Sentences with phrase «as big chain»

While this number is growing, it's nowhere near as large as big chain hotels.

While this number is growing, it's nowhere near as large as big chain hotels.

Either the public is becoming increasingly willing to see that percentage rise, or if that's not the case, there will be a large void left as the biggest chains chase the smaller minority that do want to spend more.

It is a logical and efficient way for a small bookstore to expand its footprint, especially as big chains have shuttered locations, leaving a vacuum for enterprising independent stores to fill.

Marriott, based in Bethesda, Maryland, completed its purchase of Starwood on Friday, surpassing Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. as the biggest chain by number of rooms and market value.

However, they face the same physical space limitations as the big chains do, perhaps even more so.

Taupo has the full spectrum of men, women, kids and baby's clothing from boutique local stores as well as some big chains and fabulous op - shopping at prices that are downright reasonable.

Not exact matches

As a result, Amazon was able to claim a significant portion of the big box chain's retail audience.

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

While their customer and financial data may not be as big of a catch as, say, that of Target or some other global big - box retail chain, there are plenty of opportunities to hit mom and pop operations.

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.

Hari has been able to convince big chains to make system - wide changes in the past by isolating one or two ingredients, such as the «yoga mat chemical» or corn syrup, that she feels are especially dangerous for customers and would be feasible for the company to cut.

Just two years after the controversy, Chick - fil - A beat KFC to become the biggest chicken chain in the US in sales, despite having fewer than half as many locations.

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.

Panera (PNRA), meanwhile, generated headlines last year as it took a big step toward reducing the use of antibiotics and confinement of animals in its supply chain.

The restaurant chain says digital orders could make up half of the total business down the road, which means it could be just as big of a business as it is for pizza chains today.

As other coffee chains edge into its lane in popular product areas like cold - brew coffee (see: Peet's, Chick - fil - A, and Le Pain Quotidien), CEO Howard Schultz is betting big on better tech.

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.

But CEO Cheryl Bachelder says that as the chain expands in the US and abroad, the company's biggest competitors are not KFC and Chick - fil - A, two other quickly growing chicken chains.

Kroger (KR), the nation's largest supermarket chain, on Friday is expected to report second - quarter revenue that outpaces Wall Street's forecasts as the company has expanded its organic foods offerings to offset the consumer shift away from big box stores.

That tack paid off as the advent of big natural - foods chains turned out to benefit — not harm — even tiny players in the $ 48 - billion nutrition industry.

China last week suspended Marriott International's Chinese website for a week to punish the world's biggest hotel chain for listing Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau as separate countries in a customer questionnaire.

As such, big merchants and retailers such as donut - and - coffee chain Tim Hortons, which recently showed off cashless payments, are geared up and readAs such, big merchants and retailers such as donut - and - coffee chain Tim Hortons, which recently showed off cashless payments, are geared up and readas donut - and - coffee chain Tim Hortons, which recently showed off cashless payments, are geared up and ready.

The move from the world's biggest coffee chain also comes as smaller rivals such as Peet's Coffee and Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf also offer non-soy dairy milk alternatives.

They will also impact many of Wal - Mart's big retail rivals, such as Target Corp (TGT.N), and fast - food chains like McDonald «sCorp (MCD.N).

Shares of the world's biggest fast food chain by revenue rose more than 5 percent as global same - restaurant sales topped Wall Street forecasts, driven by the strength in mature markets especially the United Kingdom and Germany.

It's also a break from the food business, where Berkshire (BRKA) has done a string of big deals recently, including Heinz and Kraft, as well as providing financing for Burger King's acquisition of Canadian doughnut chain Tim Horton's.

Trying to clean up a supply chain is nothing new — big corporations have been at it for years, mainly as a way to mitigate risks and dodge the next big scandal.

The company said Thursday it sold a majority stake to an affiliate of Roark Capital Group, an investor in such big - name fast - food chains such as Carl's Jr., Hardee's and Arby's.

Walmart retreats from Britain's fiercely - competitive grocery market as J Sainsbury plc, the country's second - biggest grocery store chain, confirms a $ 10 billion deal to merge the Bentonville, Arkansas - based group's Asda business.

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.

Susan Lyne, a co-founder of BBG Ventures, confirms that «the biggest issue is not the number of women starting companies, but the access to capital as you move up the food chain.»

That would give it control of a big part of the supply chain of vital phone components such as Wi - Fi and cellular modem chips.

Using Pagemodo, a local bakery can post beautiful product announcements, hold user contests, and track their followers just as easily as a big fast food chain with a pricey marketing agency.

Publix CEO Todd Jones made $ 2.48 million in total compensation in his first full year as the head of Florida's biggest supermarket chain, a 28 percent increase over the year before.

As the chain gets bigger it will not only cannibalize existing locations but also see less spending per visit.

The founder of Ikea has sent a letter to 25,000 employees worldwide explaining his past involvement with pro-Nazi groups as a mistake of misguided youth, the big home furnishing chain said today.

Sainsbury's, the U.K.'s second - biggest grocery chain, said Saturday it is in advanced discussions about a merger with Walmart Inc.'s British unit, Asda, as retailers adjust to swiftly changing shopping habits.

Dmitrijs has also gained valuable sales and marketing experience while working as the Head of Sales in a hardware startup and while managing marketing related projects in the biggest retail chain in the Baltics.

Black Monday — and the days that followed — serve as a reminder that even record one - day events don't necessarily set off big, bad chain reactions.

«Other chains still exist — Sunrise, Archambault, London Drugs, Best Buy, Wal - Mart — but none was a big as HMV when it came to being a pure music player.»

Speaking as an Agnostic (thank you very much), isn't this the same situation as the Christian pharmacist who was let go by some big pharmacy chain because he refused to fill prescriptions for birth control?

The production of news and information became big business, as more and more small town newspapers and even large city independents became part of huge newspaper chains.

«Tini,» the child of the church struggle, as he was called, was swinging Gollwitzer's big watch on its chain, while the young pastor waxed ever more anxious.

As the food chain progresses, big fish eats little fish et cetera, the bigger fish end up consuming all of those chemicals and fish like tuna and salmon end up ridden with them.

As the biggest buffalo wing chain in the country continues to grow, so does its selection of delicious sauces.

Also, as they are lower down the food chain, compared to tuna and marlin, they have lower levels of mercury compared to those bigger fish.

«Trying to figure out [what to] do or not do seems to be a real big challenge for us,» he states, noting that it prefers to add small programs as opposed to other chains that add «full - sized delis» to their locations.

In 2010, CDG acquired a chain of retail stores known as Big Daddy's, allowing for the distribution group to etch out an even larger share of the beer, wines and spirits market on the islands.

Mr Clarke has wrestled with the big supermarket chains such as Tesco and Sainsbury in the United Kingdom earlier in his career, when he was running Premier Foods with a portfolio of products including Bisto gravy, Mr Kipling cakes and Sharwood's Asian flavours.