Sentences with phrase «slower business in»

Like many food wholesalers, W&SS has seen a decline in sales during the recession because of slower business in the restaurant and hospitality sectors.

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Still, we're in the fifth year of a very weak recovery in which small businesses have been hit hard by tight credit markets, slow sales and limited spending.

The slower hiring isn't a sign of trouble at small businesses, but instead a change in strategy from before the Great Recession.

The world's largest retailer, for years slow to respond to Amazon.com (amzn) in the digital wars, has been on a tear in recent quarters, helped by the $ 3 billion acquisition of jet.com and overhaul of its marketplace last year, and by better integration of its stores with its digital business.

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«If you wait for the business to slow down or get in trouble, it's too late.»

«A lot of new jobs are generated by small and midsize businesses, and if the interest rate increases dramatically, it could slow investment to this sector,» Cooley says, adding that the increase in interest rates is also likely to further strengthen the dollar.

Now that major cable and Internet companies (usually one in the same) have pressured the FCC to create fast lanes and slow lanes on the Information Superhighway — Google and Verizon requested net neutrality exemption for wireless Internet just last month — small businesses» online presence is in serious jeopardy.

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Similarly, managing your cash flow in a business is all about slowing down cash payments while encouraging any money owed to make its way to you.

After a slow start, including visiting a lot of houses and receiving plenty of rejection, he went on to become one of the best in the vacuum businesses.

In the absence of decisive, quick action to tackle this slow - motion crisis, the best - case scenario for the next few years is that America becomes a much riskier place to do business.

Growth in the business has slowed as banks and brokerages shrank in the face of weak trading.

But rising labor costs and slow growth in overseas demand left Pan with no choice but to sell the business to a bigger textile manufacturer with a domestic focus, in the hope that new capital can keep it afloat.

Warren retired from eHarmony in 2007 but came back as CEO after five years to turn around the business, whose growth was slowing in the face of increasing competition.

In the big picture, Intel is looking for new growth areas, such as 5G, as its traditional business supplying chips for PCs has slowed dramatically.

And, AWS's revenue growth appears to be slowing, in part because it's hard for such a huge business — AWS is expected to earn $ 16 billion this year — to grow as fast as its younger, smaller incarnation.

The lesson to learn: Don't let your lack of education slow you down or determine the possibilities you have in business or in life.

Don't let your emotions get in the way of your business and slow down your progress.

Since there are only so many hours in a day, you'll either become your own bottleneck and slow business down — or decide to outsource some of the tasks to your team and ensure business runs smoothly.

At the time I was actively pursuing a BS in Business Management, but the pace was too slow for me — I didn't have another three years to wait and learn, so I started using all the resources available to me on line and in the classroom.

Timing is everything in building the right team for a new company and, notwithstanding the fact that too often people are too slow in bolstering their business with some seasoned seniors, it's just as bad to be too early as too late.

«I really love that slow - motion shot of Kylo and Rey back - to - back with the guards from all the sides in Snoke's chambers,» Johnson told Business Insider in a recent interview.

And while business travel in Western Europe has been on the slower side, as Spain, Italy, Portugal and Greece have struggled with crippling debt, the GBTA says the worst is over and expects business travel in those regions to begin picking up.

Yet small businesses, which provide two out of ever three jobs in the U.S., are major users of our crumbling infrastructure, Mills said, adding that the disrepair is slowing down growth.

Instead, in the 10 years since, he has expanded organically at a slower, more comfortable pace that has allowed him to stick to his business principles.

It offered free admission until business slowed in the 1930s.

The Small Business Administration isn't expecting to slow down its pace of guaranteeing loans in the wake of the sequester, says outgoing SBA - chief Karen Mills.

If your business already suffers from these issues, your ability to improve efficiencies in the future depends largely on how well you can spot what's slowing you down today.

Railways, who added crude by rail capacity earlier this decade only to have the market vanish as pipeline space opened up, have been slow to move back in the oil transport business, asking producers to sign longer - term deals.

We can also give our support to those small companies that are trying to get a foothold in a very complex business that has a lot of barriers to entry and a slow adoption curve.

Additionally, have enough money set aside to pay all your fixed business expenses such as payroll, rent, etc., for up to six months, in case construction falls behind schedule, or business is slow until you build momentum.

While small business owner sentiment may indicate there can be beauty in «neutral» after such a slow recovery, there's simply no chance of robust growth without hiring.

The company's business began to slow during World War II when the focus shifted to cheaper materials such as limestone and concrete aggregate, and the entire property was sold at auction in 1948.

In today's business world, email is slow.

So, the government will be spending less and consumers will be spending less, which really means that businesses will be spending less, which means you should expect less spending in your business and you got ta operate for a slow - down going forward.

Vodafone, the world's second - biggest mobile operator, said on Thursday that the rate of growth in its international business division had slowed, echoing a similar warning given by British rival BT last week.

BCG surveyed nearly 450 executives at companies with more than US$ 1 billion in revenue in seven countries about their plans and expectations, and concluded that businesses have not done enough cutting or rethinking to prepare for the slow growth ahead.

It offered some suggestions, saying executives and business owners have said they are afraid to expand because electricity in Canada is too expensive, big energy projects are too slow to get off the ground, the future of present and future trade agreements is iffy, and the U.S. election is too frightening.

«Studies show that the slower the tempo, the slower people walk through the store, so the more they put in their baskets and the more they end up buying,» Deborah MacInnis, professor of business administration and marketing at the USC Marshall School of Business, told the Lbusiness administration and marketing at the USC Marshall School of Business, told the LBusiness, told the LA Times.

Microsoft's traditional core audience — businesses that buy Windows computers — is notoriously slow at upgrading machines, so there could be some good news ahead for the company on that front in 2013.

But growth in the wireless business is slowing, as more people have smartphones and see fewer reasons to upgrade.

Morale among German businesses dropped yet again in April, data showed Tuesday, with economists asking whether the euro zone's largest economy is slowing down without anyone noticing.

Despite the slow start to the nation's economic recovery, business owners and entrepreneurs are indeed seeing opportunity in the current economy, and as the recovery intensifies, we should definitely see business prospects continue to improve.

The adoption of marketing automation platforms has also been slow across businesses of all sizes — only 10 % of businesses in North America are using these tools, as many just started learning about the possibilities.

In the October report, there were five: stronger - than - expected U.S. growth; higher - than - expected oil prices; the possibility that weak business investment had altered the economy's potential; slower growth in less advanced economies such as China; and a tilt to saving from spending by Canada's heavily indebted householdIn the October report, there were five: stronger - than - expected U.S. growth; higher - than - expected oil prices; the possibility that weak business investment had altered the economy's potential; slower growth in less advanced economies such as China; and a tilt to saving from spending by Canada's heavily indebted householdin less advanced economies such as China; and a tilt to saving from spending by Canada's heavily indebted households.

The four conglomerates originated in different sectors, but their underlying business model is the same: cultivate powerful allies in the Communist Party; use those relationships to win regulatory and property concessions; gather investment from friends, family and other proxies of party elites into a murky, unregulated private holding company; borrow heavily from state - owed banks and other sources to finance prodigious growth plans; invest as aggressively as possible in stock and property overseas as a hedge against slower growth in China and the risk of a weaker Chinese currency.

While we saw an increase in pay each month in the first quarter of the year, small business workers experienced a slow and steady decrease in pay each month since April.

Some schools are simply trying to stay competitive in a business where growth has slowed, particularly in the U.S., as more business schools have emerged in Europe and Asia.

As the end of the year approaches, and the bad economic news shows no signs of slowing, many business owners find themselves in a similar predicament.