Sentences with phrase «act as a retailer»

Today it's also everyday consumers who produce media content, design products and invest in startups — not to mention those who also act as retailers, food critics, tour guides and even taxi drivers.

Says Piers Harding - Rolls, head of games at U.K. - based IHS Screen Digest, in an e-mail, «I expect to see increasing downloads over this generation and on to the next generation of devices as it is in the interest of console manufacturers to act as a retailer.»

For example, in some states a manufacturer may not act as a retailer at all and may not sell its products even at its production facility.

As these items are not manufactured at Blissoma and we are simply acting as a retailer of them we are not able to offer wholesale pricing to professional clients, but our esthetician clients can order them at retail prices to use if desired.

The DOJ's suit builds a compelling case that, through a combination of phone calls, e-mails, and secret meetings in the wine cellars of upscale Manhattan restaurants, five of the six big publishers (Macmillan, HarperCollins, Hachette, Penguin, and Simon & Schuster) arranged agreements with Apple to enter into agency - model publishing, wherein retailers act as retail agents (and take 30 % of every sale).

This move further solidifies that libraries are starting to act as retailers, much to the chagrin of the ALA..

Today, Editor in Chief Michael Kozlowski and Senior Editor Mercy Pilkington talk for an hour about the Digital Book World Conference that transpired this week and discuss the business model of eBook Subscription websites, how Libraries are acting as retail... [Read more...]

Other than vanity publishers, there are several companies that act as retailers and / or distributors and offer some publishing services (conversion or editing) as well.

In this case Amazon simply says they are acting as the retailer and wholesaler so they will take 55 %, thank you very much.

They are, in fact, acting as retail pet stores, enjoying the tax - exempt status of non-profit organizations even as some pay themselves exorbitant salaries by non-profit standards.

Also unlike the tropical hobby, there are many coral hobbyists who are acting as retailers.

We act as a retail agent for ATOL holders.

«The developer can set their own wholesale price and we act as the retailer.

Not exact matches

Some scams, advertised online or by e-mail, offer to pay you $ 1,000 to act as a secret shopper, in which you get paid to observe the customer service performance of major retailers.

Holt Renfrew's men's store, opened in fall 2014, offers complimentary shoe shines and acts as an art gallery in addition to a retail space.

«Many smaller businesses might be on the cusp of being defined as a large employer — namely those having 50 full - time equivalents — and thus being under this law,» says Christine Pollack, vice president of government affairs for the Retail Industry Leaders Association in Arlington, Va., and a spokesperson for an industry coalition called Employers for Flexibility in Health Care (E-FLEX), which was formed two years ago to fight for changes to the Affordable Care Act.

The Dodd - Frank Act, which itself made matters worse rather than better in the wake of the government - fueled financial downturn of 2008, explicitly empowered the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as the agency to formulate rules relating to investment advisers who offer «personalized investment advice about securities to a retail customer.»

«There are many other retailers involved here and the way that we're going to make lasting change in countries like Bangladesh — and the industry as a whole — is to act as an industry,» he said.

Hensarling told reporters after the Q&A at the SIFMA event that the Retail Investor Protection Act was inserted into the CHOICE act as a consumer protection measuAct was inserted into the CHOICE act as a consumer protection measuact as a consumer protection measure.

Its retail team uses an iPad application that acts as a mobile team management tool that allows the company the ability to collect real - time data in the field while tracking, responding and taking action on projects and requests.

This is where food retailers have a solid basis to act as experts and educators.

American Eagle launched a category management program in mid-2009 with the goal of acting as a collaborator with its retail base while eliminating the sometimes adversarial nature of relationships that currently exist.

In 2001, he took over field quality responsibilities for the brewery, acting as a quality control liaison between the brewery and its distributor and retailer network.

It is a high - wire act as the Coalition has committed to a root - and - branch review of the competition legislation with particular reference to grocery retail and banks in its first 100 days.

Compliance — Metal detection systems to support the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and the Food Safety Modernization Act, as well as all major retailer codes of practice

Last month White, the former boss of Coca - Cola Amatil's Australian beverages business, was appointed inaugural chief executive of Stone Advisory, a representative body set up IGA retailers a few years ago to act as a single voice for retailers.

