Sentences with phrase «chain retailers upped»

Giving credence to the theory that the retail sector may be strong enough to spur an interest rate hike in the near future, U.S. chain retailers upped their store opening plans both month - over-month and year - over-year...

Giving credence to the theory that the retail sector may be strong enough to spur an interest rate hike in the near future, U.S. chain retailers upped their store opening plans both month - over-month and year - over-year in May, according to the...

Not exact matches

The department store retail chain reported sales on Thursday morning of $ 4.12 billion, up from $ 4.07 billion the previous quarter, but missing the estimate for $ 4.19 billion.

But for small music - store chains, there's bad news, too: national chains are buying up or displacing smaller players, and music stores are losing market share to record clubs and other retailers, such as warehouse clubs and discount chains.

HBC picked up more than swanky retail space in its recent friendly acquisition of luxury U.S. chain Saks Fifth Avenue.

There's no single reason for Home Hardware's climb; it's a combination of consistency — the company has had just three CEOs since its founding in 1964 — and its slow - and - steady approach to modernizing its retail experience (the company is four years into a five year plan in which it told dozens of locations to shape up or leave the chain).

A recent report from retail think tank Fung Global Retail & Technology estimated that the widespread closures among those four chains alone — nearly 400 stores — will leave approximately $ 2.5 billion in sales up for retail think tank Fung Global Retail & Technology estimated that the widespread closures among those four chains alone — nearly 400 stores — will leave approximately $ 2.5 billion in sales up for Retail & Technology estimated that the widespread closures among those four chains alone — nearly 400 stores — will leave approximately $ 2.5 billion in sales up for grabs.

COMPANY: Sales Building Systems LOCATION: Mentor, Ohio FOUNDED: by Timothy F. McCarthy in 1988 BUSINESS: Promotes retail and restaurant chains» individual - store sales START - UP CAPITAL: $ 0 ESTIMATED 1997 REVENUES: $ 4 million

For the 12 days leading up to Christmas, the company had retailers and brands including fitness tracking device maker Jawbone, apparel maker Uniqlo, and coffee chain Blue Bottle ship them inventory specifically for Postmates in five cities.

Actual results, including with respect to our targets and prospects, could differ materially due to a number of factors, including the risk that we may not obtain sufficient orders to achieve our targeted revenues; price competition in key markets; the risk that we or our channel partners are not able to develop and expand customer bases and accurately anticipate demand from end customers, which can result in increased inventory and reduced orders as we experience wide fluctuations in supply and demand; the risk that our commercial Lighting Products results will continue to suffer if new issues arise regarding issues related to product quality for this business; the risk that we may experience production difficulties that preclude us from shipping sufficient quantities to meet customer orders or that result in higher production costs and lower margins; our ability to lower costs; the risk that our results will suffer if we are unable to balance fluctuations in customer demand and capacity, including bringing on additional capacity on a timely basis to meet customer demand; the risk that longer manufacturing lead times may cause customers to fulfill their orders with a competitor's products instead; the risk that the economic and political uncertainty caused by the proposed tariffs by the United States on Chinese goods, and any corresponding Chinese tariffs in response, may negatively impact demand for our products; product mix; risks associated with the ramp - up of production of our new products, and our entry into new business channels different from those in which we have historically operated; the risk that customers do not maintain their favorable perception of our brand and products, resulting in lower demand for our products; the risk that our products fail to perform or fail to meet customer requirements or expectations, resulting in significant additional costs, including costs associated with warranty returns or the potential recall of our products; ongoing uncertainty in global economic conditions, infrastructure development or customer demand that could negatively affect product demand, collectability of receivables and other related matters as consumers and businesses may defer purchases or payments, or default on payments; risks resulting from the concentration of our business among few customers, including the risk that customers may reduce or cancel orders or fail to honor purchase commitments; the risk that we are not able to enter into acceptable contractual arrangements with the significant customers of the acquired Infineon RF Power business or otherwise not fully realize anticipated benefits of the transaction; the risk that retail customers may alter promotional pricing, increase promotion of a competitor's products over our products or reduce their inventory levels, all of which could negatively affect product demand; the risk that our investments may experience periods of significant stock price volatility causing us to recognize fair value losses on our investment; the risk posed by managing an increasingly complex supply chain that has the ability to supply a sufficient quantity of raw materials, subsystems and finished products with the required specifications and quality; the risk we may be required to record a significant charge to earnings if our goodwill or amortizable assets become impaired; risks relating to confidential information theft or misuse, including through cyber-attacks or cyber intrusion; our ability to complete development and commercialization of products under development, such as our pipeline of Wolfspeed products, improved LED chips, LED components, and LED lighting products risks related to our multi-year warranty periods for LED lighting products; risks associated with acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures or investments generally; the rapid development of new technology and competing products that may impair demand or render our products obsolete; the potential lack of customer acceptance for our products; risks associated with ongoing litigation; and other factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including our report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended June 25, 2017, and subsequent reports filed with the SEC.

