Sentences with phrase «other channels of distribution»

publishers, indie publishers can help countermand some of Amazon's heavy corporate influence by carving out other channels of distribution.

«With this strategic acquisition we plan to expand Europe's Best product lines into other channels of distribution in North America, and we will leverage the talented team we have in place at Hain Celestial Canada.»

Before you decide to go direct, make sure you don't need these other channels of distribution — because if you decide to use them later, they may not be available to you.

Not exact matches

We also provide a number of other amenities that are important to frequent travelers, including our Elevate ® loyalty program with tiered benefits for our most loyal guests, lounge access in certain airports, including our own Virgin America Loft at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), interline and codeshare partnerships with other airlines and a wide range of distribution channels and contractual travel discounts for over 175 major corporate customers.

In the consumer segment, J&J pointed to the categories of e-commerce and other distribution channels as priorities, as well as a relaunch of its baby - centered franchise.

Now, some of the world's biggest brands (including GE, IBM, and HP, among others) consider it a top content distribution channel.

It provides retail, commercial and corporate banking services through banking locations and offices, the Internet and other distribution channels to individuals, businesses and institutions in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and in other countries.

They build up their channels of distribution and focus on providing useful content that recipients link to and pass along to others who might link.

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.

At one time it concentrated its efforts only in states west of the Mississippi, but today Annabelle Candy is working with other vendors to extend its distribution channels farther to give consumers across the United States a chance to become fans of its unique confections.

As Gold Sponsors, WineShop At Home and its hundreds of wine consultants across the country are excited to play even a small role in helping other women rise, shine and be recognized in our direct to consumer channel of distribution in the world of wine.»

On the positive side, a huge influx of cash and worldwide distribution channels beyond anything that a small business could ever dream of means that more people than ever will have access to Honest Tea, and thus, a healthier option than soda or other high fructose corn syrup beverages.

Usenet as a realm for public discussion died fast with the rise of websites, Yahoo / Google Groups and other alternative online social spaces, and it survives now primarily as a distribution channel for big (and often pirated) binary files.

In other words, this training system could include knowledge sharing, certifications, or performance support provided to your nonemployees such as channel distribution partners, resellers, dealers, franchises, members, customers, and end - users of an organization's products and services.

Trade publishing contracts, and especially the contracts larger publishers use, often set different royalty rates for various other formats, territories, terms of sale, and channels of distribution.

You can also download our handy new eBook Distribution Guidelines that'll save you lots of headaches when it comes time to sell through other retail channels.

So, it's not just a matter of the author or US publisher giving Amazon or Apple or BN or Whoever a thumbs - up to sell away the English language eBook from their distribution channels in other countries.

This prevents the out of stock / shipping delay issues on Amazon while allowing you to take advantage of the excellent distribution to other retail channels available through Ingram.

I have finally gotten the books back to most of the other distribution sites and have hopes for the other channels to pick back up, though I will still stay with Amazon, since today, they're still the big dog.

In the months since then, a number of writers have taken their books out of Select, preferring to test the waters with other distribution channels like Kobo, Barnes and Noble, Apple, etc..

Other companies have released smaller models, but never saw any traction because of poor retail distribution channels and brand awareness.

In a press call covered by Heidi MacDonald of Publishers Weekly, Marvel executive editor Tom Brevoort acknowledged that graphic novels are «more and more a preferred format, even with the rise of digital» but were always a «fiscal problem» until «openings of various other distribution channels allowed this to work.»

Re Lucian's concern i think publishing will continue to morph and new alliances of writers, journalist, curators, illustrators, translators and social & mobile geeks will collaborate on ways to create ebooks, enhanced ebooks, interactive books — and additional distribution channels along with amazon... and increasingly what we create can be agnostic of technology, available on any devise, Mathew's coverage has been in - depth, up - to - date and writing for a wide audience... as a former JSJ reporter who is interested in this area i am in awe of his writing, and thankful for it, like so many others here evidentally are... maybe you, Matthew, will author your own Amazon - supported book?

and certainly not enough to offset the loss of removing the book from other distribution channels.

As mentioned in other blog posts, these types of eBooks are accepted by all the major channels in our distribution network and work on all the major e-reading platforms.

Designers who need fine control over the look of Kindle books should first buy Kindle Formatting by Joshua Tallent, and then be prepared to produce two separate EPUB files: a Mobi - specific one and a valid one for distribution in the other channels.

While some aspects of traditional publishing are important to pursue as a self - publisher (high quality editorial and design, most importantly), don't let bookstore aspirations blind you to the opportunities you have to find your readers through other, equally if not more successful, distribution channels.

