This focus in turn determines a number of other business decisions, including store locations and internal arrangement.
The accompanying Wall Street Journal map shows Chick-fil-A's store locations charted against public sentiment toward gay marriage.
It will also be available at all Apple store locations, Best Buy, select Wal-Mart stores, and on-line at verizonwireless.com and apple.com.
That means Dunkin' Donuts, which has about 480 store locations throughout the five boroughs, would be in a bind.
What will help consumers most are mobile optimized sites that focus on getting key information quickly, such as store locations, prices.
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This digital option will be available at more than 1, 600 store locations in Australia, New Zealand, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
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While Target and others might take some Wal-Mart store locations, many towns would be left with a massive gap where Wal-Mart once existed.
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The new tablets will be sold at all Microsoft store locations.
RedLaser allows customers interested in a product at one store to instantly learn what the competition is charging and to find product information and store locations.
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Surface will be available for purchase beginning Oct. 26, 2012, at all Microsoft Store locations in the United States and Canada, including in all 34 new holiday stores.
For store locations near you, check the web site.
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All of these new music products, compatible with your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, are expected to be available in Europe beginning in September 2012 at Apple Store locations.
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There just is not enough space for fifty companies each wanting to display ten or fifteen different offerings and Altria will flex its power to get the prime store locations.
There are some operational improvements that could be made similar to how Nordstrom will fulfill online orders from their physical store locations whereas JCP keeps separate DCs and inventory to support online orders.
The increase in earnings came on the back of a rising sales as the company opened 75 new store locations in the first six months of 2011, upping its total by 3% to 2, 565 stores.
"In addition to learning more about what your customers want, you can provide exclusive Twitter coupon codes, link to key posts on your blog, share tips for shopping online, and announce specials at store locations, " the site reads.
The headphones (Logitech UE 4000, 6000, 9000 and 900) will be available exclusively at Apple Store locations, whilst the Logitech UE Mobile Boombox, Boombox and Smart Radio will also be available in Apple, Currys, PC World, John Lewis and Amazon from mid-September onwards.
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Think about how you personally use them: mobile devices are most often used when away from the home to look up information quickly (store locations and price checking), and tablets are often used for researching potential purchases, typically from home, and for browsing and exploring.
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For example, even though pvh first thought it could sell Calvin Klein men's sportswear at 700 to 800 U.S. department store locations with in-store space of 1, 500 square feet, it cautiously launched in just 150 stores, with only 500 square feet each. (Today the line is in 500 stores, averaging 750 square feet.) "As the business rolled out, we ramped up to the appropriate size, " says Emanuel Chirico, who was named chief executive last February.
The private party celebrated the opening of a third Dash boutique, a clothing store with locations in Los Angeles and Miami, by Kardashian sisters Kourtney, Kim and Khloe.
An early prototype store shows remodeled locations have a 37% ROIC, up form 30% in existing stores.
As a standard course of business, we continually evaluate our store portfolio, and review and evaluate our locations to ensure a healthy store portfolio that fits the needs of the community.
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But now rivals have copied Kohl's assortments, pricing, and even its racetrack store layouts and roadside locations.
As president of Payless ShoeSource from 1999 to 2002 Hicks learned to examine the market for new sales space, opening 160 in-store outlets in Shopko locations.
These global giants carry the same store model to new locations--selling everything under one roof, often at very competitive prices, and, in the case of Wal-Mart, still managed with a heavy hand from headquarters.
Both Walmart and Target are expanding into more downtown locations with smaller store formats.
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Teams of experts would be scouting for prime retail locations and redesigning store interiors to spur sales.
Today the United Dairy Farmers convenience store chain has approximately 200 locations throughout Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana and United Dairy Farmers brand ice cream remains a regional favorite.
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After failing to find jeans in my size at three different locations of the same store, I gave up and purchased something else to satisfy my desire to just buy something.
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