"A successful business must be built off the back of serving the customers well, " he told John Humphrys.
Thus, the costs of maintaining those networks remain in place, and every loss of another customer increases the average cost per line of serving the customers that remain.
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Similarly every great corporate leader knows that the more they forget profits in favor of selflessly serving customers the more profit they make.
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This is not a money center bank, but a boots on the ground retail operation serving customers in the states of New Jersey and New York.
This meant there was an "over-emphasis" on short-term financial performance, reinforced by a bonus and pay culture that rewarded money-making over serving the interests of customers and clients.
The performance of the company, serving customers in 180 countries, is seen as a bellwether of the global economy.
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Alliander is a major Dutch energy distributor and specialist in renewable energy, sustainability, technical innovations, and complex power systems in the Netherlands, serving more than three million customers in the region.
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But companies that focus exclusively on Linux will have the edge in serving customers, and DiBona is confident there will be enough business for them to coexist with the largest service organizations.
Executing a quality process, put simply, is serving customers right the first time.
The two firms, which have had difficulty serving their biggest customers at all points of the globe, will find it easier now they are in tandem.
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Indeed, drivers who refuse too many fares quickly lose the privilege of serving Uber customers altogether.
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Serving your customers well is the only sustainable way to run a profitable business.
Because of its exposure to customers serving both the retail and corporate markets, Flextronics has an up-close view of the market for technology products.
In making the decision to become a leader or manager, most up-and-comers are not motivated by altruistic ideas such as leaving a legacy, developing others, bettering the organization or even serving customers.
The company is also expanding its e-commerce business abroad and began serving online customers in Italy Greece, Spain and Portugal in the third quarter.
High-end physicians will practice in the front of the bus, serving cash-paying customers.
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Rule breakers work for the sake of innovation, new way of serving the market, new way of engaging customers.
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Laiki Bank is due to be closed as part of the restructuring plan, but there are a small number of branches in the UK serving around 13, 000 customers.
Regular Two-up games were played illegally for more than 60 years in Broken Hill in the back of a cafe serving customers hot tea and bacon and eggs.
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Pouring his heart and soul into Dlish, the energetic Manuel leads by example, and can often be found baking or frosting the cakes as well as serving customers.
The retail behemoth, which grew to dominance through a strategy of serving lower- to middle-income customers, is one of the greatest success stories in American business history.
To manage this demand, operators are combining small cells with their large scale infrastructure, which have the advantage of serving a smaller group of customers nearby.
With the acquisition of ALICO, MetLife holds leading market positions in the United States, Japan, Latin America, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East, serving roughly 90 million customers in over 60 countries.
Cablevision, serving the New York area, scored 122, 000 voice customers in the second quarter.
The way companies create shareholder value is by serving their customers.
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The posting cited by the NLRB counsel, which counted as protected speech, criticized the dealership for serving hot dogs and bottled water to customers at a luxury-car promotion and followed an earlier discussion among workers in person that commissions could suffer.
"If you have a choice of spending a million dollars on getting 250, 000 new customers, or a million dollars on serving the ones you already have, better, that's a difficult value proposition, " Cylink's Crowell said, suggesting that most companies would take the additional customers.
In an ordinary market like shoes or soft drinks, the case for blocking the merger of two out of six firms would be pretty weak, because we could be confident that consumers could shift to smaller competitors or new entrants should the largest incumbents do a poor job of serving their customers.
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In the 1970s the FTSE 100 was made up largely of parochial companies serving British customers.
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