Sentences with phrase «still big consumers»

That's because the associates are still big consumers of brokerage resources, and the fixed costs for such services as phone lines and utilities don't change.

Sure, bottled water is still the biggest consumer scam in the world and plastic is still a petroleum product, but I think Coke has taken a huge step in the right direction with their PlantBottle and compostable paper cups.

Not exact matches

A bigger sample than Desjardins» current roster of 40,000 customers would also be needed for telematics to provide a reasonable amount of data though, and so far, consumer concerns about UBI devices are still riding high.

Still, trying to find product lines that will appeal to consumers is one of the biggest challenges facing edible insect producers, and several have turned to crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter to test the viability of their ideas.

The big question that consumers here might want to ask their regulators is why, when they generally have an established right to enjoy Skype over their chosen wireless provider's network, are they still required to pay for a voice service?

Still, the allegations about the software have hurt its much bigger consumer software business, prompting retailers such as Best Buy Co to pull Kaspersky products.

Meanwhile, consumers are still coming to terms with the implications of the 500 million account hack, which appears to be the biggest such incident in history.

This should be a good thing, because the U.S. is still the world's biggest oil consumer, using 19 million barrels a day and importing about half of it.

Its footprint in the consumer file - sync and - sharing market is simply too big to ignore, and the enterprise market is still in its very early innings.

There's still a chance to do something effective, Johnson says, but it will require a strong and independent Consumer Financial Protection Agency and the dismantling of the six American banks that have grown too big to fail — and if he isn't the first to make the argument, 13 Bankers nonetheless lends it a good deal of substance.

Trulia's Facebook Messenger bot also launched quickly following its development during Innovation Week, showcasing Zillow Group's ability to move fast and think big while still creating useful products for consumers.

Once again, there is minimal demand for autos and housing, and that is partly because the market is still saturated with both of these credit - sensitive big - ticket items after an unprecedented credit and consumer bubble that went absolutely parabolic in the seven years prior to the collapse in the financial markets an asset values.

And you can still ride the next wave higher by staying in these big consumer names that are trouncing the averages.

While I believe there will still be consumer demand to see big, franchise films in a glitzy theater with overpriced popcorn, the jury is still out as to how much traffic will be affected.

«The biggest challenge in today's packaging industry is to bring new innovative products to the marketplace while still targeting sustainability goals and profitability goals for both the consumer and the packaging company,» said Brian Rivers, Engineering Fellow and Strategic Sourcing at Sealed Air Corporation.

He still retains a tiny slice of the 17 per cent block of shares still owned by minority shareholders who are mainly Melbourne - based, but O'Hoy missed the cut and thrust of the fast - moving consumer goods industry even though he has a busy portfolio of other roles including as a director of the Melbourne Stars Big Bash cricket team.

Brian Rivers, engineering fellow of Strategic Sourcing at Sealed Air Corporation, said: «The biggest challenge in today's packaging industry is to bring new innovative products to the marketplace while still targeting sustainability goals and profitability goals for both the consumer and the packaging company.»

Still, the industry could be more aggressive because consumers will probably accept even bigger cuts in salt, according to Leith Greenslade, head of JustActions, a group that campaigns on health and other issues.

Turkish consumers» interest in health and wellness is still in its infancy but growing rapidly, and means big opportunities for manufacturers of organic dairy products — particularly those targeted to children, according to Euromonitor.

The United States still holds the title as the world's biggest consumer of world resources and largest emitter of all greenhouse gases.

Dairy is recommended as one cup per meal, but consumers are still warned to shun whole fat dairy; the biggest error in bureaucratic logic is seen here.

Marketing is hard in this industry, because few consumers want to share openly that they consume cannabis; there's still a pretty big stigma around it.

They were the last line of enticement — and sometimes the first — alongside carpet - bombing consumers with coming attractions, movie posters, marquees, publicity stunts, movie program books, and newspaper advertisements for their newest big - screen sensation.With no entertainment websites or blogs available to tease audiences with stills from their films, lobby cards served that purpose for the studio publicity machine.

Of course, there's a big difference between the commercial tablets HP still sells and the failed TouchPad, so it's not clear that HP would have much better luck with a Windows 8 tablet aimed at consumers.

They have shown plenty of interest in the iPad, but with only one other confirmed success story to date — Samsung's Galaxy Tab — it remains to be seen if the consumer tablet market as a whole will indeed be the next big thing, as analysts still predict, or just a bunch of DOA slates that will gather dust in warehouses.

