Sentences with phrase «of consumers and small businesses»

If you don't understand why features like convenience and affordability attract millions of consumers and small businesses to these new providers in this economic climate, then you're not paying attention to your markets.

We need to get this deal done and get it out and get money in the hands of our consumers and our small business owners to help this economy.

This represents just a fraction of the unaddressed market and revenues available to players who can enter the space and meet the demands of consumers and small business.

Not exact matches

Small companies keep innovation at the very heart of their goings - on, using it to propel their business into the limelight, yet at the same time remaining sensitive to the needs and wants of their consumers.

Because small business can not afford most print or TV media advertisements to use your endorser, think of non-traditional ways to incorporate their voice and likeness, especially with social media... our free way to reach consumers.

Wheeler said he also planned to set up an FCC ombudsman that would relieve small businesses and consumers of the burden and expense of retaining their own lawyers to contest alleged abuses.

Wells Fargo, according to my own analysis of its Q1 earnings report, showed surging deposits in its «community banking» category (consumer and small business), but declining deposits in its «wholesale banking» category, and plunging deposits in its Wealth and Investment Management (WIM) category.

How redirecting even 10 percent of consumer spending from chains to local small businesses can boost local economies and create jobs.

You might have heard of Foursquare, but if you're not using it for business, you're missing out on a powerful marketing and engagement tool that can help any business — large or small — tell its brand story to an entirely new category of consumer.

The impact of the adjustment is likely to be mild on most parts of the economy — for instance, slightly increasing borrowing costs for consumers and small businesses that rely on more traditional bank - loan financing.

Small Business Saturday, happening this year on November 28, started as an American Express initiative to encourage consumers to shop small and local during the holiday season, but it is now a key piece of the major holiday shopping day trifSmall Business Saturday, happening this year on November 28, started as an American Express initiative to encourage consumers to shop small and local during the holiday season, but it is now a key piece of the major holiday shopping day trifsmall and local during the holiday season, but it is now a key piece of the major holiday shopping day trifecta.

Among the things that may have contributed to future sentiments are uncertainty about the country's fiscal stability, taxes, and consumer spending, all of which could severely impact small business owners, Bernstein says.

DST Global's Tom Stafford said: «Revolut is developing and delivering technology that reduces the complexity and cost of financial services for consumers and small businesses.»

The premise of all these pitches is that you can take any good idea for a product, service or network (typically someone else's idea, who is already hitting it out of the park) and shrink that business down to a narrower target population or niche, or to a certain kind of consumer, and instantly turn the process of serving that smaller segment into a big business as well.

The accessibility and convenience of the on - demand model is influential enough that it's actually shifting consumers to form a relationship with the platform itself, as opposed to the small business owner.

And while 41 percent of small business owners say they don't see any indications that the recession is over, that's actually three percentage points lower than the number of consumers who say economic conditions have not improved.

«For too long, Wall Street banks and the financial industry wrote their own rules while no one was looking out for small businesses and consumers,» said David Borris, an executive committee member of the Main Street Alliance, a national advocacy organization, in a statement.

After a few really tough years, it's not surprising that small business owners and consumers are responding to signs of recovery with prudence.

One advantage small - businesses have over any big - box competitors is that they know their consumers and the community of those consumers better than any major retailer can.

Even before Heinz bought Kraft, the small - town ways of Oscar Mayer were changing, says Mike Judge, former head of consumer insights and strategy there and now Director of the Center for Brand and Product Management Center at the University of Wisconsin Business School.

Jan. 6, 2006 — While much of the buzz about this year's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has centered on personal entertainment such as video - on - demand, portable media players, and giant television monitors, the four - day exhibition is also providing glimpses of the future of small business technology.

Before his talk, Berger told me over coffee that he's not so sure about the of - the - moment advertising strategies often positioned as the only way business owners — especially small - business owners — can expand their brand and engage consumers.

Bern Lefson, a certified mentor at SCORE, the nonprofit dedicated to helping small businesses that is supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration, says there is a consistent trend of consumers carrying less cash and making more transactions with credit csmall businesses that is supported by the U.S. Small Business Administration, says there is a consistent trend of consumers carrying less cash and making more transactions with credit cSmall Business Administration, says there is a consistent trend of consumers carrying less cash and making more transactions with credit cards.

He is a founding mentor in the global entrepreneurial program, Key Person of Influence, and presents around the world on small business, consumer trends, entrepreneurship, and publishing.

