Sentences with phrase «losing sales at»

I didn't see the point of losing sales at other vendors for that.

This is important because the process of buying a book is a little more involved for the regular Amazon shopper and you might end up losing sales at the expense of improving margins.

Not exact matches

«Inventory data, which is at a fairly high level historically speaking, supports the view that clearly we're building too many homes, and the fact that new sales have slumped so much is I think a reflection that investors have lost interest.»

Ruckel would lose $ 19.51 (that's the $ 2.05 per unit it costs him to stock at Amazon's warehouse, $ 12.06 in nonrefundable fees for Amazon to process a sale and $ 5.40 in return fees).

At the heart of this transformation lies the question of whether the sales function has lost the human interaction that once seemed essential.

Lost for decades after its appearance in «Thunderball,» the Top Time surfaced in 2013 at a car boot sale and sold for an incredible $ 160,383 at auction.

He is famous for calling sales managers late at night and on weekends to ask pointed questions about stalled deals or lost accounts.

When Foster finally bought Elyria, in August 1983, the foundry was operating at barely 15 % capacity, it was losing some $ 3 million a year on annualized sales of $ 4 million, and it employed only 107 people.

Now I want you to just be awesome at sales,» Vernon says, warning that, «it's very difficult with employees because they view it as losing scope.

Unlike the U.S. direct sales market, representatives in Brazil often sell for multiple companies, and Avon was at risk of losing them to its strong regional competitor, Natura.

Sales also took a dive at Fletcher Music Centers when the company lost about a dozen key salespeople.

Unfortunately, those well - paid employees were also the most effective at making sales, and the company quickly lost market share to rivals such as Best Buy that had better - trained employees.

The risk is that the economy needs monetary policy tightened to cool prices before industrial activity and retail sales regain momentum lost last year as the Chinese economy delivered its slowest full year of growth since 1999, at 7.8 percent.

Carmody estimates Goon lost at least $ 1 million of potential box - office sales in Canada due to piracy, and likely millions more in DVD sales.

Upon hearing about this concept years ago in one of my workshops, a student approached me at a break and realized in trying to sell software to a heating oil distributor, he had lost a software sale to a delivery truck!

By actively stopping poor buying decisions — especially at the risk of lost sales — these businesses build enormous trust, earn loyalty for life and generate positive word - of - mouth marketing both online and offline.

And we are not talking just about the recent rise in lipstick sales at Estée Lauder, which is considered by some to be a hot - red indicator of economic trouble (at least on slow news days) on the horizon because consumers tend to turn to less expensive indulgences when losing confidence in the future.

As MPR notes, the city's analysis is weak not only because it looks at just two years» worth of data, but because of one crucial detail: that during the lost 2004 - 05 NHL season, St. Paul actually increased its sales tax intake over the previous season.

The stock has lost roughly 40 % of its value year to date and now trades at just 11 times this year's expected earnings and just 0.8 times expected sales — despite posting strong top - and bottom - line growth.

Did you know that abandoned cart emails can recover at least 29 percent of lost sales?

Let's review: The first bubble removed at least $ 5 - 10 trillion of wealth from the public via the bailout of the banks and the wealth lost by people who chased home prices higher and then lost those homes to foreclosure or short - sale.

That's why during a recession, you want a lot of cash, cash equivalents, or access to money in some way at your disposal in the event that you lose your job, the stock market crashes and you don't want to sell your shares at depressed prices, you suffer a pay cut of some sort, are disabled, or you own a business and sales start to drop.

It is estimated that if you are not connecting with all those on your database at least 1.8 to 2 times a year you are losing out on a huge chunk of potential sales profit.

In October it was disclosed that the U.S. government lost nearly $ 2.4 billion on the sale of 144,336 bitcoins when the cryptocurrency was priced at just $ 336 a unit.

So, assuming that Comey didn't lose any substantial portion of the $ 11 million he had in 2013 — though he did reportedly take a $ 500,000 loss on the sale of his Connecticut home last year — his payout from Bridgewater Associates and his advance on «A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership» alone would put his net worth at around $ 15.5 million with the potential to increase that even more if his book stays atop the best - seller list for long.

At the same time, there will be forces that don't want this adjustment to take place: Asia is far more interested in political stability by providing jobs for millions of workers joining the workforce than to lose sales to the U.S. by letting their currencies appreciate.

Large numbers of individuals and small partnerships saw opportunities to profit from depressed prices and began investing in foreclosures and short sales, buying them at a discount and renovating them, either to sell at a profit or to rent out, often to families that had lost their homes to default.

