Sentences with phrase «margins in its services business»

NCR has higher margins in its services business compared to Diebold.

Not exact matches

In an interview with Fortune on Wednesday, GBH Insights analyst Daniel Ives said he believes Apple's Services business generates gross margins in the «mid-50 % range» and easily tops the iPhone's marginIn an interview with Fortune on Wednesday, GBH Insights analyst Daniel Ives said he believes Apple's Services business generates gross margins in the «mid-50 % range» and easily tops the iPhone's marginin the «mid-50 % range» and easily tops the iPhone's margins.

Amazon with its low - margin retail business, in his view, doesn't have that luxury, a characterization that AWS, which sold more than $ 2 billion in cloud services for its most recently reported quarter, would probably dismiss.

These risks include, in no particular order, the following: the trends toward more high - definition, on - demand and anytime, anywhere video will not continue to develop at its current pace or will expire; the possibility that our products will not generate sales that are commensurate with our expectations or that our cost of revenue or operating expenses may exceed our expectations; the mix of products and services sold in various geographies and the effect it has on gross margins; delays or decreases in capital spending in the cable, satellite, telco, broadcast and media industries; customer concentration and consolidation; the impact of general economic conditions on our sales and operations; our ability to develop new and enhanced products in a timely manner and market acceptance of our new or existing products; losses of one or more key customers; risks associated with our international operations; exchange rate fluctuations of the currencies in which we conduct business; risks associated with our CableOS ™ and VOS ™ product solutions; dependence on market acceptance of various types of broadband services, on the adoption of new broadband technologies and on broadband industry trends; inventory management; the lack of timely availability of parts or raw materials necessary to produce our products; the impact of increases in the prices of raw materials and oil; the effect of competition, on both revenue and gross margins; difficulties associated with rapid technological changes in our markets; risks associated with unpredictable sales cycles; our dependence on contract manufacturers and sole or limited source suppliers; and the effect on our business of natural disasters.

Xiaomi posted a gross profit margin of just 8.8 percent for its smartphone business in 2017 compared to 60 percent for its internet services business.

Operating income growing faster than revenue reflects Amazon's expanding operating margin, which is being driven by increased operational efficiencies in North America and AWS, its cloud - computing service business.

Recently, Amazon has started reporting consistent profits, largely due to the success of Amazon Web Services, its cloud computing business.192 Its North America retail business runs on much thinner margins, and its international retail business still runs at a loss.193 But for the vast majority of its twenty years in business, losses — not profits — were the norm.

MUMBAI Infosys Ltd, India's second - biggest IT firm, plans to renew its focus on digital services as it looks to boost growth amid shrinking profit margins in its legacy business and rising competition from local and international rivals.

For «product sales» in aggregate (e-commerce + Whole Foods + the portfolio of crappy little service businesses) the operating margin increased to 1.16 % of sales vs. 0.3 % of sales in Q1 2017.

IT service providers who adopt Continuum's fully integrated platform can achieve unprecedented gross margins in their managed services business, which is not possible using alternative software - only solutions.

Amazon Web Services (AWS), which handles data and computing for large enterprises in the cloud, won new business and saw its profit margin expand.

3D printer sales have an outsize importance because they're the «razors» in Stratasys» razor - and - blade - like business model and drive sales of the high - margin print materials and service contracts, or «blades.»

The North American retail business, though, brought in $ 17.67 billion in revenue compared with $ 2.89 billion for Amazon Web Services, an indication of the significantly higher profit margins in cloud computing.

And, for business centers, this tangible reality manifests itself in the form of more closed business, better customer service, more effective operations and improved profit margins.

We believed that margins for LinkedIn would be consistent with, or higher than, other Internet and business service companies if it was not so heavily investing in early - stage opportunities in adjacent businesses.

«This should have the effect of forcing strategic activities around data management with services firms who use the data and encouraging marketers to accelerate investments in «owned» activities (including business transformation and brand experiences) in lieu of lower margin «paid» media activities, such as traditional media buying,» he wrote.

PNC Equipment Finance's Vendor Program Business Development team customize sales finance programs for global manufacturers, distributors, software and service providers that assist in generating incremental revenue that enhance margins and improve market share.

«The business will continue to work on capturing demand and margins in the second half of the year, just as it did in the first half, by focusing on our consumer and food service volumes and those of speciality ingredients.»

IHS is also optimistic about the PS4's overall profitability saying that «lower research and development costs for PlayStation 4 hardware, additional revenue streams from online service subscriptions and a more aggressive transition to higher margin digital content sales are combining to strengthen Sony's games business outlook even in the face of increased competition from cheap Android consoles and alternative devices eating into consumers» gaming time, including smartphones and tablets.»

-LSB-...] the combined earnings for the subscription service for Sony and Xbox — PlayStation Network and Xbox Live, respectively — generated around $ 3 billion in revenues last year, and has proven a key component in transitioning consumers to the higher - margin side of the business in digital distribution.

