customer appeal

That they all do so with big doses of customer appeal is an added bonus.

It has updated contemporary features and a broad customer appeal.

Is it any wonder American products lack customer appeal?

A group like this also represents greater customer appeal, as it's a one-stop shop.

Tariffs contribute nothing to the real solution, which is to revitalize American industry's ability to design products having superior customer appeal.

Fashion has become increasingly challenging for companies existing in a the nebulous middle ground in size and customer appeal.

The Marlboro Psychiatric Hospital has obvious corporate tie-ins and customer appeal for those crazy enough to smoke.

The Vue's 42-volt system, using an approach less complex than the high-voltage equipment of other hybrids, shows an emerging diversity in technology - and customer appeal.

At that time, Raymond Loewy and Helen Dryden were working on new concepts for body design and customer appeal.

Indeed, several executives and independent analysts said they thought it impossible, given regulations and material costs today, to build a profitable car with any customer appeal for less than $8,000.

Mr. Zetsche also prodded Chrysler to look beyond its crosstown rivals and to compete with Japanese carmakers on quality and customer appeal.

"Next didn't have any broad customer appeal," said Tony Shiret, a retail analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston in London.

"In terms of customer appeal," he said, "well, there is an emotional concept that a lot of people will have with it and they will make the decision to keep buying it or not."

"Always, starting with a name that has customer appeal is better than starting from scratch," said Terry Lundgren, the chairman and chief executive of Federated Stores' merchandising unit.

The customer appeal of low-fare airlines has grown so strong that low-fare competition can be devastating to a major airline operating at an airport as much as 200 miles away, Mr. Boyd said.

Many of the company's competitors have closed since 1996, Best Buy has changed its product mix for better customer appeal and profitability, and a shift to digital electronics is spurring demand for its products.

Even so, Volvo hopes to keep its high-income customer appeal; from the first generation, a Volvo S60 buyer has had a higher household income than a BMW 3 Series customer.

By focusing on the quality, choice and service of beer The Draft House has attempted to show that an up-dated traditional public house can still have customer appeal across a wide range of demographic groups.

And in the absence of any special considerations from Ford - he doesn't get a larger-than-usual quota of cars with high customer appeal, for example - he has taken an original approach to spurring on his sales staff.

Of course, the goal of good gas mileage is not entirely a matter of customer appeal or soothing the corporate conscience: the government can impose large fines if an automaker's corporate average fuel economy does not meet federal standards.

The choice of premium and sales promotional technique is a crucial decision, and the problem is to find a premium which is 'different' or unusual, has broad customer appeal and is available in sufficient quantity to meet demand.

While this type of material is generally useful background information that will help HMRC to understand the context, it is, however, likely to focus on the final product, and its degree of innovation and customer appeal, rather than concentrating on the scientific or technological uncertainties.