Sentences with phrase «from big chain stores»

Most of my clothes come from the big chain stores.

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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.

After decades of spectacular growth, the chain appears to be hitting the wall: same - store sales - growth is sagging in Canada, where Tims is suddenly facing tough new competition from McDonald's new McCafé rebrand, clearly aimed at taking a big gulp out of the market leader's coffee sales.

Walmart retreats from Britain's fiercely - competitive grocery market as J Sainsbury plc, the country's second - biggest grocery store chain, confirms a $ 10 billion deal to merge the Bentonville, Arkansas - based group's Asda business.

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

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 %.

graduates go straight into jobs at community pharmacies — from big chains to small independent stores.

I used a chain from an old necklace so that didn't cost me anything and purchased big, bold clip - on earrings from a thrift store for only $ 2.

But I also like quality: I have sworn off cheap jewelry from the big store chains.

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.

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.

In addition to protecting the book as a cultural good, it is also meant to protect smaller book stores from being outcompeted by large chains offering big discounts.

The other missing pieces are bookstores and libraries, but I doubt much good news will be coming from either sector; the big bookstore chains are stumbling badly this year, and my local stores have cut back on their graphic novel inventory, while libraries, like all branches of local government, must contend with budget cuts.

2 of the 3, Eisler and Brockway, had already had the big publisher, had already seen their books on the shelves of everything from Walmart to grocery stores to the big chain or little indie bookstores.

In the case of publishing, I've heard publishing execs boast about how only they can pay author advances (critical for authors seeking to make a living from writing, but less so for enthusiastic hobbyists), and only they can get a book onto that front table at a big bookseller chain (also important, but less so in the era of digital book stores), but I believe the most important role that publishers perform is the one they are strangely reluctant to celebrate: the editor and the process of editing an author's manuscript into a readable book.

VB: It used to be that writers were discouraged from doing a «small book» in the middle of a career of bigger books, because the chain bookstores — the brick and mortar stores — kept close track of sales, and low sales would hurt the prospects for a writer's future books.

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.

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.

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

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.

The breeder told us he feeds his Boxers a really cheap food from one of the big grocery store chains.

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.

And unlike big - boxes like Petco and PetSmart, these chains have the look and feel of a locally owned retailer, complete with the high level of service that customers have come to expect from a neighborhood pet store.

Whether you are talking about 10 - store single - state operations, 20 - store regional retailers or 1,000 - plus - store national big - box behemoths, it can not be overestimated what these chains have meant to the world of pet specialty retailing, particularly as the channel has faced increasing competition from mass retailers over the past several years.

The big - box pet store chains have removed Hill's Pet Nutrition products from their Topeka and Lawrence, Kan., locations.

In fact, even as the national big - box pet stores and certain regional chains across the country expanded significantly from 2007 through 2012, the total number of pet store operators actually declined by eight percent over those five years, according to a December 2012 industry report from IBISWorld, a Santa Monica, Calif. - based market research firm.

While the rise of the big - box pet chains and increased attention on pet products from mass retailers like Walmart have certainly tested the strength of many vendors» commitment to the independent pet store channel, it appears that the promise of Internet sales has proven particularly alluring to pet product manufacturers — and even some pet product distributors.

The frequent - buyer program allows customers to earn free bags of pet food, a feature that Keller believes sets Petsway apart from big pet store chains.

Taupo has the full spectrum of men, women, kids and baby's clothing from boutique local stores as well as some big chains and fabulous op - shopping at prices that are downright reasonable.

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).

Made from 100 percent certified - organic cotton, Loomstate for Target's warm - weather casuals, priced from $ 14.99 to $ 44.99, will be launching at Target.com and select Target stores nationwide on April 19.Eco - fashion - watchers know, of course, that this isn't designer Rogan Gregory's first dalliance with the big - box chain.

With 4,179 stores around the world, Gap is the biggest U.S. apparel chain and has been the mainstay of malls from coast to coast.

An article in the Los Angeles Times notes the chain is on a major expansion drive and in addition to opening new locations, will likely go from its current 10,000 sq. ft. to 15,000 sq. ft. model to building stores bigger than 15,000 sq. ft. to drive sales productivity.