«So for McCain — one
of its big customers is McDonald's for their french fries.
Unless it's one
of his big customers.
«In the coming year, I expect more
of our big customers to migrate their Oracle databases and database applications to the Oracle Cloud.»
I didn't realize until I joined that the financial situation was so dire, but I was told that if we could build the product quickly, there were scores
of big customers lined up to buy the product and save the company.
«They went from being one
of our biggest customers to barely doing business with them,» she says.
«It's one
of our biggest customers, and we want to retain their business.»
A Rusal spokeswoman declined to comment, when asked about the SUAL statement, as did Swiss - based trading and mining giant Glencore, also a Rusal shareholder and one
of its biggest customers.
I love this line... I use my blog to post content and answer
all of my biggest customer service questions and general FAQs.
According to the Washington Post, manufacturers of cans for beverages and foods and
some of their biggest customers have been meeting privately to discuss a strategy to block a federal ban of BPA.
Building better kitchens, and helping school foodservice professionals achieve their goals is what motivates Winston Industries, continued Ainsworth, explaining: «Schools are one
of our biggest customers, and if we aren't giving back, what are we doing?
And not always a good one... because her boss was one
of his biggest customers.
You are one
of our biggest customers.
It's one of the UK's biggest testing facilities and we are one
of its biggest customers.
As one independent retailer told me, «Hill's is on the wrong side of two
of their biggest customers, and their upside is to gain websites like target.com?
Now he wants to make China one
of our biggest customers of the greenhouse gas - laden tarsand oil.
In this post, we're going to look specifically at whole life insurance and answer
some of the biggest customer questions: Is whole life insurance a good idea?
Chennai as a metropolitan city has one
of the biggest customer bases.
Not exact matches
MONTREAL — Watching television on the Internet is cheap and convenient, but so far only a small number
of Canadians have cut the cord on traditional viewing as TV providers offer discount prices and spend more on programs to keep
customers who pay
bigger monthly bills.
Since starting CALM as an upstart, bicycle - mounted weed delivery service 17 years ago, the 41 - year - old has served roughly 4,000
customers and become one
of Toronto's
biggest ganjapreneurs.
A study on waiters and tipping published in the Journal
of Applied Social Psychology demonstrates how even tiny gifts can make a
big difference, finding that: «
Customers who received a small piece of chocolate along with [their] check tipped more than did customers who received no cand
Customers who received a small piece
of chocolate along with [their] check tipped more than did
customers who received no cand
customers who received no candy.»
Though she often hinted at her regular job — admitting that her husband says she drives too fast and follows too close, as well as telling a
customer she loves making left turns — her passengers didn't seem to catch on, although they admitted to being
big fans
of Patrick on the track.
Pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts Holding said Anthem, its
biggest customer and one that has sued the company over claims
of being overcharged, was unlikely to renew its contract after it ends in 2019.
Medical marijuana dispensaries, online seed sellers, head shops selling drug paraphernalia, sellers
of hydroponic equipment and so - called vapour lounges where
customers are welcome to smoke their own weed make up a budding industry, not just in
big cities but in suburbs and small towns too.
One
of the
biggest reasons
customers sign up to online TV services is because
of live sports, PlayStation Vue's chief Dwayne Benefield told Fortune in February.
Harley, which commands about half
of the U.S.
big - bike market, has seen its U.S. market share erode in recent years as it grapples with an ageing
customer base, weak demand from younger buyers and discounts offered by rivals.
To come up with a strategy and process for small business owners to make the most from
big data, I talked to
customer - centric, data - driven strategic marketer Marina Erulkar, founder and principal
of Hampstead Solutions LLC.
The
biggest problem with most claims
of customer - centricity is that they are largely based on assumptions.
Evan Qu, a slim man sporting a designer shirt and Buddhist wrist beads, sells audio equipment; he thinks executives at his
biggest customer, CCTV, the central broadcaster, will appreciate the environmentalist aura
of the Tesla when he rolls up to their next meeting.
«The defense industry — the Department
of Defense — is the single
biggest customer in the world,» says Laingen, who estimates that the military awards some $ 150 billion in contracts each year, depending on the size
of its budget.
The five
biggest insurance companies in the U.S. spent around $ 3 billion on advertising last year, which
of course got passed on to
customers.
It is no
big secret that it is important to take care
of your
customers and keep them coming back to your business, But as a small business, it is too easy to get into -LSB-...]
Last month I was at IBM Amplify and the
big focus there was the fleeing
of the traditional four marketing P's (product place, price and promotion) and a migration toward the new one C: the
customer.
In the wake
of a summer filled with headlines about NSA privacy violations, alarm bells are ringing loudly at the idea
of «
big brother» insurance providers wanting more information about what
customers do when they're behind the wheel.
Sometimes, small changes have a
big impact on how
customers perceive the quality
of your service and make the difference between loyalty and high churn rates.
Rent the Runway's Hyman points out that her
biggest piece
of feedback from her
customer was a sophisticated one: «They asked for shorter turnaround time.
When Reynolds first started out in the sales training program at IBM, one
of the
biggest things he learned was to make sure you listen to your
customer.
He also wants to hire an enterprise sales force that hits the ground running to keep BlackBerry on the radar
of its
biggest business
customers.
Big boxes
of pre-measured ingredients will arrive once a week, with simple recipe cards that will instruct
customers how to cook three fresh, out -
of - the - ordinary meals that supposedly only take around 35 minutes to prepare.
Defensive stocks, as they're often called, are
big players like Coca - Cola or McDonald's — companies that have a lot
of customers in sectors that aren't as dependent on good economic conditions to survive.
A
bigger sample than Desjardins» current roster
of 40,000
customers would also be needed for telematics to provide a reasonable amount
of data though, and so far, consumer concerns about UBI devices are still riding high.
«The implementation
of big data requires selecting the appropriate tools while also ensuring the safety and security
of that data — so that neither the organization nor the
customers are left vulnerable,» says Paxson.
Any size business is capable
of landing a whale
of a
customer, but be prepared to devote time to your
biggest customer
The
bigger your company grows the more fancy titles there are that have nothing to do with taking care
of your
customers.
He told Cramer in April: «I've always told you that both dumb and dumber have been
big contributors to the success
of T - Mobile,» he said, referring to
customers switching to his network from AT&T and Verizon.
Goldin says Next Millennium can't keep up with demand from
customers like Exo, one
of the
biggest cricket bar manufacturers.
There are also opportunities for system
of record companies that can help their business
customers tame
Big Data, he says.
Figuring out what
customers want is a $ 21 - billion industry in the U.S., according to IBISWorld, and many major brands solicit advice from polling firms such as Ipsos Reid or the legacy research arms
of advertising agencies like JWTIntelligence to help them spot the next
big thing before it arrives.
The
biggest lesson for any entrepreneur is that the best investment to make in a company is to create and sustain the loyalty
of employees and
customers.
Since last year, Peninsula Shops has signed up about 80 businesses, many
of which, facing competition from
big - box retailers and feeling the effects
of the recession, desperately needed a new tactic to get
customers in the door.
These perceptions on the part
of your
customers may not seem like a
big deal to you but in competitive markets, small business owners must utilize every advantage to make their company stand out among the competition.