Sentences with phrase «known as retail»

BVT, a German investment firm, runs an acquisitions / syndication program known as the Retail Income Fund (RIF) for an investor base comprised primarily of Germans, along with a few Swiss, says David Ballew, president and CEO of the company's Atlanta - based acquisitions arm.
The retail manager is also sometimes known as retail store manager.
Companies that provide the traders with an access to sell and buy foreign currencies with the help of middlemen also known as retail Forex brokers or Forex brokers.
An individual investor, also known as a retail client, is a client organisation or individual who can not meet both (i) one or more of the professional client criteria laid down in Annex II to the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Directive 2004 / 39 / EC), and (ii) one or more of the qualified investor criteria set out in Article 2 of the Prospectus Directive (Directive 2003 / 71 / EC).
CDs that are fully insured are generally known as retail CDs, while those with larger balances that are not insured (or not fully insured) are known as jumbo CDs.
Primarily known as a retailer of jeans and t - shirts, Buckle is a popular stop for casual dressers of all types.
Primarily known as a retailer of jeans and t - shirts, Buckle is a popular stop for casual dressers of all types.

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For years I've heard complaints from merchants, both large and small, who blame Amazon for the destruction of brick - and - mortar retail as we once knew it.
He drew in the sand an outline of what would today become one of the most effective retail inventions of all time — the UPC, otherwise known as the barcode.
While many online retailers require the three or four digit security code on the back of a consumer's card to complete a sale, known as a certification verification value (CVV) code, many others do not.
Even Toronto mayor John Tory does his best Derek Zoolander in front of a long mirror as he slips on a pair of casual blue Ron White shoes, officially known as the Jace Jeans sneaker, handcrafted in Italy from cashmere suede and retailing at $ 375.
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.
The project, announced Thursday, is known as TrustChain and involves precious metal suppliers, refiners and manufacturers working with the U.S. retail jeweler Helzberg Diamonds.
In the future, an individual's digital fingerprint will allow retailers to know who a person is, as well as how he or she likes charges to be applied.
PepsiCo's first chief design officer, Mauro Porcini, has helped take a brand known for food and beverages into new realms such as events, retail «activation,» and digital media.
However, knowing none of us are permitted to use those Shark Tank logos on anything related to our product at retail, whether it is logos on packaging, POS, shelf talkers and displays, why would any business use that intermittent exposure as a primary marketing focus?
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.
Federation Centres, formerly known as Centro Retail, has sold half stakes in its Mandurah and Halls Head shopping centres as part of a $ 371.4 million deal with property fund manager ISPT.
In the future as more companies use technology like Forter's, retailers will no longer consider chargebacks a central metric to watch.
Many of our retailers as well will carry our system in the shop and we're educating all of the staff out there on the floor so they know how to sell this.»
«One of the reasons we've had so much success as a retailer is because we have local dealers who know our customers better than anyone,» Medline said in his 2014 interview.
The move, which has drawn threats of strike action from the Mail's union, comes a year after the government spun off the 11,780 - branch retail network known as the Post Office.
As I give retailers tours and explain this, they look at me like I don't know the number.
I mean, one of the reasons we've had so much success as a retailer is because we have local dealers who know our customers better than anyone.
The company says it checks each coupon three times a week, and it takes its work seriously: If a user tries a coupon that turns out no longer to be valid, CouponCabin will hand over a $ 25 gift card for a retailer, such as Target, Dell, RadioShack, Best Buy, Home Depot, Kohls, or Kmart.
And, of course, there are the endless predictions about the death of retail as we known it.
The simple fact is that Amazon's long game was never about just retail, at least not as we've known it.
The Dallas - based integrated retail and generation company was previously known as Energy Future Holdings and before that, TXU Corporation.
Well - known retailer Joe Fresh is among the brands under the spotlight as a result of Wednesday's building collapse in Bangladesh that killed at least 260 people.
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.
While XPO offers a wide range of logistics and freight transportation services, it is probably best known to consumers as the company that manages the home delivery of heavy items such as furniture and appliances for retailers.
Desperate for some kind - any kind - of retail store in which to spend their money up in the frozen, polar - bear - infested land known as «Canada,» shoppers flocked to recently opened Target stores across the country, giving the U.S. retailer 86 million of their «loonies.»
