Sentences with phrase «big chain stores»

You won't find big chain stores or franchises here as the town is almost entirely self - sufficient, and full of sheer, natural beauty.

Up until 2012, readers tended to discover their next book by visiting bricks - and - mortar bookstores, but with the demise globally of big chain stores like Borders in the USA, Hughes & Hughes in Ireland, Angus & Robertson in Australia, and profit slumps for must UK book retailers, this is no longer the case.

Big chain stores still account for the majority of shoppers» purchases, according to Mastercard.

With big chain stores like Target and Kohls increasing their athletic apparel sections, and sleek fitness clothing boutiques popping up everywhere, it is almost impossible to not purchase new workout clothes on a regular basis.

Foods from big chain stores or distant states are likely to have preservatives and other agents.

The service was so much more helpful than in bigger chain stores.»

i enjoyed this article, sad to see the last big chain store is doing bad like this.

Most big chain stores offer gift cards, including Target and Wal - Mart.

It seemed a perfect fit: Moore has a book to promote (he told the crowd at the bookstore last night that he had no interest in doing signings at big chain stores), and St. Mark's Bookshop is itself in trouble, and has asked its landlord, Cooper Union, the private engineering, architecture and art college, to reduce its $ 20,000 monthly rent (with backup from a local petition and a community board resolution).

It would be a much better story if this bookstore was one of those big chain stores, you...

«We are a full - service market that competes with the big chain stores.

and they turn away before you respond you get at the bigger chain stores.

Big chain stores that specialize in resale, such as Play It Again Sports, usually have a good inventory of used (and new) equipment.

Around the country, big chain stores are shuttering stories or headed towards bankruptcy.

Independent traders and businesses are fighting off incursions onto the high street by the big chain stores and supermarkets.

@MarkJohnson Unfortunately in my area, I only know the big chain store mechanics.

Returns from online stores are less than 5 %, returns from Indie brick - and - mortar stores are around 20 %, and the big chain stores can have returns of more than 30 % — sometimes much more.

And what if all of them say the same thing to the big chain store?

And I've never said «the physical bookstore» will die, just that the big chain stores will stop being dedicated bookstores and become more like variety stores that also happen to carry books — but only recent bestsellers, reliably - selling classics, gift books and bargain books.

That's assuming you can get into bookstores at all: most indie shops will only take self - published books on consignment, and big chain stores won't stock them, period.

I agree that the time of the big chain stores is slowly coming to an end.

«Often by carrying a specialty brand that is healthier and not available at the big chain stores, they can differentiate themselves and build customer loyalty.»

Marc primarily paints the purgatory of American urban and suburban landscapes such as gas stations, shopping malls, big chain stores, and restaurants, the figure plays a vital role in his work and the paintings are constructed so that the viewer is the primary figure.

don't cry for cooper union, cry for our neighborhood that is being eaten by these large FOR PROFIT educational institutions and big chain stores.

«Customers may be willing to pay for shipping [if] they can't find the same item at a big chain store or on Amazon,» ShippingEasy's Zaleski said.