Sentences with phrase «strong business and consumer»

Stronger business and consumer morale typically lead to even more hiring and spending, which in turn encourages more households to make big decisions like buying a home.

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Economic growth, strong profits and upbeat consumer and business sentiment will help led the way, strategist Jonathan Golub says.

Adidas and Nike know that a strong lifestyle shoe business is a key driver of interest in the rest of the lifestyle apparel line for consumers.

Giving your consumers a voice and allowing them to imfluence business decisions results in stronger brand loyalty.

The more you act on consistent values, the stronger your business will be in the long run and the more your consumers will trust you.

CVCheck said business performance had exceeded expectations over the quarter on the back of strong top - line growth from corporate clients and its robustly performing consumer division.

Reports that the tariff list may also include consumer goods such as clothing and footwear drew strong protests from US business groups, which argued that it would raise prices for US consumers.

Some investors believe that the strongest tech companies are now «cycle - proof» — that is, their revenue and share prices can rise regardless of the state of the economy, because their services and products have become essential to businesses and consumers.

We need the consumer being confident and strong, having those extra dollars to go out and have a set of wine glasses or buy some extra dinnerware,» said Walt Rowen, owner of Susquehanna Glass Co. in Columbia, Pa., at the press conference Small Business Majority, an advocacy group based in Washington, D.C.

Reports that the tariff list may also include consumer goods such as clothing and footwear drew strong protests from U.S. business groups, which argued that it would raise prices for U.S. consumers.

«I'm excited to announce that @TMobile & @Sprint have reached an agreement to come together to form a new company — a larger, stronger competitor that will be a force for positive change for all US consumers and businesses!

Consumers connect, rate, discuss, and consume product information and reviews like never before, making a strong online presence paramount for all sizes of ecommerce businesses.

The sale of its consumer health business to Bayer, and the negative effects of a stronger U.S. dollar, have also weighed on results.

The MMA's mission is to accelerate the transformation and innovation of marketing through mobile, driving business growth with closer and stronger consumer engagement.

The joint Regulatory Cooperation Action Plan announced this week seeks to lower costs for businesses and consumers, increase trade and investment, and help U.S. and Canadian companies compete more effectively with new, strong rivals in global markets.

The revision was largely thanks to consumer spending, but business and residential investment were also stronger than previously estimated.

A notable shift in the economic landscape will see infrastructure activity and rising business spending play a more dominant role next year, taking on some of the heavy lifting from consumers and a still - strong housing market, according to Wright.

«Business and consumer sentiment is strong, but both must be released from the regulatory and tax shackles constraining economic growth.»

Both of those were certainly encouraged by easy monetary policies, but both were also accompanied by strong expansion in debt - financed consumer and business spending.

Notwithstanding the broad pattern of slowing GDP growth in 2004, business and consumer confidence remained very strong during the year.

Yes, job growth remains strong and consumers and small businesses optimistic.

Business and consumer surveys pointed to continued momentum in the third quarter, keeping the single - currency bloc on course to potentially deliver its strongest calendar year of growth in a decade.

Under Secretary Vilsack, USDA has supported providing consumers a stronger connection to their food with more than $ 1 billion in investments to over 40,000 local and regional food businesses and infrastructure projects since between 2009.

The Consumer Goods Forum key contributor to event that brought together leaders in business, international institutions, academia, faiths, the media and civil society Roundtable had strong endorsement from the Vatican,...

The performance of its wider consumer businesses was mixed, Fonterra said, since a strong New Zealand (NZ) dollar impacted its Asian / African, Middle Eastern and Latin American business.

But those companies have used the strength of their Australian businesses and popularity with Australian consumers as a strong selling point in China.

«We have examined all areas of our business, and we are confident that we have a successful formula — superior award winning quality, exciting innovation, strong brand health, strategic customer partnerships, efficient operations and service — that will continue to see great value offered both to our direct customers and to end consumers.»