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.
Dozens of malls have closed in the last 10 years, and many more are at risk of shutting down as retailers like Macy's, JCPenney, and Sears — also known as anchor stores — shutter hundreds of stores to staunch the bleeding from falling sales.
Retailers on e-commerce portals view this as an opportunity to let their buyers know that they have a wide array of products available that are in line with the latest couture.
I don't know what you were doing when you were 14, but it probably wasn't signing a licensing deal to get your product into big name retailers such as Barnes and Noble and Target.
As competition grows, the big question, according to Pat Minicucci, National Bank's senior vice-president of retail and business banking for central, western and Atlantic Canada, is how the players should try to attract attention while offering products and services that everyone knows «are fairly ubiquitous and similar.»
Confirm the validity of all apps before downloading, and if you get online through a public access point, commonly known as a free wireless hotspot, verify the exact name of the access point with the retailer first.
Primer's approach has already won over U.S. spy agencies (Gourley claims he doesn't know which, since In - Q - Tel manages the relationship with the individual agencies) and other early customers, such as Singapore's sovereign wealth fund GIC and retail giant Walmart (wmt).
The discovery comes at a particularly sensitive time for merchants, not only because this is the busiest time of the year for most, when by some estimates U.S. retailers will notch $ 630 billion in sales, but also because most merchants are now in the process of switching over to terminals that accept chip cards, also known as EMV cards.
As business owners, we pride ourselves on knowing what things cost and on never paying retail (unless, of course, we run out of toner cartridges in the middle of the afternoon before a big presentation).
This fall, a new scholarship from the video game retailer KontrolFreek will award 10 students merit - based scholarships based on their academic accomplishments and collegiate participation in competitive online video games, commonly known as eSports.
Thomas Persson, 30, is the grandson of Swedish fashion magnate Erling Persson, who founded Hennes & Mauritz, globally known as cheap chic retailer H&M.
While Walmart is best known as a general merchandise discount giant, the retailer is in the midst of a big push to significantly beef up its online marketplace.
And, in the same way that the company's mattresses are attempting to disrupt an industry that it perceives as rife with excess SKUs, bloated prices, misleading sales and a frustrating retail experience, Casper's latest offerings — both of which were roughly 18 months in the making — are similarly no - nonsense, Sherwin says.
U.S. retailer Overstock.com has seen its stock price skyrocket since it said it was entering the blockchain and cryptocurrency space, while small cap fruit juice company Future Fintech — formerly known as SkyPeople Fruit Juice — surged as much as 200 percent on the mere mention of financial technology (fintech) in its name.
Jewelry brands as well - known as Swarovski and as trendy as Vrai & Oro, a direct - to - consumer outfit for engagement rings, rely on Diamond Foundry's diamonds, which retail for 20 % to 25 % less than their mined counterparts.
Traditionally, Black Friday starts the day after Thanksgiving, but as we've seen over the years, the name no longer applies, with retailers releasing deals and opening up stores earlier and earlier.
Also known as Socially Responsible Investing, investors can be confident that these funds will steer clear of gun manufacturers and retailers.
[01:30] Introduction [02:30] Tony welcomes Alexandra [03:40] Launching in 2007 — it came from a place of passion [04:25] Establishing clear roles among founders [05:40] Flexing her multilingual skills in business [06:25] Adjusting how you speak to someone based on their objectives [08:10] The secret to Gilt's growth [09:20] Building a business that would thrive during winter [10:20] Finding the capital to purchase inventory [10:40] Moving from venture to private equity funding [11:20] It's all about smart money [11:40] The future of traditional retail [12:20] The subscription model [12:40] Catering to the time - starved customer [12:55] Bringing services into the home [13:10] Leaving Gilt to lead Glamsquad [16:10] Glamsquad started as an app [17:10] Vetting employees [18:10] Building trust with customers [19:00] Taking massive action — now [20:20] Launching the first sale on Gilt — without a return policy [21:30] Fitz [22:00] The average person wears only 20 % of their wardrobe [23:00] Taking the time to understand your customer [23:20] Challenges as a woman in business [24:40] Advice to a female entrepreneur that's just getting started [25:25] The importance of networking [25:50] Knowing the milestones to hit along the way
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