Sentences with phrase «rise of chain»

The rise of chain and big - box stores has managed to do at least one positive thing for aquatic shoppers.

Only a few years ago, observers projected that the rise of chain stores and Amazon would lead to the vast shrinkage of independent bookstores.

First, came the rise of chain bookstores, followed by the explosive growth of online giant Amazon.com.

This longtime industry characteristic has only been exacerbated since the rise of the chains (with their ever - shrinking shelf lives), the accompanying decline of independent booksellers, and the virtual disappearance of review space for serious nonfiction.

Not exact matches

The second reason is the rise of global value chains.

For example, interest in the Maldives — an island chain southwest of India that is fighting rising sea levels — jumped 68 percent from 2016 to 2017.

It has risen to the top of the fast - food chain by being comfortably, familiarly, iconically «mass market» and so ubiquitous as to be the Platonic ideal of «convenient.»

Instead, since the recession, two factors have drawn business away from casual - dining chains: the rise of fast - casual restaurants and more people eating at home.

McDonald's shares jumped in March after hedge - fund manager Larry Robbins of Glenview Capital Management said in a Bloomberg article the fast - food chain's market value could rise at least $ 20 billion by converting into a real estate investment trust.

As Red Robin shares shed nearly 29 percent of their value, Cramer balked at the Street's response, saying that the rise of take - out and delivery is an «unstoppable trend» that will quash chains like Red Robin if they don't find ways to appeal to new customer bases.

The parent of the Gap, Old Navy, and Banana Republic chains also saw comparable - store sales rise by 5 percent.

The department store chain said on Tuesday that comparable sales rose 1.3 % in the holiday quarter that ended on Feb. 1, their first quarterly increase by that metric since the end of 2014 and well above analysts» forecasts.

Undaunted by bagging groceries and cleaning out grease traps in the meat room, she rose from a marketing executive to eventually become CEO of Sweetbay Supermarket, a troubled Florida chain owned by Hannaford's parent company.

The 128 - year - old beauty company, known for products such as Skin - So - Soft and ANEW skincare, has been hit by a triple whammy: the rise in sales of low - priced beauty products at mass - market chains such as Walgreen (WAG) and Dollar General (DG), the apparent obsolescence of its direct - selling model for beauty items, and ill - advised forays into fashion, jewelry and pricier skincare products that alienated many customers.

The nation's largest chain of drive - in restaurants saw system - wide same - stores sales rise 2.2 percent during the first quarter, powered by a 2.3 percent increase at franchise drive - ins, the corporation reported Monday.

Shares of the world's biggest fast food chain by revenue rose more than 5 percent as global same - restaurant sales topped Wall Street forecasts, driven by the strength in mature markets especially the United Kingdom and Germany.

«If you are a city or state with a rising concentration» of chain stores, or branches of existing businesses, «you see a faster decline in your startup rate,» says Litan.

[McDonald's] has risen to the top of the fast - food chain by being comfortably, familiarly, iconically «mass market» and so ubiquitous as to be the Platonic ideal of «convenient.»

The discount chain, which is the world's largest company, reported on Thursday that comparable sales at its namesake U.S. stores rose 2.7 % in the third quarter, their 13th straight period of growth.

The most likely scenarios point to the disappearance of the chain's name and identity, and with it Edmonton's contribution to the still - rising natural - food wave.

While small in their physical footprints, the store closings will be another setback for shopping malls that have been grappling with declining traffic and a rash of store closures in the last year as a number of chains have gone bankrupt or pared back their stores amid the rise in online shopping.

For much of that time, those stocks rose alongside gains in the broader restaurant industry as fast - casual chains like Chipotle and Panera also surged.

The net result is a slower rate of inflation with chained CPI that keeps the inexorable rise in Social Security benefits somewhat smaller than it would be under the normal CPI.

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- Some of the world's biggest retailers and food companies including Kellogg Co, Walmart Inc, and Nestle backed a new initiative on Wednesday to improve global supply chains amid rising consumer demand for slave - free goods and services.

LONDON, April 25 (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- Some of the world's biggest retailers and food companies including Kellogg Co, Walmart Inc, and Nestle backed a new initiative on Wednesday to improve global supply chains amid rising consumer demand for slave - free goods and services.