All they're really trying to do is prevent you from tweaking the output of their tool to create content for other distribution channels.

To date, the key benefits we could offer to authors of books published through our company were quality of design, access to distribution, access to retail and other sales channels and of course we take on the risk of publishing costs and pay royalties to the author removing the dangers that self published authors have of not receiving payment for the books other sell on their behalf.

Additionally, you can purchase copies of your book, at cost, for distribution among your family and friends, to sell through your own channels, for book signings and promotions you host, or any other use you may have.

In a matter of minutes, you can create digital storefronts (kiosks) to sell their content, set a price and notify your fans and followers by email blasts, social networks and other marketing distribution channels.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

During the course of our agreement, you won't be able to enter any other distribution agreements (other than your own personal channel of course!).

It does take 6 - 8 weeks for the price change to effect any expanded distribution channels, so keep that in mind if you want to lower the price of your book in stores or via other online retailers like BarnesandNoble.com.

And while the benefits of the program are actually pretty slim, they appear to be significant enough to most authors to opt in, and therefore opt out of every other electronic distribution channel, thus depriving Amazon competitors of as broad a range of products.

They only stopped because the other publishers froze them out of the distribution channel.

First, go to YouTube, or any of the other distribution channels (video - sharing sites) listed below, type in «book trailers» and observe other trailers on these sites before creating your own.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

One thing that should be mentionned here is (again) taht by going indie, the author keep the possibility to switch, get out of Select and go wide, choose other distribution channels or strategy, while they would have gotten NO way to react in any effective way if they had been shackled with traditional publishing contracts...

On the ebook distribution side, EpubDirect are the only (and admittedly impressive) crew actually making a go of that business and even they don't make up for the fact that the majority of ebooks sold in Ireland will have been distributed through other channels.

In terms of distribution method, 52.4 % outsourced that to online vendors whereas 58.7 % resorted to other sales channels.

«We plan to expand distribution for Birdola into such key channels as mass merchandisers, specialty pet retailers and other retail outlets given our well - established presence with these customers,» said John Heil, president of United Pet Group.

Italians have been slow to embrace online travel purchases for diverse reasons: broadband penetration is low and still relatively expensive; they are by nature hesitant to release personal information over the Internet; traditional offline players have powerful ties and still sell the vast majority of travel related products; tour operators have been cautious about challenging conventional distribution channels; credit card usage is still relatively low and most credit cards have limited spending margins per month and the country's population is aging rapidly, resulting in slower adoption of the Internet than other markets.

Business Models: Analysis of distribution channels (both physical and digital), freemium, subscription, pay - to - play, eSports, DLC and other business models

The scope of the MFN was wide and covered both online platforms and all other types of distribution channel.

Their Lordships also noted from the evidence other factual indicia of de facto control by HSA over the relevant sales channels and distribution network.

Prior to assuming this role at SBI Life, he was worked with HDFC Life as Senior Vice President — Bancassurance, TATA AIA Life Insurance as Chief of Partnership Distribution, and in various other capacities which involved heading business channels, managing businesses P&L at the national level.

At the same time, end users stand to benefit from fast transactions and lower prices as providers can afford to let go of the commissions and third - party fees which they would have otherwise incurred over conventional distribution channels like banks or other payment brokers.

Designs, edits and oversees distribution of internal IT communication materials via company newsletters, intranet, emails / memos, webcasts, employee meetings, and other communications channels.

• Arbitrate software application installation and upgrading processes, system inspection and troubleshooting procedures • Execute network channeling, wireless configuration and connectivity set up • Evaluate existing routing, LAN / WAN, network type and security status and take measures to enhance the same • Collaborate with telecommunications department to ensure delivery of highest quality network services to customers • Coordinate with IP service providers for inter and intranet provision and maintenance • Identify hardware and software threats proactively, initiate maximum protection SOPs for the same and recover systems in case of infection • Facilitate users in creating and maintaining new accounts • Conduct regular analysis and maintenance of voice, video and data communication networks • Carryout problem identification, resolution and general troubleshooting of network related issues • Generate and handle email, data distribution and communication systems • Provide help desk support and perform hardware and software installation and network configuration • Take periodic backup of systems and provide the users with same in case of system collapse • Repair and replace faulty or damaged network cabling as and when required • Facilitate the team in development of new network designs and architecture • Connect user servers with other servers at various workstations using localized internet services • Initiate, develop, implement and enhance network security policies • Track and resolve fault tickets using latest TCP based troubleshoot strategies in minimal time • Determine all aging servers and systems and upgrade the same to latest Operating System versions • Maintain productive business relations and effective communication channels with department coordinator and broadband vendors