Sentences with phrase «losing cachet»

Once a poster boy for the new economy, Bill Gates has become a global whipping boy.The Nike swoosh is quickly losing its cachet, equated now with sweatshop labor.

While still undeniably cool, they're losing cachet in some K - 12 circles due to the simplicity with which some schools implement them.

«They tried to bring it under their corporate umbrella, and it lost its cachet,» says Erin Lash of Morningstar.

The pioneering brand lost its cachet not long after Apple's 2007 release of the iPhone, which reset consumers» expectations for what a smartphone should do.

I hope the Christian right loses its cachet, but I have no doubt that it will remain noisy and distracting.

«Smartphones, social media and internet shopping mean owning your own wheels has lost its cachet»

After a time, they rebranded the store to Macy's and it lost cachet (such as it was).

So has base - level elite status lost its cachet?

Or — with low gas prices now and a presumed eventual economic recovery putting more money in drivers» pockets in a couple of years — could conservation (once again) lose its cachet?

It also looks different from granite, which has lost some cachet due to the proliferation of inexpensive variations.

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As a result, there is now concern that the greenback is losing its traditional cachet as a safe haven for investors.

«The real driver behind the show's shenanigans is that the VMAs and MTV have lost the cultural cachet they had in years past, so the network is dependent on outrageous on - stage antics and pre-show Twitter fights to get people to watch.»

As far as peak car is concerned, Richard Florida, an urban studies theorist at the University of Toronto, Canada, suggests that smartphones, social media and internet shopping are substituting for travel, and so owning your own wheels has lost its social cachet for the young (see «Peak planet: Car usage «-RRB-.

I'm definitely interested to see more of Revengeance, but Metal Gear has lost some of its cachet with me recently, and there were certain elements of the demo that gave me a little bit of a spider sense tingle.

Volkswagen's New Beetle may have lost its head - turning cachet years ago, a condition that afflicts funky niche vehicles (PT Cruiser, Mini Cooper, et al) once they become familiar...

The ThinkPad line has lost some of its cachet given the upward mobility of Lenovo's competition, and there are thinner, lighter, and longer - lasting convertible 2 - in - 1s available for significantly less money.