So
that year the company launched its Controlled Substance Monitoring Program (CSMP).
As fast as Warby Parker has grown, there are still plenty of cities left to hit, so
this year the company launched Warby Parker Class Trip, a traveling store on wheels.
Last
year the company launched Instant Book, a new category of listings that don't require approval from the host and allow for immediate, hotel - like booking.
Last
year the company launched 10 global constituency groups focused on increasing diversity at Merck.
This isn't the first time Renault has brought out a special edition of its hot selling Duster, last
year the company launched the Duster Anniversary Edition to celebrate one year of launch of this compact SUV.
Earlier
this year the company launched Samsung Z1 in India for Rs. 5,700.
Not exact matches
In the two
years since Watson Health
launched, it has struck partnerships with an impressive array of academic institutions, such as the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and prominent biopharma
companies like Pfizer (pfe), Medtronic (mdt), and Johnson & Johnson (jnj).
Facebook rolled out an expansion of its Instant Articles project on Tuesday — that's the mobile - focused offering it
launched earlier this
year, which offers faster - loading pages to media
companies who agree to publish directly to the social network.
The problem for Nintendo is the NX's
launch is at least a
year away — likely more, as the
company reportedly just started talking about it with third party partners at this
year's E3.
And Andrew Park, senior director of customer experience strategy for InMoment, a customer experience management
company, says that Amazon's
launch of Amazon Key last
year is a testament to the
company's belief that it will continue to build consumer trust.
Founder and CEO Jack Davis
launched the
company four
years ago with the goal of becoming the «Marvel for monsters,» a generator of scary characters that distributes programming through social media.
The
company has been a big proponent of the benefits of technology advances since it
launched its business 30
years ago from a garage in Tempe, Arizona.
He did it in his recent Tesla master plan, referring to the low chance of success he knew he had when starting Tesla by citing the fact that Ford is the only U.S. car
company to have avoided bankruptcy — knowledge he didn't have when he
launched Tesla in 2003, six
years before GM and Chrysler filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
-- Nick Alt, founder and CEO of VNYL, a subscription
company that
launched as a successful Kickstarter project and, with its three -
year growth, now curates 500,000 new vinyl records annually to its members
Still, the
company met its sales goals for the first
year within three weeks of
launch, Blumenthal said.
Four
years before he
launched his
company, Nesi reached out to a college friend, whose family had started AriZona Beverages, a billion - dollar
company.
In the
years since he
launched his site, the Brazilian trader has signed on many clients who found his
company through a web search.
The
year after the campaign
launched, Intel became the world's biggest semiconductor
company, a position it hasn't relinquished since.
«In our 14
years in business we have never
launched a program that changed the face and direction of the
company more significantly than our free POS initiative.»
Still, she notes that the
company is constantly evaluating new business models, with a goal to
launch one or two new businesses each
year.
Two
years after we
launched the
company — this was 1995 — Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus decided they were going to order bags for all their stores for the holidays and Christmas.
Canadian
companies even have a new resource to turn to in their quest for female candidates: a recruiting firm
launched last
year by Pamela Jeffery, founder of the Women's Executive Network.
Last
year, the
company sold more than 1,000 units directly to consumers and
launched a Kickstarter for its Smart Bottle.
-- Scott and Missy Tannen, founders of Boll & Branch, a New York - based
company with a line of accessibly priced luxury bed linens that
launched in January 2014 with first -
year revenue topping $ 2 million and more than a $ 10 million run rate in its second
year in business.
In terms of in - store innovations, the
company made a big splash last
year by
launching and then heavily hyping two stores — a massive 140,000 - square - foot Canadian Tire in south Edmonton and a Sport Chek in midtown Toronto — that came fully loaded with all manner of screens, simulators and other forms of digital eye candy, including interactive video walls, window shopping using glass screens that display products, and community boards that give customers access to local sports clinics, league registrations and fitness classes.
