Sentences with phrase «like big department»

There are reasons why aggregator sites work, just like big department stores.

Not exact matches

Some other department stores like Giant Tiger, Fields and the NorthWest Company are expanding their influence and do well in smaller towns, but the big four have the lion's share of the market.

Most jewelry and department stores keep watches neatly divided, like members of some especially conservative place of worship, into a section «for him» with big, chunky watches, and a section «for her» where they keep the dainty ones.

And in an ominous turn of events, big brands like Coach, Michael Kors, and Ralph Lauren have reduced the amount they sell through department stores, complaining that the industry's culture of discounting has contaminated their brands.

Further, depending on what kind of shoes you're in the market for, it can sometimes feel like every department store you go to carries the same four pairs from the same five or six big - name brands.

It's far too easy to feel like a cog in a big machine, as opposed to someone directly accountable for delighting customers regardless of level or department.

Intrigued, former Walrus staffer Knelman spent much of the eight years following this conversation digging into an illegal industry that treats the world's cultural heritage like «one big department store.»

But the Justice Department under the Obama administration opposed some of the biggest of those proposed mergers, successfully blocking combinations like one between the oil field services providers Halliburton and Baker Hughes.

What it's like working with big clients like VW and Proctor and Gamble Getting buy - in from all the departments on SEO Leveraging automation and tools to collect and process data Link building at scale The impact of machine learning on rankings The most important types of backlinks to focus on The problems

We'd like to give a big shout - out to the School District of Palm Beach County, the School District's Police Department and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office for their collaboration and swiftness following the massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High...

From minor annoyances like not consistently updating your CRM or missing internal meetings, to real antisocial behavior like bullying other employees / departments, ignoring rules, cheating the system and undermining leadership, some salespeople can really become a big distraction for their manager and for the company as a whole.

The State Department should begin by supporting three initiatives: the development of an academic sub-discipline of international religious freedom studies, the engagement of big business, and the building of partnerships with other, like - minded governments.

I am not gluten free but I am flavor on and this dish sounds like it delivers big time in the flava department!

With supplement deals springing up like shoe contracts, many big - time college athletic departments have endorsement arrangements with supplement companies.

The Spanish giants are currently spoilt for choice in the attacking midfield department, having signed James Rodriguez in a big - money deal from AS Monaco this summer, whilst also having the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale to choose from in that part of the pitch.

It's all gone a bit wrong for Chelsea in the striker department recently, with Alvaro Morata not looking anything like the kind of player needed to fill the big boots left by Diego Costa.

Mourinho looks like he could do with reinforcements in attack after some disappointing performances in the big games this season, with Bale a clear upgrade on the likes of Jesse Lingard, Juan Mata and Henrikh Mkhitaryan in that department.

With Manchester City likely to spend big in a bid to regain the title, United will have to be on their toes in the transfer market, and could do with strengthening particularly in the midfield department, as Paul Scholes could retire at the end of the season and the likes of Nani and Ashley Young are likely to be sold.

Spartak Moskva — Narodnaya komanda (People's team) Spartak were never attached to a government department like their big city rivals.

People trust word of mouth and that's why the biggest businesses now have social media departments — whole areas of their business dedicated to getting their messages across in an informal, friendly way — it's a little like the «I'm not wearing any make - up» make - up, if you get it right it is flawlessly natural.

I'm sure that moving funds from one category to another will not be simple, and each school department will try to hold on to their funds like a dog with a pork chop, but I think it's important to see the big picture, and in my view, this big picture would mean that schools will eventually be able to provide FREE healthy food for all children, as Dr. Poppendieck advocates.

After a year of coalition government, it would be fascinating to repeat the exercise, and perhaps focus on two big - budget departments, like the Foreign Office and Ministry of Defence.

The city argues since it dispatches its police and fire departments to the big nonprofits, like Syracuse University and Crouse, and its public works department plows the streets so their employees can get to work, the nonprofits should pay something for those services.

«For a city like New York City, the biggest fear is the loss of federal funds,» said Aaron Pallas, the chair of the Department of Education Policy and Social Analysis at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Because the brain is like every other tissue connected to the peripheral immune system through meningeal lymphatic vessels,» said Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, professor in the UVA Department of Neuroscience and director of UVA's Center for Brain Immunology and Glia (BIG).

«We're not talking about big, thick structures that we want to keep an eye on like in the Cold War,» says Wade Pulliam, program manager with the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency's (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office, an arm of the Pentagon charged with researching and developing new technology for the defense department.

