The service said the sale of stations would be used to help fund the project.
In March, the company launched Square Register, an iPad-based point of sale service for accepting payments and tracking inventory.
One solution is for manufacturers to distribute their goods only to authorised dealers that agree to provide pre-sale service, as Sony does.
Google Wallet is built to work with the fast growing MasterCard PayPass network-a merchant point of sale service that enables consumers to tap to pay.
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"We take after-sale service very seriously and give the same attention to quality end results and client satisfaction as any service experience, " a spokeswoman wrote in an email.
The agreement called for IBM to sell--rather than exclusively lease--its equipment, to create a subsidiary for after-sale service and to limit itself to producing no more than half of the country's punch cards.
Regardless, Beidou could be well on its way to become the new Xiaomi (sans the software part), though only time can tell whether it has the reliability and after-sale service to prove it.
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Other offline retailers are following suit, implementing mobile point of sale devices to improve customer service.
Furthermore, Disney and other owners of Hulu announced that they will terminate the sale of the online streaming service, which attracted bidders like Google and Dish Network.
Service Corp. will be using the sale of these operations, which are spread out across the U.S. and Canada, to reduce debt accrued in a buying spree of funeral homes in the 1980s and 1990s.
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Others wing it and hope that their charm, talent and knowledge of the product or service they are pushing will get them the sale.
Almost all car dealerships have a service center that is typically more lucrative that the sale of the car.
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The Ark Royal - which was in service for 25 years - was put up for sale on the Ministry of Defence's edisposals.com website, which sells off kit to raise money to equip the armed forces with everything from aircraft to clothing.
You are not going to make a sale if a customer is grousing over poor service.
Many, if not most, decided to offer this new service for free since they would generate revenue from the sale of products.
Every sale needs to count these days and good service and value can make the difference between a showrooming experience and a purchase.
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Xerox said revenue from technology, representing the sale of document systems, supplies, technical service and financing of products, was flat, or up 1% in constant currency.
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Peter Bolton King, of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), says private sale websites offer a totally different level of service to that of an estate agent.
UKNova had pitched itself as a free catch-up TV and radio service and had asked its members not to add material available for sale elsewhere.
Assuming that Amazon charges a fixed percentage of the sale price as its fee for every transaction, the service has the potential to generate millions, perhaps billions, in sales.
This agent lost this sale as a result of his high level of prospect service, but by continuing that high level of prospect service, might have gained a long-term source of quality referrals.
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The Gap not only loses the sale, but may also lose the customer due to poor customer service, said Hughes.
Focusing on delivering great customer service reinforces your brand values and gives you a second chance to get the sale.
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The service, which allows Oxfam's 700 shops to post vintage items for sale online, was set up three years ago after the charity noticed more people were typing the word "vintage" into the website's search box.
Qualcomm currently uses the licenses to support the service business of FLO TV Incorporated, a wholly owned subsidiary of Qualcomm, and the sale follows Qualcomm's previously announced plan to evaluate strategic options for the FLO TV business.
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Other assets up for sale include a stake in Aer Lingus as well as parts of the Irish forestry service, but not its land.
Russia sold Iran some, according to an official of Russia's Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation, who told a Russian state news agency that such a sale wasn't prohibited under United Nations sanctions.
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