The approach is in lockstep with the device's target market -- busy and less technical consumers, particularly young mothers, who find themselves increasingly dependent on e-mail and don't want the complexity of a smartphone or the high cost of running one on a 3G network.
It seems to be to target the after-school market and disrupt the world of homework.
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Because LivingSocial is going after a more affluent lifestyle-oriented target market, whereas Groupon is going for more of a land grab, he said.
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Although the devices do not have the most advanced specifications, they are competitively priced to help deliver Huawei's target 18-34 year old market.
Thus the interest rate that the Fed pays should tend to put a floor under short-term market rates, including our policy target, the federal-funds rate.
They go fishing with below-market rates and target buyers who don't qualify for regular health insurance.
Three years ago it changed focus to target a wider market: fitness-conscious consumers.
Both Caterpillar and Deere are investing in manufacturing operations in the country to better target its fast-growing construction equipment market.
As a result, Target Corp. offers an above-market dividend yield of 2.1%.
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Even when an exclusive partnership is the right way to enter a target market, the start-up must still keep in mind the further growth of the company.
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Retailers were among the biggest pre-market movers: Target and Gap reported stronger-than-expected same store sales.
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For board games for example, a top game could realistically expect to reach 1.5-2% of the target market.
Young Asians, in particular, appear to have an open mind and they, not the older generation, are the target market, says Yuwa Hedrick-Wong, Asian economist at MasterCard.
We have forgotten that regardless of the target market, the key decision-maker, whether he or she is a financial adviser, a hospital administrator, a CEO, a mom buying a toy for her child, or the head of a large contractor for the military, is first and foremost a human.
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Prioritizing pre-build solutions for Microsoft CRM, Salesforce, Exact Target, and QuickBooks is based on market demand, yet fine-tuning Scribe Online takes an entirely deeper level of customer intelligence and insight.
Blackberry believes that its target market is people that are hyper-socially connected and true multi-taskers that need to get things done.
Continental Europe's underdeveloped personal-finance market should be another target.
The firm is expected to target a lower-priced section of the luxury market with its new Mercedes luxury line, and develop cars for sale at a price in the 100, 000-300, 000 euros range.
Amazon had been hoping to target the market with its 9.7-inch screen Kindle DX e-book reader, for example, but schools said the device wasn't sufficiently interactive and lacked basics such as page numbers and color graphics.
As part of a broader strategy involving impact investing and the market-based solutions of target recipients, PRIs stand to tackle tough social issues on a scale never before seen by moving beyond traditional notions of charity that, in many ways, continue to restrain large-scale progress.
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There may be times when a long-term bull market periodically consolidates but fails to avoid getting out and staying out of a long-term bull market that periodically consolidates but fails to meet your 10% target to re-enter, consider putting 5% back to work for each quarter where the total return is plus or minus 5%.
And this new bear-to-bull ratio indicates a more positive market outlook rather than a pessimistic one from the usually on-target contrarian point of view.
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Home Inns was spawned to meet the stay-over needs of Ctrip's target market of individual travelers.
Perhaps Bear Stearns--the smallest of the major investment banks, but among the most heavily exposed to the mortgage market--was the easiest target.
And they make up exactly the market the ECB are trying to target - cricket fans who never go to see the county game.
Marketing in English (to target both 2nd-generation Latinos as well as the broader market) captured some of this burgeoning group.
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Microsoft could win big by keeping the price of two-screen interaction low using high-quality devices that are rapidly penetrating their target market.
Ken Auletta recently reported that the big boxers account for 30% of all sales while Wal-Mart and Target combine for 45% of the market.
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Still, if it can manage this feat, Microsoft could win big by keeping the price of two-screen interaction low using high-quality devices that are rapidly penetrating their target market.
Heineken will be able to provide product innovation, and it'll use Femsa's distribution channels to sell its global premium brands like Heineken Pilsener beer, Tiger and Star, and its know-how on segmenting a market into different target niches.
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