"There's a lot we can do, taking the business from a custom to a semi-custom approach, " says Dell.
The strategic changes the company unveiled include closing stores, completing the wind down of its legacy catalog business, realignment of its call center operations and reorganization of its custom decorating business.
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The house has also expanded its made-to-measure custom business, offering a wide range of fine leather gloves and cashmere and wool socks (or "hose, " as it quaintly still calls them), silk ties, even boxer shorts.
But Campbell indicated that further cost cuts are likely and said Navistar plans to sell its Workhorse Custom Chassis business and its Monaco recreational vehicle line.
Matt Lauzon of Boston did the latter in order to hire a CEO in 2008 for Gemvara, an online custom jewelry business he started a year earlier.
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Facing mounting competition from overseas rivals, Lloyd's of London launched a three-year plan that includes a review of rules and procedures designed to retain existing insurance business and attract new custom.
You pick a package -- say, Business Pro -- and it downloads a specific set of apps, widgets and a custom wallpaper targeted at business owners, though if you'd rather decline you can use a package that's pretty much stock Android.
Women attending the race keep custom clothiers in business, with eye catching clothing and millinery extravagance, a sea of silk, chiffon, sateen, and lace.
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One of the first steps that Seph Skerritt took when launching ProperCloth.com, an online custom-clothing business, was to claim its name on Facebook and Twitter.
This huge market makes it simple and cheap for business owners and individuals to get custom sites and logos quickly and on the cheap.
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Much discussed but often not fully appreciated by the business community, cloud services enable custom sites to perform well under varying, and sometimes severe, traffic conditions.
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Does a custom app for your business sound intimidating?
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For all the progress humankind has made in the last century, when it comes to assessing risk, we go about our business with thinking apparatus still largely custom-made for Stone Age life on the African savannah.
Unlike the investment-banking business, in which banks compete internationally for custom, the retail financial-services industry is not yet a global one.
Our technology industry component covers 11 six-digit NAICS sectors covering information industries such as software publishing, Internet publishing, data processing, and tech-related business services such as computer systems design, custom programming, engineering services, and research and development.
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And third, we should focus on spending our time and money right now on learning as much as we can about our customers and building a sustainable business model, rather than spend time building custom technology solutions.
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The New York-based custom-suiting company is in the business of making all of this a reality.
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In the music industry, a custom studio usually refers to a recording business, built small and charging cheap, designed for aspiring artists with big dreams but flat wallets.
Custom programs from the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley venture to company operations in foreign countries during several weeklong periods so that participants can develop a sense for conducting international business.
"None of the labels you're dealing with are major music companies, " objects Stuart Hersch, president of Universal Custom Records, who has scrutinized Gould's business plan.
Willem Pennings, a Senior Consultant at BTS, told CNN that businesses approach BTS to request custom-made simulations that replicate the way their business functions or that teach specific skills.
Expedia also operates a corporate travel business, Egencia (egencia.com), which offers custom travel products and services to corporate travelers and businesses, helping then optimize travel costs and improve their employees travel experiences.
Any business school would flunk you in a minute for spending money on custom screws.
Of 32, 195 small-business owners who responded to a survey conducted last April by VistaPrint, a custom-printing house in Lexington, Mass.
The company has increased sales and maintained 10% operating margins in the distribution business by developing an innovative modular approach to selling molds, which are usually custom-made.
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Several businessmen testified that they showered Kilpatrick with trips, custom-made suits and jewelry because they wanted his help in doing business with the city.
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Pandora and the new business models emerging are all aimed at music lovers of all kinds so that we can choose custom services at negligible price points in all sorts of venues.
In the custom executive education sphere, Duke University's Duke Corporate Education, IMD of Switzerland and London Business School are ranked highly by the FT.
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