Sentence examples for provoke customer from inspiring English sources

Unfortunately, more unsavory actions that are less visible may be less likely to provoke customer fervor.

The roof, according to the Web site, is "designed to provoke customer emotion, thereby weakening desire to negotiate and enhancing gross profit opportunity".

This study explores how wait times in luxury outlet shopping malls could provoke positive customer responses through the use of fillers.

Netflix lost more than half its value in the stock market and provoked a customer revolt after announcing its plan to separate the streaming and the DVD sides of the business.

The genetic testing company has never claimed to make prescriptive judgements regarding user health, but many argue that information it provides about potential genetic illnesses could provoke extreme reactions from customers, including taking preventative steps like advance mastectomies, based on information that could be erroneous or not fully contextualized.

The man arrested for creating mayhem in a restaurant repeats the line: "The other customer provoked me by stealing glances at my girlfriend, your honour".

At Al's Blue Toad, a bar and restaurant in the center of the business district, Allen Zindrick, the heavyset owner, raised a shot glass and barked out a welcome to arriving patrons: "Jak se mas!" The blank look from a customer provoked Mr. Zindrick to complain that young people do not understand the old language anymore.

That provoked a minor customer furor, with some government agencies in particular saying they might not be able to continue sourcing notebooks from Apple, and the company promptly rejoined the program.

Denny's argued that the injured customer's actions in confronting the other customers provoked the assault.

Now, though, the price has drifted down to $28, partly because the cartel doesn't want to stifle customers' economies and provoke a backlash against them.

He hired Robert Fritz, a former vice president of wind operations at Florida Power & Light, as a senior vice president "to infiltrate every aspect of our organization and provoke us into thinking about the customer," says Engel.