As is the case with so many stores populating the Bermuda Triangle of self-conscious consumption stretching from Williamsburg to TriBeCa to Park Slope, the selection at Stinky is so carefully edited and curated that you know nothing gets in there by accident.
The struggling Winn-Dixie Stores, with six times as many stores and three times as much in sales, is valued at just 10% of Whole Foods' market value.
Now even with many dozens of stores dotting the south it still aims to provide the old time department store experience.
It's something the retailer is especially concerned with as many of its stores are in the South, she says.
Sprint Chief Executive Dan Hesse warned of shortages, and indeed there were many stores left with only a handful of Pre phones.
This meant that clearance sales might be muted this year, with many of the items that stores wanted to shift already having been sold.
There were so many stores decorated with tinsel and streamers and balloons, selling little artificial fir trees, displaying gross Christmas cards hawkers had even set up on the sidewalks peddling these nauseous things (usually with pictures of a snowy scene in Vermont and some saccharin verse inside about ol' Jack Frost).
The supply chain has become slow and over-committed, and stores are cluttered with too many product lines.
The exciting news that Nordstrom is expanding into Canada with four stores is just one of many initiatives for the company.
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Mobeam works with the scanners already in use by many grocery stores, convenience stores and retailers.
But stores are still packed with too many employees serving too few shoppers.
Russia, eager for cash, flooded the world with its vast stores of yellowcake, and many producers in the West were forced out of business.
The stores are located throughout Germany and while Mr. Jennings has announced the infusion of new merchandise, he has to cope with aging stores that have not been refurbished in many years.
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Consumer sentiment hit its highest level in over a year, and on the retail side, many stores showed surprisingly strong growth in February, with high-end retailer Nordstrom ( JWN) reporting same-store sales were up over 10%.
The upgrade coincides with a similar face-lift for many Victoria's Secret stores, run by Grace Nichols. (The two parts of the Victoria's Secret business together make up two-thirds of Intimate Brands, a publicly traded affiliate of Leslie Wexner's Limited Inc.) Stores in urban markets will lose the Victorian bordello look they now have.
The upgrade coincides with a similar face-lift for many Victoria's Secret stores, which are run by Grace Nichols. (The two parts of the Victoria's Secret business together make up two thirds of Intimate Brands, a publicly traded affiliate of Leslie Wexner's Limited.) Stores in urban markets will lose the Victorian bordello look they have now.
With the rise of online shopping the chains did not need as many stores as they did in the past, a trend that looks set to accelerate this year.
Currently, many stores are ordering more luxury items, hoping to profit with the wealthy consumers.
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There are many ways to rack up debt at this major shopping destination, with hundreds of stores, big and small, scattered along its streets.
However, even with higher risk, many retailers view entry into emerging markets urgent given the opportunity to establish stores in good locations before the competition.
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Wander the main street of Avenida 10 de Agusto, known locally as Leather Street, where over four blocks there are more than 100 boutique-style leather stores, selling jackets, trousers, bags and even shirts, many with workshops behind the display floor.
Many say there is also a change in attitude towards spending, with locals flocking to luxury stores in a way they didn't see before the quake.
Many direct-to-customer stores that Cingular opened a few years ago to compete with Verizon were set up close to RadioShack outlets.
Because many owners of sari-sari stores are housewives, the Hapinoy program could also provide women with more power and capital to take control of their own businesses.
Macy's was facing too many problems, what with people like the Limited and Gap and Wal-Mart taking business away from department stores.
The practice took off during the real-estate boom of the 2000s, as developers flush with cash, working with investment-hungry town governments, turned so-called underutilized properties into big-box retail stores and in many cases upscale residential-commercial developments.
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