Sentences with phrase «which consumer product companies»

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In other words, if the company notices a shift in local consumer tastes, it can fire off a batch of new garb from a nearby factory and get product on shelves many months faster than the old way — a supply chain triumph given that Levi works two years in advance and uses more than 1,000 different finishes in a season, which lasts six months.

Marketing comprises everything a company does to attract and retain customers, which includes determining where and when a product is sold, its optimal price, how it's creatively positioned in consumers» minds, and even actual attributes of the product itself.

Apple Inc, the world's most profitable mobile phone maker, has denied working on a plan to market communications services directly to consumers and bypass the telecom companies on which it has long relied to sell its products.

Loblaw has followed suit of companies like Unilever, Johnson & Johnson, and P&G, which in 2013 announced the ban of phthalates and triclosan in its beauty and personal care products, in response to decade long pressure from activist groups prompting consumer goods company to stop using chemicals that have been linked to birth defects, cancer, diabetes and infertility.

Just as smartphones forever changed our lives, 57 percent of consumers say that they believe the Internet of Things will be revolutionary, with another 47 percent saying that companies that aren't trying to connect their products to the Internet are missing a big opportunity, according to a study conducted by marketing tech company Affinnova which was recently acquired by consumer and media insights compmany Nielsen.

«It fit a need for our personal business here, which is great, but it also fit a product and service need that we saw businesses having,» he says, adding that the new offering helped M2 sign three large clients, including an international consumer products company and one of the «Big Three automakers.»

Reputation Institute's survey of Canada's largest companies reinforces the power of this emotional appeal, which proved almost twice as important as rational considerations like product quality and innovation in determining consumers» opinion.

Rory Eakin, the chief operating officer of equity crowdsourcing site CircleUp, which works only with accredited investors to fund new consumer products companies, foresees other problems.

The move into the refrigerated section is part of a broad push by consumer packaged food companies to get their products into the perimeter of the supermarket, which has experienced more growth as consumers move away from the processed and packaged fare that tends to live in the center of the store.

He said he wanted the removal of the provision letting companies not report some payments to doctors, which consumer groups have complained encourages doctors to prescribe those companies» products.

The 70 - person startup's first partners include several luxury consumer - product companies, which plan to debut Modern Meadow's first commercially available products later this year.

Traditional banks have also sold their bad loans to these nonbank companies, which have then packaged them up in products for sale to consumers and, also, back to the banks.

After praising the DreamWorks brand, he said the main goal was the company's «deep library of intellectual property,» which would help NBCUniversal «grow our film, television, theme parks and consumer products businesses for years to come.»

Back then, to generate awareness for the product, the company created the high - profile Explorer program in which a beta version of the device was handed out to a group of consumers for testing.

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday that the company will recall 440,000 of its Nest Protect Smoke + CO alarms, which have a feature that allows users to temporarily silence some alerts by waving their arm near the unit.

I've been in a number of businesses, but am now only involved in my first consumer product company — which has been both highly educational, but also tests my patience.

The product, which is essentially the company's answer to Apple TV, is a media streaming device that allows consumers to play content from their Amazon library as well as YouTube, Hulu and Netflix.

The company recently raised the prices of its products in the U.K. because the pound has lost value after the Brexit vote, which caused consternation among supermarket chains and consumers.

Shoppers can now order Best Buy's Deal of the Day products — which include kitchen appliances, televisions and other consumer electronics — by talking to Alexa, the company explained in an announcement.

HealthEquity uses a so - called business - to - business - to - consumer model, which allows for distribution of its products through health insurance companies and, by extension, giant companies including Google and American Express.

According to CBS News, four other companies joined the list Friday: the home office supply store Office Depot, the dieting company Jenny Craig, the Atlantis, Paradise Island resort and Johnson & Johnson which produces pharmaceuticals as well as consumer products such as Band - Aids, Neutrogena beauty products and Tylenol.

Despite helping to create media revolutions in radio and television, there were several unsuccessful forays into other industries, such as movies and consumer products, which helped to doom the company.

Consumers» brand loyalty to Apple is so strong that the company is closer to the stability of an elite consumer - product company than the vulnerability of other tech firms, which can be surpassed by rivals who leapfrog their technology, Buffett said.

Spinning off Lamb Weston, which generated about $ 2.9 billion in revenue in ConAgra's fiscal 2015, will add pressure on the remaining company to boost sales of its consumer products.

The company manages its operations through five operating segments which include Primary Care, Specialty Care and Oncology, Established Products and Emerging Markets, Animal Health and Consumer Health Care, and Nutrition.

It's the latest in a series of consumer product launches from the company, which began selling a tablet and handheld gaming...

But he assured investors that internal changes to simplify operations and increase the speed with which the company brings innovative products to market are proving successful, allowing the company to better anticipate and drive consumer demand for its athletic apparel and footwear.

He also has a burgeoning consumer products company, Iam + which sells some very large and stylish bluetooth earphones called Buttons.

Today, the couple's quirky enterprise is owned by the Clorox Company, a consumer products giant best known for making bleach, which bought it for $ 913 million in November.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the Company; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; disruptions in information technology networks and systems; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's dividend payments on its Series A Preferred Stock; tax law changes or interpretations; pricing actions; and other factors.

FRANKFURT / PARIS (Reuters)- Apple Inc (AAPL.O), the world's most profitable mobile phone maker, has denied working on a plan to market communications services directly to consumers and bypass the telecom companies on which it has long relied to sell its products.

The company offers a suite of products and services which are designed to make it easy for the average consumer or business to use Bitcoin and alternative decentralized digital currencies.

