We're doing something that is different than what anybody has done before, so it has taken a little
while for retailers to understand and accept.
At the manufacturer level, the preferred method of food waste recovery is conversion to animal feed,
while for retailers, composting and food donation are the preferred means of diverting product from going to landfills.
Not exact matches
The facts:
While Trump took credit
for Walmart's announcement — and thanked the
retailer «
for starting the big jobs push back into the U.S.» — Walmart had already announced in October a plan that would create 10,000 U.S. jobs, Reuters reported.
So
while retailer Lord & Taylor lost millions when it traded mainstream labels
for upscale brands, companies from Dolce & Gabana to Facebook succeeded by opening their exclusive club to the masses.
Massenet said in a statement: «I've felt
for a
while that I wanted to apply the brand - building experience and network I've gained over my career to today's evolving
retail landscape.
For White to reach the next level, he'll have to make a name for himself in the U.S. And while he has made strong inroads with high - end independent retailers, it's a much different story with larger chains such as Nordstr
For White to reach the next level, he'll have to make a name
for himself in the U.S. And while he has made strong inroads with high - end independent retailers, it's a much different story with larger chains such as Nordstr
for himself in the U.S. And
while he has made strong inroads with high - end independent
retailers, it's a much different story with larger chains such as Nordstrom.
While storm clouds gather over office assets and land development comes off the boil, interest in
retail property is building as investors look
for somewhere secure to park their cash.
So
while it's a powerful gesture
for these
retailers to change their policies, it may not actually make a significant dent in the access to guns.
And
while most products come with limited warranties,
retailers and manufacturers offer to extend them
for small fees - something that used to only be available
for large purchases, such as a new car.
While this kind of data has been readily accessible
for online
retail, brick and mortar locations have often missed out on accurate foot traffic data due to the cost of the technology.
While the NRF no longer provides an estimate in dollar amounts of how the key weekend went, the consensus among analysts and economists is that the 2017 holiday season got off to a great start
for the
retail sector at large.
But many other
retailers get only daily UPS pickups, so a sudden order spurt can mean a day's delay
while waiting
for another shipping container.
And
while stocks
for banks and private prisons have fallen,
retail stocks are on the way up: Nordstrom is up 11.8 % since the Trump trade began to reverse (and since protesting Ivanka Trump's clothing line).
While revenues could rise
for these
retailers, that won't necessarily translate into more profit, if the costs
for these firms are also increasing.
Square's solution,
while innovative, is an incremental improvement
for most
retailers who have many payment processing options to choose from.
While Walmart has been offering in - store pick up
for several years now, this is first year the
retailer is pushing the service this hard, in a move aimed in part at preventing stores from being overwhelmed by panicked last - minute shoppers.
While this year's sale ended on Monday, it has proven effective
for the Minneapolis - based
retailer — select electronics, toys, and kitchen items were up to 50 percent off.
The move is a novel way
for the San Mateo, Calif., company to finance the enormous cost of installing panels on thousands of roofs — a typical residential system costs $ 25,000 —
while appealing to
retail investors who are on the hunt
for better rates of return than they can find in savings accounts and government bonds.
While it's in a few large chains such as Bed Bath & Beyond, independent
retailers account
for 80 percent of sales.
While consumers certainly look
for a deal,
retailers need to consider other supplemental images, reviews, videos and celebrity endorsements to perhaps inspire a purchase.
For small
retailers, any strategies that help them keep up with holiday orders
while staying within modest shipping budgets is a gift.
While sight is typically the strongest draw
for consumers (specifically the sight of color, especially red), smell is also a powerful lure, a fact that's not lost on brick - and - mortar
retailers.
For entrepreneurs running these overnight sensations, however, it's a tough balance between getting all the benefits of that growth, including brand recognition and getting in with value
retailers,
while taking steps to make sure it's sustainable over the long run.
(
While this is undoubtedly good news
for U.S.
retailers, to put things in perspective, Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba surged past $ 6 billion in online sales during its annual Singles» Day event this November).
While people may be buying more online, the pendulum is swinging back to a consumer desire
for some kind of in - person human interaction with
retailers.
