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Sainsbury's also saw strong growth in its smaller convenience store business, which grew by 20%.
Frank Reluzco, owner of an Exxon station, auto-repair business and convenience store in Frederick, Md.
Apple might also want to rethink its iTunes Store business model in China so that it can generate sales in other ways.
Consequently, we have decided to sell the Rovi Entertainment Store business.
The department store business is still viable, in my opinion.
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Mr. Rein, who has been doing business from China for 13 of the past 16 years, uses Google's small-business services to store and share documents and for internal communications.
Rovi this afternoon said it is seeking a buyer for its Rovi Entertainment Store business, which provides retailers, device makers and others with the ability to offer downloadable digital content.
Blundy, who was often in the U.K. for his music-store business, had been looking for a new venture in fast fashion, and he wanted a vertically integrated business like Bras N Things.
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In February, Ralcorp gave its shareholders one share of Post Holdings (POST) for every two of Ralcorp, which left Ralcorp standing with its core business of selling store brands, ingredients and prepared foods to corporate buyers.
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It was a gamble, for although Irwin had worked in the antiques and interiors industry for years, first as an art handler at Christie's, then as a publicist within the business and a store manager, he had no actual design experience.
There's a woman in the store-signage business, figuring out a way to make grocery store placards that are hollow--using less material and costing 20% less to produce.
The local shoe store, the lawn mowing business, the photographer, the single store Subway franchise owner and so forth.
The company said that divestiture of its retail store solutions business reduced revenue by about 1%.
This focus in turn determines a number of other business decisions, including store locations and internal arrangement.
Bradford Roos' 1, 500-square-foot office supply store, Business as Usual, is a relic, housed under a tin roof in Ketchum, Idaho.
We would have to examine the business records of each store.
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Same-store sportswear business shrank 2.4%.
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Already this year, HMV, the U.K.'s last music chain, camera retailer Jessops and the U.K. arm of DVD rental firm Blockbuster have entered administration, a form of bankruptcy, while electrical business Comet and sports store JJB Sports closed their doors toward the end of last year.
And let us be honest - tonight too many parents, after they put their children to bed, will speak of their worries about losing their jobs or the need to sell the house too many will share stones of friends or neighbours already packing up their homes, and too many will talk of a local store or business that has already gone to the wall.
It is interesting to note, however, that Neiman Marcus has leveraged its brand into an e-commerce business that is now a significant portion of total sales, and is growing nearly four times as fast as the store-based business.
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But when they do deck out in Bebe it can mean brisk business for the 104-store chain.
Google will probably take a cut of the sales and leads generated through the store, a business model is nothing new.
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Over the years, Apple has had mixed success getting television companies to agree to new business arrangements for its iTunes store.
Our rationale for trying to buy Hollywood Video was for Blockbuster to orchestrate an orderly downsizing of the store based rental business while we developed our online business.
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Although global demand is growing, our research shows that at the retail level this is a very local business, in which the store network, branding and promotions must be tailored to local preferences.
It includes a calculator for determining how much revenue, value per click, and return on investment marketers get from various kinds of mobile ad actions, such as clicks to call a business or even in-store visits.
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In Las Vegas small business vendors showcased the discounts they planned to offer as part of Small Business Saturday: a jewelry store took 20-percent off its products, a hair salon offered 20-percent off haircuts and threw in a complimentary book, a flower store offered 10-percent off its merchandise.
Across the street, Noel Davis, 50, says business is down at his jewelry store.
Clark, 50, opened her business in 1997 with a single store in the Saint Louis Galleria mall.
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