Sentences with phrase «advantage of the chain»

For Target and Goldberger, that has meant mixing a healthy dose of experimentation with initiatives that take advantage of the chain's 1,800 - store footprint.

We can do our own thing and take advantage of those chains of events that intersect creatively in our lives.

Another advantage of the chain collar is it gives the god warning that it is going to tighten when the dog ventures forward to much.

Many Conventional Wisdomers (and frequent travelers for that matter) argue that another major advantage of chain hotels is not just the loyalty program, but a consistent experience.

Not exact matches

Many Chinese government offices have been public about their interest in taking advantage of the blockchain technology for tasks like tracking people and products moving through industrial supply chains.

Instead of trying to take on the national chains in your town, use your local advantage to reach out to customers.

«Grove is literally what I imagined when I used to picture «the future» — a company that can take advantage of hardware and software innovation to disrupt the traditional produce supply chain.

Azor: So when we were acquired in 2006, the initial strategy was «let's compete against each other because Dell had their XPS gaming product line,» but where Dell's strengths were, we wanted to immediately take advantage of that — like supply chain, engineering, and a bunch of other areas where Dell has been best in class in the entire industry.

An even bigger question about the financial services industry's adoption of distributed ledger technologies might not be about how this gets implemented and what specific block chains they choose, but rather what happens to the float that savvy bankers and financial firms have taken advantage of as they wait for deposits to clear.

Dasilva says independent retailers» lack of legacy systems actually gives them an advantage over large chains in this realm.

«Regardless of what they make, toy startups have an advantage that Mattel, Hasbro, and Lego lack: They can start supply chains and distribution models from scratch.

But it has a unique advantage over those chains: Wahlburgers is the subject of an Emmy - nominated reality - TV show, which was recently approved for two more 14 - episode seasons on A&E.

If the chain is floundering, there's no evidence of it in the brand new outlet in a sprawling strip mall in suburban Toronto, where, one brisk Sunday evening in March, three men in their 40s sat beneath a wall - mounted flatscreen TV with their laptops, sipping coffee and taking advantage of the free Wi - Fi offered at the newly renovated franchise.

For Lee Bird, the CEO of big - box home decor retailer At Home, his business» advantages hinge on its «very efficient supply chain,» he told Cramer on Friday.

Medium and large - chain grocery stores nationwide including Ralph's, Stater Brothers, Vons (Safeway) and Giant, have followed suit with a twist: membership is free, but without becoming a member you do not get to take advantage of sales prices.

The companies we invest in generally have a unique technical advantage adaptable well beyond the product they sell to the world and / or a complete and unique ownership of their supply chain.

The combination of lower tariffs, non-tariff market access measures and having one set of rules for trade with 10 economies with the ability to build new supply and production chains across the TPP adds up to a significant advantage for Canadian companies over competitors in the U.S. and Europe.

Of course, all is not rosy for Green Mountain, as a number of food retailers and quick - serve restaurant chains have taken advantage of the Keurig system's patent expiration to pursue alternative partnershipOf course, all is not rosy for Green Mountain, as a number of food retailers and quick - serve restaurant chains have taken advantage of the Keurig system's patent expiration to pursue alternative partnershipof food retailers and quick - serve restaurant chains have taken advantage of the Keurig system's patent expiration to pursue alternative partnershipof the Keurig system's patent expiration to pursue alternative partnerships.

At stake is a relationship between the three nations whose annual trade in goods totals about US$ 1 trillion — and even the business models of companies such as Ford Motor Co. and General Motors Co. that have adapted their supply chains to take advantage of the trade zone.

The patent, which was filed in September of 2016, heavily praises the technology behind the patent, stating in one instance that: «One advantage of block chain [sic] based ledgers is the public nature of the block chain architecture that allows anyone in the public to review the content of the ledger and verify ownership.»

That the two chains of events intersect with advantage to the organism is a matter of chance or accident.

Despite this consideration, the report, in the same chapter, recognizes the clear advantage of organic schemes in the educational role that they have played: «millions of consumers have been made aware of the way food markets work, and of the environmental impacts of food production, processing and distribution, and of the quality of the foods we eat» and it concludes that organic as well as fair trade and «short - chain strategies» are legitimate and valid options for both farmers and consumers and that policy can support these approaches by helping farmers to achieve higher yields.

A combination of competitive advantages — a sports emphasis, being family - friendly, serving high quality food and being a great value — are the legs of the table on which Beef «O'Brady's is building its franchised chain of restaurants.

DS Smith's Packaging Strategists focus on helping our customers to transform the complexities of the Automotive industry into competitive advantages with the right packaging solution that is optimised for every step in the supply chain.

Bettering the economics for small farmers in Africa, Asia, South and Central America requires a comprehensive approach, one that takes into account improving agricultural practices, enhancing supply chain infrastructures, expanding community services, boosting farmer incomes and taking advantage of evolving technologies.

