Sentences with phrase «recent years the target»

Rather than go stale, A&W has in recent years targeted millennial consumers instead of its traditional Baby Boomer crowd, undertaken an ambitious urban expansion and noisily advertised its efforts to improve food quality.

Not exact matches

In recent years, however, Noise Solutions has adopted a much more targeted and directed approach to growth, a strategy that depends on a lot of advance work and then a direct sales effort.

In a world that's dramatically shifted in recent years, marketers targeting millennials are exploring Twitch, which attracts 100 million visitors monthly, more than traditional outlets like broadcast television or Web sites.

The consumer price index (CPI), released on Friday, showed the cost of living in America rising only 1.6 percent compared to the same month last year, significantly down from the most recent high of 2.8 percent in February and below the Fed's target of 2 percent.

In a recent speech to the Providence Chamber of Commerce, Fed Chair Janet Yellen said, «I think it will be appropriate at some point this year to take the initial step to raise the federal - funds rate target and begin the process of normalizing monetary policy.»

Hackers who target businesses and steal customers» credit card information have exacerbated the problem in recent years.

The data «explains the recent policy tightening as policy makers are getting more and more comfortable with reaching the growth target this year and have shifted towards risk management,» wrote Goldman Sachs analysts led by Maggie Wei in Hong Kong today.

Unfortunately for Target, the firm is also following in the steps of its bigger rival in terms of slowing performance in recent years.

Five years later, and Hirai's managed to hit two out of three targets, with Sony's most recent financial reports vindicating his plan.

He said warning about prices «might not be fashionable» give that inflation has been below target in recent years.

A few recent examples include Cornell, who came in from Sam's Club to run the American food business and left less than two years later for Target; John Compton, the former president, who left in 2012 for a short stint running Pilot Flying J but didn't return when it didn't work out; and Zein Abdalla, his replacement, who retired abruptly in December.

CalPERS, which suffered through a 2.4 percent return for its most recent fiscal year, conceivably could lower the target to 6.5 percent over time.

The city has seen a mounting number of terrorist attacks in recent years, including last year's coordinated gun and bomb attacks targeting bars, restaurants, a concert hall and the Stade de France, which left 129 dead and hundreds injured.

Recent data shows that exhaust carbon emissions fell 3.7 % in Europe last year, and the European Union has set a target for cutting average emissions in new cars to 130 grams per kilometer by 2015.

Toys R Us has struggled to compete with rivals such as Walmart, Target, and Amazon in recent years.

According to a recent post on The Cerbat Gem, the average 1 - year price target among the twelve brokerages covering the firm is $ 40.18 (in US dollars).

Over the last year, consumer prices are up 2.0 percent — nicely within the Fed's target range — but in recent months, food and energy prices have increased strongly.

All of the factors pointing towards a higher inflation target have gained force in recent years.

Institutional investors love to show that they beat their benchmark or some risk - adjusted return target or their peers in the industry over the most recent one year period.

The policy implication is that had the Fed targeted higher inflation in recent years, a lower real interest rate could have hastened the recovery.

On the short - side of the yield curve, the consensus seems to interpret the Federal Open Market Committee's recent use of the word «gradual» as an indication that it will allow inflation to run higher than 2 % in order to make up for the last 20 years of below - target growth.

All of the argument about appropriate inflation targeting in recent years has focused not on whether 2 percent is too high but on whether it is too low a target.

The fact that none of these family offices reported targeting direct or co-investments above $ 5 million is also telling, as these California family offices unanimously prefer to make minority and small - to - middle - market deals, rather than executing some of the large deals that have been done by family offices and co-investment groups in recent years.

Target is a well - known brand thanks to its physical stores, but in recent years, the company has been investing in its e-commerce platform.

The company, which has seen its revenues fall sharply in recent years, has become a target of activist investors amid its struggles.

From a global policy perspective, we think the Fed's recent hikes are the first stage in a cycle that will later this year see the European Central Bank (ECB) discuss a more normalized rate policy, and then lastly Japan's BoJ may at least expand its 10 - year Japanese government bond (JGB) yield target range.

An alternative, and perhaps more likely, interpretation is that the market expects that the target cash rate will remain below its average over recent years for some time, and this expectation is reflected in bond yields.

