Sentences with phrase «sold by a large company»

He did — and also displayed flyers that warned customers of knock - offs sold by a large company at the same trade show.

The Ultimate Baby Wrap is created and sold by a larger company called Parents of Invention.

Not exact matches

TD's new acquisition had become the largest trust company in Canada largely by selling itself as the anti — big bank, offering its 3.7 million customers revolutionary (for the time) services like 24 - hour telephone banking and extended branch hours.

Apotheker launched an aggressive plan to turn HP, for much of its history a company defined by hardware products, into a company focused on selling software to large corporations.

In October of 2013, for example, Kohlberg Management VI, LLC, the largest shareholder in Performance Sports Group Ltd. (PSG: TSX), sold 3.2 million common shares of the company at $ 12.15 a share to a syndicate of underwriters co-led by RBC Capital Markets and Paradigm Capital Inc..

But a CEO selling large amounts of shares in a company is sometimes viewed as a lack of confidence by investors.

While Avon is the fifth - largest beauty company in the world, it's by far the biggest direct - selling enterprise globally, with 6.4 million active representatives marketing its products.

The least risky growth strategy for any business is to simply sell more of its current product to its current customers — a strategy perfected by large consumer goods companies, says McFarland.

Equity crowdfunding is when a company raises capital by selling small pieces of equity to a large number of investors.

Their venture investors made money by selling their share of these successful companies at a large multiple over what they originally paid for it.

By selling altcoins and tokens for the purpose of financing or utilizing projects, companies that would be recognized as too risky or too small by traditional investment entities have a means to raise large amounts of seed capitaBy selling altcoins and tokens for the purpose of financing or utilizing projects, companies that would be recognized as too risky or too small by traditional investment entities have a means to raise large amounts of seed capitaby traditional investment entities have a means to raise large amounts of seed capital.

Salesforce soon became the largest maker of so - called customer relationship management, or C.R.M., software sold over the cloud, which is used by salespeople and marketers at companies like American Express and General Electric.

In case you weren't already sold on the payoff for companies that prioritize the hiring and promotion of women, a new report shows just how much large, listed companies are losing by not employing female executives on their boards.

Oppenheimer, the large mutual fund company, also owned some of the bonds issued by Remington, but said it sold its debt holdings last year.

However, for stock market companies, simply creating new shares or issuing stock options by fiat that are given away to employees without the company selling them at full value, existing shareholders would experience an economic dilution in profits (dividends) per share going down because of a larger number of shares and, importantly, in economic value, being given away (shares of the company are literally being simply granted to someone else, namely employees).

And both Youku Tudou and Wasu Media are companies with major investment stakes held by Alibaba — the world's largest e-tailer which is already using online video to sell movie tickets, games, merchandise and cultural tourism products.

U.S. private - equity firm TPG said on Oct. 13 it had sold its stake in Myanmar Distillery, the country's largest spirits company, to Thai Beverage, the beer and spirits firm run by Thai magnate Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi.

Cerberus, the investment firm that owned the largest stake in the company, told Bloomberg that it decided to sell the company «amid pressure from investors revolted by the carnage» in Sandy Hook.

During the quarter, Fiat Chrysler (+69 %) was by far the largest contributor to performance due to speculation that the company will be sold.

Riyadh is planning to sell about 5 percent of the company, potentially raising $ 100 billion and dwarfing the $ 25 billion banked by Chinese internet retailer Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. in 2014, currently the world's largest ever IPO.

A study of Australia's largest food firms shows nine out of 10 are at least partly owned by foreign companies... but with Murray Goulburn about to be sold to Canadian rival Saputo, that number will soon be zero.

A2 Milk has grown rapidly to become one of New Zealand's largest companies by market capitalisation, with a key factor in its expansion being the success it has had selling its infant...

But while a statement by the company presents a united front from its 58 shareholders on the sale of the business, AFR Weekend understands that a large portion of the family shareholders have been against selling and still have a great deal of attachment to the company and their ancestor's vision of a geographically and climatically diverse cattle producer.

A representative group of workers from Unite, Britain's largest union, whose companies have been sold off by the John Lewis Partnership, will protest against the decision at the partners» meeting this Monday morning.