Adding to their marquee offering of cheap calls, Internet telephony providers are courting small businesses with services like unified messaging and live - calling software for consumer Web sites.

«Small businesses have a lot of great deals, but it's difficult for consumers to know what's out there and to filter the signal from the noise,» says Signpost CEO Stuart Wall, who co-founded the company (then named Postabon) in 2009.

According to the survey, the top concerns of small business owners over the next year are the effectiveness of government leaders, commodities prices, healthcare costs, recovery of consumer spending and the strength of the U.S. dollar.

«The good news is that consumers are aware of shopping small and they are doing it in a lot of different ways,» says Patricia Norins, a spokesperson for Small Business Satusmall and they are doing it in a lot of different ways,» says Patricia Norins, a spokesperson for Small Business SatuSmall Business Saturday.

U.S. consumers surveyed about the event reported spending an estimated $ 5.5 billion at small businesses on Saturday Nov. 24, according to the Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey from National Federation of Independent Business and American Expsmall businesses on Saturday Nov. 24, according to the Small Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey from National Federation of Independent Business and American ExpSmall Business Saturday Consumer Insights Survey from National Federation of Independent Business and American Express.

Previously, she was president of global product solutions and global treasury services; chief marketing officer; president of consumer real estate and community development banking; national small - business segment executive and president of the Florida market.

Indeed, consumer awareness of Small Business Saturday jumped to 67 percent from 34 percent just two weeks ago, according to NFIB and Amex.

Smaller players such as Fairmont and Omni may feel compelled to offer instant rewards to get the attention of business travelers, though when it comes to perks like WiFi, even the larger players are capitulating to consumer demand; InterContinental newly instituted free WiFi this month to its higher membership tiers with universal access to all members beginning in 2014.

What's interesting here is that according to other metrics, the economy and job market have improved, and so too have other measures of confidence, including surveys of consumers, small businesses and homebuilders.

«The firm has identified digitally led banking services to consumers and small businesses as an area of opportunity for GS Bank,» the memo reads.

But McGee, who before joining The Hartford was president of global consumer and small business banking at Bank of America (BAC), recently underwent a second procedure.

It is crucial to innovation and the health of our economy that small businesses have equal access to the internet, with winners and losers chosen by consumers, not ISPs.»

We need the consumer being confident and strong, having those extra dollars to go out and have a set of wine glasses or buy some extra dinnerware,» said Walt Rowen, owner of Susquehanna Glass Co. in Columbia, Pa., at the press conference Small Business Majority, an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.

As connecting businesses with consumers continues to become more technologically complex, it becomes easier for big budget brands to take advantage of the market and push out smaller businesses.

Lacavera still owns Toronto - based Globalive telecom company, which provides high - speed Internet and home phone service to consumers and a variety of telecom services to small business.

The Next Evolution of Marketing can be applied to billion - dollar brands or small businesses, to consumer marketers and B2B firms, in both highly developed markets and developing nations around the world.

BIG businesses bullying small businesses are the targets of the latest Australian Competition and Consumer Commission guideline.

Add to that the frustration of not being included in protections currently being enjoyed by consumers as a result of the Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure Act, or CARD Act, it's not hard to imagine that small business owners are fed up with credit agencies.

THE new Franchising Code of Conduct has a number of requirements that will benefit both franchisees and franchisors, says Australian Competition and Consumer Commission small business officer Siobhan O'Gara.

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As proven in 2008, the democratic nature of P2P lending helps to fill gaps during liquidity crunches by providing a funding option to small businesses and consumers who need to borrow.

We are currently pursuing various ways to enhance the value of the Consumer Credit Panel further by linking to property deed records, employer payroll records, small business credit data, and student college records.

Traditionally, small business owners have been slow to adopt video conferencing because of the inconsistent quality of consumer - grade systems and the prohibitive price of enterprise - level offerings, causing them to rely on the traditional conference call.

Many small businesses (and consumers) are rejected by traditional financial institutions when seeking financing because they do not fit rigid lending requirements of banks.

But those plans are specifically designed for small businesses and would probably be able to skirt a requirement in the Affordable Care Act that requires health plans sold directly to consumers to offer a basic set of benefits, such as prescription drugs and maternity care.

But in a memo to employees announcing the hiring of Mr. Talwar last month, Goldman's chief executive, Lloyd C. Blankfein, and its president, Gary D. Cohn, noted that «the traditional means by which financial services are delivered to consumers and small businesses is being fundamentally reshaped» by technology and the use of data and analytics.