Sentences with phrase «like good consumers»

They are supposed to feel like good consumers.

Not exact matches

Why you should care: The goal of Placemeter is to collect data to help increase the effectiveness of urban design, give local businesses a better idea of their traffic, and help consumers get useful info like how crowded the bar down the street is before you get there.

Sales for core brands like Barbie have been improving as innovation under Sinclair has been well received by consumers.

Apple doesn't explain how it has made its devices to be that (and for all a consumer like myself knows, maybe they aren't the best products at all), but I feel like they are.

Tencent may not be well - known to American consumers, but it recently became the first Asian tech company to be valued over $ 500 billion, on the heels of companies like Facebook and Amazon.

If you're like Ryan Marien, who as CEO of online consumer goods and services marketplace Buytopia has brokered deals with such behemoths as Best Western, you counter aggressively.

This ensures that a score takes into account how well - liked a company is among people who have an opinion of it without penalizing companies that are not consumer - facing.

It's not unusual to see companies trading well above 20 times earnings these days, especially more bond - like businesses, such as dividend - paying consumer staples, utilities and other defensive equities, says Arthur Heinmaa, chief investment officer at Cidel Asset Management.

Through a thick cloud of cigarette smoke and after drinking Manhattans, Martinis and straight scotch like water, Don would probably deliver a hypnotizing speech stating that the fundamental part of any marketing strategy is to communicate to potential consumers what you do, what you can offer, and why you are better than all the rest.

«When you have evidence of a problem like this, regardless of what the standards say, automakers should develop a better approach,» says David Friedman, who served as NHTSA's acting administrator in 2014 and is now director of cars and product policy and analysis at Consumers Union, the policy and mobilization division of Consumer Reports.

He describes the experience as one characterized by service providers who usually see small - business users much like consumers, and small - business users who often don't analyze their own needs and desires well enough to understand what they're looking for.

If that sounds like RI is well positioned for growth then the only stumbling block might be how it manages its channel relationships — especially because the company isn't directly consumer facing.

Ask your consumers what they'd like to see you do, what they believe is best aligned with your mission, and go do it.

It looks like next year might be a good time to cut the carbohydrates as a drought - fueled jump in wheat costs will make bakery goods the food items with the biggest price gains for U.S. consumers.

So far, there seems to be one common denominator to all companies that could stand to benefit by acting more like people — or good people, likable people — they're consumer facing.

For the size conscious, manipulating larger sizes (like size 2 women's dresses actually being size 8) helps the consumer feel good about what they are paying for.

What consumers seem to understand even better than some of us in the business is that putting your name on a product says you're proud of it and you hope they like it.

But with Amazon's promise to make price - cuts and consumer preferences generally veering towards healthy, organic foods, grocery store investors likely fear that Whole Foods could cut deeper into the market shares of traditional grocers like Kroger — as well as their suppliers.

Globally, consumers will likely have three big giants in the form of Amazon, Apple and Google to choose from for e-books, with some other players like Kobo in the mix as well.

Chinese companies like Alibaba are better at delivering added value for consumers than Amazon, Nick Hayek said.

Sites like Credit Karma are allowing consumers to not only view but understand their credit scores, and work toward a higher score so they can receive better interest rates and keep more of their money.

The company also made sure to have more product available during the holiday season to avoid out of stocks and was well positioned to take advantage of heightened consumer interest in products like mobile phones and video games.

Well, what didn't they like about the Impreza: Consumer Reports praised the Subaru for its ride, handling, interior space, intuitive controls, safety tech, great crash - test results, its all - wheel - drive system, and the cargo - hauling ability of its hatchback variant.

Consumers aren't going to like this, but eventually, the federal government will have to step in, so it's in the auto industry's best interest to get ahead of the curve, and 2018 — with sales continuing to be strong and profits rolling in — is the year to take the hit.

And like those disputes, Pfizer lost here, with the court saying that: 1) it did not find Pfizer's evidence of well - known status to be sufficient; and 2) it did not believe that there was a significant risk of consumer confusion.

She likes health - care and education stocks, and thinks consumer staples, autos and housing will fare well, too.

The launch of these consumer models will also turn up the heat on competitors like Magic Leap, a well - funded startup building a similar product to HoloLens.