While sales of the company's Banana Republic and Gap brands have been falling
for some time now, recent declines at Old Navy — the sole bright spot in the past few quarters — pose a bigger headache
for the 46 - year old
retailer.
It
retails for more than $ 38,000,
while the gas - powered Versa (which consumes just 5.7 litres of gasoline
for every 100 km) costs less than $ 15,000.
And
while most products come with limited warranties,
retailers and manufacturers offer to extend them
for small fees — something that used to only be available
for large purchases, such as a new car.
For some, it's powerhouse general mass
retailers, like Wal - Mart and Target,
while other products will fit more specialized but equally powerful
retailers, like Williams - Sonoma, The Sharper Image and Sephora.
While XPO offers a wide range of logistics and freight transportation services, it is probably best known to consumers as the company that manages the home delivery of heavy items such as furniture and appliances
for retailers.
There's a difference in growth opportunities
for Alphabet and Amazon, according to Macquarie's Ben Schachter: Every new Alphabet business is going to be lower margin than its ads business,
while every new Amazon business is going to have higher margins than
retail.
While most people are busy relishing (or despising) fall, online
retailers are busily planning
for the annual onslaught of excited holiday - shoppers.
Halloween is just around the corner, and
while some people prefer to save money and make their costumes at home, the run up to October 31 is now one of the biggest
for UK
retail.
While traditional hedge funds will stick around alongside their
retail cousins, fees will decline «dramatically» except
for «true out - performance» above a set benchmark, according to Greycourt's Curtis.
While the idea of having no stock in the store is not a new concept
for furniture
retailers, Bonobos is one of the first clothing
retailers to see the wisdom in it.
A Donald Trump white dress shirt is listed as regularly
retailing for $ 69.99,
while a Donald J. Trump Blue Pindot Suit can cost as much as $ 650.
The original Amazon Echo
retailed for $ 200,
while the Google Home cost about $ 130.
The company also launched an educational campaign
for retailers while making significant overhauls to its manufacturing and storage processes.
Note:
While we've listed the regular price
for each item, you're likely to find some (if not all) of these gadgets on sale at a number of
retailers during the holiday rush.
Consumer broadband connections would be considered «
retail» information services,
while connections
for websites and content sites would be regulated as common carriers.
While that has led to higher price points — Bollinger Rosé
for example
retails for about $ 80 — consumers are willing to open up their wallets
for a better drinking experience.
What's most encouraging
for Walmart is how it managed both to get more shoppers into its stores (shopper traffic rose 1.2 %,
while Target (tgt) suffered a drop) AND increase online sales, the Holy Grail in
retail, proving its thesis that the digital and the physical must play off of each other
for greater overall sales.
Companies belonging to this category are building technologies that help consumers shop more intelligently and purposefully,
while giving
retailers the opportunity to understand buyer behaviour
for the sake of developing long - lasting customer relationships.
As competition grows, the big question, according to Pat Minicucci, National Bank's senior vice-president of
retail and business banking
for central, western and Atlantic Canada, is how the players should try to attract attention
while offering products and services that everyone knows «are fairly ubiquitous and similar.»
Valve's Steam platform pioneered digital distribution back in 2003, almost singlehandedly rescuing PC gaming from oblivion
while simultaneously putting a significant brake on piracy, getting consumers to accept the often widely hated digital rights management and increasing profitability
for publishers and developers by cutting out physical
retail.
While brick - and - mortar
retailers ensure their stores are prepared
for long lines and demand
for certain products, e-commerce businesses have their own list of preparations.
Retailers have been forced to pay fees to trucking companies to compensate
for the increased time and trouble,
while shipping companies have been diverting container ships carrying Northeast - bound cargo to ports in Baltimore, Montreal and elsewhere, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday.
While the savings
retailers offer will vary, and in some cases, you'll need to be in store to take advantage of them, if you're in the market
for some tech goodies this holiday season, now's the time to prepare.
While the company had plenty of other problems — its failure to create sufficient revenue through its
retail products,
for one — Brush's reluctance to listen to and respect his workers was one of the biggest.
While sometimes helpful
for comparing prices,
retailer apps can also be dangerous and cause you to make a purchase you weren't planning on making.