More importantly, the exposure and publicity given tobacco industry documents spelling out market targeting tactics and an awareness of nicotine's addictive nature will undercut tobacco's arguments in future suits.
One clear danger is that they may alienate customers, who will welcome better service but may be more doubtful about uses of the technology such as finely segmenting the market or targeting customers individually.
If a non-EU company (based outside the EU) is operating on the single market and targeting consumers in the EU then the EU rules apply to them, as will the sanctions for not abiding them.
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The latter flavor, which offers built-in WiFi (the D600 requires an adapter), packs a 20.2-megapixel CMOS sensor, and it's 20 percent lighter than the 5D Mark III, which will remain on the market, targeting professional users.
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While not targeting the ultra-high-end market, Coach is targeting the affluent consumer.
Price may not be much of a deterrent for the market Zero is targeting, but for those who might consider one of its bikes prohibitively expensive, a New York-based company, Evolve Motorcycles, will soon offer plug-in motorcycles and scooters as well.
The Federal Open Market Committee on Thursday announced a fresh round of asset purchases, commonly known as quantitative easing, targeting the housing market.
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More than just those three companies are targeting this market others include Jawbone, Pebble, MetaWatch and Misfit Wearables.
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But perhaps equally important for the long haul, Apple has a huge leg up in the laptop-replacement market, despite not targeting it aggressively at all.
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WePay is targeting a market that Clerico believes is huge after all WePay believes its customers are business that use paper checks to make payments that he estimates are in the trillions of dollars a year.
Bluetooth, it seems, is much too complicated a setup for the mass market demo Jawbone's targeting.
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The next step for Groupon and for other businesses targeting the local market will be enabling self-service.
Upon close, HP will run Fortify initially as a standalone entity to ensure continuity while targeting the security market.
Salinas thrives on forcing new competition--and lower prices--on monopolistic industries, targeting a booming market his competitors have ignored: Mexico's poor.
He does not like investing in entrepreneurs who want to build interesting products that are not targeting a viable market.
By targeting the student market and professionals, you are in danger of alienating both markets, as they require very different things from a restaurant.
Targeting the education market, Apple and Oracle said they will launch a seminar series promoting the technology in the top 100 colleges and universities.
The company is facing a tougher global competitive landscape with Kraft targeting the confectioner market, and they are forcing Hershey to jolt into action.
In December 2010, Rackspace introduced a new level of increased service targeting the Enterprise market, called Critical Sites, mission critical website and application monitoring.
So will its subsidiary Hang Seng (No. 49), which is targeting a mass market that is only now becoming comfortable with innovations like phonebanking and credit cards.
Traditionally, these high-end robotic solutions carry a price tag in the tens of thousands, but starting this week, Robotex is targeting the consumer market with its Avatar.
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And Chairman Bernanke admitted in his press conference yesterday that the Fed is targeting the stock market as a large part of its effort to improve the employment picture.
Ray Irving, the school's head of learning resources development, explains that Warwick is targeting a different market segment, focusing on experienced managers with no option for a career break.
Lin estimates that Achievers is targeting a huge market.
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Moreover, Lee was targeting a substantial market.
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And Virident is targeting a big market.
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