Sentences with phrase «as a brick in»

«RNA switches are not quite as modular as bricks in a model kit,» admits Franz Narberhaus.

Grant's image has appeared in media around the world, mainly via the footage of his demise, but sometimes a victim of a crime can be perceived as another brick in the wall of an ongoing problem.

A village in Nigeria is using plastic bottles to provide shelter, packing them with sand and then using them as the bricks in a cement wall.

Not exact matches

While the discount applies today only with Amazon, small businesses can use Amazon's move to drive business away from local brick and mortar stores as motivation to be creative in their offerings and marketing efforts.

This is because they still think of geographic expansion as a costly «bricks and mortar» kind of roll - out process, and they just don't get the cloud and the fact that there are very modest costs to distributing almost anything digital today to everywhere in the world.

The growing spectre of online shopping has not deterred one of the country's largest retailers from investing in its bricks - and - mortar assets, with David Jones opening its fifth Western Australian store today as part of the final chapter of Mandurah Forum's $ 350 million redevelopment.

Among those that Moody's rates, there were nine defaults in the first quarter, an «all - time high,» as Moody's put it, «reflecting the fallout of changing consumer behavior and advancing e-commerce for traditional brick - and - mortar retail.»

Barbara Corcoran took an interest and six years later, Cousins Maine Lobster has become a national lobster franchise with 20 trucks in more than a dozen cities and some brick - and - mortar restaurants as well.

He seems compelled to add that his children are as obsessed with the iconic bricks as he is — but increasingly, successful entrepreneurs needn't find shelter in the «it's because of my kids» rationale for building with LEGO bricks.

The deployment of such technology is the latest move by a Canadian bank to beef up its digital capabilities as customers increasingly conduct their banking on mobile phones and computers, rather than over the phone or in a brick - and - mortar branch.

Earlier this year, Nike (nke) CEO Mark Parker said the retail landscape is «not in a steady state» as consumers spend more online and make fewer visits to brick - and - mortar stores.

Mahaney said the move to «heavy» brick - and - mortar assets in the grocery market was a «big acceleration» for Amazon, which had dipped into ventures such as bookstores in recent years.

The store, which is popular with teenagers, is the latest in a string of once - popular brick and mortar retailers that are now struggling as online sales cut into their sales.

The experiment itself was simple: a hundred and forty - five undergraduate students were given a standard test of creativity known as an «unusual use» task, in which they had two minutes to list as many uses as possible for mundane objects such as toothpicks, bricks, and clothes hangers.

«With Pokémon Go, you are seeing it as bypassing a lot of digital (marketing) channels that the brick and mortar shops have been relying on for the past few years,» said Christophe Jammet, director of social media and mobile at consultancy DDG in New York.

The lawn started at the beach and ran toward the front door for a quarter of a mile, jumping over sun - dials and brick walks and burning gardens — finally when it reached the house drifting up the side in bright vines as though from the momentum of its run.

But in November 2013, just as Wojcicki's company was gaining momentum, she hit a brick wall in the U.S..

Amazon bought Whole Foods in August 2017, which dealt a massive blow to US grocery stores as it forced its way into the brick - and - mortar market and threatened to drive prices down.

While «brick and mortar [retail] is a much bigger business... we have reached the tipping point» he said, as in - store purchases defy steep discounts and foot traffic falters.

They've taken out the middlemen and added costs of showrooms and as a result, offer an often superior mattress for less money and less hassle than you'd find in a brick - and - mortar store.

Danish toymaker Lego recently opened a new amusement park / museum / archive in Billund, Denmark, called Lego House, which pays homage to the iconic plastic brick in both function and form: the entire structure uses the same proportions as the toy version, making it appear to be something you could really snap together.

The original Judy's remains in business today, operating as it has since 1965, out of a brick building in the heart of Petersburg.

You can't make money running a showroom, and as brick and mortar stores close, jobs and tax revenue are getting lost — and even Amazon customers are losing something, in the form of a convenient place to check out products.

«Varying reports have also indicated weakness in the consumer economy due to flagging brick - and - mortar sales over the holiday weekend, but what we may really be seeing is an accelerating shift to online buying as mobile phones spur increased showrooming activity,» he continued.

Sprinkling in more references to daily specials at the brick - and - mortar locations can entice food truck customers to «dine in» as well.

Nordstrom, widely considered a technology leader among brick and mortar retailers, plans between this year and 2018 to have spent $ 1.2 billion on tech, including e-commerce, fulfillment centers, and in - store service enhancements, such as these connected fitting rooms.

But, as is the larger trend with online retailers, some are finding there's still value in those bricks - and - mortar operations.

