Bitter was looking for new customers, but didn't want to cannibalize his wholesale trade with interior decorators.
The first one is to take note of the decrease in companies using social media to prospect for new customers.
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Citizens Advice said that banks were insisting on overly stringent identity checks for new customers and failing to provide account information in branches.
Delinquencies cause the credit card companies to cut credit limits for existing customers and make it difficult for new customers to get cards.
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But what catches the eye in both reports is how furiously the small American mobile operators are now forced to scramble for new customers.
However, in order to gain more customers, it may have to reduce pricing for new customers, which could negatively impact average revenue generated per customer.
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As a result, experts say savers often get less hand-holding with 401(k) rollovers than they do with the IRA variety, where vendors are hungry for new customers.
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To fill in the technology gaps and fish for new customers, Chambers relies on big partnerships, including a thriving deal with IBM and a new one with Ericsson.
Telenav offers a free 30-day trial for new customers.
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On the minus side Waste Management faces heavy price competition from thousands of private operators, as well as competition for new customers from publicly traded rivals Allied Waste Industries and Republic Services.
Sub-prime lenders have grown in number, and though they compete with each other for new customers, they do so by spending money on marketing and door-to-door salespeople, not by offering lower prices.
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The bank announced last week that the program ended for new customers at the former Wachovia branches on March 27, and would be terminated at the Wells Fargo branches on April 15.
The challenges that e-commerce companies face in India mean that they are more likely to be successful if operating in small, high-margin niches, and rely on word of mouth for new customers instead of overblown marketing campaigns.
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So, instead of looking for new customers with more money to spend, either in their own country or in other productive economies, Japanese manufacturers use their political clout to lobby their government to bail out their traditional U.S. customers.
Response rates for direct mail have been falling, prompting issuers to turn to other avenues such as the Internet for acquiring new customers.
This has opened up a gulf between borrowing rates for new favoured customers and existing ones who have been left on higher rates.
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However, for the most part, places like the Dakotas and Texas enjoy relatively low unemployment and foreclosure rates, making them relatively good places for cultivating new customers.
Mr. Johnson is concerned with customers having very little loyalty, but expects his 100 shop specialty department store concept to be a destination for many new customers when the transformation is completed.
Across the country, Blue Cross plans are often leaders in their markets in the provision of individual benefits as well as small group plans for small and medium-sized businesses as they compete with the likes of UnitedHealth Group (UNH), Aetna (AET) and Humana (HUM) for these new customers.
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For customers seeking an unlimited experience on their smartphones, T-Mobile offers several ways for new and existing customers to take advantage of its Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data plan.
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The mix of sound bond funds and cheap exposure to equities is a fine one for Ms Johnson's new customers, workers saving for retirement.
Facebook as a primary tool for either acquiring new customers of generating sales leads.
Insurance companies will have an incentive to participate in this exchange because it lets them compete for millions of new customers.
Most vendors charge a license fee for each new box customers buy.
But now the potential for millions of new customers under the Affordable Care Act is giving health plans a different reason to seek partnerships.
The new fees, which are limited to accounts for new and prospective customers in the pilot programs, can typically be waived if customers meet certain criteria.
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"I am always looking for new ideas and products for our customers so I tried a model of Titanic in the window and the level of interest was astounding, " he said.
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New customers looking for deals, or current customers that you can reward for their loyalty?
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