims to keep prices increasing at an annual rate of 2 %, with a cushion of 1 percentage point on each side of that target.)

Oil prices fell as increased drilling in the United States pointed to more output, raising concerns about a return of oversupply.

«Increase in exports to Germany, higher consumption and falling hydro inflows are bullish factors, while stronger wind power output is to hold back Nordic prices,» a Point Carbon analyst said.

SINGAPORE, April 23 (Reuters)- Oil prices dipped on Monday as a rising U.S. rig count pointed to further increases in the country's output, underlining one of only a few factors holding back crude markets in an otherwise bullish environment.

But it also turns out that we phone users are a price - sensitive bunch and reduce our phone usage by more than 1 percent for each percentage point increase in our bills.

«As more entrepreneurs are starting online businesses, there is an increased demand for freelance website designers and developers who are capable of delivering attractive and functional websites at a lower price point than offered by larger agencies.

Revenue for bourbon and Tennessee whiskey increased across all price points and for both flavored and traditional products.

A case in point: the cost of roses goes up dramatically right before Valentine's Day, which forces Proflowers to pass the price increase along to its customers.

«The price of some of these assets has increased to the point that we don't feel like we can create value for Novartis shareholders,» he said.

If at this point we found that using an interest rate of 6.8 % in our calculations did not yield the exact bond price, we would have to continue our trials and test interest rates increasing in 0.01 % increments.

At the point the growth began to slow, the multiple would contract, meaning that even if its earnings do grow 600 % in the next few years, if it becomes subject to the law of big numbers - that ever increasing amounts eventually forge their own anchor - the result would be a market capitalization substantially similar to today, leading to no increase in the stock price over a long period of time.

The net percent of owners raising average selling prices rose 3 points to a net 16 percent seasonally adjusted, after a 3 - point increase in both February and January.

«To explain this, the economists point to the «visibility effect» — that appointing a celebrity helps draw the attention of investors to a company which, all else being equal, increases demand for its shares and thus its share price,» noted The Economist in 2010, when the study was released.

Mortgage payments as a percentage of income (MPPI) rose 0.6 points, as a 6.6 % increase in house prices outweighed lower mortgage rates and a higher average median income.

In the case of Uber, $ 40 per share would merely be the starting point for the tender offer — a price that would gradually increase in a type of auction if there aren't enough sellers at a given price.

Whether the $ 175 price increase on a car is «no big deal» may vary by your income and perspective, but many pundits are pointing out the argument falls a little flat coming from this Republican administration.

The financial sector wins at the point where you don't see that the prices that the banks are inflating are asset prices — real estate prices, bond and stock prices — and that the role of commercial banks is to increase the power of wealth over the rest of society, over labour, over industry, to create a new ruling - class of bankers that are even more heavy than the landlords that were criticised in the last part of the 19th century.

Sanofi and Novo «are taking the same price increase down to the decimal point within a few days of each other,» said Richard Evans, an SSR analyst.

And while GWNFA has complained that head office is not allowing franchisees to raise their price points in response to the minimum wage increase in Ontario, their biggest operating region, head office might fear that «if customer counts are down and franchisees raise their prices to cover the labour cost increase, that will drive more customers away,» Fisher said.

And that's the point, really: that increased demand for the Canadian dollar affects other industries precisely because it makes the REAL price of Canadian goods higher relative to the same goods produced in other countries, not just nominal price.

This 200 basis point improvement in ROIC would increase AXP's market value by $ 47 billion and give it an implied share price of ~ $ 109 [6].

To explain this, the economists point to the «visibility effect» — that appointing a celebrity helps draw the attention of investors to a company which, all else being equal, increases demand for its shares and thus its share price.

The price of insulin has skyrocketed in recent years, with the three manufacturers — Sanofi, Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly — raising the list prices of their products in near lock step, prompting outcry from patient groups and doctors who have pointed out that the rising prices appear to have little to do with increased production costs.

The cost of insuring Vivendi bonds using credit - default swaps increased as much as 4 basis points, or 2 percent, to 203 basis points today, according to Bloomberg prices.

That means price increases, and that augurs inflation, which would mean, at some point, rate hikes, though up from an admittedly narrow and quite low range of 25 — 50 basis points via the federal funds rate.

Europe Segment Adjusted EBITDA decreased 17.3 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 177 million, reflecting lower pricing, a negative 3.7 percentage point impact from currency and an increase in marketing investments.

Pricing increased 0.3 percentage points despite deflation in key commodities in the United States and Canada (3), primarily dairy and coffee.

Pricing increased 2.1 percentage points, primarily driven by pricing to offset higher input costs in local currency in Latin APricing increased 2.1 percentage points, primarily driven by pricing to offset higher input costs in local currency in Latin Apricing to offset higher input costs in local currency in Latin America.

Pricing increased 0.1 percentage points despite deflation in key commodities, primarily dairy and coffee.

Further demand increases and a lack of new hotel supply point to per - diem increases in 2016, but economic and geopolitical instability in Europe casts uncertainty on this year's currency exchange rates and business travel pricing.

Pricing increased 3.7 percentage points, despite deflation in key commodities, due to significant pricing to offset higher input costs in local cuPricing increased 3.7 percentage points, despite deflation in key commodities, due to significant pricing to offset higher input costs in local cupricing to offset higher input costs in local currency.

Adjusted EBITDA increased 21.3 percent versus the year - ago period to $ 2.0 billion, despite a negative 6.0 percentage point impact from currency, primarily due to gains from cost savings initiatives (4) and favorable pricing net of commodity costs.