In a statement this week the authority said that as a result of the settlement the two companies» dairies «both gave undertakings in the High Court last Friday - 25 July - that they would comply with the terms of the Competition Act 2002 and not enter into any agreement, or engage in any concerted practice, to fix the retail price of liquid milk».

The move will act as a warning to other retailers such as Woolworths and Metcash's IGA, which also use frozen and chilled par - baked dough to bake bread in - store in an attempt to take sales from independent bakers and hot bread shops.

Woolworths is behind with only 18 % of sales, a shortfall decreasing rapidly as Australia's biggest retail brand gets its act together.

In social media posts following a visit Wednesday to Target in Camillus, U.S. Rep. John Katko claimed that the retail chain raised wages last year «as a direct result of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,» a federal tax plan that Congress passed and President Donald Trump signed in December.

Bain had multiple surgeries in high school, but also fought for legislation, known as Ally's Law (aka the Restroom Access Act), after she was denied access to a Chicago retail store's employee restroom.

In the State of California, the California Organic Products Act of 2003 (COPA 2003) prohibits the retail sale of any cosmetic product labeled as «organic» unless that product meets the criteria of a minimum of 70 % organic content EXCLUDING WATER OR FANCY NAMES FOR WATER.

I'm not the biggest fan of retail credit cards, but I really love and recommend Nordstrom's because you can earn points that basically act as free money — plus you get access to great sales like this one!

As Justice William Brennan wrote in Retail Clerks v. Lion Dry Goods, the Act's coverage «is not limited to labor organizations which are entitled to recognition as exclusive bargaining agents of employees... «Members only» contracts have long been recognized.&raquAs Justice William Brennan wrote in Retail Clerks v. Lion Dry Goods, the Act's coverage «is not limited to labor organizations which are entitled to recognition as exclusive bargaining agents of employees... «Members only» contracts have long been recognized.&raquas exclusive bargaining agents of employees... «Members only» contracts have long been recognized.»

The assignment should be familiar territory for Cattori, as he previously served as Chrysler's retail / fleet sales director in Mexico, and acted as president and CEO of Mercedes - Benz Mexico from 2002 through 2012.

In this model, «agents» (Apple, Barnes & Noble, etc.) act as liaison between publisher and consumer, and they take a cut of the final retail price.

In any case, this year's trend will no doubt act as an eye - opener for both sides; consumers may now begin their shopping early, while retailers and couriers will no doubt have better means at their disposal to accomplish timely delivery.

Until they realize they're going to have to do things a bit different than simply acting as a profit - making facilitator between license holders, they're going to find themselves fighting publishers and even some retailers tooth - and - nail.

Our retailers will act as our agents and will take a 30 % commission (the standard split today for many digital media businesses).

So many authors are acting as if KU has stolen sales at full retail.

Besides retail, the company acts as distributor for several books and stationery companies.

It is the «acting in concert» bit in the above ruling that Apple is citing, while extending its tirade against retailers as well that are engaged in selling the devices it claims has infringed its patents.

It is built, from the ground up, as an extension of Amazon's retail might and acts as a lens through which you can see and gain access to your Amazon content.

At times, I get the feeling that retail sites that sell both books and other consumer goods, act as an online bookstore to harvest consumers for their other retail products.

Moreover, Defendants» conspiracy and agreement has resulted in obvious and demonstrable anticompetitive effects on consumers in the trade e-books market by depriving consumers of the benefits of competition among e-book retailers as to both retail prices and retail innovations (such as e-book clubs and subscription plans), such that it constitutes an unreasonable restraint on trade in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. 1.

A. «Agency Agreement» means an agreement between an E-book Publisher and an E-book Retailer under which the E-book Publisher Sells E-books to consumers through the E-book Retailer, which under the agreement acts as an agent of the E-book Publisher and is paid a commission in connection with the Sale of one or more of the E-book Publisher's E-books.

Whereas, Plaintiff, the United States of America filed its Complaint on April 11, 2012, alleging that Defendants conspired to raise retail prices of E-books in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 1, and Plaintiff and Settling Defendants, by their respective attorneys, have consented to the entry of this Final Judgment without trial or adjudication of any issue of fact or law;

(They called this «agency pricing,» because Apple acted as a sales agent rather than a retailer.)

Keep in mind that BN.com is a retailer, while Smashwords also acts as a distributor.

They act as a wholesaler and / or warehouse, working with publishers to get books into retail stores (online or offline).