Tag: quality
Ford and Toyota in Dead Heat Among Consumer Perceptions
by David Schepp on Jan.05, 2011, under Towing
Toyota’s recent spate of quality woes have allowed competitors to steal sales from the beleaguered automaker. Ford is also catching up with Toyota in another important measure of auto industry success — consumers’ opinions of vehicle brands.
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Ford and Toyota in Dead Heat Among Consumer Perceptions originally appeared on DailyFinance on Wed, 05 Jan 2011 16:15:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Economy, Honda Motor Co, Ford Motor Co, Toyota, General Motors, Autos, Chrysler
Retailers Cut Corners — and Fabrics — to Avoid Apparel Price Hikes
by Mercedes Cardona on Nov.27, 2010, under Towing
Expect your T-shirts to get a little bit thinner next year — and maybe a little more expensive. Apparel retailers are looking high and low for ways to keep from passing on too much of their own rising costs to consumers. The trick: Doing so without hurting quality.
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Retailers Cut Corners — and Fabrics — to Avoid Apparel Price Hikes originally appeared on DailyFinance on Sat, 27 Nov 2010 07:00:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Economy, Target Corp, Retail
To Topple Toyota, Volkswagen Must Accelerate in the U.S.
by David Schepp on Nov.01, 2010, under Towing
VW has set a hefty goal for itself: to displace Toyota as the world’s No. 1 car company. The German automaker is actually within reach, thanks mainly to its huge lead in China. To overtake Toyota, however, VW will need to really ramp up sales in the American market.
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To Topple Toyota, Volkswagen Must Accelerate in the U.S. originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 01 Nov 2010 11:00:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Technology, Economy, Ford Motor Co, Toyota, Autos
Can Blekko Beat Google and Bing with Better Search Quailty?
by Alex Salkever on Nov.01, 2010, under Towing
Rich Skrenta thinks he has built a better search engine. This week, he’s launching Blekko, whose web searches will only accept information from curated lists of trusted sites, mediated by users to filter out irrelevant results. But can Blekko compete with Google and Bing?
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Can Blekko Beat Google and Bing with Better Search Quailty? originally appeared on DailyFinance on Mon, 01 Nov 2010 09:45:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Technology, H&R Block, Microsoft, AOL, Small Business
GM Vehicles Rise in Consumer Reports’ Latest Quality Survey
by David Schepp on Oct.26, 2010, under Towing
Although Honda and Toyota remain the benchmark of reliability in the U.S. automobile industry, General Motors has made considerable strides in improving the quality of its cars and trucks, according to the magazine’s 2010 Annual New Car Reliability Survey.
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GM Vehicles Rise in Consumer Reports’ Latest Quality Survey originally appeared on DailyFinance on Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:15:00.
Filed Under: Company News, Honda Motor Co, Ford Motor Co, Toyota, General Motors, Autos







