Sentences with phrase «store industry struggles»

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Shakespeare and Company may be the most famous book store in the world, but they're still just one bookstore, in one city, in an industry which is struggling.

Like others in the industry, Chico's FAS, which operates some 1,500 stores in North America, has struggled in a landscape increasingly dominated by fast - fashion and discount players.

Retailers are struggling with an industry - wide slowdown in sales that has hit shares of major department store operators.

McDonald's stock has soared with Easterbrook at the helm, and same - store sales have jumped at a time when much of the restaurant industry has struggled.

The temptation, then, is to assume that the struggles of Toys R Us, Sports Authority, bankrupt retailers and various department stores are representative of the broader industry.

Given the tight operating environment for restaurants throughout the U.S., it comes as no surprise that many of the national chains continue to struggle to post consistently positive same - store sales, long considered another indicator of industry health.

Coming from the «real world» of restaurants, casinos, and convenience stores, they understand the industry's daily struggles firsthand.

By contrast, in the neighborhood center sector, Kmart's bankruptcy and the struggles of various other retailers, combined with rapid consolidation in the grocery store industry, promise to create vacancies.

Like a lot of its peers, Macy's is struggling to overcome industry changes that have shifted the center of gravity from department stores to desktops and mobile devices, undercutting the former's relevance in the retail landscape.

While most of the retail industry struggled in 2008 (same - store sales for all U.S. chain stores rose just 1.1 percent for the year), the luxury sector experienced same - store sales declines during 10 of the past 12 months, according to ICSC.

(Bloomberg)-- Nordstrom Inc. is suspending efforts to take the company private after struggling to get financing with favorable terms, another sign that the department - store industry has lost favor with both customers and investors.

While Target lawyers have said the property sale process sparked «robust» interest, industry insiders say a generally tepid response from retailers for Target leases, along with other chains» store closings, underscore the struggle among many landlords to fill vacant mall space.