Sentences with phrase «at big chain stores»

It seemed a perfect fit: Moore has a book to promote (he told the crowd at the bookstore last night that he had no interest in doing signings at big chain stores), and St. Mark's Bookshop is itself in trouble, and has asked its landlord, Cooper Union, the private engineering, architecture and art college, to reduce its $ 20,000 monthly rent (with backup from a local petition and a community board resolution).

«Often by carrying a specialty brand that is healthier and not available at the big chain stores, they can differentiate themselves and build customer loyalty.»

and they turn away before you respond you get at the bigger chain stores.

«Customers may be willing to pay for shipping [if] they can't find the same item at a big chain store or on Amazon,» ShippingEasy's Zaleski said.

Not exact matches

For every $ 100 we spend at a big box or chain, only about $ 14 stays in the neighborhood, but when you shop at a local store, $ 45 stays in the community.

Meanwhile, it's clear that other chains are winning: In the third quarter of 2014, while McDonald's same - store sales were falling about 3 %, those at Chipotle Mexican Grill, the big cheese of the burrito world, were soaring 20 %.

After decades of spectacular growth, the chain appears to be hitting the wall: same - store sales - growth is sagging in Canada, where Tims is suddenly facing tough new competition from McDonald's new McCafé rebrand, clearly aimed at taking a big gulp out of the market leader's coffee sales.

The stores — most of which are in shopping malls, and at 1,400 square feet are much smaller than Best Buy's 40,000 - square - foot big - box stores — have become less profitable for the Richfield - based electronics chain.

Customers who don't have that option are expecting big changes to their grocery stores, and the current model that hasn't evolved in decades quickly becomes a bigger frustration at larger chains.

While the kits continue to see expansion at big chains like Kroger and Publix, which plan to launch them nationwide this year, the challenge seems to be with smaller convenience stores that can't quite make the numbers work.

It is available online and in many specialty cake supply stores, I have yet to see this stuff at the big chain grocers.

Woolworths supermarkets have reinvigorated their growth rates after a turnaround plan by Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci, and are expected to produce double - digit earnings growth for 2017 - 18, although that renewed confidence is being tempered by the big losses at the company's discount department store chain Bigbig losses at the company's discount department store chain BigBig W.

You will enjoy finding one - of - a-kind items at our unique stores and quaint boutiques in the Downtown, or find just about anything you need at our local chain retailers, furniture stores or big box stores.

The big break came only after investigators realized that many of the afflicted had shopped at a national warehouse grocery store chain.

graduates go straight into jobs at community pharmacies — from big chains to small independent stores.

When you're shopping, it's best to buy at a big - chain supplement store or pharmacy like GNC or The Vitamin Shoppe; they may act faster to pull recalled items than smaller stores.

I was searching a big chain like Anthro's but at store near my house I only found this bracelet!

I used to work at a big chain tire store, and chrome going bad on wheels is pretty common.

Under that 1981 law, books in the country were sold at a fixed price, which was meant to protect small booksellers from the ravages of big box discount stores and retail chains that were already cropping up even then.

Then my first publisher, Zeus Publications, gave me some more ideas, arranged my first radio interview and my first book - signing at an Angus and Robertson store (one of the biggest book store chains in Australia at the time but sadly gone now).

That's assuming you can get into bookstores at all: most indie shops will only take self - published books on consignment, and big chain stores won't stock them, period.

In the case of publishing, I've heard publishing execs boast about how only they can pay author advances (critical for authors seeking to make a living from writing, but less so for enthusiastic hobbyists), and only they can get a book onto that front table at a big bookseller chain (also important, but less so in the era of digital book stores), but I believe the most important role that publishers perform is the one they are strangely reluctant to celebrate: the editor and the process of editing an author's manuscript into a readable book.

At the big chains, Dollarama and the Great Canadian Dollar Store, we didn't find a single item that was past its best - before date.

While there were no chain or big - box stores at the time, some independent mega-stores were making it tough for smaller establishments to compete on price.

«We will continue to create new unique designs [for the P.L.A.Y. Artist Collection] that delight consumers, because those are styles that you don't see repeatedly at every big - box and chain store,» she adds.

The rise of chain and big - box stores has managed to do at least one positive thing for aquatic shoppers.

Different big name pet store chains, like Petsmart and Petco do have adoption coupons that your adopters can get if you have them sign the contract at the store.

Being a small business these days can be difficult, and we would like to express our gratitude to the people that have supported small businesses in their communities instead of shopping at chains and big box stores.

By carrying [high - quality] dog treats that are not readily available at the big box competitors, retailers are reinforcing the notion that dog lovers can find products at their store they can't find at the chain stores.»

In general, people should try to avoid, to the best of their abilities, making purchases at big - box stores or staying in multinational hotel chains.

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.

I further thought out an overarching process for the series in which I visit multinational chains and big box stores such as Walmart, IKEA, TJMaxx, Home Depot etc. and look carefully through their aisles searching for objects that through the process of re-contextualization could point to the subject at hand.

Made from 100 percent certified - organic cotton, Loomstate for Target's warm - weather casuals, priced from $ 14.99 to $ 44.99, will be launching at Target.com and select Target stores nationwide on April 19.Eco - fashion - watchers know, of course, that this isn't designer Rogan Gregory's first dalliance with the big - box chain.

Yes, in some cases that can be done, but not often at the big stores, and chains of retailers.

In fact, the chain has been diligently looking at almost every mid-size big - box opportunity that has hit the market over the past year, says Andy Graiser, co-president of real estate consulting and advisory firm DJM Realty, including vacant Borders and Linens»n Things stores.

«It's such a shame how much food is thrown away at a retail level,» says Seifert who has lobbied big grocery store chains to donate more and throw away less.