Sentences with phrase «last time the company»

The last time the company did something similar was in 2008, when the then struggling chain shut down all U.S. locations to retrain employees on improving the «Starbucks Experience» by boosting technical abilities and customer service.

And indeed, the last time the company did cut its revenue forecast — in September 2012 — it did hit the market.

The last time the company raised the annual fee was four years ago.

For the past few years Square Enix has had a relatively muted presence at E3, with 2015 being the last time the company went all out with its own stage show, revealing the likes of NieR Automata and Hitman while highlighting bombshells like Final Fantasy VII Remake.

This is a non-exhaustive list of what the Bromley - based game studio consumed over the last 12 months, even if co-founder and CMO Richard Jolly admits with a smile that he's personally added substantially to that list since the last time the company tallied it up.

Not exact matches

(Conlee has since worked with RIM in an advisory capacity at various times, including last summer when the company announced 2,000 job cuts.)

The last two weeks will show who you really are professionally, and you don't want how you act at the end to reflect poorly on your time at that company.

-- Daniel Putterman, cofounder, co-CEO, and head of business for Kogniz, Inc. which recently released AICam, fully - autonomous surveillance cameras with artificial intelligence that identify people and threats in real - time, using video - based facial recognition and object detection; also having founded and run venture - backed technology companies over the last 20 years including MaxInfo, Inc. (acquired by NETM), EoExchange (S - 1), Mediabolic, Inc. (acquired by ROVI), and Cloud Engines, Inc..

The decreases are largely the result of the oil glut and all - time lows for crude prices — last year, mining, oil producers, and metal companies lost a combined $ 70 billion on $ 1.3 trillion in revenue.

When you run a small company with limited time and resources, the last thing you want to do is divert your attention from the core business that's your bread and butter.

«In connection with our transactions with Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks last year, we reaffirmed this resolve, stating that we expected to hire 20,000 new employees at Charter, many in customer service,» the company said in a statement on March 24.

A trustee of defunct Tokyo bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox sold more than 35,000 bitcoin, worth about $ 400 million at the time, to pay off creditors, according to details of the sale published by a company trustee last week.

CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin speaks with Starbucks outgoing CEO Howard Schultz about the last time that Schultz stepped down as CEO of the company before coming back to the role.

So take a look at your schedule and see when was the last time you spent 15 whole minutes alone with nothing for company but your own brain.

Twitter said it is «taking action» against 10 times more abusive accounts than it was at the same time last year, which means the company is levying account suspensions — or, limiting users» ability to use the service — on «thousands more abusive accounts» per day.

The giant oil and gas company reported dismal earnings on Tuesday, down 53 % from the same time last year.

But rather than start up any old publishing company — after all, times and technology have changed in the last century — Gao would build an e-book empire that didn't rely on authors to pump out blockbuster ideas.

When it came time to reward top executives last year, more leading companies handed out performance - based awards instead of time - vesting stock options, according to a new study from human resources consulting firm Mercer.

Meanwhile, the number of companies surveyed by Mercer who rewarded their CEOs with time - vesting restricted stock fell to 22 % last year from 23 % in 2012.

The company embarked on an intensive research process during which time Gebbia visited Jordan, Macedonia and Greece, as well as major refugee camps in Kenya and Rwanda, and joined President Barack Obama's Leaders» Summit on the Global Refugee Crisis during the UN General Assembly last year.

Over the last two decades of building and running businesses, and the last couple of years working full time with dozens of startup founders and CEOs on their strategies and funding plans in my consultancy business, I have observed that there are a common set of reasons that startups struggle and fail, and a consistent set of factors that make startup companies successful.

In the last decade, the length of time it takes companies to go public has essentially doubled, according to Greifeld.

The company showed off early prototypes at last year's show, so this year we'll be getting much more detail as well as, I'm sure, some hands - on time.

Outsiders caught a glimpse of that world last month when a secret donor list from the Republican Governors» Association (RGA) was published in the New York Times, which included some Canadian companies like TransCanada, Barrick Gold, and Encana.

Last night, Fortune «s sister publication Essence and Black Employees At Time Inc., one of the company's six community groups, treated us to an advanced screening of the season two premiere of Insecure.

