Sentences with phrase «with big chain»

Do you love independent, non-chain, upscale or luxury hotels, but miss the free nights you earn with big chain frequent stay programs?

We support independent boutique member hotels with services that are a given with big chain hotels.

With big chain stores like Target and Kohls increasing their athletic apparel sections, and sleek fitness clothing boutiques popping up everywhere, it is almost impossible to not purchase new workout clothes on a regular basis.

Once that first wash is done, I check to be sure the inserts have come out of any pocket diapers, and if there are any Velcro or Aplix closure diapers in the load, I double check that the fold - back tabs are still secured so I don't end up with a big chain of diapers stuck together.

Slashing prices to keep up with the big chains can spell disaster for the average entrepreneur.

American consumption of cheese increased by nearly 30 % in 10 years because the dairy industry is spending big bucks to promote pizza and partner with big chains like Dominos.

There are established prices of books across the board, which helps small shops compete with the big chains, but also allows overseas competitors to flood the market with cheap digital alternatives to the higher priced printed variants.

I could see it working for more independent stores (we have some of those in the area), but not with the big chains.

Stash was created to help independent hotels compete with big chains.

First and foremost, I hope that Platinum member complimentary suite upgrades are extended to new Marriott Platinum or a new higher category Diamond elite level members — giving us incentive and true loyalty benefit for loyalty with the bigger chain.

Not exact matches

UPS told Reuters it is now eyeing the furniture delivery business — one of the fastest - growing segments of online retail — with Amazon, Wayfair and other e-commerce companies competing for market share against chains like Crate and Barrel and big - box stores.

In big box retail, Alibaba recently announced a $ 2.9 billion investment in China's second - largest hypermarket, Sun Art Retail; in the medium - sized sector, Alibaba has invested in the Sanjiang supermarket chain; and in small retail, Alibaba is aligning with Lianhua's Quik convenience stores.

The big - box chain has a yield in line with its frugal prices — a bargain - basement 1.2 % — but that dividend has been rising 24 % a year over the past 10 years.

It's always been challenging for small businesses to compete with big - box chains and giant corporations.

MoviePass's bold plan to pressure theater chains to cut revenue - sharing deals has led to some agreements with independent theaters and the fairly small Landmark chain, but it hasn't managed to crack big chains like Cinemark or AMC.

Napster co-founder Sean Parker's proposal to sell first - run movies to home viewers at $ 50 a pop has stirred up various corners of Hollywood, with big movie studios and theater chains up in arms over the Screening Room idea while multiple major filmmakers have landed on opposing sides of the argument.

The convenience landscape in the United States today looks like Canada's did back in 1990: dotted with regional chains numbering between 50 and 300 stores, some larger networks owned by Big Oil, and industry leader 7 - Eleven.

What's your feeling on the retail market in Canada, with several big chains such as Future Shop closing down?

But with this recent announcement, which also includes closing one Evolution Fresh juice store, it looks like the biggest coffee chain spread itself too thin and is now taking a step back.

Now, CEO Jeff Jacober — who founded the company in 1996 with bank loans and his own savings and nurtured it into a business that does $ 15 million a year in revenue — needed cash to build up enough inventory to service the big pharmacy chains.

I read that the hip New York City diner chain Big Daddy's and seafood restaurant City Crab offered free birthday meals (with varying restrictions) to anyone who signed up for their Insider Clubs.

Finances aside, Target's bigger challenges are stubbornly centred on unhappy customers whose loyalty has been stretched thin by a series of supply - chain snafus and prices that many perceived to be out - of - whack with both big - box competitors and the company's own reputation as a quality discounter.

While Black Friday is a diluted event, with sales starting earlier in the month at most major chains, it still anchors the biggest shopping weekend of the year and can get a retailer's holiday season off to a good, or bad, start.

Since arriving at the chain in September 2014, Shelagh Stoneham, Shoppers» senior vice-president of marketing, said her team has been engaged in market research and strategic planning that has led to a bigger marketing spend, an increased television presence, more online video and new partnerships with Women of Influence and the entertainment show ET Canada.

We can also now get back to wondering why the world's biggest burger chain can't come up with a proper, full - time veggie burger.

-- Eric Casaburi, CEO of Retro Fitness, a 155 - plus unit fitness chain which provides members with big box gym amenities for $ 20 a month

For one, big pharma's supply chain is a global enterprise with global ambitions, and manufacturing is cheaper in countries like India and China.

That would make it much bigger than CVS Health (CVS), which runs the second largest chain by store count, with about 8,000 locations.

KFC, China's biggest restaurant chain with more than 4,000 outlets and plans to open 700 more this year, was hit hard by a report in December 2013 that some poultry suppliers violated rules on drug use in chickens.

Here are seven chains that have decided to go big with commitments to cut artificial ingredients in their food.

Lesson learned: Prepare for the big deal, negotiate with your supply chain, and ensure you have cheaper access to working capital.

Independent bookstores, which were already threatened by big chains, like Borders and Barnes & Noble, knew they would end up having to compete with Amazon's wholesale prices and scale.

It stands at 16 % today, which Hurst believes is market - leading penetration with the exception of big pizza chains, which can derive almost half of sales from digital sources.

She turned down a big - box discount chain she thought would water down the brand and turned down a certain fast - food chain with conservative values.

In partnership with the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, or Sida, USAID is offering up $ 25 million in grants, ranging from $ 100,000 to $ 3 million, for big ideas that solve the water scarcity problems in the agricultural production chain.

As an exec at Shire (shpg), which with $ 6 billion in revenue is one of the smaller Big Pharmas, he spent months persuading leaders and commercial and supply - chain people to launch a clinical trial for the ADHD drug Vyvanse to treat binge eating.

That being said, shoppers in search of big bargains should come to Whole Foods with a little more knowledge of prices at other chains for comparison.

Big - box chains beat out independent stores by undercutting them on price — but with the best deals now online, they have less to offer.

Netflix and other streaming services have largely rendered the stores obsolete, with even big chain Blockbuster closing up shop recently.

This especially rings true for small businesses that are pressed to stay competitive with big box or other chain retailers.

«This is money they don't need to share with the movie chains and that's a big deal.

Although Coutu dabbled with a chain of small stores, which he called Farmeterias, he focused on the discount Pharm - Escompte format after visiting early big - box pharmacies in Toronto and realizing those chains would eat him up if he didn't go for volume.

Steers is one of South Africa's biggest burger chains, and while it's similar to your typical burger and fries joint, one of its best - sellers is loaded fries topped with jalapenos, bacon bits, and cheese.

Carlson hopes to leverage his low - cost gas into partnerships with downstream end - users without having to be a big investor: «If we're going to recover a large portion of the value generated from our natural gas production, we're going to have to take our value further down the supply chain.»

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While the chain is mostly finished with the big store openings that characterized its last decade, the stores themselves will continue to evolve.

Please note my biggest refunds for clients have been with a newspaper chain and a textile manufacturer both of whom received tax refunds exceeding $ 500,000.

PHILADELPHIA — Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the world's biggest coffee - shop chain Wednesday for an undisclosed sum and an offer of a free college education.

The complete abscence of a retail chain of stores like this one leaves a big empty void in this segment of the retail market that can be successfully exploited by someone with the wisdom and foresight to see it for the virtually unlimited ground floor opportunity that it is.

Even hotel clerks may become obsolete as the big hotel chains experiment with software that allows a guest to check in and unlock his or her door with a smartphone.