Sentences with phrase «rather than the price»

If you are having a hard time selling services at an acceptable profit, the problem may be that your employee costs are too high rather than the price is too low.

A handy primer on what it means to sell on value rather than price.

While they pledged to stick to their strategy of selling on value rather than price, U.S. sales chief Kurt McNeil said GM also has to respond to the market.

When choosing countries to invest in, Langham looks at the price - to - book ratio of the national stock indexes rather than price - to - earnings, as it's difficult to predict profits in a weak economic environment.

However, because the burden of these attacks falls on innocent third parties, rather than price - conscious consumers or profit - conscious manufacturers, government might be the only entity willing and able to address these vulnerabilities.

The report added: «The growth in this market is more robust, driven by increases in volumes rather than prices.»

Rather than prices going up, «brands will still be competing with each other for market share,» he said.

Our rule - based trading system forces us to focus much more on the performance of leading stocks, rather than the price action of the main stock market indexes.

The Compensation Committee makes grant decisions on a share - denominated basis rather than a price basis.

Farmers can make the appropriate decisions the about guarantee system and the market that empower them as price makers rather than price takers, ensuring that farmers and their communities can break the poverty cycle and have a fair level of prosperity,» Leu wrote.

But differences in producer profitability reflect the costs rather than prices received for cattle.

AAco managing director Jason Strong told shareholders he was pleased with the company's progress in transforming to a vertically integrated producer that could be a price maker rather than a price taker by marketing branded products.

Make Ozil sit on the bench and make him earn his place with the performance rather than the price tag.

While not all cheap makeup is bad, and not all expensive makeup is great, it's important to base purchases off of ingredients, rather than price or name brand alone.

Hinting at reports that suggest chancellor Gordon Brown has already decided against plans to raise the basic state pension in line with earnings, rather than prices as at the moment, the former CBI director general said his recommendations were only suggestions.

It would also restore the link between the state pension and earnings rather than prices to make it more generous, and reduce the use of means - testing through the pension credit, to encourage people to save for their old age.

Those changes included allowing competition only in the interest of patients and based on quality rather than price, driving profits from foundation hospitals back into the NHS and building safeguards against conflicts of interest into the commissioning process.

«Scholarships give our students the gift of freedom: to make career choices based on purpose and passion, rather than the price of education; to use time to study, explore science, and volunteer to help others, rather than working to make ends meet; and to succeed because someone who never met them saw enough potential to invest in their dreams,» said Catherine Lucey, MD, vice dean for education at UCSF's School of Medicine.

However, I think that looking at each product on its own merit with sensible knowledge and a keen eye will guarantee more about the quality of a piece rather than the price of the piece.

We'd chosen the TDI rather than the price - leader 2.5 - liter five - cylinder or the powerful but thirsty narrow - angle V - 6, and, admittedly, either of the other two might be considered the more American engine choice.

It also failed to attract the younger import - buying audience, especially since luxury makes tended to sell based on brand loyalty rather than price or features.

That environment allows Saturn's sales consultants to focus on product features rather than pricing, and to that end, those consultants are well - trained in the various features and functions of the vehicles they sell, Saturn officials say.

Wilkinson: It's about value rather than price.

Why are you going with that rather than pricing your books at $ 4.99 or $ 5.99, as other publishers, such as Viz, do?

Amazon plays a similar game, one we might call price - pressuring rather than price - fixing.

It forces retailers to compete on customer experience (quality of discovery and matching tools, community, purchase experience, library features) rather than price (predatory pricing from deep - pocketed competitors is the strategy to win here, at the expense of all other retailers and potential startup competitors.

I'm sure they still exist although I'm not sure if Amazon makes them any interesting now, it was how I got into Lord of the Rings, as I ended up paying some $ 1.25 for it rather than the price of $ 30 for the same (hardcover) edition.

Dividend growth investing can help guard against over-trading, because you are mostly watching dividends that grow rather than prices that hop all over the place.

All losing traders have a common mindset — that they depend on indicators rather than the price itself.

And you could look at the P / B ratio of 1.3 to determine valuation, but what I do is compare the P / B ratio to the ROE, which essentially values the business using a price to earnings ratio rather than price to book.

Due to the unique nature of this kind of insurance, it allows these companies to operate in niches and customers focus more on service and availability rather than price.

It is a good strategy as it helps investors avoid the worst behavioural mistake of selling stocks in a crash, by putting a focus on dividends rather than price.

He became a billionaire and investment sage by looking at companies as businesses rather than prices on a stock screen.

Use valuation rather than price comparisons to determine what true value is.

The rationale was regression to the mean rather than price to book; I originally felt that all those portfolio managers who dumped the stock at $ 30 because the company was under investigation, would find it attractive again at $ 60 when the investigation was resolved, the settlement made and operations returned to normal.

People who trade CFDs are expected to be price takers (rather than price makers as for the other business models).

The Price is Right According to Jennifer Cao, vice president of ZippyPaws, a Chino, Calif. - based manufacturer of high - quality pet products for dogs, today's customers seem to be more willing to splurge on these products, with value rather than price carrying more weight in shoppers» purchasing decisions.

What's more, the whole trip is priced by distance as if it were 1 flight, rather than pricing each segment separately.

The whole stopover trip is priced by the distance as if it were 1 flight, rather than pricing each segment separately.

Of course, we've learned subsequently that there are a handful of ways that you can accrue mileage based on miles flown, rather than the price of your ticket.

By the time of Murillo's first solo outing at Zwirner this coming spring, expect the placement of the works, rather than prices, to be the hot topic.

In particular, a number of energy resource - rich economies are of the opinion that the reference price in their markets should be based on their cost of production, rather than prices on international markets as applied within this analysis.

There is a strong argument to be made that public investment rather than price should be at the center of any strategy to fight climate chaos, though we still will need an emissions price.

Rather than price the pollution coming out of every tailpipe in the state, California priced carbon at the refinery.

A singular emphasis on energy efficiency rather than prices has two important drawbacks.

Once we get to know them well, the driver — hopefully we can convince them — is about value rather than price.»

Of course, this doesn't mean that 82 % of corporate clients always choose a more expensive law firm, but it does mean that they are open to selecting firms based on demonstrated value rather than price.

Be sure to keep your needs in mind rather than the price tag when deciding how much insurance to buy.

The client's focus should be primarily about the value the policy provides rather than the price.

PPC pricing on Google is based on budgets and priority rather than prices set by the advertising platform itself.