Sentences with phrase «as smaller chains»

The current bookstore landscape now includes Barnes & Noble and Books - A-Million, as well as smaller chains and independent bookstores, such as Powell's.

Not exact matches

There's all the major chains like DSW, Gap, Lululemon, as well as small - town boutiques to scour for one - of - a-kind pieces.

«Think about how you, as a business owner, want to impact the world,» said Darn Good Yarn's Snow, who has made it her mission to create opportunities for other people and small businesses within her supply chain.

But for small music - store chains, there's bad news, too: national chains are buying up or displacing smaller players, and music stores are losing market share to record clubs and other retailers, such as warehouse clubs and discount chains.

But as large companies shore up their security systems in response to high - profile data breaches, that means «the bad guys are moving down the food chain, where folks are not as prepared,» says Brian Casazza, CIO at Vistage, a training organization for small - and mid-sized businesses.

And Shake Shack's (shak) shares have fallen back to earth, plummeting below $ 35 from over $ 90, as investors realized that the small burger chain's growth couldn't justify its Mars - orbit valuations.

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.

Moog's technology chief George Small said the aerospace industry, like other highly regulated sectors such as the medical and nuclear power industries, was expending considerable effort on tracking parts across the supply chain to keep up with quality and regulatory demands.

What started off as a small hot dog stand in a Chicago suburb is now a chain that operates over 40 locations throughout the US.

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.

The payoff: For 76 - year - old Pacific Seafood, which also supplies large grocery chains such as Kroger, Sweetgreen is a smaller but important customer.

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.

As for Fred's, the deal would have turned the small Southern chain into more of a national player.

The breach at Arby's comes as many credit unions and smaller banks are still feeling the financial pain from fraud related to a similar breach at the fast food chain Wendy's.

While small in their physical footprints, the store closings will be another setback for shopping malls that have been grappling with declining traffic and a rash of store closures in the last year as a number of chains have gone bankrupt or pared back their stores amid the rise in online shopping.

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.

Plus, 3D manufacturing and just - in - time production capabilities argue for smaller supply chains; as does greater decentralization in energy production and markets.

The sound of chain saws began to fill the silence that spread across San Juan late Wednesday afternoon as firefighters began to remove trees and used small bulldozers to lift toppled concrete light posts.

It might be a small opportunity, such as the chance to pick up a new client, or a large one, such as getting your product on the shelves in a large retail chain, but as a small business owner, you have to keep scanning the horizon yourself and positioning yourself to benefit from the opportunities that you find.

Small business employers also provide access to larger networks such as supply chains, therefore protecting this information against increasing cyber threats is critical.

Also, the chain introduced a smaller footprint and investments in technology such as online ordering, third - party delivery, and the eventual rollout of delivery - only stores.

The PowerShares S&P Small Cap Consumer Discretionary ETF (PSCD), which counts fast - growing restaurant chains such as DineEquity (DIN) and Texas Roadhouse (TXRH) among its top holdings, has fallen roughly 9.8 % since Wingstop's IPO.

Small hotels to large international hotel chains can now accept bitcoin quickly and easily as a form a payment through

Provost joined Chili's in March 2017 after serving as president of Maggiano's, a smaller chain also owned by Chili's parent company Brinker International.

I envision it as a series of cartoons with the ball getting increasingly smaller because I have yet to actually cut the chain!

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.

Now RAAW ™ Juices are available in Von's Pavilions, Raleys, Marsh, Giant Eagle, Tops, The Fresh Market, SuperValu, Safeway, a number of Whole Foods regions and larger supermarket chains, as well as the smaller independents in which RAAW ™ Juices were first introduced.

The Agrifood Markets and Value Chain chapter analyses the organic agriculture option as one of the strategies to help small farmers sell to markets, together with fair trade and «short - chain strategies&raChain chapter analyses the organic agriculture option as one of the strategies to help small farmers sell to markets, together with fair trade and «short - chain strategies&rachain strategies».

Instead of being cleaved in twain by our enzymes and absorbed as glucose, resistant starch (RS) travels unscathed through the small intestine into the colon, where colonic gut flora metabolize it into short chain fatty acids.

John teaches regularly for the Court of Master Sommeliers, as well as the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers and the Wine & Spirits Education Trust, and he consults on restaurant beverage programs, from small neighborhood operations to national chains.

«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.

