Sentences with phrase «target companies not»

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In the 1990s, activists started to target companies not just for what went on within their own corporate boundaries but further back in the supply chain.

In our search for sponsors, we actively targeted companies not directly linked to dating in order to maintain as impartial a stance as possible and to avoid accusations of influence.

Not exact matches

The company had to target consumers more aggressively, not just business customers.

In fact, if a small company does not fully understand their target groups it could lead to very poor business indeed.

A serial entrepreneur — she owns four restaurants and has founded two companies in addition to Thinx — Agrawal says that the danger of male investors asking the women in their lives for advice is that, more often than not, those women are not their target customers.

And with member nations ramping up their enforcement capabilities as we speak (the United Kingdom alone is hiring 200 enforcement staff), it is becoming clear that all companies, not just the industry giants, could be targeted.

Taking the microphone, Steinhafel, Target's CEO, didn't hesitate with his answer: He would renegotiate the real estate deal that facilitated the company coming to Canada in the first place.

We asked the experts how companies should respond if they're targeted — and how to ensure it doesn't happen again.

Like SAP, the replenishment software was brand new to Target, and the company didn't fully understand how to use it.

In July 2015, he told the Globe and Mail the company wasn't completely forthcoming about why it wasn't hitting its targets.

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The service, targeted at small business customers, lets companies cut ties with their desk phones while keeping features like auto attendant, phone number directories, and a feature that connects the caller to the next available employee if the first one isn't available.

Of course, if oil companies don't take steps to reduce emissions, then their prediction that governments won't meet their targets is self - fulfilling.

It didn't take long for Target to figure out the underlying cause of the breakdown: The data contained within the company's supply chain software, which governs the movement of inventory, was riddled with flaws.

Problems usually arise when companies haven't fully considered the target they're trying to reach and what could go wrong, says Atlanta - based marketing consultant Laura Ries.

On top of the risk of federal prosecution, IRS targeting and asset seizure, cannabis entrepreneurs have to cope with the hazards of conducting a business that deals mostly in cash, since a majority of traditional financial institutions — banks, credit card issuers, and payment transaction companies — won't provide services to the industry.

Missing this target again won't doom the company, of course — but it would certainly do damage to the stock, which is down 6.5 % so far in 2014.

The company predicts it won't meet operating income targets for 2010.

The Target breach, while unprecedented, didn't take down the company.

Using the company's database of current and future customers to communicate a product launch in Vegas will keep the target audience engaged and updated, whether they can make it to the show in person or not.

Zenefits did not have a comment about the write - down or the revenue - target miss, but Kenneth Baer, a company spokesman, said it is unfazed by the competition, and will keep on innovating in the year to come.

The kind of detailed demographic and interest - based targeting that the company specializes in makes sense for plenty of advertisers and marketers, but for a consumer - goods company like P&G that is more interested in broad reach and awareness, that kind of targeting may not be terribly compelling.

On Wednesday, HBO chief executive Richard Plepler told investors in its parent company, Time Warner Inc., that it wants to target the 80 million U.S. households that do not have HBO, but may want to watch its programs.

The company reiterated it would not share directly identifiable info with advertisers, but it would still collect personal data then de-identify or aggregate it before selling it for targeted - ad purposes.

Considering that my company Maui Mastermind sends out millions of targeted emails every month to our subscriber elist for our business coaching company, we've learned what does and doesn't work.

His next target — 2,000 stores — isn't far away; by this summer, the company opened more new locations than it had projected for all of 2010.

Tan said he was «astonished» the target wasn't willing to meet until Tuesday, after the companies are scheduled to meet with proxy advisers Glass Lewis and ISS.

He doesn't offer many details about the new company, but Mason also used the post to announce a third new project that's currently in the works — a music album targeted at young people entering the workforce.

Identity loyalty is a viable target for companies that can truly, and not just aspirationally, say that their brand is best expressed in their customers» experiences, and whose customers are fanatics.

Of course, the fact that the company didn't name them «men's» and «women's» doesn't mean Apple didn't intend to target two different sets of customers.

- The company has already reached 70 % (7,000 employees) of its 10,000 - employee commitment for hiring «opportunity youth» (unemployed young people who are not in school) as well as being 25 % of the way toward its even more ambitious 100,000 opportunity youth hiring goal, the 100,000 Opportunities Initiative, that Starbucks successfully goaded other corporate giants (Target, Walmart, etc.) to join in.

Not only are hackers targeting your personal financial accounts, they also frequent the companies and stores you favor.

Loree says he has been surprised by the positive feedback the company's been getting, not only from customers and shareholders, but also the companies it calls «acquisition targets.»

Your company's product or service might be on target right now in terms of customer demand, but don't get too comfortable.

What he ended up with was what he calls a «qualified pipeline» — people who would both be assets to the company and have already expressed an interest in investing in DraftKings, a company that's had buckets of trouble when it comes to regulation and may not be an investment target for everyone.

Boyko did not reveal Stingray's financial targets, stating only that the company's stability should inspire confidence among investors and shareholders.

«Setting the targets is a little hard to do in a young company, because there is no long - term historical trend you can refer to,» says Jeffrey Wojcik, who was part of the team that designed the goals and who may not receive a bonus this year.

Taking the time to align your company's incentives with numerical targets can pay dividends not only for its long - term business goals, but also for each career that you shape.

Viruses and Internet worms don't necessarily target companies of any particular size, according to the ISA and other organizations specializing in online security.

Not only that, but Netflix also crushed Wall Street profit targets for the company.

Upside's target market is small and medium businesses, not the big, highly managed Fortune 500 companies, Walker says.

Companies that are world - class in one area but neglect the others are not good acquisition targets.

And perhaps most critically: Lululemon is aiming to shake off a stock market slump after it reported disappointing financial targets for the new fiscal year, mostly blaming a soft performance for the company's e-commerce channel because it didn't feature enough bold colors.

If your company isn't equipped to target customers or a broad audience of creative thinkers on its, own, you might consider working with a crowdsourcing expert or start - up to best tap the crowd.

While Facebook's core business is ads that target consumers, the company doesn't want to cede the work market to Slack, Microsoft and HipChat from Atlassian.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accused the carmaker of illegally using hidden software to allow excess diesel emissions on Thursday but CEO Sergio Marchionne said the news would not affect the company's financial targets, according to reports in Italy.

One theme that sticks out is that companies that are growing rapidly can not achieve their targets without significant financing.

CEO Brian Cornell pointed out, as part of the rationale for pulling out of Canada, that projections indicated that, if the company stayed in Canada, Target Canada would not expect to be profitable until 2021.

If it's not abundantly clear up front, it's your job to ask questions that get to the bottom of whether or not this prospect in question is the right size company, whether or not it's in one of your target industries, the right geographic location, has the correct use - cases, and so on.