The Minnesota chain has experienced an endless stream of bad news south of the border, where it has been hard hit by both a drop in consumer spending and the rise of online discount competitors like Amazon.

What started with a shocking late Sunday news report that the two food chains were in talks quickly rose to a swelling of adulation for the corporate union and what it might mean to Tim Hortons» future.

The continued rising levels of imports of foreign steel threaten to impair the national security by placing the U.S. steel industry at substantial risk of displacing the basic oxygen furnace and other steelmaking capacity, and the related supply chain needed to produce steel for critical infrastructure and national defense.

Similarly, rising wages in China are encouraging an uptake in automation, which, combined with advances in artificial intelligence and robotics in developed countries, could disrupt global supply chains and lead to a «reshoring» of previously labor - intensive manufacturing.

A spike in the discussion of blockchain in conjunction with meat and food indicates a rising consumer desire for transparency around the food supply chain.

It was only 400,000 years ago that several species of man began to hunt large game on a regular basis, and only in the last 100,000 years with the rise of Homo sapiens that man jumped to the top of the food chain.

The rise of mobile broadband, commodity sensors, smartphone - based companion apps, virtualized manufacturing and supply chain, crowdfunding, and nimble design have converged to make wearables mainstream.

A trade war would be particularly damaging for both U.S. and Chinese companies in terms of supply chain disruptions and rising prices for consumers.

The department store chain's stock rocketed after it beat analysts» estimates and said sales at stores open at least a year — a measure that takes the ever - changing number of stores into account — rose 1.7 %.

Traditional business models are being undermined by the rise of digital platforms that are reshaping global supply chains.

While Lululemon is doing well financially — the chain raked in $ 2.3 billion in revenue last year, a 14 % rise over the prior year, and posted a same - store sales increase of 6 % — it's still competing in a stretched - out space.

Some evidence of hurricane - related effects on supply chains was evident in the sub-index for prices, which showed a sharp rise.

The chain's owner, Kingfisher close, saw its stock price rise to 383.7 p, an increase of 4.7 p.

Activists rose up and retailers pledged to make the lives of the workers in their supply chains better.

Staffers at restaurants like McDonald's, Chipotle, Burger King, and other chains with 501 or more employees will see their wages rise quickly, to $ 11 in April, to $ 13 in the beginning of 2016, and then to $ 15 by January 2017.

The chain coils in upon itself and the intensity of the phenomenon tends to rise almost vertically.

With the rise of junk food options in our supermarkets, cafes and fast food chains like McDonald's and Domino's, it's becoming harder for vegans to truly embrace a whole foods diet.

Rising investment in housing and construction, escalating urbanization, development of retail chains and rapid increase in healthcare and cosmetics sectors, are driving the stable economic environment for the packaging industry, and customer confidence levels will remain positive during H2 2017 (September 2017 - February 2018) as compare to H1 2017 (February 2017 - July 2017).

Like other members of the foodservice industry, chains face strong headwinds in the form of rising labor costs and other operating expenses.

Improvement in the labor market, positive sales growth, rise in disposable income, expansion of retail chains, declining / stable oil prices, and escalating healthcare costs are expected to drive growth for the packaging industry over the next six months.

Their father, Robert «Bob» Eastman, rose through the ranks of the Kroger supermarket chain to district manager before he decided in 1980 to go into business for himself and open a Foodland franchise location in Gallipolis, Ohio.

With reports of food recalls on the rise, and the costs of those recalls nearly doubling since 2002 due to a combination of regulatory changes and the advent of an increasingly globalized food supply chain (source: Food Safety News, July 2015), food and beverage producers must demand more from their food ingredient suppliers.

But chief executive Darren De Bortoli said the biggest threat to his business - as well as other winemakers - was not the rising dollar, which was making exports uncompetitive, nor the power of the two leading supermarket chains, but the «rorting» of the WET tax rebate by small uneconomic growers who are flooding the market with cheap loss - making wine.

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A former chief executive of Foster's Group, Trevor O'Hoy, told Fairfax Media on Thursday morning the wave of mega-mergers was being driven by two main factors, the declining appeal of commercial, mainstream beers around the world and the rising power of retail chains who are increasingly calling the shots when it comes to pricing.