Sentences with phrase «states as brick»

Despite lower operating costs, the online companies collect nearly as much taxpayer money in some states as brick - and - mortar charter schools.

Not exact matches

Earlier this year, Nike (nke) CEO Mark Parker said the retail landscape is «not in a steady state» as consumers spend more online and make fewer visits to brick - and - mortar stores.

I've also set some goals: In the near term, I want to add staff, grow my audience and increase sales; in the long term, I want to open a brick - and - mortar space somewhere in the States, to function as a design studio, store and workshop venue.

The ever - growing importance of e-commerce sales for supplements in APAC was underlined in our first state of the industry survey, with almost 70 % of respondents believing the channel will ultimately become as important as brick - and - mortar retail.

Coopers Brewery has been forced into another big writedown of its Mr Beer home brewing kits business in the United States after major bricks and mortar retailers stopped stocking it in physical stores, as online juggernauts led by Amazon up - ended the market.

Cameron Ridley won the game for Texas on Thursday night, scoring the game - winning bucket off of a bricked three - pointer against Arizona State as time expired.

Thjey moved to neighboring Kogi State where they are presently using the artificial turf at the Township stadium in Lokoja but still nothing close to the comfort they enjoy at the stadium their fans popularly call «Jah Blocks» meaning red bricks as evident in their 0 - 0 draw against Giwa.

Having met a brick wall at the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal on Tuesday, the immediate past governor of Kogi state, Capt Idris Wada, has rejected the verdict just as he has resolved to appeal the ruling that struck out his petition.

Rather than investing in bricks and mortar, LeRoy said states usually direct their dollars elsewhere, such as developing talent and providing working capital to fledgling companies.

The trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Mr Nnamdi Kanu, met a brick wall today, as the Department of State Service (DSS) could not produce him in court.

Attempt to request of him what the outcome of the meeting was met a brick wall on the part of the State House Correspondents as the Senate president refused to speak on the matter.

He said, «The death of Ikpi - Itam could be likened to a brick falling on you from the mountain top, considering the wonderful and fantastic relationship that existed between his family and that of the deceased as well as the cordiality shared between the executive and judicial arms of government in the state.»

State lawmakers had gotten involved in the talks as well, writing a letter to the company urging the retailer to consider the impact of growing online sales to workers in their brick - and - mortar stores.

The sizable number of properties on the Lower East Side for which Goldberg has sought real estate tax reductions include Silver's own co-op, the Hillman Housing Corp., a large development of brick apartment buildings on Grand Street, tax records show, as well as the commercial building across the street that is listed in state records as the address for Silver's campaign committee, Friends of Silver.

For the first 9 years, she worked a high - stress, high - paying job as a director for the largest brick - and - mortar dating company in the U.S. and interviewed over 6,000 singles in 7 states across the U.S..

Poor school districts, which often count tired buildings and outdated equipment among their many troubles, are increasingly focusing on brick - and - mortar issues as they challenge state school - finance systems.

As of 2012, cyber-charter schools operated in thirty - one states, or three - fourths of the states that allow brick - and - mortar charter schools.

As the world of online education continues to evolve, brick - and - mortar schools are incorporating digital curricula and virtual teachers into their classrooms in ways that have surprised even e-learning advocates, according to findings in Technology Counts 2009, Education Week's annual report on the state of education technology, released on March 26, 2009.

The proposal from BRICK Academy, working with two district schools in Newark, comes as state - appointed superintendent Cami Anderson seeks a controversial reorganization of the district, including new partnerships with charters.

On measures widely used to judge all public schools, such as state test scores and graduation rates, virtual schools — often run as charter schools — tend to perform worse than their brick - and - mortar counterparts.

In addition to K12 lesson assessments and unit tests, students in K12 online public schools must participate in state standardized testing, just as students in brick - and - mortar public schools in the state must do.

They can probably avoid the State sales tax trap by creating the store as a separate corp the Amazon name and brick / mortar distribution rights to the separate business.

As the digital newsstand of the largest brick and mortar bookseller in the United States, the Barnes & Noble Newsstand should be high on the list for most indie magazine publishers.

Has anyone checked out Infinity Publishing, they state they offer a return book policy for brick and mortar stores which would increase self publishing authors a chance to see our books on store shelves such as Walmart, Barnes and Noble, etc..

Plus I only get 10 % royalty on my print books and they are unlikely to be carried by brick and mortar bookshops as was stated in the original contract that they potentially would be.

Such high levels of activity in the market have caused so much rancor that stocking a book published by Amazon is hardly the norm amid the brick - and - mortar emporia of the United Kingdom — as in the States — despite the fact that Cornwell's print book is readily available through Gardners in the UK and the European Union.

ProShares» Simeon Hyman states that as bricks - and - mortar retailers continue to move into the online space, «a benchmark and an ETF that can track the performance of bricks - and - mortar retailers just makes a whole lot of sense to [ProShares].»

Just as the other reviews state, these little bites came in hard as a brick and the more times the bag was opened the worse they got.

He pops up during menus and loading bars to offer brief snippets of often irrelevant advice, such as telling you to use the handbrake to slide around corners despite the fact that almost no corners on any of the game's tracks require anything more than a little bit of braking to get around, or to state that a great deal of throttle control will be required to emerge victorious, which is again a complete lie as McGrath's Offroad requires all the subtle throttle control of a brick being thrown through a window.

As their government progresses they can create laws that state: «One clay brick created with manual labour uses 1kW of energy».

Many states have yet to rule on the legality of virtual law practices, but as new technologies continue to make VLPs a more attractive alternative to traditional brick and mortar law firms, the legal landscape will undoubtedly continue to evolve.

If you are interested in taking a State College Pennsylvania driver improvement or traffic school course in a traditional classroom setting, or if you are required to do so as part of a plea settlement or State College Pennsylvania DOT - administered penalty, you should contact the State College Pennsylvania DOT or the local State College Pennsylvania court overseeing your traffic violation to see if they can provide you with a list of approved brick - and - mortar traffic school classrooms.

Transitioned my business from a locally based, brick and mortar office (with premium office space leasing costs) to a globally focused, completely virtual operation serving clients from coast to coast in the United States, in Canada and also in far - flung places such as Europe and Asia!

Because condominiums are governed by state statute, Portland developer Eli Spevak was able to create and sell four detached homes (two primary dwellings and two detached PADs around a shared, central, circular brick - paved courtyard) as condominiums.