Busy in her small shop, Wanjiru is content that she and her fellow shopkeepers were pacesetters in this new business trend.
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Although the absolute increase in leverage was not outsized at a one-turn increase, to 3.7x, investors were wary about the business trend line.
Utilize professional associations, special interest groups, and technology and business trend sites to better understand where growth is likely to emerge and which individuals and organizations are getting involved.
Selfless Marketing, I alluded to it as an example of how the emergent business trend toward spirituality can be applied to business in a non-denominational, non-sectarian, yet highly effective way.
Storytelling is a hot business trend for a reason.
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In other words, the streaming business is a larger business trend where Netflix stands to gain in our view though we await further data on the effectiveness of the pricing plan and impact on subscription levels before we adjust our estimates.
However, as he is a realistic businessman, the Chairman expressed caution about the future, pointing to the sharp increase in the Euro versus other currencies as well as the tougher business trend in Europe which may slower sales in the coming year.
But shares rose as the company raised earnings forecast for the year based in part on strong results from its retail energy business (a trend we wrote about here).
Leadership started the war-business-analogy trend 23 years ago.
It is a very stable and growing business, as the trend toward outsourcing non-core functions continues.
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Ian Livingston, BT's chief executive officer, told Marketplace Europe the "consumerization" of business -- the trend for personal consumer devices such as smartphones and tablet computers to be used in the workplace -- was redefining the way we do business.
Irrational, but one sees it from business to government today, the trend starting in 1993 when President Clinton changed the way Federal Civil Service was hired and the business world followed suit.
And what can the players in the live events business do to turn the trend around?
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He seems to have missed out on the trend for local business marketing, led by companies like Foursquare.
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More ominous for business leaders is the downward trend in employee loyalty.
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Leading the trend is the business established by Robert Atkins, who died in April, aged 72, from complications after a fall on an icy New York street.
Separately, this month's issue of the Harvard Business Review points to the trend to explain why the number of CEO direct reports has doubled over the past two decades.
McKee, the business adviser, believes the trend is being fueled by older workers not able to replace the income of an earlier single job and younger ones seeking to ease into a new vocation.
That includes, most recently, from last week, the establishment of SelectUSA -- or rather that was in June -- but the insourcing forum that the President had highlighting this very important trend in American business where American companies are bringing jobs back to the United States, which is a very positive thing indeed, and the efforts the President wants to take to increase that trend.
Even though the stock is relatively expensive now, the macro trend will support its business.
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The mutual fund business has never met an investment trend to which it wasn't willing to pander.
The reason: There is a growing trend in the music business of labels deliberately withholding some of their music from iTunes.
George Michael's solo career has been eventful, and announcing that he's turning his back on the music business continues that headline-making trend.
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Hence, the current business model boasts a continuing upward trend of improving margins, improving conversion to paid subscriptions, and improved profitability of each subscriber.
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This trend is transforming the business IT landscape in important ways.
The trend has meant big business in Germany, and according to Lola Paltinger, a designer of couture dirndls, Bavarian costumes have slowly become fashionable again largely because designers have put a modern twist on the traditional threads.
Inventory turns matter because they show whether a company is able to move product faster (good for business if prices remain at profitable levels) or if products are moving slower (bad for business if this is an ongoing trend).
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The trend toward fee-based business continues, but transaction business is not going away.
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