Sentences with phrase «big box stores as»

I see the big box stores as just overgrown corner stores.

The unique positioning of WBCL has landed it on shelves in big box stores as well as independent retailers.

PetSmart and Petco have dominated the retail pet care market for the past 20 - plus years, but the tide may be turning against the two big box stores as other retailers get more savvy and consumer's tastes change.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

As Eichelberger reminds us, if big box retailers compared their online channels to a single store, the online channel will likely exceed an individual store's sales.

As big - box stores struggle to meet the lowest of earnings projections and shutter dozens of stores nationwide, one type of brick - and - mortar retailer is thriving: the dollar store.

He cut back the Baby Jogger's retail distribution, pulling his strollers out of the big boxes and Amazon.com in favor of specialty stores such as Buy Buy Baby, where they now sell for about $ 350.

Baby Jogger's woes had been brought about, in part, by fierce competition from lower - priced rivals selling strollers through big - box stores and discount websites for as little as $ 99, less than half the price of a Baby Jogger.

Kroger (KR), the nation's largest supermarket chain, on Friday is expected to report second - quarter revenue that outpaces Wall Street's forecasts as the company has expanded its organic foods offerings to offset the consumer shift away from big box stores.

Smaller marketing budgets prevent SMBs from effectively competing against larger retailers on these major selling days, as they'll be outspent and overlooked in light of the marketing efforts of big - box stores.

Perhaps traditional grocery stores will be forced to confront the challenge posed by big box stores and delivery companies like FreshDirect by playing up the community aspect of the shopping experience — just as some of the most successful bookstores have become more like coffee shops and community centers in order to stay in business.

U.S. giant Target is shaking up Canada's retail landscape as it prepares to open its first big - box stores here.

By 1992, he owned 40 stores, but the five - and - dime business was dying, squashed by the advent of big - box retailers such as Wal - Mart.

HNWIs are not interested in big - box retail or malls, but they are looking for retail assets that are more internet - proof, such as gas stations, grocery stores and fitness centers, notes Blankstein.

He opened 176 «stores - within - a-store» concepts, working with high - profile suppliers such as Microsoft and Samsung to give their fast - growing products more prominent space in the big - box Best Buy stores.

The joint venture has explored — though it has faced delays in court — a giant two - tower complex at what's known as Site 5, catercorner to the Barclays Center and currently home to the big - box stores Modell's and P.C. Richard.

National big - box retailers like Staples and Office Max generally are coded as office supply stores.

About a third shopped at big box stores, such as Wal - Mart or Home Depot; just over a quarter bought directly from farms, and just under a quarter purchased trees at retail lots.

Last Wednesday, I arrived at the big box store south of town late in the afternoon, just as school let out and everyone in Rhea County decided they needed groceries.

Yet if we consider the show's track record as satellite channel Sky Atlantic's biggest draw, the fact that DVD box sets of the first series are lodged in every online store's top ten list, and the reports that it's «the most illegally downloaded show in television history» -LRB-!)

Those fresh items help Johanneson's Inc. set itself apart from big - box stores such as Walmart and smaller retailers with grocery sections such as Dollar Tree.

Rather, the company looks to penetrate new markets and continues to differentiate itself from the big - box stores as a fine wine merchant.

The company also features Buggy Bites, an ideal fit for Ben's locations in big - box stores such as Walmart and Meijer.

A few of the brands — Pennywise, Hey Mambo and Plungerhead — are distributed to big - box and major grocery stores and wine shops, while others can be found in club stores such as Costco.

On Wednesday, which is my day off from the store, when I'm through writing for the day, I tromp down to the basement and find two big boxes of newspapers and magazines I've carried with me as I've moved from place to place over the past two decades.

Devices known as puddle - jumpers, which go around the arms and the body, can be purchased at any big - box store for about $ 20, he says.

Purchase all of your tableware (cups, plates, utensils and napkins) from your big box local grocery store, such as Costco.

I've discovered that these small business owners provide better customer service (such as complimentary gift - wrap for toys or fast repairs for broken glasses) and have a more diverse product selection than what I find in big box stores.

That means the village could have two big - box grocery stores within a mile of each other in its downtown area, as Mayor Dan McLaughlin told residents at a hearing the village would allow Pete's Fresh Market to move in near John Humphrey Drive and 143rd Street.

There are a few companies that claim that their sand is safe sand that has either been treated or collected from a sand farm in the Caribbean Sea; but that sand is frightfully expensive — as in, more than quadruple the cost of run - of - the - mill play sand you can grab from your local big - box, home improvement store.

Cloth diapers are becoming more popular, so often as they hit the big box stores the quality changes.

Our goal is to spread the word to as many parents as possible about the benefits of cloth diapering and babywearing, and to provide parents an alternative to the big - box stores for their baby items.

I realize that many people buy cheap synthetic yarn from big box craft stores, but as an appreciation for knitting grows, the desire for handspun yarn from locally produced wool grows.

A Sunnyside soup kitchen got a big boost from a big box retailer this week as Target Stores donated $ 5,000 for food — a sum that would cover 25,000 meals, the kitchen's organizers said.

Now it's crabs in a barrel and cannibalize each other instead of helping, big boxes instead of corner stores and no village greens, parades, ice cream socials or the stuff that defined who we were as a people in my parents» day.

Hochul casts herself as someone who fought against big - time developers, big - box stores and telecommunications companies.

Espaillat criticized the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone as unduly favoring so - called big - box stores and neglecting small businesses.

He argued that the site was more suitable for a commercial development, such as a big box store, than for affordable housing, an idea proposed by the Koch administration in the 1980s.

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He started his career as a tax attorney in New Haven, Connecticut, and in the 1980s became a suburban retail kingpin, building stores for big - box brands.

The city still wants to include controversial big - box stores in the development, and officials have not agreed to build a new school, as residents requested.

If a fashion person saw it — of course it becomes cool (as long as you live in a major metropolitan area that wouldn't confuse this with typical clothing seen every day at the big box stores).

Think big - box stores and chains like Home Goods, Target, and Urban Outfitters, as well as local boutiques and resale stores (we love The Brown Elephant in Chicago, for example).

It remains to be seen whether Conrad has held on to the most recent plot idea, which sees Mitty as a weak - willed big box store worker bee looking for his chance to be something more.

LEGO BATMAN KEY PLAYERS: Chris McKay, editor on the megahit The Lego Movie and stepping into the big, plastic - boxy shoes left by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller; an all - star voice cast, including Zach Galifianakis as The Joker; the Lego merchandising gurus, who have everything to lose if box office gold doesn't translate to toy store riches.

In concept form, a double liftgate / tailgate provides excellent utility (think of track days, when you could either chill on the tailgate or use it as a toolbench), and a completely fold - flat rear seat and front - passenger seat that collapses flat would ease big - box store runs.

Big box stores such as Walmart proliferate the United States and each location tends to take up close to 2.5 football fields.

Instead of leaving the location as a target for vandals or opening up another big box store, the city took matters into its own hands.