«The application of big data methods to target soldiers at high risk of rare but important outcomes like suicide is an exciting development because it gives us a way forward in focusing prevention efforts on an ongoing basis,» said Robert Ursano, chairman of the Psychiatry Department at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and an Army STARRS Principal Investigator.

When you are well - endowed in the bra - filler department like I am, a trench can make you look like a big stuffed tent.

On a big musical like Hamilton, there are usually two people in the department — a CM and an associate (that's me!).

A good lesson to me, since I'm always feeling like I'm lacking in the art supplies department...... though truthfully I really have almost everything I need, well at least until I try to put a bigger dent in my art supplies stash!

Series creator Chris Carter has even written a third entry in the franchise's film department and, based on what the ratings will be like, we'll probably see more X-Files in the future, whether in terms of more episodes or a big blockbuster of a movie.

Now you have someone loves you, and this is a big plus in the self - confidence and self - esteem, because all the departments like to be loved.

The reason I like the film doesn't stem from the usual things — I am not a fan of any of the actors (except Jackie Chan, The Big Brawl), I don't think it's particularly brilliant in the writing or direction department, and the car chases are certainly not particularly appealing to me.

Ricky Gervais should host, like, everything Sure, he ain't as pretty as James Franco and «The Office» showed he's no threat to Hugh Jackman in the song - and - dance department, but the Brit's polarizing hosting gig last night reminded me of what I want first and foremost from any awards ceremony emcee: big laughs, and a lot of them.

Bend it Like Beckhams biggest sin comes in the editing department.

Westerberg: Time should be provided for teachers to get together at the course or department level on a regular basis to identify big - picture course learning goals, rubrics, or scoring guides that delineate expected student performance standards; that is, what good work looks like for each goal, and common assessment items or tasks that evaluate student performance vis — vis key elements of each rubric.

«The fact that the bottom line [for the Education Department] would go down from $ 24.4 billion to $ 24.1 billion doesn't sound like such a big deal,» said Susan Frost, executive director of the Committee for Education Funding.

It feels like there's been no problem too big or too small for his Department of Education to tackle.

With an accessible and easy to use platform like TalentLMS, you need neither big bucks nor your own IT department (or expensive consultants) to deploy your own corporate eLearning courses.

Representing the crowning achievement of Ford Performance and the future of the recently consolidated department, the Ford GT will be partnering with big names like Chip Ganassi racing, Multimatic, Roush Yates Engines, Castrol, Michelin, Sparco, Brembo, and CGRFS.

We were bigger and stronger in the engine department and all the rest was like a contour to the engine, to the power play.

The department has a budget in total of half a million Swedish crowns, which is $ 70 million U.S., something like that, so it's a big project.

A potential like that can not go ignored, and that is why the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Project Agency (that's an agency inside an agency in case you are counting), just showed up with a big bag full of taxpayer's Benjamins to help move the prototype a little closer to the production - ready stage.

The bigger items like high - end computers, tablets, and educational electronics are also often categorized as school supplies and therefore, tax free,» says Matthew Camp, State of Alabama, Department of Industrial Relations Field Deputy.

The incredibly rich 2013 speaker list ranges from bestselling authors like Malcolm Gladwell, Sylvia Day, and Jennifer Armentrout; media masters like Brad Stone of Bloomberg Businessweek, Laura Hazard Owen of paidContent, Jeremy Greenfield of Digital Book World, and Phil Sexton of F+W Media; top executives from the Big 6 houses; the Author's Guild and the US Department of Justice; top children's and educational publishers like Scholastic, Cengage, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt; industry visionaries, such as Matt McInnis of Inkling, Allen Lau of Wattpad, Kristen McLean of Bookigee, Richard Nash of Small Demons, Corey Pressman of Exprima Media, Mark Ury of Storybird, Hugh McGuire of PressBooks, Craig Mod, John Ossenmacher of ReDigi, Anne Kubek of InScribe Digital, Josh Schanker of BookBub, and more; and finally, industry giants Barnes and Noble, Kobo, and Google.

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The Blue Cash Preferred ® Card from American Express also earns more in everyday expenses (3 - 6x in U.S. gas, supermarkets, and department stores), and you can't get a big spend bonus like you do with The JetBlue Plus Card.

Except department stores, big box stores & shopping malls still haven't twigged this, they're still piled high with dreary mid - price / mid - range / middle - of - the - road products for the largest possible common denominator — it's like everybody became the Gap!

Instead of being in a big open area, they're stuck in little display cases like jewelry at a department store.

Many of these cards have excellent reviews and can earn you some serious returns in big categories like groceries, gas, and even some department stores.