«The [Singapore] launch was the latest step to transform AACo to a vertically integrated business selling luxury beef brands, fundamentally changing the way we sell and deliver our products to consumers,» Mr Strong said.

John Fingleton, OFT chief executive, said the authority's decision sent out a «strong signal» to supermarkets, suppliers and other businesses that the OFT would take action and impose significant fines where it uncovered anti-competitive behaviour aimed at increasing the prices paid by consumers.

Fresh or frozen, on - the - bone, off - the - bone or minced, we can deliver the pack you want, with the highest efficiency, strongest consumer appeal and most rock - solid retailer reassurance in the business.

In order to ensure we understand those customers, our consumers and the community we know that we must attract, retain and develop a workforce that reflects the markets we operate in, and in turn deliver strong business results and returns to our shareholders.

«Consumer trends favoring premium California wines — combined with our powerful route to consumers and our overall commitment to the wine and champagne business — position us well for strong, sustainable performance with Kenwood and the rest of our premium portfolio.»

In explaining his view, the congressman said in a statement: «I am very supportive of many provisions in the bill, particularly the efforts to provide strong consumer protections and reduced health care costs for small businesses, but I remain concerned about the effect this package will have back at home.»

Job growth and consumer spending continue to grow and position Tennessee and the nation's economies for a strong 2016, according to a report released today from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's Center for Business and Economic Research.

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«Disney will continue to have a strong console gaming presence through licensing partners such as Electronic Arts and Square Enix, as the category provides a unique consumer experience as well as opportunity for our business,» according to Disney's announcement (per Cinelinx).

Brands with a strong lineup of hybrids are in a favorable position to satisfy the needs of consumers interested in a single device for business computing and entertainment.

In making the announcement, Mark Thompson, president and chief executive officer of The New York Times Company, said, «This is a major milestone for our digital consumer business, which we launched in 2011 and has continued a strong and steady growth trajectory.

By splitting its children's books division into two separate imprints based on the age demographic of its consumer readers, the publisher is acknowledging not only the very different needs and business practices of children's book publishing, but is also currently strong enough in the market to focus on differentiating its publishing model.

This decrease in physical shopping and corresponding increase in online shopping may prove that consumers are more comfortable in their digital skins than before, and retailers might do well to remember that in the face of strong sentiments against businesses that encouraged holiday work hours.

According to an article today by BigPondNews.com, as more and more bookstores struggle to stay in business and compete for consumer's dollars, a tax like this one will have a strong negative impact on luxury items such as book purchases.

All told, 40.6 million tablets were shipped in the first quarter amid strong demand from business, consumer and education segments, the research firm indicated.

Srini Gopalan, Consumer Director Vodafone UK said «We know there is strong support from both consumers and business customers for BlackBerry smartphones and it is encouraging to see RIM continuing to innovate.

But over time it can enable publishers to build a stronger direct - to - consumer business, the benefits of which include knowing who your customers are, being able to market directly to them and gathering analytics about their reading behavior.

Stronger consumer protection, another proposed reform, would help students avoid fraud and bad businesses practices in the student loan market.

Although politically tenuous, the tax cuts in the US could certainly be a tailwind if consumer spending and business investment remain strong for the rest of 2018.

While it certainly seems like markets have become increasingly confident in the future business environment backed by strong hiring numbers and consumer confidence surveys, we are a little more skeptical.

A stronger or more stable global economy could spur more spending by businesses and consumers, thereby boosting AXP's revenues more than expected.

FURminator President Olivier Amice says the company is taking strong steps to protect consumers and its business from counterfeiters, such as monitoring all online sale activities, delisting sellers of these products from Ebay, Amazon and other e-commerce websites, working closely with U.S. customs officials, collaborating with the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition Inc., and exercising legal recourse.

Not only do retailers stand to benefit from building strong customer relationships by offering the most nutritious products, they will also gain business of informed consumers who have conducted research and don't want to hear a sales pitch about food they consider subpar.