Sentences with phrase «by retailers as»

Millions of high - tech and high - paying jobs are created by retailers as consumer demand and industry innovation continually advance and change.

Wada Farms Marketing Group LLC has an award - winning category management program recognized by retailers as best in class.

«They're used by the retailers as an alternative to Coke if Coke gets too bolshy,» said one beverage industry source.

Amazon Charts, which went live this morning (May 18), is termed by the retailer as «the first ever bestseller list to measure the books millions of Amazon.com customers are really reading and listening to.»

An argument against extended warranties for products is that repairs may be covered, first by the retailer as a returned item, then by the manufacturer's warranty.

Not exact matches

At the same time, Foot Locker shares, already down sharply this year, tumbled 25 % in heavy trading as the retailer reported that comparable sales fell 6 % in the second quarter — a stunning result given the 1.7 % increase expected by Wall Street, according to Consensus Metrix.

A company that became a national phenomenon with retail alchemy — a rare ability to attract millions with hip designer items at clear - out prices — has seen that delicate formula stifled by excessive caution and a strangling bureaucracy, even as competitors emulated Target's approach, and fast - fashion retailers like H&M, off - price chains such as T.J. Maxx, and dollar stores all muscled onto its turf.

And buying teams are getting ever smaller, as retailers, squeezed by online pricing, lay off staff to save costs.

The government could help make these scenarios a reality by helping to facilitate talks between farmers and food processors, as well as retailers.

As for CVS Health, the deal allows it to expand its retail footprint by hundreds of locations as it competes with Walgreens (WBA), currently the largest U.S. drugstore operatoAs for CVS Health, the deal allows it to expand its retail footprint by hundreds of locations as it competes with Walgreens (WBA), currently the largest U.S. drugstore operatoas it competes with Walgreens (WBA), currently the largest U.S. drugstore operator.

Also known as ultra-high definition, or UHD, sets, the devices should bring in more retail sales dollars than any other «emerging technology» gadget this year, as we can see in this chart from Statista, which is based on a forecast by the Consumer Technology Association.

So says new research conducted by Google as the retail industry enters the ever - critical back - to - school shopping season — the second most lucrative moment on retailers» calendars after Black Friday.

By aiming at male shoppers, Lululemon is trying to tap into what retail consultants see as a larger shift in the male fashion world.

The radio broadcasting business is undergoing a similar process as the brick - and - mortar meltdown, where PE firms piled into big retailers during the LBO boom before the Financial Crisis and left the sector strewn with over-indebted retailers that then got slammed by a structural shift to online that they no longer had the resources to follow.

The Australian share market is modestly higher as gains by the energy sector offsets modest falls across the healthcare and the retail sectors.

The test reflects the increasing adoption of technology by big retailers as they try to keep up with online retail giant Amazon (amzn), which uses robots in some of its warehouses in addition to other cutting - edge technology.

Retail giants such as Amazon and eBay regularly boost their revenue by using this technique at the end of a customer's product purchase.

Amazon earned itself something of a public relations black eye as a result of the strong - arm negotiating tactics, causing a backlash among authors, many of whom backed a boycott of the online retailer that was led by television host Stephen Colbert.

Some scams, advertised online or by e-mail, offer to pay you $ 1,000 to act as a secret shopper, in which you get paid to observe the customer service performance of major retailers.

Those investments by the athletic gear manufacturers to control more of their own retail distribution comes as sports retailers like Sports Authority land in bankruptcy.

Why are they shopping with you, and how do you as a retailer satisfy that need, then add to it by continuing to target the customer with meaningful promotions?

But too often Morris stood by as patrons took those expert suggestions to nearby retailers, purchasing the exact same products from national chains like Sephora or Ulta in order to earn customer rewards points.

In my role as advisor to small businesses, I often hear first - hand the challenges and failures of retail store owners who fear the advantages of online and feel the exodus to Internet eCommerce, led by Amazon and Ebay.

Robert Kozinets, director of MBA specialization in global retail management at York University's Schulich School of Business, says none of the challenges experienced by Target so far have been out of line with what should reasonably be expected of a brand making its first foray into international territory — certainly not a powerhouse such as Target.