A new generation of consumers is embracing western - style snap shirts, cowboy hats, boots and accessories, a trend inspired by the crossover success of bestselling country and Americana performers such as Taylor Swift, Blake Shelton, Mumford & Sons and The Lumineers, as well as prime - time TV hits like Nashville and Justified.

«I would like more oversight and transparency around restaurant menu labeling, with better data to support claims made to consumers,» Yates says.

Instead, upstart brands like BioSteel are learning to leverage social networks, new generations of influencers and broader consumer trends to establish toeholds in markets seemingly locked up by a handful of giant, well - capitalized players.

Customers throughout the U.S. will be able to apply for an Affirm loan online, and the site will then automatically generate a 16 - digit code that consumers can use like a debit card for purchases in stores using a phone app, as well as online orders.

Just as consumers have shifted their media - viewing behavior away from traditional mediums like television, advertising dollars previously spent on TV ads are migrating to the digital world as well.

Microsoft, for example, has reduced itself to heckling Google with two campaigns: «Scroogled,» about the alleged evils of Google's e-mail advertising policy (something that consumers have met with a shrug ever since Gmail's introduction nearly a decade ago); and the «Bing It On Challenge,» in which people on the street pick the search results they like best (which apes the old Pepsi Challenge — a campaign that defined Pepsi by what it isn't, and thus condemned it to being Coke's bridesmaid forever).

That's especially true on Sundays, when RBC's much - hyped investment in meeting consumer needs, whenever and however people want, is closed — just like in the good old days, when banks were called banks.

But no matter how much a company like Facebook wants to appear to be our friend, consumers must do the hard work of discerning whether trust is well placed in a company — and why.

For example, much of the industry has ignored or downplayed the impact of «cord cutting,» which has led many millennials (and increasingly large numbers of other consumers as well) to shed their cable subscriptions in favor of streaming services like Netflix (NFLX).

[Places] like Best Buy are asking us for new products that are similarly powerful for the consumer, letting them unlock their digital media.»

Still, the expensive price of high - end VR devices like the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift — they cost $ 799 and $ 599, respectively — as well as the powerful computers required to operate them has made VR seem beyond the reach of the average consumer.

Cosmetics companies are benefiting from strong appetite for skincare products like anti-aging treatments, after riding a make - up boom in the past few years, spurred by young consumers seeking to look good on social media.

He saw turning that process from one that was arduous into a situation where you fix major consumer frustrations as an opportunity to disrupt and solve consumer challenges better, much like he did at Dollar Shave Club.

The list includes familiar consumer favorites like Airbnb, Lyft and Glossier as well as companies that want to change how you search for, finance and decorate a home and a number of cybersecurity companies.

Where Intel (INTC) also failed was identifying mobile devices like the iPhone, launched in 2007, as technology good enough for consumers to check email, watch video, perform other general tasks and otherwise enjoy many of the features offered by desktop computers and laptops.

«For now, we really don't know how compelling the selection of apps will be, how well this thing will actually perform in the final version that's released to consumers, or what exactly the competition from Apple will look like,» says Jan Dawson, chief analyst at Jackdaw Research.

It has also added chicken and tuna burgers, salads, and shakes to its menu, and it was named the best - tasting burger in America in 2014, according to a survey by Consumer Reports, beating competitors like Shake Shack, In - N - Out, and Five Guys.

«After receiving an initial briefing from Equifax, I have decided to hold a hearing on the matter so that we can learn what went wrong and what we need to do to better protect consumers from serious breaches like this in the future,» Walden said in a statement.

But what was bad for solar - panel manufacturers was good for solar installers like SolarCity — and for consumers.

All of this means that stores like Holt Renfrew are making an unprecedented play for the male consumer, targeting sharply dressed clothes - horse types like Sinclair, as well as more reluctant luxury customers — guys who care about appearance but would far rather spend time in Radio Shack then Ralph Lauren.

Dollar strength might seem like a reflection of U.S. economic power, and it may even be good news for the pockets of American consumers.

Just like a consumer's creditworthiness hinges on a FICO score, a business's creditworthiness is determined by a scoring system as well.

Consumers can fuel transformative leadership experiences for girls and help build the next generation of female entrepreneurs by purchasing Girl Scout S'mores as well as classic favorites like Thin Mints ® and Caramel deLites ® / Samoas ®.