Sentences with phrase «store operators»

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

What is the best way for pet store operators to fight back?

Successfully defended national retail store operator in wage and hour class action litigation.

It's important for store operators and their employees to ensure that dog owners have considered this important item for their dog walking routine.

The firm can advise store operators on which locations have the potential to improve and which are destined to be money - losers.

As a result, many store operators group their toy sections along those lines.

The company expanded in 1983 from a single - store operator into a two - store chain.

The question is whether enough department store operators will adapt in time to maintain their position as a significant part of the retail business, and retain healthy business partnerships with mall landlords.

So where does that leave the independent pet store operator?

Imagine how closely anyone will scrutinize the net worths and sophistication of the tens of thousands of cab drivers and convenience store operators who will now become stock speculators on the side.

He'll be replaced by COO Brian Hannasch, a native of the U.S. Midwest and himself a former store operator who joined the firm in the 2003 acquisition of Bigfoot.

«I'm most proud about what we as a company do for the independent grocery store operator,» Vice President Bob Obray says.

The department store operator posted revenue of $ 6.1 billion in the period, which also fell short of Street forecasts.

Summary: Fast Market is a retail convenience store operator with locations across the United States.

In addition, Borders and Waldenbooks compete with other specialty retail stores that offer books in a particular area of specialty, independent single store operators, discount stores, drug stores, warehouse clubs, mail order clubs, mass merchandisers and other non-bookstore retailers.

Once - dominant U.S. department store operators such as Macy's and J C Penney Co have announced plans to shut hundreds of stores in recent years, putting pressure on landlords to find new «anchor tenants» or come up with new ways to grow returns.

Department store operator J.C. Penney (JCP) reports its second - quarter financial results today and the company is expected to beat Wall Street's profit forecasts.

And it said it planned on lowering the prices of more items to about $ 1 as it also answers the expansion by Canadian dollar store operator Dollarama Inc. (TSX: DOL).

Bullish calls featured a big - box store operator and a media giant.

The platform last year attracted a number of high - profile international retailers and brands, among them U.S. department store operator Macy's, Japanese beauty products giant Shiseido Group, U.K. supermarket chain Sainbury's, U.S. infant care company Huggies, and Paris - based food - products multinational Danone.

We're also talking to a big convenience store operator about using it.»

Grocery chain Albertsons Co. and drug store operator Rite Aid announced plans on Tuesday for a merger estimated to be worth $ 24 billion.

In the United States, the company made early inroads with Coca - Cola, which has used the technology to help its sales team sell floor planning ideas to grocery store and other store operators by showing them what the products will look like in a specific space.

Boston is a little over 4.5 million people with eight luxury store operators, including Nordstrom, Barneys, Bloomingdale's, Saks and Neiman Marcus.

These developments present a stark contrast to the pet retailer boom that took place from 2003 through 2007, when the number of store operators increased by more than seven percent, and the total number of pet store locations increased by 11 percent, according to IBISWorld.

Consider convenience store operator Alimentation Couche - Tard, which appeared on our 2015 list.

When we saw that our first location was taking forever to open, we established a new store operator position and got John DeFranco, who was then employed by Michaels, to help us create a store launch process and then use that as a checklist to expedite the launch of future stores.

Its previous investments include regional department store operator Belk Inc, discount general merchandise retailer Dollar Express and mall and web - based specialty retailer Hot Topic.

While Macy's rode the strong consumer spending wave that helped retail spending soar during the holidays, the season brought the first signs that Gennette's efforts to turn what is the largest U.S. department store operator around, as detailed in a recent Fortune feature, may be working.

The warehouse store operator posted revenue of $ 1.02 billion in the period, matching Street forecasts.

• Neiman Marcus, a Dallas, Texas - based department store operator backed by Ares Management and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, ended talks regarding a partial or full sale of the company, according to Reuters.

The five top department - store operators whose branches anchor so many malls — Macy's m, Penney, Kohl's kss, Dillard's, and Sears Holdings shld — have together closed some 750 stores since 2013, or 20 % of their fleets, and analysts think the Honey, I Shrunk the Retailer trend will continue.

The Sobeys grocery chain owned by Empire Co. Ltd. (TSX: EMP.A) of Stellarton, N.S., has joined forces with U.S. department store operator Target, which will also offer food in its Canadian stores when they open.

Discount retailer Dollar Tree, the leading discount variety store operator in North America, saw shares discounted after it reported its fourth quarter results...

The second quarter saw a healthy bounce back for convenience store operator Murphy USA (NYSE: MUSA).

Starting in March, for example, department store operator Kohl's began selling Under Armour products in its more than 1,000 stores.

The move follows a similar transaction in January, when e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (BABA.N) led a $ 2.6 billion bid to privatize department store operator Intime Retail Group Co Ltd (1833.

Last week, the department store operator said that its chief executive, Gerald L. Storch, had stepped down and that he would be replaced on an interim basis by Mr. Baker.

«Convenience store operators realize they need to have a presence in food, and we fill that need,» he adds.

The urgency that store operators feel to return books before they have to be paid for shortens the time available for a book to build a market.

Recently Pat McKeough responded to a Member of his Inner Circle who wanted his opinion on one of the biggest liquor store operators in North America.

From single - store operators leveraging their community involvement to small chains perfecting supply chains and merchandising, these businesses are drawing on their distinct position in local markets to find ways to succeed.

That means even as the top chains increased in size, smaller pet store operators closed individual locations or even shuttered their total business altogether.

Before adding this service, however, store operators need to hammer out the details, from pricing and extra fees to service policies, such as what to do when someone fails to pay.

Positioning in the store is the first thing store operators must address.