Given the absence of a public trading market of our common stock, and in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants Accounting and Valuation Guide, Valuation of Privately - Held Company Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic oCompany Equity Securities Issued as Compensation, our board of directors exercised reasonable judgment and considered numerous and subjective factors to determine the best estimate of fair value of our common stock, including independent third - party valuations of our common stock; the prices at which we sold shares of our convertible preferred stock to outside investors in arms - length transactions; the rights, preferences, and privileges of our convertible preferred stock relative to those of our common stock; our operating results, financial position, and capital resources; current business conditions and projections; the lack of marketability of our common stock; the hiring of key personnel and the experience of our management; the introduction of new products; our stage of development and material risks related to our business; the fact that the option grants involve illiquid securities in a private company; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic ocompany; the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or a sale of our company given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic ocompany given the prevailing market conditions and the nature and history of our business; industry trends and competitive environment; trends in consumer spending, including consumer confidence; and overall economic indicators, including gross domestic product, employment, inflation and interest rates, and the general economic outlook.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, operating in a highly competitive industry; changes in the retail landscape or the loss of key retail customers; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the impacts of the Company's international operations; the Company's ability to leverage its brand value; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share, or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's ability to realize the anticipated benefits from its cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; the execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; tax law changes or interpretations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the United States and in various other nations in which we operate; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives we use; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's ability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which we or the Company's customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; the Company's ownership structure; the impact of future sales of its common stock in the public markets; the Company's ability to continue to pay a regular dividend; changes in laws and regulations; restatements of the Company's consolidated financial statements; and other factors.

Important factors that may affect the Company's business and operations and that may cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to, increased competition; the Company's ability to maintain, extend and expand its reputation and brand image; the Company's ability to differentiate its products from other brands; the consolidation of retail customers; the Company's ability to predict, identify and interpret changes in consumer preferences and demand; the Company's ability to drive revenue growth in its key product categories, increase its market share or add products; an impairment of the carrying value of goodwill or other indefinite - lived intangible assets; volatility in commodity, energy and other input costs; changes in the Company's management team or other key personnel; the Company's inability to realize the anticipated benefits from the Company's cost savings initiatives; changes in relationships with significant customers and suppliers; execution of the Company's international expansion strategy; changes in laws and regulations; legal claims or other regulatory enforcement actions; product recalls or product liability claims; unanticipated business disruptions; failure to successfully integrate the business and operations of the Company in the expected time frame; the Company's ability to complete or realize the benefits from potential and completed acquisitions, alliances, divestitures or joint ventures; economic and political conditions in the nations in which the Company operates; the volatility of capital markets; increased pension, labor and people - related expenses; volatility in the market value of all or a portion of the derivatives that the Company uses; exchange rate fluctuations; risks associated with information technology and systems, including service interruptions, misappropriation of data or breaches of security; the Company's inability to protect intellectual property rights; impacts of natural events in the locations in which the Company or its customers, suppliers or regulators operate; the Company's indebtedness and ability to pay such indebtedness; tax law changes or interpretations; and other factors.

Mr. Trump's threatened tariffs on $ 60 billion worth of other Chinese - made products are likely to prompt more retaliation from China, which could single out more valuable American exports such as soybeans and hurt Apple and other companies that rely heavily on Chinese consumers.

Last month, the company hosted another full day, live - streamed event during the Fourth of July holiday in the U.S., which mixed product placement and cultural education as a way to engage Chinese consumers.

We'll begin with a sector you're likely very familiar with — consumer products — which includes companies that make and sell products like the Bic razor, made by Gillette Co. and Budweiser, made by the brewer Anheuser Bush.

The strategic partnership, which was announced during a visit to Alibaba headquarters in Hangzhou, China, by Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, will provide dedicated services for Australian products on Alibaba's platforms and will leverage digital content to help Australian companies increase their brand recognition among Chinese consumers.

Of course these companies need to account for the rise in their costs, which means that consumers will have to pay more for their products.

«Being a quality - driven company, providing premium products in this day and age is very important for our customers, as well as the consumers in the niche in which we serve,» he says, noting that the company focuses on its speed of service, flexibility and customization.

The Company said it hoped to see increased consumer awareness, engagement and incremental purchase of Coke branded products, which it did when Coke Zero was launched in 2006.

«Barry Callebaut is now actively pursuing several options including a joint venture, a partial or a full sale of the Brach's business, which accounts for more than three quarters of sales revenue at consumer products North America,» the company said.

The company said the fall was due to unsatisfactory sales performance at the consumer products North America business, which is currently under management review.

Under EU Food Information to Consumers 2011 regulation, companies must specify exactly which allergens are in a product.

In recent years, however, some smaller players in the natural or organic food market have been snatched up by larger CPG companies, many of which don't share their values or at least are not thought of by consumers as trustworthy sources for natural products.

The company has seen an increased interest in Spanish products over the past few years, as well as authentic Asian cuisine, which consumers are beginning to enjoy and be able to differentiate items specific to a region, be it China, Japan, Thailand or Indonesia, he points out.

Through consumer relevant tools, which include product discounts and loyalty / rewards, and charitable contributions, Rosenberg says the company has seen positive results, as they have become a «relevant consumer place to shop.»

These direct - to - consumer communications are in addition to communications with a company's distributors, wholesalers and retailers, which must direct those entities to remove the recalled products from the chain of commerce.

The company, which markets a variety of ginger - based consumer packaged goods, announced it will add new turmeric - based variations of several existing products — including candies, sauces and beverages — next year.