Sentences with phrase «of moving the chains»

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The ownership of a Perth - founded coffee chain has moved east after Queensland company Zarraffa's Franchising acquired One for the Road.

Many Chinese government offices have been public about their interest in taking advantage of the blockchain technology for tasks like tracking people and products moving through industrial supply chains.

Unlike going horizontal within their own industries, a deal with each other would present a more diversified consolidated company that moves vertically through the health care supply chain and could provide consumers with a new kind of health care experience, the firm's top executives argue.

BHP Billiton has moved to approve $ US43.2 million in funding to develop the first stage of the world's largest nickel sulphate facility in a bid to tap into the rapidly growing lithium - ion battery supply chain.

The company also admitted defeat in its effort to run a chain of tea shops, saying it will shutter its Teavana stores, a move that will eliminate 3,300 jobs.

The move is the latest step to improve Walmart's grocery business, the chain's biggest source of revenue.

«Emerging market powers eager to move away from being tied to the monetary policy of the U.S. and the banking system as well as to adopt the block chain as a payment system prove willing adherents as they adjust to zero interest rates and the decrease in systematic risk.»

Shares of Long Island Ice Tea Corp. tripled in price after it renamed itself Long Blockchain last month, and those of a franchisee of the Hooters restaurant chain jumped last week after it said it would move into the space.

From there, he moved on to FedEx where he eventually landed as the CEO of FedEx Supply Chain Services.

And though McDonald's abandonment of Iceland in 2009 was mildly humiliating, a local fast - food chain moved right in to its three locations.

McDonald's (MCD) is having a devil of time breaking a three - year funk, but the struggling restaurant chain thinks that tactics like toasting buns longer and changing how it sears its burgers could very well be the moves that put the iconic burger chain back on the path to growth.

Chipotle Mexican Grill will soon have stricter guidelines for its suppliers that will mean the chain will be using local produce less often, a move the company is making in the aftermath of an E. coli outbreak that sickened dozens of customers in six states.

Amazon's moves should help Whole Foods, long derided as «Whole Paycheck» for its high prices, to woo customers beyond its upper middle class clientele, as well as counter the discount chains such as Walmart and even Aldi as they vie for more of the organic and natural foods markets.

Each chain has many thousands of locations making it nearly impossible to improve all that many stores, or enough to really move the needle.

For instance, many companies are beginning to move their supply chain and shipping centers to southern states, where it's more cost effective, according to Christiaan Wolhof, president of the Eagan, Minnesota - based K2 Logistics.

As many of Apple's products are assembled in China, this move could cause disruptions to the supply chain and could spur other penalties such as boycotts.

Agriculturally rich with a decent amount of oil, Vietnam is wasting no time to rapidly develop its manufacturing sector and move up the value chain.

The print - advertising revenue that used to prop up the business models of newspaper chains like Gannett and Tribune's former parent, Tribune Co., has disintegrated over the past decade as advertisers and readers have moved to digital platforms like Facebook and Google.

Activists in four states were arrested after they cut padlocks and chains and entered remote flow stations to turn off valves in an attempt to stop crude moving through lines that carry as much as 15 % of daily U.S. oil consumption.

One in seven European companies that had suppliers in the U.K. has moved their supply chain away from the country either fully or partially, according to a new report from the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply.

The moves come as the world's largest restaurant company faces increasingly stiff competition from other fast - food outlets as well as from a growing number of fast - casual restaurant chains.

The restaurant chain has moved to a manual credit - card imprinting system in the wake of a security breach.

The move comes amid a massive overhaul of Loblaw's information technology and supply chain software system that is set to cost the company billions.

Now some of the big hotel chains are moving in, and we're figuring out how to respond.

He likes this move because it takes capital expenditures out of the grocery chain's hands and puts it into what he thinks will be «one of the most interesting» REITs in the country.

Canadian Tire announced it has an agreement to snap up the upscale Pro Hockey Life chain, a move aimed at further shoring up its position as the country's leading retailer of sporting goods.

And now, the province's opportunity to move up the value chain appears to have been weakened by the growing network of pipelines leading stateside, where excess refinery capacity can be retrofitted to process bitumen at half the cost of building greenfield refineries in Canada.

The move positions the real estate giant to lead the entry of high - end U.S. retail chains into Canada.

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.

As McDonald's moves to boost pay for its company - owned U.S. restaurants — about 90,000 workers or roughly 10 percent of its locations nationwide — the question now is whether pressure will mount for the fast food chain's franchises to follow suit.

The move, first reported by Reuters, comes at a time when the two countries have threatened each other with tens of billions of dollars in tariffs in recent weeks, fanning worries of a full blown trade war that threatens global supply chains as well as business investment plans.

Another viewer asks about whether to sell shares of Whole Foods (WFM) given the move to organics that every grocery chain is making.

Toys R Us, a nostalgic favorite even as many shoppers moved to Amazon and huge chains like Walmart, plans to close up to 182 stores, or about 20 percent of its U.S. locations.

Susan Lyne, a co-founder of BBG Ventures, confirms that «the biggest issue is not the number of women starting companies, but the access to capital as you move up the food chain.»

As it looks towards the next stage of growth, PureGym's chief marketing officer Stephen Rowe told The Drum that the brand is taking cues from the likes of Premiere Inn which has leveraged its marketing to move up the value chain and create a deeper connection with consumers.

The department store chain trades move than 25M shares per day, and moves on average 5 % per day, with a Beta of 1.66.

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It also faces competition from lower - cost producers and needs to move up the value - added chain of manufacturing.

Marriott International Inc., which became the world's largest hotel operator with its $ 14 billion purchase of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc., [Editor's Note: In a conversation with Marriott CEO Arne Sorenson, he confirmed the deal total came out to «roughly $ 13 billion and change»] moved to combine the companies» frequent - guest programs as it integrates 11 new brands into its stable of 19 chains.

These barriers to capital flows and trade will hinder both economies but also hurt China's effort to move up the value chain, improve the quality of its economic growth and maintain a steady increase in household incomes.

The idea was to move the buckets along the chain so that there was no break in the supply of water.

The «roadside - style» chain has been moving quickly in the last year, growing its number of locations by 40 % to 134.

It aims to address issues in the use of smart contracts for business supply chains, as well as looking at privacy and safety for companies using the blockchain to make business records uneditable and to move processes online.

The retailer has donated the use of its trucks and expert volunteers skilled in logistics and supply chain management to move a variety of supplies, including cots and rescue blankets for the Red Cross.

Even though China is trying to move up the value - chain, it is still heavily reliant on the production of lower cost goods to employ its vast population of low - skilled workers.

So as the global economy struggles towards escape velocity growth, the moves by these companies are speaking loud and clear: the next generation value chains will increasingly focus on the use of technology to drive returns.

Any move by the pharmacy chains into free delivery would necessarily decrease customer foot traffic, undermine their upsell opportunities, and jeopardize the financial results of their expansive retail infrastructure.

While there is a chance that a minority of miners may choose to move forward with a 2x hard fork, Abra currently has no plans to support the minority chain in any form.

This trend suppresses the demand side of the housing market, while the supply - side has been hindered by builders eschewing starter homes and moving up the value chain, as evidenced by the fact that the average size of a new single - family home is almost 2,700 square feet today, versus less than 2,100 square feet a quarter century ago.