Major retailers such as Best Buy and Target generate buzz and build their email lists by encouraging customers to sign up to receive Black Friday news alerts.

Already more widely accepted than PayPal, Apple Pay should be accepted by nearly half of all retailers within the next year, as this chart from Statista, which is based on data from Boston Retail Partners, indicates.

Optioment ran a website that's now offline, and it held events attended by as many as 700 retail investors in Austria, Die Presse reported today.

But it's gained momentum over the past year as major retail and restaurant chains — ranging from Kmart to Neiman Marcus to Dairy Queen — have been hit by massive security breaches.

All this underscores the struggles of brick - and - mortar apparel and retailing companies that have been upended by fickle consumers and online competitors such as Amazon.

In a document setting out the distortions created by the low taxes paid by digital businesses, the commission cited several U.S. firms such as internet retailer Amazon (amzn), social media host Facebook (fb), online entertainment firm Netflix (nflx), and short - term rental website Airbnb.

The nation's largest retailer may be looking to play a bigger role in health care by acquiring Medicare insurance giant Humana — just as its rival Amazon is increasingly making moves in the sector.

Brands, seeking to fill a segment overlooked by major consumer - goods product makers — people of color — landed Sephora as Form's retail partner, enabling it to burnish its beauty credentials and move past the one - size - fits - all approach of the category.

By adding digital wallets as payment methods to an online store, retailers can speed up the checkout process, as payment details are automatically entered and securely stored.

Not only did its stock fall by as much as 6.1 % after retailer Toys «R» Us announced a potential liquidation of its U.S. operations, but the toy firm has also found itself in a dispute with relatives of Frida Kahlo, the legendary Mexican painter.

The deal accelerates consolidation of the global retail property sector as it grapples with challenges from online retailers led by Amazon.

An article by Econsultancy revealed that this was the case with several retailers in the United States who created apps that, as they put it, «suffered from lack of features.»

Sonders thinks that buybacks could be replaced by other sources of demand, such as retail investors and pension funds.

The deal accelerates consolidation of the global retail property sector as it grapples with challenges from online retailers led by Amazon.com.

By agreeing not to sell his strollers at discount shops or on websites, as many of his rivals were doing, Boardman has been able to develop a deeper relationship with retailers.

The partnership with Nordstrom is also a way for eBay, best known by consumers for its marketplaces and PayPal payments service, to burnish its reputation as a retail tech innovator, including in physical stores, where more than 90 % of sales still take place.

In fact, one study released by the Yale School of Management in 2008 went so far as to call retail investing the «dumb money.»

The retailer was saddled in debt, some $ 4.9 billion, left from a 2005 leveraged buyout for about $ 6.6 billion by private equity giants Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Bain Capital, as well as real estate trust Vornado.

At the same time, big - name department store retailers such as JC Penney, Macy's, Wal - Mart, Kohls and Target are collectively responsible for an estimated 300,000 hires, in some cases, increasing their staff by almost half.

An analysis of Building 8's recent hires and job listings by Business Insider, as well as conversations with people close to the company, shows an ambitious effort to create and sell millions of consumer hardware units, from a supply chain outpost in Hong Kong to a planned retail push and customer call center operation.

It also gradually phased out subsidies that kept retail fuel cheap, causing prices at the pump to climb by an average of nearly 25 % since 2014, even though global oil prices fell by as much as 75 % during that period.

The discount retailer on Wednesday lowered its profit forecast for the year after reporting comparable sales fell 1.3 % in November and December, as big gains in its online business were dwarfed by stiff price competition and growing difficulty in getting shoppers into stores.

Meanwhile, as the product line diversified, the company simplified the brand itself by losing the mountain from its logo, announcing the start of a more inclusive era for outdoor retail.

Known by its acronym, CTMS, it now counts 25 major sports clubs as clients (it recently signed the NBA's Sacramento Kings) and just inked a contract with a major Canadian retailer, an account Osovitzki says is worth $ 200 million.

In Indonesia, which ended gasoline subsidies in 2015 and lowered the diesel subsidy to 500 rupiah (3.6 U.S. cents) per litre in 2016, retail prices also haven't risen by as much as the price of crude oil.

Moments later, as if by magic, the product arrives at the retail counter, via an elaborate system of conveyor belts and dumbwaiters.