Sentences with phrase «box chain stores»

While it's currently mostly full of big box chain stores, gimmicky restaurants and ticket hustlers, the fact remains that it's one of the most iconic public spaces in the world.

Big - box chain stores are sitting on Humpty Dumpty's shaky wall.

The desire to support the small (local) business owner vs the big box chain store is potent marketing these days and it sounds like some authors are trying to capitalize on that hip, trendy image.

Instead of going online, most shoppers are likely to choose a large big box chain store like Wal - Mart or Target for security reasons.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

In Japan, meanwhile, a convenience store chain is researching how to manage ongoing deliveries for bento boxes.

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.

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.

Canadians trust domestic drug stores and big box chains, while Research In Motion falls out of the top 10.

Pashak's first line of retailers is specialty bike shops, but ideally he'd also sell through a high - end «lifestyle» chain like Restoration Hardware or even a big - box store that could handle the volume he anticipates.

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.

Big - box chains beat out independent stores by undercutting them on price — but with the best deals now online, they have less to offer.

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.

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.

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

They include enterprise - software company Box, department - store chain Nordstrom Inc. and rideshare company Uber Technologies Inc..

The big - box store chain, which has more than 1 million U.S. hourly employees, will reap a windfall from the U.S. corporate tax rate cut to 21 %, down from 35 %.

Nordstrom has partnered with Give Back Box, according to news from Chain Store Age.

In 2003, department store super chain Target started selling boxed wine under their Wine Cube brand.

You will enjoy finding one - of - a-kind items at our unique stores and quaint boutiques in the Downtown, or find just about anything you need at our local chain retailers, furniture stores or big box stores.

There are also no big - box stores or chain restaurants, giving Lanai City the small - town charm that many visitors continue to love year after year.

While I'm not a supporter or a fan of Walmart (or any chain / box store for that matter) I am glad to see that not only are they willing to carry a cloth diaper but they even went and made their own brand.

Labor advocates say they want the state of Connecticut to tax companies that pay low wages to their employees, companies like big box retail stores and fast food chains.

MOM AND POP BUSINESSES Monday, March 28 — While openings of a major department store or a branch of a big - box chain are often welcomed by shoppers and communities, they are also the cause of some concern.

· No more processed boxed and packaged foods, sweets, pastries, and snacks · No more sodas, diet sodas, colored or flavored waters, energy drinks · No beef or meat products modified with hormones · No bread products · No homogenized and pasteurized dairy products including milk, ice cream, yogurts, cheeses · No grain based alcohol, especially mass produced beer products (more on alcohol later) · No fast food, chain restaurants, or convenience store foods

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).

Because Ingram distributes to all of the major players (online and physical stores, libraries, gift shops, Big Box chains, Apple, and many more around the globe), you have access to an incredible amount of opportunities to sell your book.

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.

Although existing as a chain of round - the - clock physical stores, the big - box retailer has a very similar looking online shopping portal, allowing the retailer to become the one stop shopping site for many consumers.

Back in 1998, we all rooted for the charming little bookshop around the corner, struggling to survive the opening of a megalithic «big box» chain store, in the hit film «You've Got Mail.»

Like other parts of the American economy, retailing has increasingly coalesced into big box discount stores, chains of stores in hundreds of malls around the country, and favoring the products of the biggest manufacturers.

In addition to larger «big - box» trade outlets and retail stores, Bookmasters» special sales team can present your titles to non-traditional book sales and distribution channels, including craft stores, gourmet food stores, museums, hospitals, gift shops, specialty retail chains, mail order catalogs, specialty wholesalers, online resellers, bulk sales for promotional use, and other genre - specific sales outlets.

Although there's a trend, even in big box stores, towards empowering salespeople to call more shots, you're probably better off working your way up the food chain.

If you're buying an expensive piece from a big box or chain store, you may even want to have your jewellery appraised by an independent lab.

The financial pressure on independent pet retailers has never been greater with competition from big - box stores, large hardware and farm store chains, and the grocery segment.

But then large chains and big - box stores began to offer supplies, and the public had the perception that their prices would be better.

A familiar face, expert advice and a wide selection of «customer service» products — these elements, absent from big box and chain stores, can give independent retailers an edge over the competition.

While there were no chain or big - box stores at the time, some independent mega-stores were making it tough for smaller establishments to compete on price.

Trends also flow from veterinary offices to pet specialty stores — and from there, to grocery and big box chains.

«We will continue to create new unique designs [for the P.L.A.Y. Artist Collection] that delight consumers, because those are styles that you don't see repeatedly at every big - box and chain store,» she adds.

PSP makes training team members at a new store easy by deploying its unique Training in a Box in - store training kit chain - wide.

Given the profile of its target customers, P.L.A.Y.'s products are a natural fit for specialty boutiques and small to medium - sized higher - end chain retailers looking to differentiate themselves from big box stores.

When customers walk through the front door of any business, they can usually tell if there is a personal touch in the store or if it's strictly an impersonal corporate presentation — or even worse, aisle after aisle, shelf after shelf of the same things they can find in every chain and big - box store.

This is often the problem in big - box or chain stores, where employees may have less training and knowledge.

The rise of chain and big - box stores has managed to do at least one positive thing for aquatic shoppers.

Being a small business these days can be difficult, and we would like to express our gratitude to the people that have supported small businesses in their communities instead of shopping at chains and big box stores.

Even in our full - line pet stores, live fish and aquarium products will continue to be a core competency, as well as another way to differentiate ourselves from the big - box store chains.

Third, you must sell premium - quality animals — nothing small or cheap like big box or chain stores.