Sentences with phrase «what general consumers»

To find out just what general consumers — including both Android and iPhone users — think of these flagships, we descended upon the streets of New York City, armed with nothing but the phones, a camera and a microphone.

To see what our general consumer reviewer thinks of the reemergence of a luxury Swedish wagon, we borrowed one from Volvo and put her behind the wheel for a week.

Not exact matches

Voice roaming calls, said Monique Goyens, the director general of the Brussels - based group, typically cost three times what consumers pay domestically; data roaming charges can be up to 50 times what consumers pay in their home markets.

«General Mills» decision to draw attention to the issue of declining bee populations marks the continuation of its commitment to purpose - based marketing, which means brands will go beyond traditional statements such as product benefit in order to align with what's really important to consumers,» Cossette chief creative officer Peter Ignazi told AdWeek.

In general, labels that detail a product's characteristics help consumers get what they're looking for.

Hunt and Netflix in general think 4K is the real deal, however, because it is a natural evolution of what content producers and consumers alike already use and understand.

LONDON, May 2 - Unilever Plc's shareholders approved a new executive pay policy on Wednesday, but the Anglo - Dutch consumer goods group faced a bruising backlash at what is expected to be its last annual general meeting in London.

At the core could be a general drop in «underlying» or long - term trend inflation that is feeding on itself and keeping the rate low, simply because that is what consumers have come to expect.

* UNILEVER: Unilever Plc's shareholders approved a new executive pay policy on Wednesday, but the Anglo - Dutch consumer goods group faced a bruising backlash at what is expected to be its last annual general meeting in London.

LONDON Unilever Plc's shareholders approved a new executive pay policy on Wednesday, but the Anglo - Dutch consumer goods group faced a bruising backlash at what is expected to be its last annual general meeting in London.

«Several years ago we did some research among various parts of the industry and we learned there is a general consensus that at one point during the year, the food and consumer product industry needs to come together to learn together, meet together, talk about what's going on in the business and enhance their business together,» President and CEO Leslie G. Sarasin says.

«We're trying to understand what does the future hold for restaurants in general and what consumers would be looking for and try to forecast and design the store to meet their future needs,» Masadeh says.

The Attorney General will police the program so consumers will know when they buy that product, they are getting exactly what that product says it is.

«But what's really interesting is that in our studies, and across the scientific literature in general, regular consumers of nuts tend to be leaner.»

While the SEMA Show is a trade - only event not open to the general public, thousands of editors and writers report on the annual Show, thereby giving consumers a chance to see what's new in the industry.

This week, news appeared that Barnes & Noble's Buzz Score — the word - of - mouth measurement of consumers» reactions to advertising, a way to discern what the general public is hearing about a specific brand name, as measured by YouGov Brand Index — is quickly closing the gap between its name and Amazon's with the adult 18 and over market.

I agree friend... I trust reviews as much as I do the media in general... NA media is toilet grade as a whole... Who really??? on what grounds... has the authority to better review a product other then a general consumer themselves... I value the peoples word!

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

What this means is that consumers will still be favoring discount retailers and this is the reason why Dollar General has done so well of late.

Steve Parton, general counsel for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, explains that what they are looking for with insurance scores is which consumers are most likely to file a claim, not who is most likely to be in an accident.

«We see clients who are desperate for help after being victimized by disreputable debt relief companies,» said Thomas DiFiore, Staff Attorney and Team Leader for the Bay Area Legal Services Inc. «The Attorney General's consumer protection initiative is exactly what our clients need.»

A general overview of a consumer credit report can be summarized in what is called a FICO score.

This might sound like a general statement but in reality consumer credit will affect what car you drive, where you work,...

Visa recently completed a survey to find out what consumers know about credit scores in general, and the factors used to produce those scores.

What we can deduce about owners who buy canned or kibbled foods is that they appreciate convenience and have a general faith as consumers.

«Consumers in general are starting to really pay attention to what is in their food and, in turn, to what is in their pet's food,» says Stacy Milchman, operations manager for North Hollywood, Calif. - based Pet n» Shape.

Peter Savoff, general manager, Emporium Hotel, speaks to Breaking Travel News about what is on offer at the hotel and how the World Travel Awards helps showcase the property to consumers from around the world.

What these sales show is that a portion of consumers is willing to buy Nintendo consoles to play Pokemon, Mario Kart, and games with Mario in them in general.