The gamified system increased cooperation and productivity, resulting in a larger number of ground shipments, giving the company greater profit margins and allowing the cooperative to charge 2 % to 4 % extra for a commodity item (paper cups) to Starbucks due to increased efficiency of Hugo's gamified IT system.Hugos was able to achieve through gamification what Michael Porter, a leading authority on competitive strategy, advocates is the purpose of a business strategy: to increase profits by cutting costs and / or rising the price of your product or service.

Risks and uncertainties include without limitation the effect of competitive and economic factors, and the Company's reaction to those factors, on consumer and business buying decisions with respect to the Company's products; continued competitive pressures in the marketplace; the ability of the Company to deliver to the marketplace and stimulate customer demand for new programs, products, and technological innovations on a timely basis; the effect that product introductions and transitions, changes in product pricing or mix, and / or increases in component costs could have on the Company's gross margin; the inventory risk associated with the Company's need to order or commit to order product components in advance of customer orders; the continued availability on acceptable terms, or at all, of certain components and services essential to the Company's business currently obtained by the Company from sole or limited sources; the effect that the Company's dependency on manufacturing and logistics services provided by third parties may have on the quality, quantity or cost of products manufactured or services rendered; risks associated with the Company's international operations; the Company's reliance on third - party intellectual property and digital content; the potential impact of a finding that the Company has infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; the Company's dependency on the performance of distributors, carriers and other resellers of the Company's products; the effect that product and service quality problems could have on the Company's sales and operating profits; the continued service and availability of key executives and employees; war, terrorism, public health issues, natural disasters, and other circumstances that could disrupt supply, delivery, or demand of products; and unfavorable results of other legal proceedings.

I think the above blog post nailed the key unknown and problem which is how much of the business will continue to transition to lower margin services and products, along with how much will the business be impacted by further cuts in defense responding.

Gross margins are assisted in this case because the business only pays the credit card merchant fees one time per month versus many credit card charges for à la carte movie buying services.

I'll certainly run with that — employees may no longer literally carve out a day each week to mess around with stuff, but Google obviously remains committed to huge investment in its core business, continually ranking & allocating more (or less) resources to products / services which are often still pre-revenue, margin - free, or even plain old loss - making... [YouTube is a prime example — it is, by far, the largest streaming business globally (over 1 billion users per month), but appears to be only in the early innings now of generating revenue, let alone margins.

«Progress so far,» Goodman writes, «indicates that the current application of legal AI could well be part of an evolution that will be a game changer for legal services, not because it will change the basic premise of what lawyers do — or replace them all — but because it will create shifts in the value chain, and therefore change the legal business model in terms of legal services procurement, billing — and margins.»

Steve Arundale, head of professional services at Natwest and RBS, said: «Improved revenue and profit levels are welcome but profit margin overall remains flat suggesting that improved efficiency was not a business focus in 2014, with many firms stretched and challenged to cope with increased instruction levels.

Smolik pointed out that DHL is an eight - per - cent margin business — in order for him to have $ 1 to spend in legal, the sales people have to sell $ 30 worth of DHL services.

Xiaomi operates with a business model that focuses less on traditional marketing and high profit margins in an effort to push its software and services into the hands of as many consumers as possible.

Little wonder that the majority of Top Margin's new business comes from client referrals and excellence in customer service is clearly the reason we won the Australian Achiever Award in 2003 and Highly Recommended Certificate in 2004.

Proven leader in guiding and influencing teams to deliver targeted, data - driven solutions to expand service line capabilities, sales and enhance competitive market position resulting in greater production margins for the business.

Arguably Australia's most innovative professional resume writing consultancies, Top Margin's reputation in terms of expanding our professional growth through education, and developing the services we offer continues to grow — as the business milestones through the years below will confirm.

Managed deal structure resulting in margins in excess of 40 % Trained Sales Team with regard to maximizing profit while meeting client goals Contract Administrator Performed audit responsibility to underwriter (Textron) within Partner Business Unit, and implemented sales, service and lease contracts, compliance and reporting.

Gayle's business, Top Margin Career Marketing Services opened its doors in March 1990 and has become a trendsetter in resume excellence.

Areas of Expertise - Territory Management & Expansion Account Development & Growth Ongoing Needs Assessment Consultative & Solution Selling Exceeding Quota Long & Complex Sales Cycles Contract Negotiations Client Satisfaction & Retention Sales Team Leadership Built two profitable real estate and home services businesses in 15 years Increased sales margins for a top company product by 30 % Achieved exponential sales growth fo...

Key Account Manager with insatiable passion and reputation for business leadership partnering with large OEM accounts to grow sales through customer - focused solutions and value - added products and services with consistent margins of 15 - 20 % annually in a recessed economy.