The number of outstanding accounts decreased by 5% which tells us that the growth in spending is driven by affluent customers and the broader population is still under financial stress.
As the paper notes, the factories were originally built to serve a PC market driven by corporate customers ordering large volumes of desktop PCs, but they've fast become a drag on the company as growth has shifted towards laptops sold at retail stores.
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The best ideas for frugal products can come up anywhere and indeed they do, at small start-up companies, inspired by customers and driven by university labs.
But the fact is that for years the supermarkets - driven no doubt by their customers - have been squeezing the price of milk.
More important, November sales are being driven mostly by retail-buying customers and ones coming into dealerships not lured by rich incentives.
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These growth plans are driven by our commitment to serve our customers in every part of the world.
Europe was the strongest of the three, up 30% year-over-year in the quarter, driven by demand from automotive and industrial customers.
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Topping the mobile phone complaints chart was 3, with 0.19 complaints per 1, 000 customers, mainly driven by disputes over charges and issues with customer service.
Sequentially, the decline in branded net contract customers was driven primarily by higher branded contract deactivations as a result of the launch of the iPhone 4S by three nationwide competitors in mid-October.
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That performance was driven by a 20% increase in UK customers, investments in generation, better efficiency at its UK network and further returns from its US wind and gas storage assets.
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The sequential and year-on-year increase in blended churn was primarily driven by higher churn from branded contract and connected device customers.
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For example, driven by the advice of consultants and the demands of customers, most firms are anxious to squeeze ever faster response times out of their factories.
Cummins notched a sharp drop in quarterly profit, driven lower by decreased demand from oil, gas and mining customers.
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The tanning tax has driven away some customers and has subjected his facilities to audits by the IRS, he said.
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According to 39, 000 consumers, 18 to 65 years of age, drawn from the nine US Census Regions, who self-selected the categories in which they are consumers, and the products and services for which they are customers, the desire for real brands is driven by emotional engagement.
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Establishments like these might have survived by raising their prices, but that would have likely driven customers away.
The impact will be devastating on families and communities, as foreclosures driven by unemployment accelerate and as small businesses lose billions in revenue from paying customers.
Revenue from our media and entertainment customers grew 15% year-over-year and declined 4% sequentially in the first quarter, driven by contract renewals at lower price points from some of our largest media customers.
Growth in life insurance sales is driven by new products in the market, which cater to the changing needs of the customers.
This legislation was driven by lobbyists for the business community seeking to limit its liability when it harmed its customers and citizens.
Now, using analytics, they can get information directly from customers, and many of the disruptions to the fashion industry will be driven by the insights gained.
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Whereas traditional product development would involve making product decisions using business intuition and knowledge, Zynga turned decision-making on its head by hypothesis-driven product testing, quick analysis and agile roll-out based on how customers behaved.
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