Sentences with phrase «out of a brick of»

I get very few actually square pieces out of a brick of tofu.

Building whole structures out of bricks of synthetic carbonate should be fairly familiar to the building industry, since blocks of natural limestone are one of the oldest and most widely used building materials in human history.

Not exact matches

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.

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.

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.

Nike is one of the more resilient apparel and retail brands out there but even CEO Mark Parker knows that the athletic brand isn't impervious to a slump in brick - and - mortar traffic.

While this kind of data has been readily accessible for online retail, brick and mortar locations have often missed out on accurate foot traffic data due to the cost of the technology.

One day last August, lender relations specialist Ford Scott and business development specialist Bob McLoone signed out an agency car and made the long drive toward the Tennessee border and Abingdon, an old mercantile town in the far southwest part of the state with red - brick buildings and red - brick sidewalks.

«I bet the numbers show a 20 percent increase over last year's Prime Day, which I expect to cause a boatload of retail analysts to come out of the woodwork and downgrade any retailer that is still standing that they haven't downgraded yet,» Cramer said, adding that only then might the market find a bottom for some of the hardest hit brick - and - mortar names.

Abney said the company's brick - and - mortar and e-commerce retail customers are holding «Black Friday» sales earlier than normal this year and that UPS believes it is part of an effort by retailers to find ways to smooth out the pre-Christmas online ordering bulge.

Scroggin once had to determine the street value of a brick of marijuana a Georgia - based client found while cleaning out his deceased father's closet.

They've taken out the middlemen and added costs of showrooms and as a result, offer an often superior mattress for less money and less hassle than you'd find in a brick - and - mortar store.

The original Judy's remains in business today, operating as it has since 1965, out of a brick building in the heart of Petersburg.

You can't make money running a showroom, and as brick and mortar stores close, jobs and tax revenue are getting lost — and even Amazon customers are losing something, in the form of a convenient place to check out products.

If you want to improve yourself and better your employment prospects without the insanely high costs of tuition inherent to traditional brick and mortar schools, check these out:

Candace Klein, the CEO of SoMoLend, a debt - based funding platform, points out: «We are usually targeting consumer - facing brick - and - mortar companies — restaurants, retailers, salons, gyms — that already have customers, already have cash flow, and can service debt.

But there's one day out of the year that may prove mom - and - pop brick - and - mortar shops have an advantage over Jeff Bezos» 20 - year - old online retail powerhouse.

In present - day Afghanistan, Timur ordered the construction of a tower made out of live men, each stacked on top of another, and cemented together with bricks and mortar.

But if you give him a box of Lego bricks, he's probably going to get two, three, four, five or 10 years of use [out of them].

That means they can «fail fast,» testing products with the rapidity of a tech company, and tap e-commerce and digital advertising instead of breaking into bricks and mortar and shelling out millions for TV ads.

The explosion of online mattress startups means that we can try out beds in the comfort of our home, without a hovering attendant, and skip the prices that accompany brick - and - mortar stores.

In related holiday shopping news, Staples recently announced that it will shutter all of its brick - and - mortar locations this Thanksgiving Day, yet another signal that retailers are cooling out on stretch holiday shopping hours.

So, he literally — not figuratively — dug into the ground beneath his bare feet and started to shape bricks out of the clay and mixed water with it to make it the right consistency.

But when I was in medical school, I got called to the dean's office one day — and I had bought one of those Motorola brick phones — and I would go out of surgery, and I would call the office and check what's going on.

A message on both brands» websites alerts visitors «We have shut down the website for any purchases, but our brick and mortar stores are open and holding going - out - of - business sales.»

It doesn't matter how good your idea might be when you run out of money you hit a brick wall.

Though Bonobos initially started out as an online retailer, the e-commerce startup dipped into brick - and - mortar this year and launched a new kind of store, called a guideshop, on Fifth Avenue.

The company is unlikely to buy the bricks - and - mortar locations the smaller pharmacies were operating out of.

«The level of demand and investment in building out retail properties indicates that despite significant growth in online shopping, bricks and mortar retail will endure and likely flourish.»

While an increasing number of brick - and - mortar lenders are following suit with similar web portals for their own products, Quicken's complete dependence on such systems likely means that it will devote much closer focus to maintaining and improving on user experience than a competitor that's just beginning to build out its online services.

Some brick - and - mortar banks charge you $ 1 to $ 5 for mailing printed statements every month, though most of these banks let you opt out and receive free email statements instead.

Perhaps Amazon run out of units by putting too much in brick - and - mortar Whole Foods locations.

The question on the minds of many in the retail market, especially brick and mortar retailers is when will ecommerce top out?

The New York Times has famously called Amazon the worst place to work, a Death Star of e-tailing leaving in its wake thousands of unhappy workers, hollowed - out shopping malls and dying brick - and - mortar retailers which used to be the bedrock of their communities.

In fact, eight out of 10 people search for businesses online and make buying decisions before ever setting foot in a bricks - and - mortar store.

Whereas the traditional rules of brick - and - mortar dictate that sales matter above all else, store associates at MartinPatrick3 are encouraged to dole out sincere fashion advice, and if it means counseling a guest away from a higher - priced item or directing him to competitors» shops, so be it.

Working out of an nondescript brick rowhouse in suburban Virginia, a little - known organization named Donors Trust, staffed by five employees, has steered hundreds of millions of dollars to the most influential think tanks, foundations, and advocacy groups in the conservative movement.

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Kohl's shares are down 12 percent since the beginning of the year, and the retailer plans to reduce its brick and mortar footprint, but how much or how soon is unclear and may depend on how the partnership pans out.

Imagine if traditional brick - and - mortar shops had turned away from adopting better ways to serve customers, to instead stop Shopify by regulating the company out of existence.

But as Amazon is quick to point out, online sales still account for less than 10 percent of all retail sales, which is the more relevant figure as the line between online and bricks - and - mortar disappears.

Investors check your burn rate to assess your efficiency, and project your remaining runway before you run out of money and into a brick wall.

Do you remember our little brick bungalow and the way we used to sit out on the porch with our best friends in the world and at the end of the night they would walk home to their houses next door and across the street and down the corner?

This only proves how much failed you are from challenging the contents of the Quran and all you managed to do is making accusations with out a slightest idea of what you are talking about never even cared to take the beauty and leave out what you think of as beast rather than letting out all... but what the use of me talking to a brick of wall that has no religion faith that we can consider as a candle light to guide you to the straight paths to God..?

The face bricks of the reredos fan out at the top, suggesting a Native American feather headdress.

You'd get a better debate out of a brick wall.

Thanks to Joseph Bottum and Ryan T. Anderson for laying out, brick by brick, the disingenuousness of the Democratic party, the media, left - wing Hollywood, and yes, unfortunately, the scientific community regarding the politics and truth of the stem - cell debate.

When away from Premier, if he's not conducting a wedding or taking a church service, you'll find him building something out of wood or bricks.

But she also lays out the brick and mortar of Christian healing.

When one gets close to it, one sees that those bricks are laid in and out so that they cast tiny shadows and give a depth of texture to the wall.