Sentences with phrase «store concept from»

In this role, she spearheaded development of Texaco's Star Mart convenience store concept from concept vision / ideation to international rollout in more than 30 countries.

Not exact matches

And Sobeys, which purchased some 200 convenience stores from Shell in Quebec, is trying out a new concept in them called IGA Express, a mini-grocery gas bar that offers supermarket - quality fresh produce, bakery and specialty products, as well as easy - to - prepare meal options such as salads, sandwiches and cut vegetables.

«After Fitch,» says Stuart, «the store went from a concept to a symphony.»

But this fleet of new stores proved to be distractions from the company's need to address its core business, and eventually all of the new concept stores were either closed or sold off by the late 1990s.

Among the lowlights of the retailer's continuing, soap - operatic slide in 2013: CEO Ron Johnson resigned in April after all of 16 months on the job; the company had to apologize to customers for alienating them with new store concepts; and activist investor Bill Ackman, who stepped down from the board in August, swallowed a $ 470 million loss upon selling his Penney's stake.

Like a branch concept being used by Citi in New York, the centrepiece of RBC's so - called retail store is a futuristic financial - planning table designed to impress upon consumers just how far banking has come from the days of long lines and not - so - great service.

The pair set about redesigning the store, reworking the product mix and moving the shopping experience from hippy - dippy toward a more accessible, suburban concept.

As Matt Sweetwood eloquently concluded, «If there is one thing I learned from my parents» experience in constantly having to reinvent their store and dramatically revise their business model, it's the transformational concept that the time to reinvent yourself is when you're at the peak, not when the world has changed around you and you're desperately scraping to survive.

From online to bricks and mortar, the very concept of what stores are, how consumers shop them, and even the core economic model for revenue, will be will be profoundly reinvented; changes sure to affect not only retailers large and small but any business with a stake in the global retail industry.

Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward - looking statements include, but are not limited to: changes in consumer discretionary spending; our eCommerce platform not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the streamlining of the Company's vendor base and execution of the Company's new merchandising strategy not producing the anticipated benefits within the expected time - frame or at all; the amount that we invest in strategic transactions and the timing and success of those investments; the integration of strategic acquisitions being more difficult, time - consuming, or costly than expected; inventory turn; changes in the competitive market and competition amongst retailers; changes in consumer demand or shopping patterns and our ability to identify new trends and have the right trending products in our stores and on our website; changes in existing tax, labor and other laws and regulations, including those changing tax rates and imposing new taxes and surcharges; limitations on the availability of attractive retail store sites; omni - channel growth; unauthorized disclosure of sensitive or confidential customer information; risks relating to our private brand offerings and new retail concepts; disruptions with our eCommerce platform, including issues caused by high volumes of users or transactions, or our information systems; factors affecting our vendors, including supply chain and currency risks; talent needs and the loss of Edward W. Stack, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; developments with sports leagues, professional athletes or sports superstars; weather - related disruptions and seasonality of our business; and risks associated with being a controlled company.

Schwartz borrowed this concept from Nobel laureate Herbert Simon, who developed it as a realistic alternative to the notion of the «utility maximizer» presupposed by classical economics: For example, if a supermarket chain attempted to calculate the very best alternative before deciding where to place a new store, the research costs would bankrupt it, while more intrepid competitors would move in.

Another way in which Biggby Coffee stands apart from other coffee concepts is in the atmosphere it creates within its stores.

His first concept was a store in Manhattan that supplied such food to consumers from a commissary he opened in Syosset, N.Y..

LeVecke Corp. can handle the process for those clients as their products move from the concept stage to eventually being placed on store shelves.

«Our management team tastes and listens to their ideas and finds ways to improve the concept, but allow the creativity to be at the store level rather than handed down from corporate.

But the experience did keep me from preparing deep fried foods, even later as a seasoned home cook (mostly I'm put - off by the concept of buying, storing, reusing, and discarding such vast amounts of vegetable oil.

Buyers, merchandisers, and executives from convenience stores, club stores, single - location stores, and large international store groups came together to cultivate relationships, new business, fresh ideas, and concepts.

After starting out at a high - end grocery store at the ripe age of 11, Goldman went on to work in pizza shops, major in hotel and restaurant management at the University of Delaware, and become a partner at Italian Bistro, a concept with a smattering of locations across the Philadelphia area — all before graduating from college.

These were fears I either created or absorbed from other people; they involved bad concepts or experiences that I carried with me — some literally stored in my body, creating a story that wasn't authentic.

Researchers are proposing a new «hydricity» concept aimed at creating a sustainable economy by not only generating electricity with solar energy but also producing and storing hydrogen from superheated water for round - the - clock power production.

With simple electronics concepts and two different kinds of dough (insulating and conductive), students can add LEDs to their dough creations using the Electric Play Dough Kit from the Science Buddies Store.

We introduce the concept of a population BWT and use it to store and index the sequencing reads of 2705 samples from the 1000 Genomes Project.

I know the concept from the awful ones at the drug store but didn't know you could make your own.

A glamorous concept store located in the heart of Jumierah, bringing to you a combination of fashion and art while attracting passionate designers and artists from all over the world.

Chanel will take over Parisian concept store colette from October 30 to November 25, ahead of its permanent closure on December 20.