With a number of the major on - trade operators, pub, and restaurant groups also seeing the advantages of controlling their own supply chain, and either going directly to secure wine to be shipped and bottled in the market, or increasingly expecting their wine suppliers to do that job for them.

«The time is now ripe for all in the supply chain to take advantage of the market situation and drive prices up to what the market signals suggest they should be.

Another major advantage the catalysts have is that, while they are general in what substrate they can oxidize, they are very specific about which carbon - hydrogen bonds they cut — so much so that they target a certain spot on amino acids like proline, leucine or valine even when they are part of a much larger peptide chain.

Clement Furlong, a researcher in medical and genomic sciences at the University of Washington notes that the «huge advantage» of these heavy - chain - only antibodies «is that you can make them by fermentation in microbial systems and make a lot of antibodies inexpensively.»

He also believes that the executives at «non-profit» health chains have seized some of the tax - exempt advantage for their own personal enrichment, paying themselves millions or even tens of millions of dollars in compensation.

Swap out your regular oil for coconut oil to get all the advantages of medium - chain triglycerides in coconut oil.

The digestive health advantages of medium - chain fatty acids (MCFA) over long - chain fatty acids (LCFA) are due to the differences in the way our bodies metabolize these fats.

Medium chain fatty acids like coconut oil have distinct advantages in the body over long chain fatty acids that explain the source of coconut oil's benefits.

All the medium chain fatty acids normally found in coconut oil, including caprylic acid (C - 8), capric acid (C - 10), and lauric acid (C - 12) are known to have the advantage of being easily transported into the mitochondria and therefore, more immediately available for caloric energy.

At the recent press day, Tarantino and his actors talked about the advantages of shooting in 70 mm, how a Tarantino set differs from other movie sets, how Leigh and Russell played off each other while chained at the hip for 4-1/2 months, why Russell remained in character after his character met his demise, the decision to stay close to the script, Tarantino and Jackson's take on race relations in America, why a period film affords a filmmaker the opportunity to comment on the present in ways a present day film does not, what their filmmaking adventure was like for the veteran actors who have been with Tarantino from the beginning, and why Tarantino doesn't mind dancing on the edge of political correctness.

The advantages of a cashless catering system can be seen right through the school meal supply chain, with children, parents, caterers, schools and local authorities all benefitting.

And even the nation's very best high - poverty charter school chain, KIPP, which enjoys all the advantages of self - selection, high attrition, and unparalleled philanthropic support, fails to produce college graduates two - thirds of the time.

Assertions that the sector has «fulfilled one of its core missions — equity for students — by establishing itself as a primarily urban phenomenon with significant chains of schools that are closing achievement gaps» (Lake, 2013, p. 1) are countered by claims that «charter schools, on average, don't have an academic advantage over traditional public schools, but they do have a significant risk of leading to increased segregation» (Rotberg, 2014, para 2).

A further unique feature of the research is that the origin of the economic returns can be empirically traced through a chain of early educational advantages to cumulate in long - term effects.

«A chain of positive influences initiated by large advantages in school readiness and parent involvement leads to better school performance and enrollment in higher quality schools, and ultimately to higher educational attainment and socioeconomic status.»

Toyota will continue to assemble its Corolla compact sedan in Blue Springs, Mississippi and the automaker will want to take advantage of the supply chain built up around that location.

Wirth said, «We fully expect our more extreme - weather customers to take advantage of the ability to use snow chains»

That leaves room for individual authors to take advantage of digital formats that bring control of the publishing value chain into their hands (i.e., selling directly to readers).

Bookstore chain Books - A-Million, meanwhile, took advantage of the situation with a press release claiming that «out of the company's 10 most popular titles on Booksamillion.com, six belong to Hachette Book Group.»

Wow, so Amazon drives all of the brick - and - mortar bookstore chains out of business, in part by taking advantage of its special sales tax status, and as soon as the last competitor gives up the ghost, starts planning to move into their shoes?

Hanvon is establishing wide - reaching strategy alliances, taking advantages of the industry chain to try to become the largest reading service provider in China.

This new distribution agreement with Penguin will broaden out the title count, become part of Penguin's local supply chain and, as their client in India, take advantage of their sales / marketing / publicity capabilities.

There are likewise advantages which come with traditional publishing: easier access to chain bookstore shelves, an upfront advance instead of upfront costs, a cachet in some parts of the writing community.

Take advantage of ABI's personal contacts with reviewers, book chains and distributors, and TV and radio producers, as well as ABI's database of over 250,000 media outlets and nearly 10,000 literary agents, publishing firms, Hollywood agents, TV and movie producers, actors and production studios.

Once an author takes on a team of professionals and works with them in a collegial way — acting now as the publisher and not as the whiny, self - centered author — there is no real advantage to the traditional model other than access to the distribution chain.