Sentences with phrase «of local brick»

The figures were then fired in the kilns of a local brick - making factory in readiness for the first showing of the work in Guangzhou, opening in March 2003, where it was shown for three months prior to touring to Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing throughout 2003 and early 2004.

On each day of Small Business Week, Inc. will spotlight a different competitive advantage of local brick - and - mortar companies.

Not exact matches

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.

What's more, devices that utilize virtual reality — and its cousin, augmented reality — have evolved from the dreams of tech enthusiasts to something your uncle can purchase from his local brick - and - mortar retailer.

The lack of diversity in Trident's staffing and lending disturbed Beth Warshaw, 38, a white manager at a local arts nonprofit, who last year bought a two - bedroom brick row house in a primarily African American neighborhood of South Philadelphia.

For other local brick - and - mortar businesses that don't fit into those categories, 47 % of Americans obtain information about those local businesses from the web as well.

Before the rise of e-commerce, many brick and mortar retailers enjoyed local monopolies or oligopolies based solely on geography.

As a result of jealousies inspired by a TV story about Chassidic Jews living in a small midwest town with a meat packing facility, that was bringing jobs and money to the local businesses, all manner of radical groups, from PETA, to unionizers, to left - wing Jewish newspapers, and detestable bloggers descended like a ton of bricks.

Speaking in Harlow, where Labour took control of the council in last week's local election, Miliband said: «The reality now for people aspiring to get on is that they feel they are running up against a brick wall in terms of unemployment and getting on the housing ladder.»

«Getting out these big lumbering German water cannon is not going to deter someone from throwing a brick through the window of their local shop,» he added.

I recall on April 19, 2010 the Alabama Minuteman Tea Party leader Mike Vanderboegh called for citizens to throw bricks through the windows of local Democratic party headquarters across the country.

In an era of online shopping, bare downtowns and big box stores, Albany County Legislators and local leaders gathered Tuesday to honor a brick - and - mortar business celebrating its 150th year in Albany.

The fundraising efforts continue as the Hollers are selling engraved bricks at the site of the skate park to fund scholarships for local students.

Neighbors, sick and tired of looking at a crumbing one - story brick building abandoned by Verizon years ago, called Schumer, who's known for jumping in on behalf of the most local of issues.

The site was left unguarded, and local villagers built small brick mausoleums over most of the ancient cemetery.

New Orleans is one of my favorite places on earth, and it's a city that comes to life in its rich music, stunning wrought iron and brick, and vibrant local personalities.

The environmental impact is bad (but what I want is not act) but because of the rut problem I'm not putting local stores out of business — just moving my chain store shopping online from the brick and mortar location

With the start of a new academic year this month, how do you change the minds of a predominantly institutionalized «brick - and - mortar» rigid style of teaching ingrained in local Chinese teachers to one that addresses the fast - paced technological learning lifestyles of students today?

The new law also ensures that state charter schools are eligible for RESA (Regional Education Service Agency) services and membership; provides an increase in capital funds for brick and mortar state charter schools located in the boundaries of a local school district where the capital revenue (per student) exceeds the state average total capital (per student); increases per - student capital funding for virtual schools to offset certain technology costs; and provides a Department of Education and State Charter School Commission grant program for replicating high performing charter schools.

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As libraries and brick and mortar bookstores, both retail chain and independently owned, fight to stay relevant in the eyes of the reading public, store owners and stakeholders have had to become more creative and more unified in their efforts to entice customers to check out the local book scene.

With libraries around the world coming under almost as much threat of demise as brick - and - mortar bookstores, one UK library system is taking legal action to fight back against proposed budget cuts in their county that will mean the planned closing of a number of local public libraries.

After all, the cut of the sale that will be passed on to your local nominated bricks - and - mortar store will be much less than if you'd actually visited their shop and bought the book in person.

With cheap books a click away, the costs of parking and local sales tax alone stack the odds against brick and mortar stores but publishers are also evolving and changing.

Called the Marketplace Fairness Act, it is meant to level the playing field between online businesses who do not currently have to charge sales taxes and local brick - and - mortar stores who do, businesses who have felt the loss of customers as more consumers head to the internet to take advantage of tax - free shopping.

