Word: discounter
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...Boeing's argument is that Airbus can make such snap choices because it never faces the kind of market risks that Boeing does. Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst at Virginia-based Teal Group, agrees: "Airbus has the freedom to develop new products whenever it wants, or to discount prices whenever it wants, because its shareholders won't abandon it. Boeing, a fully floated company, has no such luxury." Boeing is trying to spin the A350 as a sign of lost confidence in the A380. Sniffs Stonecipher: "The A380 is a great engineering success - but so was the Concorde. The A380...
...asked Jenness to join the Kellogg board, where he became one of the more vocal advocates of the turnaround strategy. Kellogg had been suffering at the hands of consumers who were flocking to cheaper cereals--or finding other things to eat altogether. The company's initial reaction was to discount, which only hurt the bottom line more. At the core of Gutierrez's fix-it strategy was a shift in financial goals: instead of focusing on the number of pounds of product sold, executives started looking at performance in terms of dollars. As a result, the company put increased emphasis...
...Lionel. The movie hasn't done well, but that doesn't seem to matter to kids who are dreaming of that classic toy. My assignment: to find that train. How difficult could it be, especially in a sea of Nintendo lovers? But two high-end boutiques, five discount behemoths and many blank looks later, anxiety sets...
...concertgoers between the ages of 21 and 38, the BSO offers a program entitled “Repartee” that offers subscribers discounted concert passes. And if the discount isn’t enough to convince young people, the BSO throws in pre-concert cocktail parties with hors d’oeuvres and private, pre-concert lectures with BSO performers and conductors...
...contract with them which on the one hand was very favorable because you get a discount on it. But you have to buy the whole bundle of them, taking out of our hands the ability to choose what we wanted,” he said...