U.S. comparable - store sales fell 3.3 percent due to severe winter conditions in the U.S. Shares lost 1.11 percent, closing at $ 94.86.

Morgan advises becoming a student of the game, getting out of the kiddie pool, and putting yourself out there as a sales rep.. He met with his sales development manager at Terminus after each call, win or lose, and received constructive criticism.

When rolls are being changed, say, once every 20 minutes, as may be the case with pre-applied zipper film, that time adds up — over an hour and a half of production time lost in a single 8 - hour shift on a single line,» says Chris Graff, vice-president of sales and marketing at the Massachusetts - based Butler Automatic Inc. «That's an hour and a half's worth of packages not being made, shipped and sold from that line during each shift.»

UBS estimates that Woolworths will lose at least $ 476 million in sales a year to Aldi, squeezing same - store sales by 1.2 per cent, Metcash $ 236 million or 1.2 per cent and Coles $ 332 million or 0.9 per cent.

People are only looking at 50M loss in sales but believe me that there are a lot of intangibles to Sanchez staying for one more and worst case leaving for free (1) We make it to CL and recover the lost revenue (2) CL next year means that even if Sanchez leaves we are still attractive to world class players (3) We don't strengthen our rivals (4) Sanchez can make Lacazette as deadly as we expect.

While Arsenal will want to avoid losing them for nothing, they could be forced to consider sales at the end of this season, which in turn has sparked speculation over who they will bring in as replacements.

The way I see it is you have to think before the game that there's at least a 50 % chance we're gonna lose it tonight just because of how good Sale is.

If a player want to go there is little you can do unless you can afford to have him rot at home for a season and lose the 60 million a sale would have gotten you.

Keen not to lose him after the recent sale of former teammate Ander Herrera to Manchester United, Athletic Bilbao president Josu Urrutia pulled out the stops to keep him at the club and even managed to increase his release clause from $ 37.5 million to $ 45 million.

West Brom have insisted Berahino is not for sale and value the England Under - 21 international at # 25m, but manager Tony Pulis has admitted he could still lose the player this summer.

I pick up random alternant and utensils at third stores and garage sales for cents and I have my daughter put them in each day, that way if she loses one at school she won't be crying.

Expanding the planned project to include city - subsidized units allows the mayor to keep his promise to pay at least $ 16 million to replace the senior housing lost in the Rivington House sale.

Towns like West Seneca and Aurora would lose out on millions of funding that comes from their portion of the sales tax leading to possible draconian cuts or even worse, further tax increases at the town and village level.

At his press conference Thursday, June 27, to unveil his BEAT plan for Midtown's revitalization, Gallo noted that he had asked Kingston Police Chief Egidio Tinti and Kingston Fire Department Chief Mark Brown to prepare «layoff lists» of «20 - plus» employees each, who might lose their jobs if the sales - tax supplement is not extended.

«The elimination of income and sales taxes in New York is equal to 9 percent of taxable income, meaning that if you make $ 100,000 a year you lose $ 9,000,» Higgins said at a hearing.

The cold snap could cost the U.S. economy up to $ 5 billion, when lost productivity and lost retail sales are accounted for, estimated Evan Gold, senior vice president at Planalytics, which tracks weather for businesses.

It kills me to admit that because they're not cheap, but at least I can grab a pair on sale this week and hope I never lose them again!

This leads to sagging ticket sales, and Burt loses his permanent gig at a casino while his boss (James Gandolfini) is starting to court a new stunt magician (Jim Carrey), who represents an amalgamation of David Blaine and Cris Angel.

Michael (Steve Carell) is angry at losing so many sales to competitor Danny (Timothy Olyphant), so he recruits Dwight (Rainn Wilson) and Jim (John Krasinski) to orchestrate an elaborate operation to observe Danny in his natural element and steal his sales tricks.

Nintendo may want to consumers buy the platform, but unless they're suddenly going to have a huge horde of Switch units for the Animal Crossing fans to buy around the time the game releases, they are going to risk losing out on a huge chunk of change that will greatly impact launch sales figures, so it is in their best interest to cater to both platforms, but obviously make the Switch version better to look at and give it deluxe status.

Harvest Moon: The Lost Valley (Nintendo 3DS), Ninja Strike: Dangerous Dash (Wii U) and more games from Natsume are on sale starting at 9 a.m. PT on March 25 until 8:59 a.m. PT on March 31.

Not only is this great for your staff, who get to go home and enjoy their free time, but it also means you'll never lose out on a sale because there wasn't someone at the end of the phone.

For every 30 days beyond plan, TAC loses 8 new sales in it's B2B division at an average value of $ 50,000 each.