Sentences with phrase «big big box»

Instead I bought a big big box of fresh Swedish blueberries and made myself a blueberry coconut super smoothie.

And abandonment by the biggest big box store in the States was insult to injury.

Not exact matches

It's hard to differentiate from one big box store to another; they offer the same products and generally the same price.

UPS told Reuters it is now eyeing the furniture delivery business — one of the fastest - growing segments of online retail — with Amazon, Wayfair and other e-commerce companies competing for market share against chains like Crate and Barrel and big - box stores.

Meaning, whatever big box store you frequent — or the social media network you check when you're bored — is able to see your digital footprints so as to know what you like and dislike.

That seems to be the principle behind the forays into smaller format stores that big box giant Target (TGT) and rival Wal - Mart Stores (WMT) are undertaking.

Of course, even over-hyped, big - budget blockbusters can turn into major flops at the box office.

Its Sam's Club unit is still slugging it out with Costco in the big box category but earlier investments in groceries from meat and produce to floral and pharmacy appear to be paying off.

In big box retail, Alibaba recently announced a $ 2.9 billion investment in China's second - largest hypermarket, Sun Art Retail; in the medium - sized sector, Alibaba has invested in the Sanjiang supermarket chain; and in small retail, Alibaba is aligning with Lianhua's Quik convenience stores.

Boxed is especially great for bulk purchases (since you get bigger discounts the more you buy), and that makes it particularly convenient for group living.

Anybody can build a big box.

But teaming up with BuzzFeed means he can fix one of the biggest problems Quirky struggled with — dealing with big box retailers.

«It was a tough year,» for us, he says, «mostly because we're making that big shift of turning away big - box retailers.»

While Walmart only had to deal with a weak and closing Zellers in the recent past, it now has to compete with fellow big box retailer Target.

Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya speaks with CNBC's Kelly Evans at the Sohn Conference about Box being his best investment idea for the year, as well as the growth of big data and consumers» privacy rights.

The company plans to follow its customers as they move back to cities, with new urban locations that are smaller than its 1,800 big boxes, and stop playing catch - up when it comes to digital.

The big - box chain has a yield in line with its frugal prices — a bargain - basement 1.2 % — but that dividend has been rising 24 % a year over the past 10 years.

«A big - box retailer like Bed Bath and Beyond is going 90 to net 100 days to pay you,» he says.

Hollywood is wrapping up another big year at the box office.

Christmas sales are significant online but smaller sites unable to compete with either big box stores or Amazon are focused on the basics.

As opposed to big - box stores, you can adapt more quickly to changing market conditions and provide better customer service, unique products, and community benefits.

The Smiths say they plan to continue to try and make more inroads into big - box retailers, wholesale clubs like Costco and dollar stores, as those types of stores are consuming more of the grocery market.

It's worth pointing out that Box's decision to go public may be tied to one of its biggest competitor's decisions to go public — Dropbox.

Around the conductor's waist hangs a yellow control box about the size of a small backpack, what Union Pacific calls the «big belt pack.»

It's always been challenging for small businesses to compete with big - box chains and giant corporations.

Big boxes of pre-measured ingredients will arrive once a week, with simple recipe cards that will instruct customers how to cook three fresh, out - of - the - ordinary meals that supposedly only take around 35 minutes to prepare.

I secured advertising by calling up big brands from the school phone box, telling them their rivals were already advertising with us and playing them off against each other.

Rather than building more big box stores to sell grocery, health, and beauty products under one roof, Loblaw will be able to use urban - friendly Shoppers locations to offer its President's Choice brand items while the drug stores continue to sell pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.

Steve's heartwarming story certainly endears people to him and gives them a reason to do business with All Vacuum Center over the big - box stores, but it's not enough.

One way to reduce costs, he recommends, is to reduce «dead space» in shipping boxes that might be too big for the item, which drives up prices.

Best Buy decided to instead invest in its big - box stores, where the company can provide «a better experience because there's more space.»

Since last year, Peninsula Shops has signed up about 80 businesses, many of which, facing competition from big - box retailers and feeling the effects of the recession, desperately needed a new tactic to get customers in the door.

Before James Cameron made «Avatar» and broke all box - office records, he was planning on making the big - screen adaptation of «Battle Angel Alita,» the famous manga series created by Yukito Kishiro.

Record numbers of consumers drive out to malls, big boxes and smaller retailers only to be ignored by skeleton staffs and made to feel like they are troubling the staff when asking for help.

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

Lawmakers and activists saw an even bigger problem, comparing the purchasable loot boxes, in a game likely to have a large audience of minors, as akin to encouraging children to gamble.

Non-Prime users spend a little more than half that ($ 700), but they may be picking up the tab elsewhere, like in the cost of gas to shop in - store, the higher price of items from big - box retailers, and shipping from other stores.

Dylan Lauren, founder of the glam candy retailer, turned down a partnership with the big - box retailer during its startup phase.

In its early days, this luxe brand Dylan's Candy Bar turned down a partnership with the big box retailer Target.

CNBC's «Squawk Box» breaks down the latest headlines on Softbank's offer to buy Uber shares at a big discount.

Big - box retailer Kohl's announced this week that, beginning 6 a.m. on Dec. 19, its stores will stay open for 132 hours until 6 p.m. on Dec. 24.

Instead of a traditional mattress you'd buy at Sleepy's, Casper stuffs a big, fluffy mattress into a box and delivers it right to your door.

While the big box stores are promoting deals and savings around every corner, you can reach out to your local customers in a more personal and direct way.

«Somewhat surprisingly... interpersonal skills is where we're seeing the biggest imbalance,» Weiner told CNBC's «Squawk Box» in April.

«Wonder Woman» has a 92 % rating on Rotten Tomatoes and had the biggest US box - office opening ever for a female director.

Because of its dominance at the box office, it recently surpassed Titanic to become the third biggest release in U.S. history.

Lacapra: If you buy one of the products from one of the large companies, they can give you a box, or a bigger box, or a bigger box, but what you end up with is a bunch of different boxes that you have to manage individually.

As one analyst recently told me, many consumer electronics will soon be coming out of cereal boxes, which explains the «bloodbath» currently happening among Japanese companies, where big losses and merger talk is all the rage.

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.

Look at some of the biggest successes of our era and tell me the founders / CEOs haven't gone through some serious stresses: Levie at Box, Houston at DropBox, Kalanick at Uber and recently Costolo at Twitter.