A survey of 34 executives from leading US fashion companies last year found that, for the first time, fewer US brands were looking to China for products, even though the country remains the top sourcing destination for the industry worldwide.

The company lost $ 69.3 million in the first six months of 2013, compared with $ 49.1 million at the same time last year.

The company also moved its global headquarters to Zurich last month, attracted by its «regulatory stability,» Casares said, during a time when bitcoin companies based in New York are concerned about the state's BitLicense regulatory framework.

That deal followed a coup for Under Armour (which is big supporter of CEO Kevin Plank's alma mater, the University of Maryland) when the company last year reached an apparel agreement with the University of Notre Dame — a deal that school said was the largest ever in college sports at the time.

If you do, when was the last time you leveraged its content to grow your company?

When you consider the company added $ 1.4 billion dollars to its gift and loyalty card platform this time last year, it's clear that it has ample resources for marketing.

Last month, the company changed its corporate name to Snap, Inc. at the same time it unveiled an upcoming pair of video - recording sunglasses designed to let the wearer capture short video clips and post them on Snapchat.

There have been reports for some time that Ricky Van Veen — the CollegeHumor co-founder Facebook hired last year — was looking to sign deals with a wide range of media companies, TV networks, and individual artists for anything video related.

Whether it's due to the holiday spirit or the unfriendly weather, consumers are likely to share videos, posts, photos, and other shareable company productions during the last three months of the year more than at any other time.

That amounts to about 1.2 % of all shares outstanding, which could be worth more than $ 300 million if the company is valued at $ 25 billion (its last reported private valuation) when it goes public — and a lot more than that over time if the stock goes up.

But over the last few years, careers in social media have exploded as companies realize the value of reaching their customers on the medium where they spend most of their time.

Customers today are more informed and connected than any other time in history, and your company will ultimately be exposed if it does not deliver long - lasting solutions.

While it's not surprising to see companies like Whole Foods jumping on the meal - kit bandwagon with a partnership with Purple Carrot last week, the decision by the New York Times this summer to launch a meal - kit service may have left some scratching their heads.

Within the last year, only about four in 10 mid-market companies have conducted a formal cost analysis on payroll, time and attendance and employee benefits administration alone, according to the 2014 TCO study.

Time Warner and AT&T, the No. 2 U.S. wireless company which also owns DirecTV, announced their deal in October 2016, but it was not until last month that the Justice Department sued AT&T to block the deal, arguing it could raise prices for rivals and pay - TV subscribers and hamper the development of online video.

It was a blockbuster product for Nintendo a few years ago, but the company sold fewer than 900,000 in the last quarter, down from 1.4 million at this time last year.

Leaders from nearly three dozen tech companies, including Salesforce, Yelp, AT&T, Comcast, and Square, signed off on a letter to local officials last week, urging them to consider a development proposal that would add seven million square feet of commercial space and 4,400 housing units to the small city, according to the San Francisco Business Times.

The discount retailer, locked in a fierce battle with Amazon.com (amzn) to shorten the time it takes to get customers» packages to their homes, last week acquired Parcel for an undisclosed amount «smaller than previous acquisitions» Walmart has made this year (which include Bonobos, Moosejaw, and Modcloth), the company said in a blog.

The company had planned to release an LTE - capable model last year, but chose to hold off due to battery life issues, Bloomberg News reported at the time.

Specifically, 91 percent say that the last time they changed the scope of their job, they had to leave their company to do so.

The last time he signed with the satellite company in 2010 he got an estimated $ 80 million a year, and the new deal gives SiriusXM the right to use Stern's archives for seven years after the end of his contract.

Salesforce's (crm) last big deal was in 2016 when it bought the e-commerce system software company Demandware for $ 2.8 billion, which was the largest deal the company ever made at the time.

When was the last time you sat on the phone with a customer service rep or stood in the middle of a store, hoping someone would help you out, knowing full well if no one responded gracefully, you'd be done with that company — for good?

With this latest infusion of cash, the company will open a third facility in the coming months, which will allow it to serve 98 percent of the U.S. «We have been growing tremendously fast, and we will be 10 times our annual run rate from where we started last year to this year,» said Zbar.

Last week, he articulated in a blog post his vision to make Airbnb a «21st Century Company,» one with an «infinite time horizon.»