The company's overseas expansion plans have been met with suspicion in the US and Australia amid concerns about cyber-security.
Next up for the billion-dollar business: overseas expansion, as longtime Spanx CEO Laurie Ann Goldman told Forbes in March.
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The overseas expansion didn't work out and a complex SAP software installation, designed to cut costs, turned into a disaster.
The Japanese government had less direct control over its corporations, but its officials co-ordinated their domestic development before earmarking sectors for overseas expansion.
Before now, the company has signaled that overseas expansion, where the Keurig is not nearly as ubiquitous as in the U.S., may be a key.
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Then came construction, banking and securities broking in the 1980s, followed by overseas expansion (from prawn farming in Australia to a seafood-processing factory in Alaska in the early 1990s) and, finally, financial services.
As competition for consumers intensified amid the growth of the book superstore in the 1990s, Borders made a number of crucial gaffes including transferring its Internet operations to Amazon in 2001 and embarking on an overseas expansion that swelled its debt.
Nothing that happens in South Africa any time soon is going to be large enough to move the needle as far as Wal-Mart stock is concerned, but it is positive to see the company embarking on the next phase of their overseas expansion now that Brazil, China and other markets have proven successful.
Here at Forbes he played a crucial role in our expansion overseas, particularly in Asia.
With the American economy still sluggish, many fast-food chains have focused recent expansion overseas.
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Through expansion overseas, they aim to gain access to new distribution channels, international managers, brand recognition and technological expertise in global markets.
Its expansion overseas may, however, present BRAC with a new problem.
The other interesting thing about Coach, which is something we try and keep in mind as well, is that they have generated growth through expansion overseas.
On top of this, investors must weigh the likely success of Wal-Mart's expansion overseas where, in the longer term, the firm will have to find the bulk of its growth.
Fittingly, the firm has been reducing its exposure to U.S. manufacturing in recent years, taking advantage of massive manufacturing expansion overseas to retool new factories in Europe and emerging markets.
The accumulation of cash offshore reflects companies' expansion overseas and U.S. tax rules that make overseas earnings subject to the U.S. 35% tax on corporate profit once repatriated from foreign subsidiaries.
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Obama would limit deductions for expansion overseas while Romney would impose a territorial system of tax, meaning that the U.S. would not impose a tax on companies operating outside of its borders.
Technology underpins Cemex's impressive expansion overseas, too.
These companies have proven that Japan quality and focus customer satisfaction can drive successful expansion in new overseas markets.
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The overseas Chinese also spearhead China's global expansion: Africa, for example, is dotted with Chinese malls that sell the latest gadgets from Guangdong.
If Las Vegas and Atlantic City recover in the U.S., then a new replacement cycle (including the Indian casinos) should boost domestic revenues while new casinos and expansion in Macau and Asia boosts overseas sales.
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Seeking expansion, he created Cinnovation through which he acquired overseas assets.
Meanwhile companies are facing the challenge of slower growth both at home and overseas, even in emerging markets like China where the pace of expansion has clearly slowed.
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More than 70% of all products are still created in the U.S. and even with expansion into Asia, more than 60% of products sold overseas are manufactured domestically and shipped post-production.
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Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP has set forward plans to gauge the possible expansion of its Edmonton to Vancouver pipeline and the related port facilities for overseas oil exports.
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To push back, Dunne says using new-found profits from a weaker yen to move manufacturing plants to cheaper locales overseas is one way to stay competitive -- as long as the pace of expansion is controlled.
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