Sentences with phrase «years people bought»

For years people bought computers and devices for their own personal use while they used separate gear at work.

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And some of the players to watch out for are the same big guys from 10 or 20 years ago (Microsoft, Oracle, AT&T, etc.) who are the long - entrenched stakeholders and «powers - who - be» in your space — not because they're great innovators or disruptors, but because: (a) they're increasingly well - informed about who's doing what very well (damn those demo days); (b) they're fairly fast followers with great gobs of money; and (c) they have the people, resources, and patience to hang around and keep buying and trying until they eventually get things right in the long run.

The increases may not be all that noticeable to people who buy the phones on a typical two - year installment plan, analyst Jan Dawson at Jackdaw Research noted.

Forty years later, when I had a chance to buy delinquent loans for pennies on the dollar, I thought, What if I treat the people who owe this money with dignity and respect?

By letting employees know how he and the leadership team plan on growing over the next year, «people feel bought into the strategy around your organizational design and development.»

CES, formerly known as the Consumer Electronics Show, draws more than 180,000 people and 4,000 companies, all of whom are eager to know: Will this be the year [fill - in - the - blank technology] finally makes the leap from science fiction to something people can buy, and might actually want to?

That was some 30 years ago and I always remember people at the time saying how impressive it was that this young man had somehow gotten a loan, bought a business, and was running it successfully.

«What we've had to do at Harry's is actually think out multiple years ahead and say, how big do we want to be, in 2018 and 2019 and 2020 and start buying equipment today so that it gets put in place and we can train people on it and we can have them up and running by the time we're that size.»

Bitcoin has soared more than 1,600 percent this year as people rush to buy the digital currency in the hope it will become a legitimate alternative to gold or traditional money.

«It is amazing how many people will spend years and hundreds of thousands of dollars on concepts that people «really like» without ever asking them if they would buy it,» says Matt Ferguson, president and CEO of Progressive Health Innovations.

Under the individual mandate provision of the Affordable Care Act, people who don't buy insurance could have to pay a penalty, but that provision does not take effect until next year.

Ammann still sees lots of change in the next five years, largely in cities, where young people are not buying, or even leasing, cars the way they used to.

If resorts no longer have the money to upgrade their lift capacity every year the way some people buy cars, they may have to improve the customer experience in other ways — for example, by limiting the number of tickets sold on any one day and steering more skiers to make mid-week reservations when the slopes are wide open.

«We look at people who bought two years ago and they've now made 30 per cent on their purchase.

Your startup may have the coolest technology in the world, but without people who believe in your product and service, who are willing to work for you, to buy from you, to do business with you month after month and year after year, then that $ 1 million number will be what it is for the majority of startups out there: only a dream.

People go through a lot of stress when they buy online, explains Josh Norman, president of AFA Stores, a 1 - year - old home furnishings and housewares retailer.

Most of the people I've worked with over the years tell me that they're interested in buying a franchise that has a recognizable brand.

If half of people buy an electric car, you have 87 percent electric cars in 30 years.

This year, for example, 38 percent of customers reported that they compare prices online and in person before buying, underscoring the need for e-retailers to be aware of competing in - store prices, and vice versa.

According to forms filed with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for Southern District of New York, 110,000 people have bought a product from the Columbia House DVD Club within the last year.

«Many people invested the money they use to buy food,» said one 50 - year - old Chinese woman who herself was arrested for encouraging others to invest.

People fail to realize that business - to - business (B2B) selling is a very different selling environment and that making buying decisions for businesses usually happen 10 years or more in a person's career.

Under the plan, people younger than 30 would get a $ 2,000 annual credit to buy insurance, and people older than 60 would receive just $ 4,000 per year.

When Foster finally bought Elyria, in August 1983, the foundry was operating at barely 15 % capacity, it was losing some $ 3 million a year on annualized sales of $ 4 million, and it employed only 107 people.

