Sentences with phrase «at chain 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.»

The fabric of these pants is fabulous, and so much better than what I generally see at chain stores like Banana Republic.

You can pick up anything you'd typically purchase at chain stores.

The value, of course, goes without saying — especially with cribs at chain stores that start the $ 200 and $ 300 range.

According to Gault, most prices are negotiable — even at chain stores like Best Buy and Macy's.

The first bunch were retail workers at a chain store.

«It's something that doesn't always happen at a chain store,» Weekley says.

He says cooking burgers or, even being a sales clerk at a chain store, did not used to be a career but a «first step» towards something better.

Coulson suggests that if you are shopping at a chain store you may be able to make an appointment in advance with the manager or staff gemologist.

According to economist Michael Shuman, every dollar spent locally produces up to four times the economic benefit — in terms of jobs, income and tax revenue — than a dollar spent at a chain store.

If you slip and fall down at a chain store, the store most likely will do an incident report and try to assess your injuries.

The honeycomb mirror over the fireplace was an inexpensive piece bought at a chain store.

Not exact matches

A company that became a national phenomenon with retail alchemy — a rare ability to attract millions with hip designer items at clear - out prices — has seen that delicate formula stifled by excessive caution and a strangling bureaucracy, even as competitors emulated Target's approach, and fast - fashion retailers like H&M, off - price chains such as T.J. Maxx, and dollar stores all muscled onto its turf.

After graduating from a business retail management program at Sheridan College in Ontario, White took a job in the men's shoe department at the now - defunct Bretton's department store chain.

Not purchases at the SKU level — they largely don't know what you bought at West Elm or Cheesecake Factory — but they do know that you spend $ 350 at a furniture store and $ 75 at a casual food chain.

At one point he owned 159 Little Caesars Pizza stores, making him the Detroit - based chain's largest franchisee.

The original «Soylent» flavor will not be available for purchase at the convenience store chain.

Legere earned money making fries at a fast - food chain, running a ride at an amusement park, washing floors at a candy store, making plastic cowboy hats and peeling potatoes in a diner — the list goes on.

The company only sells assault - style weapons at the 35 stores in its Field & Stream chain.

Employees at all points along the supply chain were to ensure those items made it to stores and stayed in stock.

Claire's Stores Inc., another chain that sells some toys, also is said to be nearing bankruptcy — though it's not at the point of being shut down.

«My intent was to take that department - store kiosk model and put it online,» says founder Sam Hogg, who came up with the idea while taking a Sustainable Supply Chain class at Michigan State University.

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.

A SoapWorks customer herself, Davidson says store managers at the 131 - store chain reported such «huge demand» from customers that she decided to stock an expanded product line.

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 %.

In acquiring supermarket chain Whole Foods, Amazon has launched a similar service, where shoppers can return purchases made on Amazon.com at the grocer's more than 400 stores.

But in a new move, one similar to the practice last year at fellow Minneapolis retailer Best Buy, the discount chain will close its stores at midnight and re-open them at 6 a.m. on Black Friday.

Most concerning is the 4.1 % decline in same - store sales in the U.S. Higher prices and more intense competition are hurting the chain, not to mention that sense of shame and self - loathing many consumers experience at McDonald's.

With at least 10 retail bankruptcies so far this year among major U.S. chains and waves of individual store closures, traditional brick - and - mortar shopping looks wobbly.

The recent experience of a friend of mine with a chain store (names and trademarks omitted to protect the innocent) provides a cautionary tale at the intersection of ethics and customer service.

Many of these practices were in place when researchers began an eight - month pretest at Gap to study the effects of more stable schedules for retail workers in three of the chain's stores.

On every lunch break he took with CEO Brian Lee, the two would follow their meal with a stop at the nearby Daiso, a Japanese dollar store chain.

Fishing and hunting equipment chain Cabela's said it agreed to be bought by rival Bass Pro Shops in a deal valued at $ 5.5 billion that will help the privately held company nearly double its store count in North America.

Last week, Sears reported that comparable sales last quarter fell 7.5 % at its Kmart discount chain and dropped by 9.6 % at its namesake stores.

The average revenue generated by some key items is up 10 % at the store, and Gennette tells Fortune he thinks he can replicate those results throughout the chain.

It's part of a far - reaching effort by the nation's largest department store chain to regain its former mantle as a tastemaker among better brands at its 664 stores nationwide.

The chain has shrunk space at some stores and sold others back to mall developers like General Growth.

To that end, the chain opened its second flagship store in the Metropolis at Metrotown mall in Burnaby, B.C. last week.

A Reddit user who said they had worked at McDonald's for five years broke down the chain of command at the store:

The chain also says it has beauty advisers at thousands of stores.

April 17 - Bon - Ton Stores Inc, a bankrupt department store chain, will begin a going - out - of - business sale at its 200 U.S. locations in the coming days after two liquidators won an auction for the company, two sources close to the situation told Reuters on Tuesday.

Bersin describes a grocery chain that used software to uncover high turnover at several stores and then fired the manager.

DAMAC Properties had initially said it would stand by Trump, even as another of the billionaire's Middle East partners, the Lifestyle chain of department stores, halted sales of his «Trump Home» line on Wednesday in protest at his comments.

After 31 years at the grocery store chain, he's creating another kind of socially conscious business.

So it was that J.C. Penney (jcp), the long - stagnating mid-tier department store chain, announced in June 2011 that it was hiring Ron Johnson, the man in charge of Apple's (aapl) wildly profitable retail stores and a Steve Jobs acolyte whose golden halo also included past triumphs as an executive at Target (tgt).

One of the chain's top priorities has been to reduce out - of - stocks while avoiding too much of one item at a store.

These goals were announced as the chain reported that global sales at restaurants open at least a year, or same - store sales, increased 5.9 % in 2015, with net income for the year reaching $ 44.1 million.

Like chain - retail record stores before it, video game retail's days are numbered and its demise will come at the hands of the same killer: the Internet.

The logistics turned out to be relatively simple: The chain spent roughly $ 60 per store on signage and opted to fix the exchange rate at 12 pesos to the dollar — slightly higher than the going rate — to cover any market fluctuations and banking fees.

Sally Smith, president and CEO at Buffalo Wild Wings, acknowledged her restaurant chain was «dissatisfied to report a same - store sales decline and we're undertaking several sales - driving initiatives to regain momentum.»