As such, big merchants and retailers such as donut - and - coffee chain Tim Hortons, which recently showed off cashless payments, are geared up and ready.

With Target gone, Sears Canada struggling, and a mid-market apparel chain going belly up every week, Walmart's expansion plans virtually assure that Canada's desolate retail landscape will soon be dominated by blue - vested Walmart greeters proffering smiles and deals on toilet paper.

In the back of an Oakland warehouse (which he also called home), he came up with a predictable method and brought the results to the nearby Nature Co., now a national retail chain specializing in scientific diversions.

Canadian Tire announced it has an agreement to snap up the upscale Pro Hockey Life chain, a move aimed at further shoring up its position as the country's leading retailer of sporting goods.

In a bid to beef up the Toronto - based retailer's leading sporting goods business, it unveiled on Wednesday an $ 85 - million deal to acquire a premium hockey supplies chain.

It might be a small opportunity, such as the chance to pick up a new client, or a large one, such as getting your product on the shelves in a large retail chain, but as a small business owner, you have to keep scanning the horizon yourself and positioning yourself to benefit from the opportunities that you find.

Fair trade legislation granted producers the right to set the final retail price of their goods, limiting the ability of chain stores to discount.58 When the Supreme Court targeted these «resale price maintenance» efforts, Congress stepped up to defend them.

The company will use these funds to ramp up retailers» acquisition and to build integrated technology solutions for many other parts of the value chain, besides bulk ordering by buyers and order processing by Prozo.

Not one to mince words, he summed up his industry outlook by saying, «Retail guys are going to go out of business and ecommerce will become the place everyone buys... Retail chains are a fundamentally implausible economic structure if there's a viable alternative.

The Shipt acquisition is just one of many reasons why a tie - up between the country's second largest grocery retailer and Target makes sense, believes digital supply chain consultant Brittain Ladd.

I don't see how retail employment numbers are going up with national chains closing stores by the hundreds and thousands.

The so - called Redbook survey showed last week that same - store sales were up 3.2 % over year - ago levels at 20 of the largest U.S. chain retailers despite continued pressure from online competition.

The earlier $ 2 million grant is already supporting 159 food banks across Canada to provide operational support for retail food pick - up programs; education resources to improve safe food handling; and grants helping 50 local organizations to purchase equipment to expand cold chain capability to make fresh and perishable foods more accessible.

Mergers and acquisitions in retail are ramping up as bricks - and - mortar chains cope with changing consumer habits.

Activists rose up and retailers pledged to make the lives of the workers in their supply chains better.

Retail customers include major grocery store chains and small butcher shops, which make up about 60 percent of the company's business.

Red Hat began in 1966 with 10 growers wanting to set up an agency to help market its greenhouse vegetables to retail chains.

German discount supermarket chain Kaufland has started poaching senior executives from Australian retailers as it ramps up plans to open a network of super-sized hypermarkets.

