Sentences with phrase «many brick»

«These bricks can potentially be used as a portion of the tunnel lining itself, which is typically built from concrete.»

An important deadline is nearly here for all retailers who accept credit cards in their bricks - and - mortar stores.

It's unclear how much the bricks would cost.

During the holiday season, whenever new units were made available online or at bricks - and - mortar stores, customers would buy them up in minutes.

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.

Today, it has 10 brick - and - mortar stores.

How many of these businesses would've succeeded as brick - and - mortar shops just 20 years ago?

From the age that he could first make himself useful, Cornell says, he did odd jobs in his spare time: shoveling snow, mowing lawns, stacking bricks.

While most brick - and - mortar stores are reeling from the Amazon effect, Sephora and Ulta are experiencing exponential growth due in part to virtual experiences.

Smith, a veteran construction manager, and the subcontractor, a lanky, stoop - shouldered man with a local flooring firm, were standing in the site office — the chaotic first - floor corner of a six - storey brick - and - beam warehouse.

While the discount applies today only with Amazon, small businesses can use Amazon's move to drive business away from local brick and mortar stores as motivation to be creative in their offerings and marketing efforts.

She painted her walls celery green and used a brick red accent to call to mind foliage and garden pots.

In 2001 the company purchased Centura Banks, a traditional bricks - and - mortar operation, for more than $ 2 billion and attempted to build a footprint in the southeast U.S. Centura was a lousy business to start with, and RBC was ill - equipped for the intensely competitive U.S. marketplace.

When asked how long the construction of a building using the bricks would take, Musk replied that «two people could build the outer walls of a small house in a day or so.»

This is because they still think of geographic expansion as a costly «bricks and mortar» kind of roll - out process, and they just don't get the cloud and the fact that there are very modest costs to distributing almost anything digital today to everywhere in the world.

The founding CEO of e-commerce marketplace Shop.ca, Green is tasked with further scaling a company that has expanded from a custom suit website to an omnichannel retailer with a growing network of bricks - and - mortar stores.

Some industry observers predict that retail will change more in the next five years than it has over the past century, and that the extinction of brick - and - mortar stores isn't far off.

The athletic apparel retailer sells goods through its brick - and - mortar stores that include Foot Locker, Lady Foot Locker, Kids Foot Locker, as well as direct to consumer through its websites.

Investors expect faster returns from Walmart's investments compared to Amazon, said Yarbrough, a move that limits the brick - and - mortar retailer's ability to spend big on acquisitions in growth markets.

Imgur's new cavernous, brick - walled space is a far cry from Schaaf's tiny dorm room at Ohio University, were he dreamt up the idea during a particularly lonely junior - year winter break.

Sephora revolutionized the brick - and - mortar beauty industry by replacing traditional sales reps with «beauty advisors» and encouraging customers to try before they buy.

When you remove the retail markup, which ranges from 25 to 50 percent to cover the costs of running a brick - and - mortar store, you put a product that you find at a health food store at or below what you'd pay for the equivalent product at a conventional retail store.

Indian architect Anupama Kundoo has also developed low - cost, plaster bricks that can resist earthquakes.

The Boring Company's website claims that creating bricks would reduce both the tunneling costs and the environmental impact of its projects (since cement production accounts for over 4 % of global CO2 emissions).

Everyone used to say e-commerce was going to destroy bricks and mortar.

She said the ban might discourage people from buying sunscreen products from local brick - and - mortar stores.

On Monday, Musk tweeted that instead of disposing that leftover earth, he plans to recycle it into interlocking, Lego - style bricks that can be used to build houses and other structures.

The first three weeks of December have seen soft foot traffic in brick and mortar stores, resulting in fewer impulse purchases.

The company is now expanding from online into a more traditional realm: bricks - and - mortar stores.

Unlike many supplement manufacturers, MusclePharm products seem to be everywhere: On the shelves of major brick - and - mortar stores like Costco, GNC, and Vitamin Shoppe, online at outlets like Bodybuilding.com... if you've ever purchased a nutritional supplement, chances are you've at least considered a MusclePharm product.

I loved this article, I have a established brick and mortar business but my website is very new and was built after clients literally begged me to have one.

Online shopping is clearly taking a big bite out Black Friday's share of holiday shopping, but Astound's data also shows that shopper aren't abandoning bricks and mortar shops entirely.

It also looks to be happening with retail stores, with a growing number of online - only operations opening bricks - and - mortar outlets.

After reading half a chapter of the book, the message hit me in the face like a ton of bricks.

It just won't go the bricks - and - mortar route again.

Google's two - floor café offers healthy food options and is marked by pops of color, private booths, and exposed black brick.

The smartest ones, by the way, are those that take advantage of multiple channels and combine a brick - and - mortar operation with an online presence.

«However, Walmart continues to widen the gap between itself and all other brick - and - mortar retailer by leveraging its unmatched physical resources.»

NEW YORK, May 2 - U.S. consumers spent a record $ 100 billion online in the first quarter, helped by holiday promotions, Adobe Analytics said on Wednesday, highlighting the ongoing switch to web retailers from brick - and - mortar stores.

Since opening its doors 50 years ago, the Sunset Marquis has grown to include 52 detached, Mediterranean - influenced villas, two bars, two heated outdoor pools and even an underground recording studio, all interconnected by winding brick pathways that guide guests through the property's labyrinth of tropical gardens.

One possible reason is that Amazon, with the launch of its Prime service, has solved two important obstacles of shopping online: eliminating the hidden cost of shipping and the perception that shopping online is slower than shopping in a brick - and - mortar retail store.

Canada's brick - and - mortar retailers lack a clear strategy for online shopping — and it's driving customers away

«It really allows us to expand into places where we don't have brick - and - mortar stores.»

The rise of online booking sites may have dealt a near - fatal blow to brick - and - mortar travel agencies — but don't count them out just yet.

Bill and Melinda Gates bought a lovely five bedroom brick house right next to the University of Chicago for $ 1.25 million, the Chicago Tribune reports.

The cofounder of the Vancouver - based seller of made - to - measure suits has big plans for bricks and mortar locations

Hiding in the sub-basement of a brick five - story apartment building, for example, should expose you to just 1/200 of the amount of fallout radiation outside.

Western Australian jeweller Linneys has launched an online store to complement its bricks and mortar showrooms, making its high - end products available to a global audience for the first time.

Companies that effectively leverage these approaches are likely to lead the industry, while pushing back on the common notion that brick and mortar retail is dead.

In its brick and mortar stores, Blumenthal says, Warby Parker uses technology to «eliminate low - value interactions and amplify high - value ones.»