The
company launched the Flipp digital coupon and flyer app in 2013, and adopted the moniker itself two
years later.
31 -
year - old hedge funder - turned - biotech executive Vivek Ramaswamy has
launched his fifth biotech under the umbrella of Roivant Sciences, the
company he founded and heads.
The
company went public in 2013, and its IPO was one of that
year's best: BRP stock, which happens to sport the ticker's coolest symbol (TSX: DOO),
launched in May 2013 at $ 21.50 per share and rose 40 % in the next 12 months to $ 29.97.
While much of the
launch fundraising was in later stage investments, there have been 11 early stage deals (also known as seed and Series A funding rounds) so far this
year, including the $ 15 million round of Australian satellite
company Myriota.
Two
years since the
company launched, the start - up is now hitting its first inflection point.
Also impressive to Golden was that Nexage had signed up major customers, including CBS and Internet video
company Divx, despite a shoestring budget — ey'd lasted two and a half
years on $ 2.5 million in angel funds raised when the
company launched.
In October 2012, «Spirit»
launched, becoming the
company's first ship to sail through Australian waters, as well as the largest ship to cruise to Australia
year - round.
But on Monday, McDonald's reported a comparable sales decline of 1.3 % in the U.S., which the
company said reflected «the challenging comparison against the prior
year launch of the very successful All - Day Breakfast.»
Beats Music
launched earlier this
year, and the
company has mounted an aggressive campaign to thrust the service deep into the pool of music streaming competitors that include Pandora and Spotify.
In the
years since selling the label he founded, Branson, who is currently attempting to make commercial space travel a reality, would go on to
launch some of the world's most innovative
companies.
SoapWorks has doubled its revenues each
year since its
launch, but, as is typical at growing
companies, Antonetti and husband Karp, who serves as chief financial officer, are grappling with chronic cash - flow problems.
When the
company launched in January of this
year, Clifford and Costello were cooking and delivering every meal.
When I
launched my
company, VMR, in 2009, the category we were in was so new and controversial that its direction could shift dramatically in a
year.
A Harvard graduate, Tuzman worked as an analyst for five
years on Wall Street, before
launching his own
company, govWorks.com, which is featured in the documentary»Startup.com.»
In 2010, I was traveling the world, leading the sales team of a
company that had exploded from
launch to almost 10 million a month in revenue in less then three
years.
Los Angeles - based EHarmony plans to
launch its recruitment service - Elevated Careers - in 2016, and expects the business to contribute about 60 percent of the
company's revenue within three
years.
But, don't forget that narrative thread: When you have spent
years devoting energy to creating, developing and finally
launching a new product or service, you may find it difficult to turn past your
company's «page» and look at its story as a whole.
Slack took home two of four awards for which it was nominated at the 2016 Crunchies awards Monday, a surprise to no one who has followed the
company as it has grown to nearly 2 million users since it
launched two
years ago.
Last
year, the
company launched an own - branded Apple SIM card that allows consumers using its iPad tablet devices, but not its phones, to switch services between network operators.
Dyson started his U.K.
company in 1992 and
launched the DC01, which became the country's top - selling vacuum in just a
year and a half.
This
year her haul has likely been even larger, thanks to beefed - up ad campaigns from some of her sponsors, the growth of her candy
company Sugarpova, and the
launch of her own mobile app.
Activist hedge funds are
launching more campaigns against larger
companies this
year, according to ActivistMonitor, a division of research firm Acuris.
The two -
year old
company currently employs 570 employees, mostly in San Francisco, and has
launched a new office, in Phoenix, housing 200.
It's not clear, however, that the
company learned its lesson: After eliminating the Extra Value Menu last
year, it
launched the Dollar Menu & More, which is another hodgepodge of offerings McDonald's (at least) considers good deals.
The
company is set to open stores this month in two Ontario malls, and if all goes well, Hot Topic will
launch several other locations across the country in the coming
year.