Sentences with phrase «major distribution companies»

So back in Spring of 2013, things changed in the two major distribution companies and most small distributors are following slowly.

Any other major distribution company has a full team of assistants in order to help customers, but it seems Valve's team are mostly off huffing paint or coolant to give any significant sustainable form of support.

Not exact matches

It's like the sale of any startup to a major corporation: The new parent company offers valuable marketing and distribution muscle, but the scrappy upstart runs the risk of losing its soul.

Montreuil is working with two major French distribution companies to model the principles of the physical Internet.

The company credited higher electric distribution and transmission revenue as major factors in its increased profitability.

As its retail footprint expands, first in major North American markets, then in Asia and Europe, the company will also defray showroom startup costs through distribution partnerships and perhaps co-branded stores.

-- Leah Miller, CEO of Red Anchor Wealth Management, a company that creates custom retirement coordination of the major impactors of modern retirement, such as Medicare, Social Security, pension, 401 (k) distribution, and investments.

Major theater chains won't run movies backed by Netflix and the company was recently banned from competition at the Cannes Film Festival ostensibly because it lacked theatrical distribution in France.

In October, a month before BA and Iberia enacted a distribution surcharge on global distribution system bookings, several major travel management companies revealed they'd reached a deal, facilitated by Amadeus, in which the airlines would shield their corporate customers from the airlines» GDS - booking surcharge.

With revenues of $ 21 billion and nearly 60,000 employees, the company's major operating subsidiaries include Cox Communications (cable television distribution, high - speed Internet access, telephone, home security and automation, commercial telecommunications and advertising solutions); Cox Automotive (automotive - related auctions, financial services, media and software solutions); and Cox Media Group (television and radio stations, digital media, newspapers and advertising sales rep firms).

Examples of these risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to the impact of: adverse general economic and related factors, such as fluctuating or increasing levels of unemployment, underemployment and the volatility of fuel prices, declines in the securities and real estate markets, and perceptions of these conditions that decrease the level of disposable income of consumers or consumer confidence; adverse events impacting the security of travel, such as terrorist acts, armed conflict and threats thereof, acts of piracy, and other international events; the risks and increased costs associated with operating internationally; our expansion into and investments in new markets; breaches in data security or other disturbances to our information technology and other networks; the spread of epidemics and viral outbreaks; adverse incidents involving cruise ships; changes in fuel prices and / or other cruise operating costs; any impairment of our tradenames or goodwill; our hedging strategies; our inability to obtain adequate insurance coverage; our substantial indebtedness, including the ability to raise additional capital to fund our operations, and to generate the necessary amount of cash to service our existing debt; restrictions in the agreements governing our indebtedness that limit our flexibility in operating our business; the significant portion of our assets pledged as collateral under our existing debt agreements and the ability of our creditors to accelerate the repayment of our indebtedness; volatility and disruptions in the global credit and financial markets, which may adversely affect our ability to borrow and could increase our counterparty credit risks, including those under our credit facilities, derivatives, contingent obligations, insurance contracts and new ship progress payment guarantees; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; overcapacity in key markets or globally; our inability to recruit or retain qualified personnel or the loss of key personnel; future changes relating to how external distribution channels sell and market our cruises; our reliance on third parties to provide hotel management services to certain ships and certain other services; delays in our shipbuilding program and ship repairs, maintenance and refurbishments; future increases in the price of, or major changes or reduction in, commercial airline services; seasonal variations in passenger fare rates and occupancy levels at different times of the year; our ability to keep pace with developments in technology; amendments to our collective bargaining agreements for crew members and other employee relation issues; the continued availability of attractive port destinations; pending or threatened litigation, investigations and enforcement actions; changes involving the tax and environmental regulatory regimes in which we operate; and other factors set forth under «Risk Factors» in our most recently filed Annual Report on Form 10 - K and subsequent filings by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

In summary, there are four major reasons for the high amount of sexual violence and overall violence in TV produced in the U.S.: (1) monopoly control of program production and distribution by a handful of powerful companies (2) the drive for profits far in excess of those enjoyed by the vast majority of U.S. businesses (3) a lack of accountability on the part of sponsors and

There are three major reasons for the high amount of sexual violence and overall violence in programs: (1) monopoly control of program production and distribution by a handful of powerful companies; (2) the drive for profits far in excess of those enjoyed by the vast majority of American corporate business, and (3) the failure of the Federal Communications Commission to exercise adequate oversight of broadcasting.

Frittenburg has been in the food business since the 1980s, having worked with some major companies on the industrial side, as well as a distribution company that was sold to McCormick.

Byron Bay Chilli Company has excellent distribution through Coles and Woolworth's, the two major supermarket chains in Australia, and perhaps that's why John's sales have gone from 3,000 jars sold in 1993 to more than 180,000 jars projected for 2000.

Cereal brand Dorset Cereals continued to perform well, said the company, and has now been launched in Australia and was in «good distribution in the two major national retailers».

We have a limited number of suppliers for our major products and rely on one distribution company for the majority of our domestic distribution program.

