Sentences with phrase «big box stores for»

We need independent stores with community ties and highly curated collections; big box stores for the selection they offer and their purchasing power; we need public libraries to serve their communities; school libraries to get kids reading; we need Amazon, too.

I didn't shop in big box stores for myself and I certainly didn't want to start with my baby, so when I was pregnant, I would drive over an hour from our house in Massachusetts to the cutest little boutique in Connecticut that sold cloth diapers just to see the different colors and be able to talk with someone about what we would need or want.

Forget massive, stuffy malls or big box stores for fall shopping - head to trendy North Southport Avenue in Lakeview for a day of retail therapy and fun for the whole family.

The idea is that we — the consumer — don't have to rely on big box stores for cookware when we can get better products directly from a USA - made brand that's doing it right.

«The concept is a perfectly reasonable next step to the de-professionalism of legal services, where the purchase of legal services is no different than buying a widget at the big box store for the lowest available price,» says Scott Greenfield.

They will come in lower than a big box store for stock building supplies.

I have a baby shower on Saturday and was just heading out to do errands, one of which was to look in a big box store for who - knows - what baby gift, when this post arrived.

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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.

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.

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.

When Target acquired the leases of 124 old Zellers locations, it inherited a higher - cost store structure that it can do little about: outdated floor plans that run over multiple levels are no match for sleek, single - entrance big - box stores designed for ultra-efficiency.

Using the back walls of the big box for dairy products to pull the shopper through the stores is a strategy that just won't work any longer for a significant segment of the audience.

Grocery stores — whether your local store or a big - box chain — have tons of items in stock and many for a fair, reasonable price.

Analyzing data provided by 50,000 of its own clients for the past year, Bigcommerce determined that auto, jewelry, toys and games and pet care are fast - growing areas where one - of - a-kind merchants are outperforming their big - box or chain store peers.

Then, when the VP of operations from the big - box store down the road walks in for an interview and shares her experience with you, listen for those three things.

With Black Friday approaching, buyers and big box stores are preparing for the major sale event of the season showcasing their newest products for the best deals.

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.

Foodies, for example, spend a disproportionate amount of their money on food, beverages and goods at big - box stores, possibly because they live in larger households with adult chlldren or other family members.

«Change the store formats so it's more inviting for families and kids, and move away from the big box that hasn't changed over the last 20 years or so.»

«For the last several years, Walmart, Best Buy, Staples and a handful of major Big Box retailers have made extremely limited numbers of doorbusters — traditionally the hallmark of Black Friday — available both in - store and online on both Black Friday and Cyber Monday,» says de Grandpre of DealNews.

It is also the primary source of supply for everything from vitamin C to smart phones, and much in between that fills many of our big box retail stores.

Its architect, John Graham Jr., pioneered the dumbbell, big - box shape for malls, in which two rows of stores face each other and a department store anchors each end.

The move is just the latest by a big box retailer looking to find new uses for store space at a time more shopping is moving online.

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.

Cramer said that a lot of the motivation for this merger is about gaining more control from big box stores and discounters, like Wal - Mart.

Although Coutu dabbled with a chain of small stores, which he called Farmeterias, he focused on the discount Pharm - Escompte format after visiting early big - box pharmacies in Toronto and realizing those chains would eat him up if he didn't go for volume.

Target and Wal - Mart, which have traditionally operated in a big - box format, are two names that have already announced small - store initiatives for 2015.

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.

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.

Though big - box retailer Target has been known for expansion and digital innovation of late, Tuesday (Nov. 7) news reports from Chain Store...

Munster is predicting Amazon's Whole Foods acquisition in 2017 was just a warm up to the real show, and that a takeover of big - box retailer Target is in store for the eCommerce giant in 2018.

These retailers are giving traditional department stores and big - box retailers (aka the walking dead) a run for their money.

With the tumultuous last few years for big - box retailers» competing with the likes of discount stores like T.J. Maxx and Marshalls alongside eCommerce giants like Amazon, Macy's will undoubtedly need to rework the way it conducts business.

In Pennsylvania, for example, a well - known, big box retailer uses solar equipment financed by PNC Energy Capital to provide a majority of the power required to operate five of its stores.

How much do your credit card purchases swing towards buying at office big - box stores or paying for wireless and telephone bills?

After all, the big box stores won't miss my money this year but for these women, our purchases can make a world of difference.

They look for the biggest shoe boxes in the stores.

While the convenience store business remains strong, increased competition from dollar stores and big - box retailers created new challenges for Northern Star Foods, the company's grocery store in Deer River.

I was looking for chocolate chunks just last weekend, but they were not in my favorite Big Box store or in my grocery store.

There was no 24 - hour big box store selling canned green beans for $.88.

They are available at most farm supply stores for a lot less that you will pay at a big box store.

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

(If you can't afford to spring for a Cuisinart right now, a cheaper one from a big - box store will do okay, you just might have to scrape the sides more because it won't suck the ingredients down in the same way.)

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.

Both stainless cookware and cast iron can be purchased affordably on big box websites, like Amazon, but my favorite method is to bargain shop for the perfect pieces at discount stores like Home Goods.

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.

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.

The choice is entirely up to you, of course, and it bears mentioning that these wraps have been very popular and have even been picked up for sale in some big - box stores, too.

What sets WnS apart from the big box baby stores is that the owners only chose products that they themselves would use for their own children.