The US Federal Reserve (Fed) looks likely to tighten monetary policy further, as inflation and unemployment move closer to its targets — underlining the strength of the domestic economy — but, while awaiting more substance on policy initiatives, we remain cautious about predictions of an end to the pattern of modest US growth seen in recent years.

In recent years, the Fed has maintained its target federal funds rate at the lowest it can go — from.25 percent to.75 percent.

Small but influential, Professor Byron Sharp and his long tail of advocates have made quite the reputation for themselves in recent years, discounting the value of targeting and promoting the more complex idea of «sophisticated mass marketing».

Targeted benefit enhancements for Social Security recipients who need them most certainly should be considered in the context of a reform plan, and indeed they have been included in a number of bipartisan plans put forward in recent years.

Recent studies determined while the cartless retailers such as Sears and J.C. Penney have suffered slow sales in recent years, the retailers that do use shopping carts, among them Target and Home Depot, have had booming Recent studies determined while the cartless retailers such as Sears and J.C. Penney have suffered slow sales in recent years, the retailers that do use shopping carts, among them Target and Home Depot, have had booming recent years, the retailers that do use shopping carts, among them Target and Home Depot, have had booming sales.

But we're seeing some changes in recent years as Christians are being violently targeted and these horrifying attacks are taking place.

Muslims own many of the small businesses in Sri Lanka, a fact that many believe has helped make them targets as Buddhist - Muslim relations have worsened in recent years amid the rise of hard - line Buddhist groups, which accuse Muslims of forcing people to convert and destroying sacred Buddhist sites.

The EU policy of digging up vines to end years of surpluses had lead to a reduction of 269,000 hectares between 2008 and 2011, well above the targeted 175,000 hectares, contributing to a recent rise in prices, Castellucci said.

In recent years, Way has expanded his business to include other products and gift packs which are sold nationally in Wal - Mart, Target and other chains.

The worry has to be that our next game however is a trip to Stamford Bridge, where we have conceded 10 goals without reply in recent years, and we now have to go there and target all three points, otherwise any hopes of winning that illustrious fourth Premier League title will be gone for another season.

Arsenal target Kylina Mbappe has become one of the hottest properties in world football this season and his most recent comments assure me that he will be at the top of the game for years to come.

The 25 - year - old has been targeted by big names such as Arsenal, Manchester United, Barcelona and Real Madrid in recent times, and is likely to attract even more interest next summer as a # 20m release clause looks set to come into effect.

The 28 - year - old has not been as much of a regular for the Blues in recent times, falling behind Nemanja Matic in the pecking order in 2014/15 and becoming a rumoured transfer target for the likes of Juventus.

It's not the first time that Man Utd have missed out on one of their primary targets in recent years, the latest high - profile one being Antoine Griezmann this summer.

Mbappe is being likened to the great Arsenal star Thierry Henry but we might not get to see him don the colours of Arsenal, as Juventus have managed to beat us to a number of targets in recent years.

The 20 - year - old, also reported to be a transfer target for big names such as Chelsea, Manchester United and Manchester City, is considering his future at Anfield after rejecting a big - money contract offer from the Reds in recent times.

After their recent Champions League defeat to Monaco, they may target a good run in that competition next year.

Other top programs have been targeted by the «big three» in recent years as well.