We jumped on it pretty quickly and went from concept to product in - store in about six months.

Leavitt would next move to Ralph Lauren, where he would stay for 16 years, working his way up from an outlet store manger in El Paso, Texas, to executive vice president of New York retail concepts.

As a proof of concept to this strategy, at UVa we built a visualization tool, the SHANTI Interactive Visualization App (SHIVA)[3] that successfully leveraged a number of these external resources to create a tool that took data stored on Google Docs spreadsheets, images from Flickr, videos from YouTube and Vimeo, online maps, charts, graphs, word clouds, and timelines that makes it easy to create interactive graphical elements.

First - ever publisher to utilize the «buy the book, not the format» concept, giving readers access to their books purchased from the Samhain store in all digital formats — .

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, including store closings, higher - than - anticipated or increasing costs, including with respect to store closings, relocation, occupancy (including in connection with lease renewals) and labor costs, the effects of competition, the risk of insufficient access to financing to implement future business initiatives, risks associated with data privacy and information security, risks associated with Barnes & Noble's supply chain, including possible delays and disruptions and increases in shipping rates, various risks associated with the digital business, including the possible loss of customers, declines in digital content sales, risks and costs associated with ongoing efforts to rationalize the digital business and the digital business not being able to perform its obligations under the Samsung commercial agreement and the consequences thereof, the risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, the performance of Barnes & Noble's initiatives including but not limited to its new store concept and e-commerce initiatives, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, potential infringement of Barnes & Noble's intellectual property by third parties or by Barnes & Noble of the intellectual property of third parties, and other factors, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

now if Kindle could come up with a concept like this for kindle 4 and have the rumored android device more as a entertainment device that has it download store movies, android apps, kindle, mp3 music all on one device to take on ipad than I might be a little more intrested I just can't see paying for a device from a company that has called chapter 11 and and have a canadian ebook company that can't get the rights to some of the better american author like apple and amazon has done

They might like the concept of eBook and Amazon book store but not reading from the computer screen in particular.

I love PayPal (and the concept of Google Wallet)-- hiding my payment details from the sketchier sellers and stores is priceless.

They highlighted the company's multi-year same - store sales growth, and growth opportunities coming from international expansion, e-commerce sales, and P.S. from Aeropostale, a new concept which targets pre-teens.

That is a rather startling concept to lots of people since they often deal with puppies obtained from pet stores, or from puppy mill breeders, or breeders who never really thought about the long term health and welfare of the puppies.

While two concept stores may not be a cause for concern, consider this statement from Steve Barbarick, executive vice president of merchandising and marketing for Tractor Supply Company: «The opening of two HomeTown Pet stores near our Store Support Center in Brentwood, Tennessee, will be an ideal way for us to gain better insight into the pet and animal supply category.

Set in an old locksmith's shop in the legendary SO36 district — where punks, artists, and Turkish immigrants settled in the 1970's — the ambitious concept store Voo carries a cool mix of clothing (vintage Missoni; sharply cut jackets from local brand Don't Shoot the Messenger).

Shopaholics won't leave Miami empty - handed: from its vast array of high - end shopping malls (Aventura, Bal Harbour Shops) to its eclectic concept stores (The Bazaar Project, BASE Superstore) and the couture brands that are moving into the Design District, the best shopping in Miami is easy to find inside the city proper.

From chic concept stores like Clic and Baya to one - of - a-kind boutiques like Bijoux de la Mer, St. Bart's has it all.

The store introduces a new concept for the brand based on destination luxury retail, and offers guests the ability to shop from the elegant and timeless vision of Oscar de la Renta that also defines the unique Dominican experience of staying at Tortuga Bay.

The store introduces a new concept for the brand based on destination luxury retailing, and offers guests the ability to shop from the elegant and timeless vision of Oscar de la Renta that also defines the unique Dominican experience of staying at Tortuga Bay.

Nested in the heart of the Haut Marais (upper Marais), a few minutes» walk from the stunning Place des Vosges, with its stunning 17th century peach - hued townhouses, the design warehouse Merci is a concept store that brings together the best in fashion, interiors and design.

The Maison's concept store is a treasure - trove of local curiosities and limited edition items from sought - after brands such as Hublot, Pucci or Bonpoint for little ones.

Following the success it's seen from selling downloadable add - on content in - store, GameStop's announced that they're building on the concept and will offer full digital game releases through their retail outlets.

It took 10 weeks and 6 days to make, from concept to hitting the Indie Game store.

This gorgeous Citroen concept car is entirely powered by electricity and is yours to download from the PlayStation Store.

Largely inspired by the look and feel of fashionable Parisian concept stores, the Gamepromenade staged interactive entertainment as a rich, shared experience for people from all walks of life.

The concept for the Colour Charts originated from a visit to a Düsseldorf hardware store, where the artist noticed an array of paint sample cards.

This inspired the whole store and brand concept, from the logo to the shop fixtures when Helsinki studio, Bond was called upon to develop its new identity.

It is a community that supports and promotes young artistic talent in its most broad and multidisciplinary definition as well as a multifunctional space that can be experienced in many ways: the gallery; the café (which transforms into an indie movie house every Tuesday); and the concept store filled with innovative items from young independent designers both local and international.