Sentences with phrase «of big chain stores»

It would be a much better story if this bookstore was one of those big chain stores, you...

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UPS told Reuters it is now eyeing the furniture delivery business — one of the fastest - growing segments of online retail — with Amazon, Wayfair and other e-commerce companies competing for market share against chains like Crate and Barrel and big - box stores.

Now, many big chains are developing creative ways to capture a market that has rejected them, and franchises, which usually have local ownership, are starting to play up the neighborhood and community aspects of their stores.

The suburban shopping mall has long been the bastion of Big Retail, dominated by large department stores and nationwide chains.

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.

Analyzing data provided by 50,000 of its own clients for the past year, Bigcommerce determined that auto, jewelry, toys and games and pet care are fast - growing areas where one - of - a-kind merchants are outperforming their big - box or chain store peers.

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

Pashak's first line of retailers is specialty bike shops, but ideally he'd also sell through a high - end «lifestyle» chain like Restoration Hardware or even a big - box store that could handle the volume he anticipates.

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.

When Skorman was launching his chain of video stores, called EmpireVideo, he planned on big success, but was strategic about who he would target.

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 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 StoreStore.

But e-commerce and other trends have sapped the department stores» sales: the five biggest chains have closed some 750 stores, or 20 % of their fleet, since 2013.

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.

RadioShack, a long - ailing 94 - year - old electronics chain, filed for bankruptcy protection on Thursday after striking a deal to sell up to 2,400 of its stores to the wireless service provider Sprint and a hedge fund that is its biggest shareholder.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

Don't go out and buy something that's been sitting on the shelf of your local big chain grocery store, make this instead!

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 bottler has been working for more than eight months with The Coca Cola Co, big supermarket chains, fast food and convenience store chains and small retailers to ensure that sales of Coke Life meet or beat ambitious expectations.

Department store chains Kmart, BIG W and Target and specialty toy retailers are likely to be the biggest beneficiaries of the collapse of Toys «R» Us.

The boss of one of the UK's biggest milk supply groups has slammed cost - cutting by discount stores that he claims has taken # 252m out of the supply chain.

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.

With its first South Australian stores now open and its expansion into Western Australia due to start rolling out mid-year, the future is looking bright for the German supermarket chain's quest for a bigger slice of the Aussie supermarket pie.

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.

While some of the bigger chains are vanishing, there are plenty of independent stores that continue to thrive because of one thing - the relationships they've built within their communities.

Labor advocates say they want the state of Connecticut to tax companies that pay low wages to their employees, companies like big box retail stores and fast food chains.

MOM AND POP BUSINESSES Monday, March 28 — While openings of a major department store or a branch of a big - box chain are often welcomed by shoppers and communities, they are also the cause of some concern.

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.

The big break came only after investigators realized that many of the afflicted had shopped at a national warehouse grocery store chain.

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

ii) Some of the small boutique shops and local bakers / butchers etc. will also be closed for August (although the big department stores, chain stores and supermarkets remain open)

I was pleasantly surprised to find out one of our biggest grocery store chains was closed today.

Most of my clothes come from the big chain stores.

H&M, as we all know, is a big Swedish chain of fashion stores that can be found all over the world.

Dangerfield stars as Thornton Melon, a high - school dropout who made the big - time by launching a chain of clothing stores for the overweight.

Earlier this year, one of the big chains, Borders, announced that it was closing all of its stores.

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..

most online and big chain parts stores have a database of these and which cars they go to.

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).

Because Ingram distributes to all of the major players (online and physical stores, libraries, gift shops, Big Box chains, Apple, and many more around the globe), you have access to an incredible amount of opportunities to sell your book.

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.