Time for some brutal honesty... this team, as it stands, is in no better position to compete next season than they were 12 months ago, minus the fact that some fans have been easily snowed by the acquisition of Lacazette, the free transfer LB and the release of Sanogo... if you look at the facts carefully you will see a team that still has far more questions than answers... to better show what I mean by this statement I will briefly discuss the current state of affairs on a position - by - position basis... in goal we have 4 potential candidates, but in reality we have only 1 option with any real future and somehow he's the only one we have actively tried to get rid of for years because he and his father were a little too involved on social media and he got caught smoking (funny how people still defend Wiltshire under the same and far worse circumstances)... you would think we would want to keep any goaltender that Juventus had interest in, as they seem to have a pretty good history when it comes to that position... as far as the defenders on our current roster there are only a few individuals whom have the skill and / or youth worthy of our time and / or investment, as such we should get rid of anyone who doesn't meet those simple requirements, which means we should get rid of DeBouchy, Gibbs, Gabriel, Mertz and loan out Chambers to see if last seasons foray with Middlesborough was an anomaly or a prediction of things to come... some fans have lamented wildly about the return of Mertz to the starting lineup due to his FA Cup performance but these sort of pie in the sky meanderings are indicative of what's wrong with this club and it's wishy - washy fan - base... in addition to these moves the club should aggressively pursue the acquisition of dominant and mobile CB to stabilize an all too fragile defensive group that has self - destructed on numerous occasions over the past 5 seasons... moving forward and building on our need to re-establish our once dominant presence throughout the middle of the park we need to target a CDM then do whatever it takes to get that player into the fold without any of the usual nickel and diming we have become famous for (this kind of ruthless haggling has cost us numerous special players and certainly can't help make the player in question feel good about the way their future potential employer feels about them)... in order for us to become dominant again we need to be strong up the middle again from Goalkeeper to CB to DM to ACM to striker, like we did in our most glorious years before and during Wenger's reign... with this in mind, if we want Ozil to be that dominant attacking midfielder we can't keep leaving him exposed to constant ridicule about his lack of defensive prowess and provide him with the proper players in the final third... he was never a good defensive player in Real or with the German National squad and they certainly didn't suffer as a result of his presence on the pitch... as for the rest of the midfield the blame falls squarely in the hands of Wenger and Gazidis, the fact that Ramsey, Ox, Sanchez and even Ozil were allowed to regularly start when none of the aforementioned had more than a year left under contract is criminal for a club of this size and financial might... the fact that we could find money for Walcott and Xhaka, who weren't even guaranteed starters, means that our whole business model needs a complete overhaul... for me it's time to get rid of some serious deadweight, even if it means selling them below what you believe their market value is just to simply right this ship and change the stagnant culture that currently exists... this means saying goodbye to Wiltshire, Elneny, Carzola, Walcott and Ramsey... everyone, minus Elneny, have spent just as much time on the training table as on the field of play, which would be manageable if they weren't so inconsistent from a performance standpoint (excluding Carzola, who is like the recent version of Rosicky — too bad, both will be deeply missed)... in their places we need to bring in some proven performers with no history of injuries... up front, although I do like the possibilities that a player like Lacazette presents, the fact that we had to wait so many years to acquire some true quality at the striker position falls once again squarely at the feet of Wenger... this issue highlights the ultimate scam being perpetrated by this club since the arrival of Kroenke: pretend your a small market club when it comes to making purchases but milk your fans like a big market club when it comes to ticket prices and merchandising... I believe the reason why Wenger hasn't pursued someone of Henry's quality, minus a fairly inexpensive RVP, was that he knew that they would demand players of a similar ilk to be brought on board and that wasn't possible when the business model was that of a «selling» club... does it really make sense that we could only make a cheeky bid for Suarez, or that we couldn't get Higuain over the line when he was being offered up for half the price he eventually went to Juve for, or that we've only paid any interest to strikers who were clearly not going to press their current teams to let them go to Arsenal like Benzema or Cavani... just part of the facade that finally came crashing down when Sanchez finally called their bluff... the fact remains that no one wants to win more than Sanchez, including Wenger, and although I don't agree with everything that he has done off the field, I would much rather have Alexis front and center than a manager who has clearly bought into the Kroenke model in large part due to the fact that his enormous ego suggests that only he could accomplish great things without breaking the bank... unfortunately that isn't possible anymore as the game has changed quite dramatically in the last 15 years, which has left a largely complacent and complicit Wenger on the outside looking in... so don't blame those players who demanded more and were left wanting... don't blame those fans who have tried desperately to raise awareness for several years when cracks began to appear... place the blame at the feet of those who were well aware all along of the potential pitfalls of just such a plan but continued to follow it even when it was no longer a financial necessity, like it ever really was...

I've lost count in recent years the amount of times we haven't even managed a shot on target in the first half of a game.

Arsenal fans have been crying out for a new striker to lead the line in recent years, but all I hear is negativity around our supposed targets.

We have been linked with a number of targets in recent years, but despite Arsene Wenger working hard to land a new forward, none of the targets tick all the right boxes for many fans.

The rock - solid centre - back has become one of the best in Europe in recent years after his tremendous performances and resulting success for both club and country, and he has been identified as van Gaal's priority target to come in in that position.