The company established its own bottling and distribution network in 2006, when it acquired full ownership of Dr Pepper / Seven Up Bottling Group, the largest independent bottler in the U.S. Subsequently, it acquired several other major independent bottling and distributing businesses, including All - American Bottling Co., 7UP Bottling Co. of San Francisco and Southeast - Atlantic Beverage Corp., Dr Pepper / 7 - Up Bottling Co. of the West (Reno, NV), and Davis Bottling Co. (PA), among others.

Greek - yogurt maker Chobani has announced a major brand update to commemorate its US national distribution achieved in 2008, and its vision to become a «complete food» company.

Mr Pelle pointed to The Coca - Cola Company annual report for 2012, which states that if requirements like «beverage container deposits, recycling, eco tax and / or product stewardship» are adopted in any major markets in which Coca - Cola operates, «they could affect our costs or require changes in our distribution model, which could reduce our net operating revenues or profitability».

In this role, Gates managed all major national accounts as well as developed and implemented distribution programs for the company's convenience store network.

Time is of the essence as FedEx, a major national company, has considered opening a large distribution center on the site.

The lbadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDEC) says the Tuesday's rainstorm has damaged major electrical installations supplying electricity various parts of llorin metropolis in Kwara.

Major employers include the Honda car production plant at an old Vickers factory site on the former World War II RAF base of South Marston; BMW / Mini formerly Pressed Steel Fisher in Stratton; mobile phone company Motorola; Dolby Labs; and retailer W H Smiths distribution center and headquarters.

Many major production companies including Disney and Warner Bros. turned down the film but it finally found distribution through the then - small New Line Cinema.

Valenti's ban was greeted with howls of outrage by the heads of the independent distribution companies, even while it was being greeted with joy by the heads of major studios.

When Penguin first got involved with major digital library distribution companies last year, the books had a six month embargo.

By combining POD technology with super-efficient distribution to major booksellers, companies like Lightning Source and Amazon's CreateSpace ™ are a self - publisher's greatest enabler.

The shift to Android is one of the company's last major stops for digital distribution.

Third, they think international e-book businesses, especially Amazon's Kindle e-bookstore, will destroy the Japanese distribution system dominated by two companies, Tohan and Nippan, whose shareholders include a dozen of Japan's major publishers.

I would cut a distribution deal with a major publisher, become a publishing company, do more work — but keep all the profit.

Just recently the popular Smashwords eBook distributor partnered with the company ScrollMotion to open up a new distribution channel delivering eBooks to major mobile devices.

The agency model might be a very positive factor in the future success of Smashwords, and to stay relevant and on the radar of major and minor publishing companies, and might further help entrench the company in the ever evolving landscape of electronic book distribution.

Just recently the popular Smashwords eBook distributor partnered with the company ScrollMotion to open up a new distribution channel delivering eBooks to Major Mobile devices.

ComiXology, the industry - leading digital comics distribution platform, has taken another major evolutionary step — one that could have as big of an impact as day - of - print release sales of digital comics or the company's 2014 acquisition by Amazon.

The large - scale distribution network guarantees increase in sales: MEDIA DO's massive distribution network based on more than 100 companies including the major mobile carriers, rapidly growing internet companies and established book retail stores will realize increase of content sales for publishers most promptly.

Justice also says publishers required assurances from Apple that multiple companies were agreeing to their contract requirements at the same time: «Penguin explicitly communicated to Apple that it would sign an e - book distribution agreement with Apple only if at least three of the other «major -LSB--RSB-» publishers did as well.

We've provided links to the estimated distribution information for many major fund companies below to help.

The company says a major component of that goal is providing increased availability of products and services from a single - source distribution facility, as well as assuring that its retailers are kept in stock with fresh product and are up to date with the newest brands.

These are the companies within the prepared pet food industry, which devise, produce and market through efficient distribution networks food for the small pets, which have such a major economic, cultural and social value.

The company has expanded distribution with a variety of major retail chains such as Whole Foods and Petco.

«Coatzacoalcos is a major city in Veracruz, home to the busiest port in the Gulf of Mexico and many major petrochemical companies», said Gerardo Murray, regional vice president, Distribution and Commercial Marketing, Mexico, Latin America & Caribbean, IHG.

Konstantin brought the company into 20 + product distribution agreements and a technological partnership with major companies.

The market is shifting to direct digital distribution to customers — and whether it's via Facebook, Steam, or the PlayStation Network (to name just a few possible outlets), it's becoming a focus of all major companies.

The GamersGate service has since been separated from Paradox and now offers digital distribution of more than 5,000 PC games from all major video game publishers and development companies.

He works with many of the major US power companies and developers in evaluating the impact of distributed energy resources (DER) on their system and the implications for their business models and their distribution system planning and operations.

Total is a French multinational company, one of the major in Europe, whose business cover the entire oil and gas chain, from the exploration and the extraction of the fossil fuels, to power generation including the transportation and the distribution of energy, while also being involved in products trading.

Weather you like it or not, major oil companies have been using climate models to predict source rock distribution and have been for several years.

RE: Doug in Seattle says: July 26, 2011 at 5:58 am ``... several super major oil companies use climate models as a method of predicting source rock distributions for oil and gas exploration.

I think you're wrong there, several super major oil companies use climate models as a method of predicting source rock distributions for oil and gas exploration.