Legalization allowed Mejia to get a job erecting the metal frames of big box stores.
Big Box stores are driving consumers to the Internet and into the stores using this strategy.
Melee has broken out at big box stores because retailers were unable to manage the crowds.
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Conversely, main street merchants and big box stores say online sellers have an edge.
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Big box stores like Wal-Mart Stores and Best Buy hold considerable sway with vendors.
Forget the cavernous big box stores that laid waste to the retail landscape a decade ago.
And the company will probably not build big box stores in emerging markets anytime soon.
Around 5-10 big box stores are expected to be closed this year in addition to 49 stores shut down last year.
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Some supermarkets and big box stores like Wal-Mart and Target are practically giving generic drugs away as a loss to attract customers.
This comment has major portent for big box stores of every stripe.
You can also see big box stores from Chilean companies like S.A.C.
Sales weakness in the retail sector, which the Federal Reserve pointed out in its latest Beige Book, extended beyond major big box stores.
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" "But in the absence of cool, edgy initiatives like this one, " observes Barasch, "what's left to move in is 7-11 and big box stores.
Acer acquired the California-based computer company in 2007 and continues to sell products under the Gateway name, particularly at big box stores like Best Buy.
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This has allowed internet companies to poach sales from big box stores, and crater profits for brick-and-mortar companies that are drowning under high fixed costs.
Finally, union lobbies and NIMBY concerns chase away big box stores.
Smaller stores, for example, is a new direction that they are going to be layering on top of their existing business model of the big box stores.
Analysts think that could be just the tip of the iceberg as Home Depot sets itself up as a big player while big box stores come to China.
While I am uncertain it is completely true that big box stores destroy main street, it is what you read when a big box store announces it is coming to town.
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If money is tight, select a target list of residences that are closer to you than to the big box stores, and promote that as a supporting point in your copy.
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That Staples varies its prices dependent on your distance to an Office Depot is the very argument in favour of allowing the big box stores like WalMart to set up where ever.
More and more customers use its big box stores as showrooms to look at goods, only to then use a smartphone to find a better price online at e-retailers like eBay and Amazon.com.
While this may be a logical extension for the big box stores who want to improve their customer service, it presents a potentially dangerous environment to small business service providers who do not traditionally compete with them.
At that time Best Buy had plans to open several of its big box stores in Europe, but the difficulties both Best Buy and Europe have faced since the recession made it tough to implement the plans.
In the quarter, the company continued to gain share, as they estimated a 1% increase from a year ago as it contends with online competition and increased competition from Wal-Mart as well as other big box stores.
This was primarily due to a loss of revenues from 49 big box stores closed down in 2012, partially offset by a 0.9% increase in comparable store sales and additional revenues from 126 new Best Buy Mobile stand-alone stores.
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From a technology perspective, I'm curious about how this struck you because a lot of stores - big box stores, for example - encourage customers to price compare and they say, we'll match or beat whatever price you see elsewhere.
Retailers have planted big box stores.
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The main reason is because these high end shops, don't always carry the same brands as the big box stores -- for business reasons -- and these brands like Denon, Marantz, and Onkyo don't make players (yet) for either format.
Mobile commerce will transform retail, both because the transparency of pricing will force big box stores to be much better merchants or die, and because store associates armed with mobile devices can now do everything from save lost sales, to carry a POS device in their hand.
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