«They really
took their eye off the ball in terms of how to be special for the customer,» says Steve Dennis, president of SageBerry Consulting and a former Sears and Neiman Marcus executive.
But a litany of internal issues at Uber in 2017 — which ultimately led to the resignation of co-founder and CEO Travis Kalanick and an investment from SoftBank — saw Uber
take its eye off the ball in Southeast Asia.
That does mean the team are running the risk of
taking their eye off the ball in the league ahead of this Stoke game.
According to one strategist Tuesday night, Democrats believe Paul is still vulnerable for
taking his eye off the ball in order to run for president.
As Kyle surveys his brother's shelter expansion, and wonders about its cost, his concern is far more direct than any long - term concerns about the revelation: «
You take your eye off the ball in this economy, you're screwed.»
With an in - depth main mode and a plethora of extra features you won't
take your eye off the ball in Mario Strikers: Charged Football.
And
they took their eye off the ball in terms of public opinion, in talking about climate science and looking at what the denial machine was doing.
Not exact matches
Business leaders gathering
in Davos seem confident that the global recovery is under way but are concerned global leaders are
taking their
eyes off the
ball when it comes to unemployment.
Perhaps we are
in need of resurrecting a «death of God» position because a God approving this kind of imperial activity has
taken the divine
eye off the
ball.
This week, coming
off the Thanksgiving holiday and launching into full - troddle holiday madness has me a little wide -
eyed, so I've
taken to the meatball, making wonderfully flavorful
balls in a very simple broth with rice.
So with Chelsea, supposedly their main rivals,
in such disarray, there is a real chance that City could relax and
take their
eye off the
ball and if that happens and they do lose momentum, it is a hard thing to get back and Arsenal could be the ones to
take advantage and close the gap.
It would be very easy for the Arsenal players to
take their
eyes off the
ball this weekend, but it is absolutely vital that the Gunners do not become complacent and that we make sure that all three points are going to stay
in north London after the visit of Aston Villa
in the Premier League clash on Sunday.
Berardi has the ability to play literally anywhere
in attack, boasting attributes of a winger
in terms of crossing and set piece
taking ability, coupled with attacking midfielder attributes
in killer through
balls and topped
off by a striker's intuitive nature,
eye for goal and ariel presence; this hybrid footballer is exactly what Arsenal need.
Expecting his first child may have
taken the Spaniard's
eye off the
ball, however, with a year of Premier League football under his belt, the 25 - year - old should be trusted with another season
in the Chelsea XI.
Their epic EFL Cup win over Manchester United didn't see them
take their
eye off the league -
ball at all as they have collected four points
in their last two.
They have huge games coming up
in the next few weeks - starting at Wembley on Sunday - and could have easily
taken their
eye off the
ball.
According to Rummenigge, the German international centre - back, has
taken his
eye off the
ball since being the country's Player of the Year
in August.
MRSA Awareness Month is being recognised here
in the UK and
in the USA with hospitals holding Infection Awareness events to help raise awareness of Infection Prevention and to remind everyone that we can not afford to
take our
eye off the
ball.
When we focus on the demos and on procedure, we
take our
eye off what we should see as the important
ball in the game — having public objects.
First Minister Carwyn Jones has admitted Labour
took «its
eye off the
ball» on education
in the early years of devolution.
«But,
in so doing, it has
taken its
eye off the
ball regarding all other healthcare associated infections.
Asked whether the prime minister was so distracted by the referendum campaign that he had
taken his
eye off the
ball, leading to a poorly - received budget and the crisis
in the steel industry, he replied:
But if you're not
in it for that reason, you will be frustrated by «colorful» choices that
take the
eye off the
ball.
Labour's shadow schools minister Nic Dakin accused ministers of «
taking their
eye off the
ball on school standards and failing to ensure that all schools, including those
in academy chains, are properly accountable».
Which I suspect
took management's
eye off the
ball elsewhere — as a result, NWT now expects a loss this financial year, due to a revenue / profit shortfall
in the asset protection division (which hopefully proves a timing / sales pipeline issue ultimately).
My sister -
in - law was talking on the phone to a friend and
took her
eyes off her son's hamster
ball and it ended up rolling down some carpeted stairs!
If we let ourselves get distracted by the complaints of some people
in the coal industry about other people's insensitivity, whether or not that's what it was, we risk
taking our
eyes off the
ball.
But the denial machine has been aggressively pushing its war on climate science and weakening public support for action, and the Obama administration and environmental groups «
took their
eye off the
ball and have fallen down on the job
in terms of really working public opinion on this.»
This «digitisis» mentality infected the professional publishing world so pervasively that it resulted
in senior management
taking their
eye off the
ball pretty comprehensively for most of the past decade.
We've long heard Apple lauded for its laptop ranges, but the Cupertino company has arguably
taken its
eye off the
ball of late: the MacBook Air looks a bit stale these days and the MacBook Pro hasn't changed much
in a few years.That gives Windows laptops... Read more