Focusing on small to mid-size markets, which have proven successful in the past, the chain is finding similar markets in locations such as the Carolinas.

La Preferida's products can be found in major grocery chains as well as smaller, specialty independent retailers throughout the United States and online.

If there are no chain restaurants that offer gluten - free menus nearby, such as Outback Steakhouse or P.F. Chang's China Bistro, develop a relationship with a small local eatery with an agreeable chef who's willing to work with you.

But chief executive Darren De Bortoli said the biggest threat to his business - as well as other winemakers - was not the rising dollar, which was making exports uncompetitive, nor the power of the two leading supermarket chains, but the «rorting» of the WET tax rebate by small uneconomic growers who are flooding the market with cheap loss - making wine.

«Furthermore, the increase in market share as a result of the proposed acquisition would be relatively small and JBS would continue to be constrained in the market for the acquisition of fat cattle by a number of alternative abattoirs and supermarket chains,» Mr Sims said.

This industry titan's decision to eliminate the perpetual confinement of breeding pigs inside small cages from their supply chain reinforces the food industry's view of gestation crates as unsustainable and inhumane.»

This is simply not the case and as manufacturers of the product with an intimate knowledge of the supply chain and what it costs to produce a can or bottle of drink, members both large and small tell me the price has to rise» said the Beverages Council's CEO, Mr Geoff Parker.

Processes such as contract approvals were becoming more complicated and CCA's smaller operational customers, such as convenience stores and food bars, accused the company of favouring the larger chains and charging more than it used to.

Tjard Westbroek, global sector head of supply chains at Rabobank, said: «As market trends, such as environmental footprint, sustainability, access to recycled material and food safety make it more difficult for smaller players to cope with growing investment necessities, it is inevitable that further market consolidation will happeAs market trends, such as environmental footprint, sustainability, access to recycled material and food safety make it more difficult for smaller players to cope with growing investment necessities, it is inevitable that further market consolidation will happeas environmental footprint, sustainability, access to recycled material and food safety make it more difficult for smaller players to cope with growing investment necessities, it is inevitable that further market consolidation will happen.

Organic agriculture — identified as a package of intelligent and innovative farming techniques, sustainable and fair food chains based on principles that strengthen small - scale farmers and empower rural economies - are being adopted globally by governments and local authorities, carried out by millions of farmers and supported by a rapidly increasing number of consumers.

As the food supply chain in Australia became steadily more centralised over the decades, the viability of the small - scale, diversified family farming model was increasingly threatened, as Gary explaineAs the food supply chain in Australia became steadily more centralised over the decades, the viability of the small - scale, diversified family farming model was increasingly threatened, as Gary explaineas Gary explained:

They may not have the major marketing budgets that national chains have, but smaller full - service chains have found effective strategies to endear themselves to consumers in a big way.Sometimes it's as simple as pacing the progress, often it involves menu engineering, but always it demands agile and consistent execution.

Over the past twenty years or so, Australia has seen the demise of hundreds of small grocery stores, butchers, bakers, florists, greengrocers, pharmacists, newsagents, liquor outlets and other small retailers as a direct result of the continuous expansion of major supermarket chains and major speciality retailers, often subsidiaries of the same conglomerate.

Ms Mardirossian points out that, as a relatively small player in the global retail arena — compared with Walmart, for example — Woolworths has only limited capacity to influence its supply chain.

Restaurant Business Magazine also recognized Rock & Brews as one of the «Future 50» fastest - growing small chains in America in its June 2015 issue.

As a small child I handmade presents, from little fimo baskets of flowers to paintings, embroideries and felt creations, which has evolved into Chain of Snow Daisies!

Proteins are made of numerous amino acid compounds linked together to form long chains.6 The immune system of a baby with cow's milk allergy mistakenly sees some cow's milk protein chains as harmful, and allergic reactions occur as it tries to fight them off.7 Imagine breaking apart these long protein chains into lots of smaller chains composed of only a handful of linked amino acids.8 That's what the cow's milk protein in Nutramigen ® with Enflora ™ LGG ® * looks like.

The report is launched as part of the new FOE's Food Chain Campaign which seeks to protect small farms and prevent the decline of the sector which currently sees 4,000 jobs lost every year.

After the tech hub is erected, one theory goes, more residential and commercial development — such as luxury and market - rate apartment buildings, chain stores, and hotels — would change the community character, make the surrounding areas less affordable to small businesses and unrecognizable to long - time residents.