Instead, they helped Myriad Genetics, the company that studied those tissues, to establish broad gene patents and achieve large profits by selling tests that many donor families could not afford.

If one can believe the claims by companies that make and sell supplements, BCAAs not only encourage muscles to grow larger but also encourage lean muscle, fat loss, immune health, prevent catabolism, and protect muscles strained during a workout.

This means textbook companies benefit by selling to a large, monolithic audience; customization in their business is not desirable.

The way minicomputer companies made money was by selling their machines to large corporations that were hungry for computing power.

The Affalterbach based company will have sold over 40,000 units by the end of 2014, thanks in large part to its entry into the compact segment and the broadening of its product range, while the entirely in - house models suchs as the SLS AMG and the more recently presented AMG GT act mainly as image vectors.

The move to sell the book store seemed imminent as the company reported larger losses in June, which some believe is the outcome of the huge investment made in developing the Nook e-reader, which though seems to have been recently outgunned by the Kindle.

You can publish and sell your own books through large companies, by using their publishing tools.

By reaching out to others who serve your target audience, such as realtors, home organizers, virtual organizers, companies that sell organizing materials, and authors who write on the topic of keeping organized, you have the opportunity to reach not only individual homeowners but also professionals who have access to a large number of homeowners.

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As a platform for selling and distributing ebooks, Baker & Taylor provides worldwide reach and the company is catering to the rising popularity of ebooks by making customizable storefronts available to support specialized branding and unique promotional venues available to large publishers (with some possibilities available to small publishers).

Audible, an Amazon company, has the world's largest collection of downloadable audiobooks with over 200,000 titles including books by top - selling authors such as Stephen King, J.K. Rowling and George R.R. Martin.

Even though many 529 plans are marketed and sold by large financial services companies, by federal law, a 529 plan must be sponsored by a state.

Non-traditional data is usually tracked by smaller credit bureaus, research firms or credit - gathering companies and then sold to large credit bureaus or credit - scoring businesses like FICO, the creator of the FICO credit score.

While the company sold $ 16 million worth of phones to its largest customer, the receivables balance to this same customer increased by $ 9 million!

Every large fund company is starting new funds left and right, and seeding them, and then by luck some of them will do well, and they'll have a nice track record, and then they'll sell them.

As Longleaf's largest investor group, we want our capital in competitively advantaged companies run by competent managements that sell at materially discounted prices.

Therefore the venture capitalist earns a return when there is an exit — an acquisition by a larger company, or an initial public offering in which shares are sold to the investing public.

Our parent company has been building antler furniture for decades, and we acquire antlers by the ton, enabling us to sell larger, higher - quality antlers for less.»

These plans are usually sold by larger insurance companies that also manages other insurance products.

Stay with products produced by large national or international companies that sell other products you trust.

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While the seller was not named and officials at Sotheby's declined to comment, the paintings are part of a larger group of works, which also includes an abstract canvas by Gerhard Richter, being sold by Steven A. Cohen, the hedge fund billionaire, whose company, SAC Capital Advisors, is fighting criminal charges of insider trading.

U.S. companies that manufacture or sell products made with hemp include Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, the number - one - selling natural soap, Interface, the world's largest manufacturer of commercial carpet and carpet tiles, FlexForm Technologies, an Indiana company whose natural fiber materials are found in 1.5 million cars, Alterna, a professional hair care company whose hemp products are beloved by Julia Roberts and other celebrities, California - based Nutiva Hemp Foods, and adidas USA which has been selling hemp sneakers since 1995.

We focus on the cars, SUVs, minivans, and pickups sold by the six largest companies in the US market, analyzing their emissions of smog - forming pollutants and global warming gases.

All of these large installation companies had originally grown large by offering zero down PPA and lease agreements where the solar provider retains ownership of the solar panels and sell the homeowner the power generated by the panels.

U.S. companies that manufacture or sell products made with hemp include Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps, the number - one - selling natural soap, Interface, the world's largest manufacturer of commercial carpet and carpet tiles, FlexForm Technologies, an Indiana company whose natural fiber materials are found in 1.5 million cars, Alterna, a professional hair care company whose hemp products are beloved by Julia Roberts and other celebrities, and adidas USA which has been selling hemp sneakers since 1995.