Style guides like Noah are a key part of how Indochino, which began as an online retailer selling made - to - measure suits, plans to expand into the bricks - and - mortar world in a big way.

Much like their predecessors in traditional brick - and - mortars, online merchants are creating bundles (or also known as kits) to create a competitive advantage for their businesses.

I've also set some goals: In the near term, I want to add staff, grow my audience and increase sales; in the long term, I want to open a brick - and - mortar space somewhere in the States, to function as a design studio, store and workshop venuIn the near term, I want to add staff, grow my audience and increase sales; in the long term, I want to open a brick - and - mortar space somewhere in the States, to function as a design studio, store and workshop venuin the long term, I want to open a brick - and - mortar space somewhere in the States, to function as a design studio, store and workshop venuin the States, to function as a design studio, store and workshop venue.

The collection, which is organic and made locally in Toronto, is currently sold in the company's two downtown Toronto brick & mortar stores, as well as across North America through the company's online shop.

Honest, which first launched as a direct - to - consumer business, currently stocks goods in around 18,000 brick - and - mortar locations.

As the company increased its customer base from 15 brick distributors in 1987 to 115 in 1992, Robinson started a distributor training school that employees also can attend.

Toys «R» Us is in talks to sell its entire Canadian business as it works to shutter its 70 - year - old U.S. operations, but analysts are skeptical about the future of the brick - and - mortar toy retailer's existing business model.

While the lower tax rate gives Amazon an advantage over brick - and - mortar retailers in Alabama, local governments are not getting as much revenue as they could be receiving.

For example, in a 2012 study conducted by two researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara, 145 undergraduates were asked to come up with as many uses for daily objects (clothes hangers, bricks, toothbrushes, etc.) as they could in two minutes — a standard exercise to measure creativity.

As prices drop at Whole Foods, and Amazon steps up its game further in online grocery shopping, competitors in the brick - and - mortar and e-retail spaces alike will have to lower prices or risk losing customers.

Increasingly, digital retailers are finding value in weaving story elements around their products as a way of compensating for the lack of the sensory experience one finds in brick - and - mortar stores.

Not only has it made itself the world's largest online retailer, but it's permanently altered the retail world, causing seismic shifts in consumer spending habits as well as changing the game for all brick - and - mortar businesses.

This trend, called «showrooming» is often cited as a factor in the decline of brick and mortar stores.

These plans were started years ago, but as Mr Richter often remarks the downward trend in brick and mortar retail has been going on for quite a while.

The DOL's former head of wage enforcement, David Weil, recently suggested that weighing whether gig economy workers should be classified as employees or independent contractors is not so different than making the same determination for workers at brick - and - mortar businesses.84 Existing legal tests to determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor are multifactor, fact - based exercises based on the level of control a company exerts over the workers in question.

After one of their toughest years ever, beleaguered U.S. retailers are enjoying a pickup in quarterly sales, helping to boost the shares of many brick - and - mortar operators even as the stock market stumbles this year.

Acme, the brick - maker, was listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as making the biggest brick in history, a nine - foot - long monster dubbed «Baby Clay.»

While many industries require large, upfront investments — and, in many cases, an additional cost of maintaining a brick and mortar location — the cleaning industry has the fewest barriers when it comes to not only starting your business but growing it as well.

Industry employment patterns reveal job losses in retail trade, down about 80,000 over the past four months, as brick and mortar stores lose demand to internet sales.

Now, we can see in hindsight that its recent dithering around the brick - and - mortar experience, as an experiment, was only a rumbling of the seismic event in the offing.»

As we transition into the hybrid phase of transformation — in which digital companies acquire brick - and - mortar businesses, and traditional businesses reorganize from end to end — it would behoove all directors to become more digitally cognizant.

In the past ~ 2 years, NVP has invested in a number of vertical - specific solutions across a variety of sectors, including The Retail Equation (brick and mortar retail); The Rainmaker Group (multi-family housing); as well as CareCloud and Health Catalyst (healthcareIn the past ~ 2 years, NVP has invested in a number of vertical - specific solutions across a variety of sectors, including The Retail Equation (brick and mortar retail); The Rainmaker Group (multi-family housing); as well as CareCloud and Health Catalyst (healthcarein a number of vertical - specific solutions across a variety of sectors, including The Retail Equation (brick and mortar retail); The Rainmaker Group (multi-family housing); as well as CareCloud and Health Catalyst (healthcare).

Silicon Valley investors are surely hoping more will follow in PetSmart's path, as brick - and - mortar retailers struggle to adapt to the impact of changing shopping behaviors.