The chain was put up for sale this year with a price tag of between $ 10 million and $ 20 million and mooted buyers included South African retailer Woolworths Holdings, which owns department store chain David Jones and Manassen Foods.

Hundreds of agencies and suppliers make up a retailer's private brand supply chain.

Ms Holgate said large Australian retailers and pharmacy chains had been «de-stocking» after aggressively buying up extra vitamins supplies for their shelves late in 2015 - 16.

Treasury's managing director of Australia and New Zealand, Angus McPherson, told Fairfax Media that a local version of Blossom Hill made by Australian winemakers was being deliberately sold through independent retail chains first up as part of a mid-May launch, but it may be expanded more broadly in the future.

Wesfarmers - owned retail operation Coles has received approaches from private equity buyers offering up to $ 300 million for its Vintage Cellars liquor chain.

According to Chicago - based Information Resources Inc. (IRI), hard cider was up approximately 15 percent for more than $ 436 million in dollar sales in the 52 weeks ending Dec. 27, 2015, in U.S. supermarkets, drug stores, mass merchandisers, gas and convenience stores, military commissaries, and select club and dollar retail chains.

From a distribution perspective, D's products are currently available on Amazon, plus around 12,000 stores including GNC, Vitamin Shoppe and CVS, with significant opportunities to grow in fitness and health club chains, specialty retailers and up and down the street accounts, said Hickey, who is based in Long Island, while Katz is based in Denver.

Competition authorities should set up a «retail monitor» following their renewed investigation of the UK's grocery supply chain, said the New Economics Foundation (NEF), an influential think tank.

The pick - up program is one of several established under WooliesX, a new division created by Woolworths chief executive Brad Banducci to bring together customer loyalty and digital operations across the group to accelerate online growth, reduce supply chain costs and prepare for the arrival of Amazon by leveraging the retailer's bricks and mortar and digital assets.

Jonathan Newman, Chairman and CEO of Newman Wine, talked about the 10 biggest factors that can help brands get picked up by national chains and large retailers.

The man who built Woolworths» Dan Murphy's chain into a liquor powerhouse and also ran Coles's liquor business, has now teamed up with listed retailing heavyweight Metcash.

After perfecting the fermentation process and lining up supply of high quality beans, Break The Cup is ready to break into retail chains and expand its distribution.

Last year, Abbott agreed to pay $ 108 million, without admitting any wrongdoing, to the State of Florida and several retail chains, in settlement of complaints that it drove up the cost of baby formula.

We are able to accommodate the needs of virtually any retailer, from the small independents all the way up to the largest retail chains.

Kohl's Department Stores Menomonee Falls, WI Retail 601 million green kWh, 50 % of total power used This chain is already the biggest solar electricity host in the U.S. To soak up rays on 60 (and counting) store and corporate rooftops, the retailer has partnered with Sun - Edison, which owns and maintains the solar panels and sells the electricity to Kohl's.

To come up with our winning chains, our expert panel (meet them below) reviewed the 35 largest food retailers across the country and selected the absolute healthiest, based on everything from the freshness of produce and taste of prepared foods to the healthiness of packaged goods and availability of supplemental nutritional information.

On the same blocks are nationally - recognized names in fashion, and a mix of major retail chains that have also set up shop to satisfy the on - trend crowds.

Amazon today announced a tie - up with retail chain Croma to distribute its Kindle ebook reader in India.

I think the average French consumer might just purchase this on an impulse and will dig the fact there is a retail chain backing it up.

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.

In what was supposed to be a move to give the independent booksellers a leg up over major chain retailers, online retailers, AND ebook distributors, the publishers would set one price per title and no seller would be allowed to discount that title more than five percent.

Other physical retailers appear to be adapting to the changed market: campus book chain John Smith's reported a company - wide increase in book sales last year; Blackwell's reported like - for - like sales were up in its key campus branches; and Waterstones maintained that the academic trade was still «very important» in some of its locations.