Sentences with phrase «year expansion effort»

«I think Goodwin had a good year but some of these firms had great years,» says Pisa, who has presided over a 13 - year expansion effort during which the firm has tripled in size.

While SFMOMA undergoes a three - year expansion effort, through early 2016, it has opened a temporary exhibition in Silicon Valley called «Project Los Altos» (through March 2).

Not exact matches

Rather than go stale, A&W has in recent years targeted millennial consumers instead of its traditional Baby Boomer crowd, undertaken an ambitious urban expansion and noisily advertised its efforts to improve food quality.

«In accordance with this commitment, we have intensified our efforts in recent years to address and prevent sexual misconduct on our campus through the creation and expansion of policies and programs and the active engagement of the university community.»

To be fair, many of Avon's problems can be traced back to Jung's mistakes: there was a federal bribery probe that cost Avon $ 500 million and distracted management for years, stemming from overseas expansion efforts and deprived Avon of any viable China business.

Ballantyne, who joined the firm four years ago, has helped oversee an ambitious expansion of the company's marketing efforts, which focus on a series of huge wholesale furniture and gift trade shows in Atlanta and North Carolina.

Retail sales weakened markedly, with growth slowing to 10.6 per cent from 2014's full - year expansion of 12 per cent, threatening to undercut official efforts to nurture a consumer - driven economy.

My hope is that I will be around for years to come so that I can continue to supervise Southern's expansion efforts in the domestic and international markets.»

They lost each time, but Hall of Famer Hall, whom they had chosen in the expansion draft even though he was 36 years old, put up a valiant, Smythe - winning effort that was reflected more by his GAA (2.43) than his won - loss mark (8 - 10).

Hartzog touted the city's «targeted, prudent investments» in the new budget, including the expansion of pre-kindergarten for more three - year - olds in the city, efforts to increase the city's affordable housing stock, funding to protect tenants from construction harassment, increased capital funding for the New York City Housing Authority, spending on mental health services and the full rollout of the NYPD's body camera program, among others.

This past year — 2016 — we took steps in a number of crucial areas to increase access to care through the expansion of our physical plant in Belmont, Massachusetts, as well as to focus efforts on emerging uses of technology to improve delivery of care.

In the final year of the project, we will use data from the experiments to scale - up the most cost - effective version of the READS program.The project has three phases: Phase 1 Validation, which includes testing READS in several districts including DPS and an effort to increase the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of the program; Phase 2 Validation, which involves expansion into more districts and many more schools and testing the cumulative impact of READS across summers; and Phase 3 Scale - Up, which involves expansion into 20 more districts.

Those efforts appear to have had their intended impact: during the last four years, the DC PCSB approved the expansion of 31 high - performing schools.

Nearly a year after Audubon Charter students moved out of their Broadway Street campus in preparation for a major renovation and expansion project there, major construction efforts will begin there Monday and end in time for students to return in the fall of 2014, officials say.

In a year - end wrap - up in Salon, Jeff Bryant pulls together a list of the year's charter scandals that, if evidence mattered to self - proclaimed education reformers, would change the minds of those who continue to fight every effort to rein in charter expansion and to provide even a small measure of oversight.

Remember, this year's Los Angeles School Board race was the most expensive school board election in U.S. history, as the powerful charter lobby ran candidates in an ultimately successful effort to gain a pro-charter majority on the board in this city that is desperately fighting against charter expansion and the subsequent financial strangling of Los Angeles Unified School District.

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.

And after years of effort, the company's overseas business now amounts to a measly 4 % of revenue, so geographic expansion isn't the answer.

In 2011, as the Museum was preparing to break ground on its latest building expansion, the executive and governance leadership for the Museum launched a planning effort with the goal to guide the institution's growth over the next five years.

However, the NYT, to their credit, did cover the current efforts by the BLM to sabotage the expansion of solar thermal electricity generation in the U.S.: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/us/27solar.html — that would be the same BLM that has been working overtime to transfer public lands to fossil fuel interests for the past 8 years or so.

Last week, Wal - Mart Stores, Walmart's parent company, reported digital sales rose 60 % in the second quarter, the result of its acquisition a year ago of jet.com from Marc Lore, now its U.S. e-commerce CEO, the expansion of its third - party seller marketplace, but also of its efforts to beef up its digital muscle power.

Late last year, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba picked Singapore as the first expansion for its Taobao marketplace, and this year it has stepped up marketing efforts in the country — as seen in this mailer I received over Chinese New Yyear, Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba picked Singapore as the first expansion for its Taobao marketplace, and this year it has stepped up marketing efforts in the country — as seen in this mailer I received over Chinese New Yyear it has stepped up marketing efforts in the country — as seen in this mailer I received over Chinese New YearYear.

Launched stateside roughly a year after digital wallet pioneer Apple Pay, as well as a couple of weeks ahead of Android - supporting rival Samsung Pay, Google's in - house tap - to - pay mobile platform hasn't exactly enjoyed an impressive global expansion effort since the fall of 2015.

Experienced and articulate Sales and Territory Management professional with 12 years experience and a proven track record in territory expansion efforts while driving brand growth and improving sales.

Windex Hearing Aid Company (Long Island City, NY) 1998 — 2005 Senior Marketing Coordinator / Sales • Built product awareness through varied marketing efforts including trade show events and advertising initiatives • Served as liaison to healthcare professionals and collaborated with the creative department and sales representatives • Achieved triple digit sales growth and 140 % increase in hearing healthcare market share • Recognized for accomplishments with rating of «outstanding» for seven consecutive years • Secured product placement on «Extreme Makeover» television show and acquired product spokesperson • Featured on Larry King and Wayne Brady television programs as a result of successful marketing initiatives • Designed and implemented continuing education programs for healthcare professionals boosting company reputation • Initiated use of Geographic Information System database to detect critical hearing healthcare and sales trends • Located areas of non-production leading to expansion of company revenues • Distributed new product mailings to over 3500 accounts building brand awareness and enhancing overall sales • Automated advertising program reducing processing time by 65 % while expanding program and sales

With twenty years of experience, Dr. Sahebi is an expert in program development and expansion efforts, both within mental health agencies and corporate settings.