Marketers start pressing on the breaks even before the recession is officially announced, as inventory starts piling up.
Critics complain that a private company will inevitably treat prisoners simply as inventory.
The tricked-out, Wi-Fi-enabled phones work as inventory trackers, walkie-talkies and cash registers.
Right now there are still positive numbers in transportation, but manufacturing is starting to weaken as inventory rebuilding catches up and surpasses current demand.
More fundamentally, however, in recent years Giordano has changed its corporate culture to concentrate on such soft skills as inventory management, store layout, service and style.
It has allowed practice jerseys to be used as inventory for sponsors for the first time and opened up once-off-limits licensing deals with state lotteries and liquor labels.
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It uncovered customer payments diverted to Super American Tissue, as well as inventory that should have been written down and damaged equipment that couldn't operate at break-even volume levels.
Google has rolled out applications that enhance shopping on-the-go including indoor maps as well as mobile coupons and targeted local search with rich data such as inventory, store hours, and consumer reviews.
At the same time, Sony is balancing cash inflows and outflows while working to improve its cash flow by carefully selecting investments, selling assets and strengthening control of working capital such as inventory.
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ABCDs of inventory: As with customers, categorize inventory from the most profitable As to the least profitable Ds.
As for inventory and accounts receivable, it's not uncommon for those to be discounted by as much as 50% (for fear of, say, one big customer having a financial meltdown).
As the inventory adjustment ends and the stimuli kick in, America's slump is sure to ease.
As the inventory of unsold new homes is worked off, the drag from residential investment should wane.
It is also supporting a proposed congressional bill known as the Radio Spectrum Inventory Act as a way of inventorying available spectrum.
Even if it's not, Egan warns that the economy cannot sustain that pace as the inventory cycle normalizes without a stronger consumer component.
Of course, some Manhattan brokers are now warning of listing shortages and potential price increases this year, as the inventory of co-ops and condominiums on the market are at the lowest level in a decade.
Scrub inventory: As with customers, take a new look at inventory by identifying the most profitable As to the least profitable Ds.
Einhorn, in his report, zeroed in on MBlock, the outside vendor that his witnesses said served as a warehouse for inventory Green Mountain could report as sold.
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Her warehouse manager quit abruptly on Black Friday, as a new inventory system rolled out.
His eyes dart ceaselessly as he takes inventory of who likes or dislikes him.
In the meantime some big automakers have chosen to stock more inventory as insurance against shipping delays.
The industry is expected to recover slowly as a large inventory of homes will maintain downward pressure on pricing.
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Those greeters are being reassigned to handle typical associate jobs during those hours, including restocking inventory as well as directing customers.
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In addition, airlines don't manage their inventory as actively on weekends, so if cheap seats sell on some flights, prices automatically jump higher.
As far as I am aware, once the data are seasonally adjusted there is no reason to think of Jan-Feb as being special inventory wise.
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Through signal detection, the AgilOne platform can create micro-segments by alerting the marketer when certain parameters are reached, such as products whose inventory exceeds their remaining lifespan.
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The private-equity firm is leading the charge behind a three-year restructuring plan begun last July to help the firm reduce its inventory as well as introduce new products more quickly.
And doesn't it make sense to reward everybody's favorite thief for using fewer items in a mission by letting him keep his inventory as he moves into his next challenge?
During the Great Depression, Maritz was left with inventory but no customers, so its then-CEO decided to try to sell the inventory as a form of reward to long-term employees.
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The device features a touchscreen offering players the ability to carry out in-game tasks, such as checking their inventory or setting an explosive, while the main action continues on their television.
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