Sentences with phrase «retailers are under pressure»

The online retailer is under pressure to increase its shipping capacity as more third - party retailers use its fulfillment services, taking advantage of the company's warehouses and lower shipping rates.

Conversely, while bricks - and - mortar retailing is under pressure from e-commerce sales, the in - store experience remains vital.

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The toymakers have been under pressure for years from cheaper off - shore imports, margin - squeezing big - box retailers and children who increasingly prefer tablets to toys.

Beyond slowing sales, food companies are working with increasingly punishing retailers that are under their own pressure as shoppers pick up their food staples at convenience stores and, increasingly, Amazon.

It comes as insurers are under pressure to lower medical costs, and retailers are under attack from new competitors, including an increasingly powerful Amazon.

Meanwhile, scale is increasingly important to bargain with grocery stores and retailers who are under their own pressure as shopping shifts online.

Macerich is the latest mall operator to come under pressure from activist investors during a downturn in the brick - and - mortar retail sector.

Increased measures are being taken by financial companies and retailers have put gun manufacturers under pressure.

Brick and mortar retail is under continuing pressure from online retailers like Amazon.

But recently, new minimum - wage laws and a tight labor market have pushed up wages for the poorest workers, squeezing retailers who are already under pressure from Amazon.

Smaller fast - food retailers are coming under increasing pressure to sign up with aggregators or risk missing out on sales, which come at a cost.

The retail sector is under increased pressure from rising e-commerce threat which has caused many large brick and mortar stores to down shutters.However, Realty Income is quite insulated from this risk as 97 % of its total portfolio is protected against retail e-commerce threats and economic downturns.

Barden said that input costs are rising on everything from commodities to labour to energy, and the six years of retail price deflation and rising labour costs the industries had undergone «continues to cut margins, placing the sector under increasing pressure».

With many retailers introducing stringent guidelines regarding product traceability throughout the supply chain, companies looking to compete and supply on a global scale are under pressure to invest in advanced product inspection technology that ensures compliance.

«Retailers could be impacted as producers are under immense pressure to offset price rises caused by the weakened value of sterling and higher import costs, squeezing already tight budgets and resources and potentially cornering them into using cheaper global suppliers that may be more vulnerable to fraud.»

However, rain forests and peat lands in palm oil producing countries are under pressure — particularly in Indonesia and Malaysia — and in response, many of the world's largest retailers and food companies have pledged to convert entirely to sustainable palm oil by 2015.

Small business in this nation has been under a sustained and carefully orchestrated attack for years, where larger, often retail giants, put ever increasing pressure to bear on smaller independents — who are mostly «mum and dad» businesses.

But domestic - focused processors are under intense pressure as margins are sandwiched by the spiralling cost of milk and depressed prices on retail shelves due to a supermarket war between Coles and Woolworths.

The evidence that is available about food production and processing, but not included in the Green Paper, is that the sector's businesses are in the main under considerable financial pressure as a result of falling real commodity prices, rising input costs, increased government regulations, rising labour costs, and lower retail margins.

Amazon, the world's larget online retailer, has been under pressure from a lot of publishers for the low prices it charges for e-books to spur demand for its electronic reader Kindle, hoping to fend off new rivals such as Apple Inc (AAPL.O) that are set to join the e-books fray with their own devices.

Barnes & Noble, Kobo and other e-book retailers will be under immense pressure to discount Hachette, HarperCollins and Simon & Schuster e-books to the same prices that Amazon offers.

Brick and mortar retail is under continuing pressure from online retailers like Amazon.

Sylvain Charlebois, a professor in food distribution and policy at Dalhousie University in Halifax, said grocery retailers have been under some pressure to keep their prices as low as possible and that has reverberated down the supply chain.

Do I have legal options under false representation, pressure sales, consumer law or fraud if I requested but didn't actually receive a lease that was «multipurpose office / retail accommodation» on «flexible terms»?

Guy Lougher (who has «excellent judgement» and is «unflappable under pressure») acted for E.ON in the CMA's market investigation into the retail energy market, and advised new client AMC on the merger control aspects of its acquisition of the Odeon & UCI group, which involved merger notifications to the European Commission and the CMA.

«Retailers should be most concerned with the increased complexity of their sites and mobile applications,» he told the E-Commerce Times, «because heavier and complex sites are much harder to manage and introduce greater operational risk, and could increase the likelihood that they'll buckle under the pressure of peak holiday shopping.

The pressure - and tilt - sensitive Pencil is just under 7 inches, features a magnetic cap, connects to your iPad over Bluetooth, and retails at $ 99.

Although there'll be a number of capabilities needed, demonstrating your ability to communicate effectively, work flexibly, and stay calm under pressure will undoubtedly help to prove you're a good fit to a retail role.

• Ideally you will have at least one year's commercial work experience e.g. in sales, retail, or a business environment, through internships, or work placements, or since graduating; • It's not essential that you are a graduate but a degree in a relevant business subject to the markets we serve, e.g. finance, law, accountancy, business, could be advantageous; • Outstanding communication and influencing / interpersonal skills; • Professional / self - motivated demeanour and attitude, a team player; • Entrepreneurial spirit and confident attitude - thrives on working under pressure and to tight deadlines

As owners continue to pay incredibly high prices for retail properties, asset managers are under more pressure than ever to boost cash flow...

Department stores and specialty retailers have been under constant pressure from industry - changing forces, including the rise of e-commerce, fierce competition in the brick - and - mortar space and changing consumer tastes.

To justify paying record prices for buildings — and the debt that financed the acquisitions — owners are under pressure to get the highest rents possible, according to Patrick Smith, a vice chairman of the retail brokerage at Jones Lang LaSalle Inc..

Combined with a decline in retail investment overall and retailers scaling back physical locations, brick and mortar shopping centers are under relentless pressure to stay competitive.

One of the market driving forces is the growing appetite for modern office and retail space in the key hubs where vacancy levels are considerably lower than in B - grade properties — especially older buildings in outlying suburbs — and these investors are likely to come under increasing pressure.