Along with California-based innovator SunRun, SolarCity offers homeowners a creative solution to the main obstacle facing prospective solar customers: the larger up-front investment.
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Centrica said that "recognising the economic pressures facing many of our customers, the board has determined that any benefit arising from the exceptionally cold weather will be used to maintain our price competitiveness".
And that helps Zozotown beat the biggest danger facing fashion companies: fickle customers who move on to the next thing.
At the time, the banks were facing a deluge of claims, both directly and via the courts, from customers who were angry about the amount they had been charged when going overdrawn.
Several utilities are conducting pilot programs that use Home Area Networks (HAN), the household-facing layer of technology, to provide customers with real-time information on electricity usage and prices.
The 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera allows customers to video chat with friends and family to easily stay in touch from virtually anywhere.
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This was evidenced by our increasing number of operator customers who rely on TiVo to provide the consumer facing elements of their video product to drive a competitive advantage.
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And, you need tools that can empower the customer-facing agents to act on your behalf when interacting with your customers.
Maruti, like other car makers in India, has been facing the effects of rising fuel prices and high loan rates which are preventing potential customers from buying new vehicles.
Apple, which introduced the iPad in 2010 and has released three versions all featuring the 9.7-inch diagonal display, is facing more competition as customers seek out alternatives to notebook and netbook PCs.
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Many investors have been concerned for some time that Groupon's customers are tiring of the deals it offers, and that it is facing more competition from other start-ups and from big firms such as Amazon and Google, who have been copying its strategy.
The poorer 2012 figures are also explained by sharp declines in big key markets where customers are facing economic difficulties.
The findings illustrate the challenges facing Twitter in demonstrating to small-business owners the benefits of using the short-messaging service to reach customers.
So more and more, I think the biggest threat facing cloud-computing companies will be whether or not they can get over the tech debates and instead deliver what customers want: full and unfettered choice across all of the delivery and consumption models: on-premise, public cloud, private cloud, and hybrid.
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