Sandro Giulimondi's Grottino has won a following, and on weekend nights customers spill out into the plaza beside the historic Teatro Tapía.
All three startup companies, based in San Francisco, have won a loyal and growing customer base of people who value the mobile apps for their clarity, responsiveness and low cost.
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, N.Y., said it had won a $300 million contract to run some customer support for Royal Philips Electronics NV, Amsterdam, in the United States.
Since then, it has won customer service contracts with some existing clients, hiring managers to handle this business and retraining its sales staff.
But now, focusing on graphics chips for notebook computers, it has won such customers as Compaq, Toshiba and Sharp.
Now, under GHCL, it has won back customers such as retailers Bed Bath & Beyond, Linens 'n Things and Target.com; it has stopped losing money; and it expects a positive cash flow by the end of the year.
Under GHCL, Dan River has won back customers, such as retailers Bed Bath & Beyond, Linens 'n Things and Target.com, and it expects a positive cash flow by the end of the year.
Amazon has won millions of customers with a combination of low prices and efficient delivery.
It has always promoted itself as a purveyor of last-minute gifts and has won customers with its unusual items and its signature red boxes and white bows.
Waitrose, for example, claims it has won customers in the wake of the scandal, helping it deliver a bumper year.
