Ignacio Mas of the Gates Foundation explained that mobile banking enables financial transactions without the need for cash or brick and mortar retail bank locations.
On the far bank stood an old hydroelectric station, or the brick shell of one.
The gags are far from politically correct, usually involving someone getting bonked in the head with a hammer or a brick.
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Do I really want my name on a building or on a brick on the walk to a theater or a museum?
It was a complex of ten or so red brick buildings, set back from the street.
Combined with prominent red brick chimneys and a brick or stone base, the effect is a three-color scheme.
The BRICs, which the Chinese calls jinzhuan siguo, or four golden brick nations, are a way to square that circle.
In a test of creativity, researchers asked 145 students to think of as many unusual uses as possible for such common items as a brick or toothpick, then divided them randomly into four groups.
Though people in the blue group performed worse on short-term memory tasks, they did far better on tasks requiring some imagination, such as coming up with creative uses for a brick or designing a children's toy.
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Practically, what this all means is that for the first time marketers can speak specifically to those users who they know something about and have already built a relationship with, either on Facebook or through a sign-up at a brick and mortar store, or an opt-in email program, or any other online or offline channel.
Come to the neighbourhood local, Societi Bistro, to dine in the courtyard garden, with Table Mountain views, or in the atmospheric, brick-walled and wine-rack covered interior on unfussy bistro dishes, such as ostrich burgers or tomato fettuccine, all washed down with local wine or beers that have been expertly sourced.
Every company whether it is a Brick and mortor or an online store is going to have issues.
The holidays are upon us, often seen as make-or-break it time for brick-and-mortar retailers as shoppers stream into their stores by the millions.
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Full-scale walls have been built of the shaped brick and deep blue or white ceramic tile that he wrapped effortlessly around columns and curved surfaces.
She said she saw an older man get out of the canal, but did not see a brick in the road or any kind of obstruction.
Old women in large conical hats and Vietnamese clothing sit on the steps of trailer homes, or on the porches of the brick mansions that richer families have built next door.
Whether you are creating a brick and mortar store or an online business, the website is your virtual storefront, your online salesperson and the first interaction a potential customer might have with your company.
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In its email, Best Buy gave its customers the option of canceling their orders outright, replacing it with a similar device, or searching the product at a brick and mortar location (a customer service rep told us that the Transformer Prime is not in stock).
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Whether the heart is brick-oven-baked or pressure-cooked in stainless steel affects tequila's flavor, as does the way the heart's juices are extracted--by press or grinder.
Rich and poor already live in close proximity to each other in New York's densely populated neighborhoods, with luxury buildings rapidly rising next door or down the street from the red brick towers of the projects.
Or the fact that a single, massive brick-and-mortar store uses up large energy resources on its own.
Portland's "hundred or so food carts that compete with any brick and mortar restaurant in the city" are another asset, a commenter writes.
Locals here have long stashed ancient documents under the brick floors of their houses, or under furniture, out of an enduring fear of invading armies.
The houses are modern red-brick, apparently free from vandalism or graffiti.
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There are about 5 billion mobile phone users in the world, and MasterCard is providing them access to traditional financial services like the ability to transfer funds, pay bills and purchase goods and services at brick-and-mortar stores or through e-commerce websites through a device they already own.
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Or, is there a fundamental value to the brick-and-mortar, flesh-and-bone world that cannot be replaced?
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Soon he was tackling more ambitious projects: Refurbishing a derelict Victorian street of brick-terraced houses in Kensington, or a Georgian terrace of 25 houses in the same area, always creating ultra-luxury homes.
Your old school is showing when you ignore the fact that while Amazon.com may not have a physical presence in the brick and mortar sense of a store or warehouse, it most certainly has a real physical presence in its day to day business operations at more than a half dozen locations throughout California.
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