Still there is the problem about the consumer information before launch, we do have the right to know what a game is before buying it, but that doesn't say nothing about «before launch», we don't need to instabuy games on launch (neither preorder it) So, I'm always skeptical about reviews (before and after launch anyway), what makes me buy a game is general public review and to see how the game plays by an «average joe».

Just a bit over a year ago, in May 2010, a number of good - willing video game enthusiasts came forth with an experimental initiative: tired of the video games industry's general view of their consumers as malevolent counterfeiters that would happily see the whole industry go up in flames unless they are denied all possible rights upon purchase, the said enthusiasts (who also happen to be the chaps behind Wolfire Games) introduced «Humble Indie Bundle» - a short - term deal offering a pack of five games, all created by independent developers (today's way of referring to yesteryear's bedroom coders), on a pay - what - you - want basis.

The Ontario Court of Appeal's recent decision in Strudwick v. Applied Consumer & Clinical Evaluations Inc. («Strudwick») provides a useful clarification to all litigants, but especially those concerned with employment law matters, on the nature of various heads of damages and the general rule that «You don't get what you don't ask for.»

Back at the end of the last millennium, the Centre de recherché en droit public (CRDP), along with colleagues from the Centre de recherches informatique et droit (CRID) and the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS) obtained a research grant from the European Commission's Directorate General for Health and Consumers to develop what would become the ECODIR (Electronic Consumer Dispute Resolution) ODR platform.

Britton: Consumers just don't really know what they are doing when it comes to this very difficult choice and I, even as a general Counsel, as the Chief Counsel for Expedia, to the extent that I needed to hire a lawyer outside of my word of mouth network it was hard.

To better understand consumer desires, we surveyed the general public about what they look for as they evaluate legal service providers.

What Consumer Credit Data Reveals About Auto Insurance Shoppers Customers with lower credit - based insurance scores shop most frequently while consumers with the highest insurance scores are less likely than the general population to shop for new auto insurance.

What all these should mean to a general consumer?

According to the 2016 Label Insight Study, 83 percent of consumers want more information about what's in their food, and I totally believe it,» Cody Hopkins, Grass Roots general manager and founding member, wrote.

What this means to the general consumer is that the aforementioned Sony smartphones should soon receive a larger number of unofficial updates to Android 8.0 Oreo, most of which will be built around these new AOSP Android 8.0 Oreo tools and binaries provided by the Japanese tech giant.

These pop - up stores will allow general consumers to get up close and personal with all of Google's newly announced products, and if they're anything like last year, they'll offer all sorts of different activities and demos to show just what the company's new hardware is truly capable of.

They're not really circling their head around all the time to check to see what's behind,» adds Jeff Meredith, Lenovo's senior vice president & general manager of consumer PCs and smart devices.

I have no issues with consumer protection and agree with trade licensure, what I disagree with is the owner of non-commercial real property being required to be a licensed GC (with all associated costs) to pull the general permit on a project.

consumers associate the archetypical Realtor with negative conceptions of mistrust, non-professionalism and inward - looking commission - seeking mercenary behaviours... thanks to CREA's and Organized Real Estate's - in - general top - down best efforts to sell an image that does not in fact reflect the reality of what you guys are in fact pushing onto the public domain in the persons of unprepared amateur - hour short - term commissioned sales hacks.

As Jim Adair's excellent piece states: «A key part of the website will be a «rate your agent» section — similar to the Rate Your Realtor concept that was proposed as part of CREA's Futures Project, but voted down at the association's Annual General Meeting... Rogers held a series of focus groups to determine what consumers want from the new site, and found that many asked for a section where they could read reviews of sales reps» performance.

Within the Commissioner's (at the time it was Melanie Aiken) Applications the overall theme is one of an attempt to argue what is best for real estate consumer's in a general sense, while at the same time arguing that the concept of VOW's can only be seen as having a significant benefit for real estate consumer's — who are only ever regarded as Customer's!

Q: After the new Rules come into effect on June 15, 2018, if I receive a «general enquiry» telephone call from a consumer who wishes to discuss the benefits of working with a licensee, at what point during the call am I expected to make the disclosure required under section 5 - 10?

That is what the consumer wants and we provide them with that service,» says Len Wassill, broker and general manager of Century 21 Broadway Park Realty in Yorkton, Sask.

«Products and prices are changing so fast that my advice for the general consumer is to try a few LED bulbs and see what they're like,» says Kelly Gordon, program manager at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.