Not a surprise but I thought some of those devices might have a chance of coming earlier... Still it means that BlackBerry World will be bigger than we expected on the consumer side.

Sure, it doesn't get the big splashy event, but, as Amazon told me recently, consumers still love and buy the devices.

While big - name publishers like Kodansha and Shinchosha announced that they will simultaneously publish new titles in both print and electronic formats by 2012, consumers still don't see much advantage to reading e-books at their current prices.

Big data is still in its infancy, but early developments show the potential to accurately predict consumers» lending risk, even without prior credit history.

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The number of consumers who will see a bigger bump in their score is small, FICO said, because most consumers who have a tax lien or judgment on their file still have other derogatory indicators such as collections or serious delinquencies on their credit file, which will remain after the public record information is removed.

With the recession still weighing heavily on all family budgets, we recommend consumers compare credit card deals as banks continue to offer big incentives to try to get consumers to switch credit cards.

Doug Hoyes: Yeah, and I guess if you're retired but you've got a significant pension, perhaps you worked for a company that had a full pension plan, maybe you were a government employee and worked for a big company, than you still have significant income coming in just not enough to be servicing all the debts so you don't want to do a bankruptcy with the negative implications for that so in those cases, a consumer proposal does work as well then.

But it is still easier for consumers to borrow from these banks compared to large banks because they do not focus on credit scores of applicants and the businesses» financial statements and they can be open - minded to small businesses compared to big banks.

The fact is, says Moher, even though the natural consumer is highly educated and reads product labels, she (the biggest percent of natural consumers are female, says Moher) is still confused and skeptical over what natural, organic and green mean.

Like it or not, the Internet has become a big influence on consumer shopping patterns; and while e-commerce still accounts for only a relatively small portion of pet product sales, industry experts almost universally agree that we are only seeing the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the impact that web - based retailing will have on the pet care category.

While the eco-friendly movement is still going strong in consumer products — including within the pet care segment — lately the biggest buzz among the media and consumers alike has been about people - friendly products.

When I compare this version to the Rx version it seems like the consumer kibble size isn't as big as the Rx version, but still seems to do the job.

A review of 163 consumer cards from 12 of the biggest U.S. card issuers reveals that while most consumer cards — 103 out of 163 cards — still charge consumers a foreign transaction fee for each overseas or foreign bank routed purchase, the number of cards that don't charge such a fee is on the rise.

At any rate, even the games you cited were two of the biggest 3d fighting game franchises still in existence with some of the best graphics in a fighting game at the time of those games» respective releases, and they only did «ok» selling through to consumer at their original price.

The key thing to take away is that it's showing the decline of last generation console platforms but ultimately still shows that for big AAA publishers the console platforms are seeing more spend from consumers over PC and mobile as adoption of next generation consoles takes place.

Unfortunately, Square - Enix made the rather odd decision to release the game within the same window as Final Fantasy XV, and while the delay of the latter saved World of Final Fantasy from being caught in its shadow it's still undeniable which game was the bigger hit with consumers.

The difference in output between the Pro and the X is still subtle enough that the majority of consumers will struggle to confidently distinguish between the two systems, so it does leave me wondering whether or not it will actually tip the scales away from Sony in any way, but it's a big, bold step forward by Microsoft and I have to applaud them for their efforts.

GM's beefy Chevrolet Equinox Fuel Cell vehicle also raised some eyebrows - mostly for portraying itself as an eco-friendly vehicle despite its tremendous girth (consumers still want big SUVs, company officials insist).

So we did a lot of projects for the big insurance companies in the U.S. And we kind of saw that it was a big old fashioned industry that's not really consumer friendly, that's still pretty old - fashioned in terms of how they sell these products.

While hardware and software makers alike hope that virtual or mixed reality will be the next big thing, consumers will still need a reason to buy additional hardware.

There's still no word on just when the headsets will make their way into consumer hands, but getting them out to developers is a big first step towards that goal.

Despite tepid interest from consumers so far, Facebook still believes it can turn virtual reality into the next big thing.

While this won't be the company's biggest event of the year — that would be I / O — it's still a big deal for Google, which wants to attract consumer attention ahead of the holidays.

While the event isn't as big as Mobile World Congress or the Consumer Electronic Show, we're still expecting to see new offerings from some of the biggest names in tech industry.