When Arthur T. Owens hurls a brick at the local trash picker, James Hampton, whom he spies wearing his recently deceased father's hat, he receives a most unusual sentence: 120 hours of community service with the Junk Man himself.

Look, these fees, sales deals, and low quantities at bookstores will not have you light cigars with hundred dollar bills, and they are very labor intensive, but catering to brick and mortar stores is something an Indie Author should do for several reasons — to build some local cache, get more experience pitching his or her art, and garnering that genuinely terrific feeling of seeing your work on the shelf of a reputable bookstore.

While the fans may be reaping the benefits of instant access to ebooks without the hassle and potential embarrassment of shopping in their local brick - and - mortar to get their steamy fix, the authors are the ones truly benefitting from the high volume of titles making their way to market for an audience that can not get enough of their favorite authors and characters.

Now, instead of waiting for authors to come to a local brick - and - mortar book store, e-book signings are taking place online, allowing readers to have greater access to their favorite authors and giving authors the ability to market themselves like never before.

The Korean e-Book market is basically exploding right now, and keenly aware of this fact is the local brick and motor bookstores.

The affiliates program allows the customers of indie bookselling sites and locally owned brick - and - mortar stores, to still support their local shops even when purchasing ebooks by clicking the link on the bookshops» websites.

There is a wide range of factors that are likely to push the velocity of change even faster for ebook sales specifically and Amazon's share of the overall bookselling market in general, but the fact that brick and mortar bookstores are closing at a faster rate than ever, from local indies to chains, is bound to contribute to a snowballing effect.

People who formerly explored the world of books and purchased them at their local brick & mortar bookstore increasingly do this now on the Internet.

You might not be able to get on the shelves of national chain brick - and - mortar stores, but you can approach local bookshops or other relevant stores to carry your book on consignment (for a portion of your sales).

Jan Rodzim, owner of local publisher Aspra - JR, says that most small and medium - sized brick - and - mortar stores are struggling to stay afloat, and their financial woes is having a negative impact on the publishers» liquidity.

If you find yourself making regular cash deposits as part of your operations, consider finding local brick - and - mortar banks that you can visit directly.

While you might assume that an online lender with no local offices would be hard - pressed to match the level of service a borrower can get from a brick - and - mortar bank, Quicken appears to have no trouble taking care of its customers.

With the expansion of online access, mobile apps, satellite locations, and expanded ATM access, access to a local credit union is far wider than walking into a single brick and mortar location.

First, it has enabled the company to reach pet owners well beyond the local communities surrounding its stores; and second, it has allowed the company to significantly expand its product offerings beyond what can be fit within the four walls of one of its brick - and - mortar outlets.

Amazon's new private label will not shake the loyalty of brick - and - mortar customers who appreciate the irreplaceable bond they have with their local pet store.

Previous operators «adopted» animals to non brick - and - mortar rescues to circumvent a mis - interpretation of a local ordinance.

One of our local breweries has a beautiful back patio, half of it is brick with picnic tables while the other side is a nice grass field.

In response to the request of local pet supply stores, Grizzly Super Food (our new ultra-premium food for dogs and cats) is currently available only at local «brick and mortar» neighborhood pet shops / retailers.

For a memorable stay in Fogo's crater, try the basic but tasteful, lava - brick guesthouse of Pedra Brabo or spend a night with a local family.

It was built for a pioneer farmer in 1865 of local hand made bricks and is classified by the National Trust of Australia.

AKA the city's living room, host to the Portland Farmers Market, Noon Tunes and Flicks on Bricks just to name a few of the local favorites.

Fan - cooled bungalows are stilted and built from local wood and bamboo, whilst air - con rooms are lower to the ground and of brick and stone.

Historic cottages built of local stone and lined with brick, on the banks of the River Murray, eight kilometres north of Blanchetown.

Afterwards, return to Denham (between Monkey Mia and Shell Beach), and look for those same shells - they were used to construct local buildings, and you'll see them in the bricks of many town walls.

Accommodation is in 10 uniquely designed chalets that are constructed of teak and local stone and are open fronted or more colonial style brick and tiled rooms which are closed.