Sentences with phrase «in bigger chain stores»

The problem is that so many people think that the only options they have are the brands they see in the big chain stores or supermarkets.

Not exact matches

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 storeIn 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 storein 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 storein the medium - sized sector, Alibaba has invested in the Sanjiang supermarket chain; and in small retail, Alibaba is aligning with Lianhua's Quik convenience storein the Sanjiang supermarket chain; and in small retail, Alibaba is aligning with Lianhua's Quik convenience storein small retail, Alibaba is aligning with Lianhua's Quik convenience stores.

Wal - Mart isn't the only big retail chain that regularly has samples for its customers — Target (TGT) regularly lists free samples on its Web site, and unlike Wal - Mart, you don't actually need to set foot in the store.

The convenience landscape in the United States today looks like Canada's did back in 1990: dotted with regional chains numbering between 50 and 300 stores, some larger networks owned by Big Oil, and industry leader 7 - Eleven.

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.

Meanwhile, it's clear that other chains are winning: In the third quarter of 2014, while McDonald's same - store sales were falling about 3 %, those at Chipotle Mexican Grill, the big cheese of the burrito world, were soaring 20 %.

Grocery stores — whether your local store or a big - box chain — have tons of items in stock and many for a fair, reasonable price.

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

The consumer electronics chain had struck a deal just before its Chapter 11 filing in Delaware, which will see a sale of up to 2,400 of its stores to the U.S. wireless provider Sprint and its biggest shareholder Standard General.

In July, Big Bearing Store, a Memphis, Tennessee, wholesale distributor of ball bearings and chains (eBay User ID: bearingsandchain), launched a ProStores web store in addition to its eBay StorIn July, Big Bearing Store, a Memphis, Tennessee, wholesale distributor of ball bearings and chains (eBay User ID: bearingsandchain), launched a ProStores web store in addition to its eBay SStore, a Memphis, Tennessee, wholesale distributor of ball bearings and chains (eBay User ID: bearingsandchain), launched a ProStores web store in addition to its eBay Sstore in addition to its eBay Storin addition to its eBay StoreStore.

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.

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.

Upscale menswear chain Harry Rosen is moving many of its 17 stores into bigger, more expansive locations; And Hudson's Bay Company owner Richard Baker is rolling out the chi - chi Saks Fifth Avenue brand in Canada.

The complete abscence of a retail chain of stores like this one leaves a big empty void in this segment of the retail market that can be successfully exploited by someone with the wisdom and foresight to see it for the virtually unlimited ground floor opportunity that it is.

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.

The department store competitor owns a collection of smaller shops, including Home Goods and Marshalls, that have an even bigger footprint than the largest clothing shop in the U.S., another off - price chain called Ross.

U.S. retail giant Wall Mart Stores Inc has 432 stores in China, while coffee chain Starbucks Corp has 2,500 stores there and outgoing CEO Howard Schultz told investors China will one day be a bigger market for the firm than the United SStores Inc has 432 stores in China, while coffee chain Starbucks Corp has 2,500 stores there and outgoing CEO Howard Schultz told investors China will one day be a bigger market for the firm than the United Sstores in China, while coffee chain Starbucks Corp has 2,500 stores there and outgoing CEO Howard Schultz told investors China will one day be a bigger market for the firm than the United Sstores there and outgoing CEO Howard Schultz told investors China will one day be a bigger market for the firm than the United States.

Through the strategic partnership between Tmall Global and Metro, the companies also agreed to explore opportunities for collaboration in omni - channel retailing, global sourcing and supply chain optimization, online - to - offline integration with Metro's existing China stores, and use of big - data analytics to gain market insights, according to the press release.

Customers who don't have that option are expecting big changes to their grocery stores, and the current model that hasn't evolved in decades quickly becomes a bigger frustration at larger chains.

It is available online and in many specialty cake supply stores, I have yet to see this stuff at the big chain grocers.

One of the big chain grocery stores carry them in the fall for a limited time.

The company's big break came in 1996 when it signed a contract with Harris Teeter, a regional grocery store chain serving North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Maryland, Delaware and Washington, D.C. «When we started our deal with Harris Teeter, we provided them with our signature casseroles, salads, mac and cheese, and coleslaw,» Vice President Sandy Berlin says.

In 2010, CDG acquired a chain of retail stores known as Big Daddy's, allowing for the distribution group to etch out an even larger share of the beer, wines and spirits market on the islands.

The pizza giant will spend up to $ 63m to buy Germany's Hallo Pizza chain, taking its store numbers in Europe's biggest economy to over 300.

The Big & Bold Shiraz has been a strong seller for the past 12 months across all four of Coles liquor brands — the value chain Liquorland, Vintage Cellars, First Choice and the newly established LiquorMarket, which is a new concept store opened in the Melbourne suburb of Ringwood.

CROSSMARK, one of the premier food brokers in the world, works with select companies to both market and sell products in a variety of distribution channels including independent grocers, wholesale clubs, convenience stores, big - name grocery chains and mass merchandisers.

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.

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.

Gift cards to health stores — Yoga naturally goes hand in hand with a healthy lifestyle, so any yoga practitioner would appreciate some funding for healthy sustenance, whether it is for a big chain like Whole Foods Market, or your local organic food and health store.

Big chain warehouse stores aren't the only ones to offer the power of buying in bulk.

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).

Officials also provided a rundown of the companies that have agreed to participate in the endeavor, including big - name corporations such as AT&T, Borders Inc., Century 21 Real Estate Corp., Citibank, Coca - Cola, General Motors, and drug store chain CVS Corp..

After drawing a lot of attention back when it was first announced by Viz Media, volumes one and two of Pokemon Black & White have hit comic store shelves (they were in most big chain bookstores a couple weeks back).

This is what some big distributors (aka book store chains) and publishers are doing in Germany.

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 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.

Then my first publisher, Zeus Publications, gave me some more ideas, arranged my first radio interview and my first book - signing at an Angus and Robertson store (one of the biggest book store chains in Australia at the time but sadly gone now).

It is getting harder for indie companies with no large distribution chain in stores to compete against low cost hardware put out by the big companies.

Competition is stiff for shelf space in Costco, Walmart, Target, Barnes & Noble, Supermarkets, Airport stores and other big national chains.

I could see it working for more independent stores (we have some of those in the area), but not with the big chains.

In partnership with Libre Publishing, the biggest Japanese publisher of boys» love titles, and the largest anime store chain in Japan, Animate, SuBLime Manga will being publishing English - language titles digitally in December, with print titles to follow in Spring 201In partnership with Libre Publishing, the biggest Japanese publisher of boys» love titles, and the largest anime store chain in Japan, Animate, SuBLime Manga will being publishing English - language titles digitally in December, with print titles to follow in Spring 201in Japan, Animate, SuBLime Manga will being publishing English - language titles digitally in December, with print titles to follow in Spring 201in December, with print titles to follow in Spring 201in Spring 2012.

While a few of those numbers are probably a little murky (Marvel [along with DC] technically sell directly to retailers, with Diamond only acting as a sales agent — so, when they sell to Billy Bob's Comics Hole, they're selling it for a very different price than they're selling it to John's Big Regional Chain Stores), I suspect it is fairly likely that the cut to every other partner combined is pretty close to, in aggregate, of 65 % of the total cover price.

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.

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 booIn 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 booin 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.

South African readers can buy Anne's books in the local Kalahari store, where they might choose to read on the local gobii e-reader rather than a Kindle or the Kobo devices sold nationwide by the country's biggest supermarket chain Pick - N - Pay.

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.

Office Depot is one of the first major office supply chain stores in the country, with an attempt to get bigger because of the merger.