Some people believe it is a result of year - end tax considerations, while others say it's because all the market pessimists are away on holidays or because people are buying stock in anticipation of the January effect.

Buffett, at Berkshire Hathaway (brk - a) annual meeting, said over the years numerous people tried to get him to buy the stock, or wanted him to meet Valeant's former CEO Michael Pearson.

Two years ago, the company found that 30 % of U.S. households had a can that's been sitting in their pantries for more than five years, and concluded people would buy more Spam if they knew what to do with it.

«But a few years ago I had too much leftover, and people kept buying it.

Under the warranty, people who bought a Smart Keyboard for either the 12.9 - and 9.7 - inch versions of the iPad Pro will be entitled to free repairs for up to three years instead of the usual one year.

I don't think any IPO is at all relevant until three, five years after, other than the people who sell at the beginning, or buy at the beginning and hold.

In the years that followed, he tinkered with production, added new colours and sold his chairs wherever people would buy them.

Last year, over 5 million people bought insurance on federal exchanges and about 87 % of them qualified for subsidies.

Analytics company comScore is projecting that people will spend $ 70.1 billion buying gifts online during the holiday season, which is a 14 % jump from the previous year.

Analytics company comScore is estimating that people will spend $ 70.1 billion buying gifts online during the holiday season, which is a 14 % jump from the previous year.

He claimed that about 45 people would end up buying citizenship during the first year, for about $ 30 million in revenues.

Zhima Credit's technology officer, Li Yingyun, told author Rachel Botsman last year that people who played video games for ten hours a day would be considered an «idle person,» while those who buy diapers online were «more likely to have a sense of responsibility,» as they were likely to be parents.

I know people buying over 100 homes a year — and they work the same number of hours as I do, if not fewer.

50 years ago people would actually wait until they had enough money to purchase something before they bought it.

The rich are getting richer because the middle class can't buy property, they can't buy property because the cost of normal things are exponentially higher today than 10 year ago, rents keep going up because people can't buy property making it harder to get away from renting.

At those rates, it would likely make more sense for a person looking for a typical two bedroom home to buy if she planned on staying just two years.

I also didn't want to bug our neighbours because we seem to be surrounded by people who don't eat cookies (and they're not just saying that; one neighbour bought a box from us last year and I recently saw it still sitting in her cupboard!).

Starting in August of this year, Quebecer Dominic Lacroix collected funds from investors buying into an Initial Coin Offering (ICO)-- basically a fundraising round wherein people buy digital tokens from a startup — for a token called PlexCoin.

Or, the people said, AT&T could sell off DirecTV, the satellite television provider that it bought two years ago for nearly $ 49 billion.

Since Facebook bought Oculus last year, people have mused about whether a VR social network was in the stars.

People who are underage (under 18 for rifles and shotguns, and under 21 for other guns), someone convicted or indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year, fugitives from justice, the severely mentally ill, unlawful users of controlled substances, those convicted of domestic violence, and undocumented immigrants are among some of the categories of people barred from buying a firearm by federaPeople who are underage (under 18 for rifles and shotguns, and under 21 for other guns), someone convicted or indicted for a crime punishable by imprisonment of more than one year, fugitives from justice, the severely mentally ill, unlawful users of controlled substances, those convicted of domestic violence, and undocumented immigrants are among some of the categories of people barred from buying a firearm by federapeople barred from buying a firearm by federal law.

According to the 2013 Survey of Consumer Finances, median retirement savings among people nearing retirement (age 55 to 65) is only about $ 100,000, which only buys $ 5,000 a year of inflation - protected annuity income.

In much the same way the average person wouldn't buy an automobile with a 30 - year auto loan.

More than three dozen retailers sought bankruptcy protection last year, due in large part to radical shifts in where people shop, and what they buy.

What that means is there are a lot of people who bought larger vehicles when oil prices were dramatically cheaper last year, and are paying the price when it comes time to fill up.

For years, the cryptocurrency has been the payment method of choice for people buying and selling drugs and other illegal items on the dark net.