Sentences with phrase «big box retailers which»

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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.

I am fully aware that it may not work and turned down opportunity from several big box retailers after appearing on TV (which was slightly terrifying).

Unlike Black Friday, which typically features sales big - box retailers, and Cyber Monday, a day heavily focused on e-commerce, Small Business Saturday is designed to encourage shoppers to check out small businesses.

It is a blow to the toy industry, which has relied on the retailer for supplying row after row of toys and premium pricing, and who now must look to big box stores and Amazon.

The big - box retailer announced Thursday it was hiking pay and handing out one - time bonuses, which was applauded by many, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

big - box retailer announced Thursday it was hiking pay and handing out one - time bonuses, which was applauded by many, including Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.

Despite this growth, Pete's remains family owned and operated, which gives it an authenticity and special touch that other big - box retailers might not have, according to Executive Officer Vanessa Dremonas, daughter of its founder and owner.

The Big Box retailer, which is the country's largest private employer, has tried several times to break into the New York market — most recently in 2005.

It could be that the bookshops that remain have already weathered the worst of the challenges posed by «big - box» retailers, which are in decline, and the movement to online shopping.

Then there's the Amazon factor, and big box retailers, which complicate the «bestseller» issue further.

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.

Kobo is one of the only companies to abide by this principle, which is why many big box retailers ditched Amazon e-readers.

He's right to sweat the details, especially now that his competition has gone from slow - moving big - box retailers to tech giants like Apple, which has even deeper deep pockets and is as comfortable with long - term investments as Amazon.

He's right to sweat the details, especially now that his competition has gone from slow - moving big - box - retailers to tech giants like Apple, which has even deeper deep pockets and is as comfortable with long - term investments as Amazon.

Let's start with the big - box discounters, which came into being at the same time other retail channels were expanding (like WalMart, Target, Home Depot, Lowe's).

But the big - box toy retailer is struggling with $ 5 billion in long - term debt, which it spends $ 400 million a year to service.

CarMax applied big box retailer information management strategies that helps companies like Walmart understand exactly what to stock in which weeks and when to use discounts to move under performing inventory.

In fact, there was a little side table marked for $ 250, which I could have sworn I saw the same one at a big box retailer for about $ 39.99!

As was widely reported, the Phoenix - based, big - box pet specialty retailer, which operates more than 1,300 stores in the U.S. and Canada, recently agreed to be acquired by a group fronted by BC Partners Inc., a U.K. - based private equity firm.

Meanwhile, the retailer has been juggling the pressure of competing with big - box chains — which are designed to be as self - serve as possible — while trying to maintain high levels of customer service, even as the cost of quality labor climbs.

Within that mix are a wide variety of brands — some of which are available from online retailers and big - box stores.

A few ZIP codes quickly emerged as areas of extreme need, and WHS staff found that 53206 topped that list because it had no pet supply stores, no veterinary clinics and no big - box retailers — in fact no retail options other than corner stores, which often have limited if any pet merchandise, Kline notes.

Even as big - box retailers moved in and ate up some of the sales that once went to independent retailers — some of which ended up closing their doors — some industry experts still proclaimed that there was nothing to worry about.

Doing so will go a long way in helping small, independent pet stores compete with big - box retailers (both in the pet specialty and mass channels), for which breadth of selection is a decided strength.

The line, which was created to help small, independent retailers differentiate their pet supply (nonfoods) offerings from big - box competitors, comprises five high - quality brands that are exclusive to neighborhood pet shops.

But competition with the internet has changed the game for all retailers, even large chains and big box stores, which are being hurt just as much as, if not more than, independents.

2008 was a big year for Krome, with two LucasArts titles — Star Wars: The Force Unleashed for Wii, PS2, and PSP and The Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duels for Wii — seeing retail release alongside Scene - it: Box Office Smash, which it produced for Microsoft.

Right now, the big box retail store is selling an 80 GB PlayStation 3, along with WALL - E on Blu - ray; which could be the one of the best Pixar films, and included is maybe the best PS3 game LittleBigPlanet.

Chicago labor and employment partner Frank Saibert authored this column about a decision in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit which sided with a big - box retailer in a dispute with union representatives who were arrested for trespassing at the store.

Value - minded shoppers gave big boxes and discount chains most of their business, while middle - market retailers toughed it out amid competition from newcomers like Kohl's, which entered California this year, as well as rising costs related to security / terrorism and supply disruptions from the SARs outbreak and labor disputes.

Toys «R» Us» stores tend to be located in large power centers with other big - box tenants which might be already struggling, says Howard Davidowitz, chairman of Davidowitz & Associates Inc., a national retail consulting and investment banking firm headquartered in New York City.

Two other sectors netting foreign direct investment in Brazil are data center space, of which there is little in Latin America, and warehouse space to serve big box and online retailers.

Some of the circumstances that often lead to incorrect tax assessments include development of big - box retail under build - to - suit arrangements, in which the tenant's rent is a contractual repayment of the developer's costs, rather than a market - rate rent.