The company operates approximately 535 stores in the U.K., under the store brands H.
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To be fair, you can still save upwards of 29% using store brands, but the gap is shrinking.
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Along the walls and in the back, facing a lovely hidden urban court yard, are department store brands.
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But honestly, the Magimix does seem like a superior machine to most of the more common department store brands.
But in recent years cheaper store brands and hectic lifestyles that favored breakfast on the go sliced into sales.
Before that, Pure Digital made its mark with the first disposable digital cameras sold through drug and discount retailers as store brands.
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There are many inexpensive models to choose from including store brands from places like Best Buy, which sells its own Insignia brand.
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Applying the pinch: intense competition from discounters and low-cost store brands.
Without naming names, I think one of these department store brands will make a much more appropriate and advantageous partner to the brand than the other.
Activist investor Keith Meister stepped in Thursday to shake up store brands food company Ralcorp ( RAH), and the market reacted with a smattering of polite applause.
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The annual report from the brand consultancy, released today, ranks the 50 most valuable U.S. retail brands, as well as the leading store brands from around the world.
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Stores apparently wised up to the fact that consumers were increasingly choosing store brands over national brands to save a buck, so they have started narrowing the price gap.
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The emphasis for Treehouse is on the private label business, a segment that thrives during tough economic times as customers become more inclined to switch from national brands to store brands.
Signet operates approximately 1, 853 specialty retail jewelry stores, including 1, 318 stores in the U.S., under the store brands Kay Jewelers, Jared The Galleria Of Jewelry and a number of regional names.
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Grocers typically put more emphasis on their store brands during an inflationary period as a way to offer the customer a better deal without cutting into their own margins, he explained.
Sexier, but in no less a commodity category, Sephora took on both the over-the-counter department store cosmetic brands and the under-wraps drug store brands and created an open-sell environment as its distinguishing brand factor.
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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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The retailer has enjoyed better results in the stores it has transformed into its shop concept essentially stores within a store for different brands or categories but if J.
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U.S. fine jewelry brands same store sales rose 9 percent for the 2011 holiday season.
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The Berlin store carries many famous brands in their assortment and reflects the latest thinking for the company.
He has cut the retailer's reliance on sales and is rolling out a new store format with fancier brands.
The challenge, then, for top companies is clear: How do you leverage the in-store experience to ensure brands grow and thrive?
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Abercrombie and Fitch, the holiday winner, reported a 15% increase in same-store sales, Limited Brands reported a 5% increase, and J.
The store features 118 different brands of which 17 are Asian brands.
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At constant exchange rates, Canadian Fine Jewelry brands comparable store sales increased 1.7 percent, compared to an increase of 10.2 percent in the prior year period.
By contrast, a grocery store also creates a space for consumers and multiple brands to meet but the store controls the transaction, serving as a reseller.
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Even Nordstrom, a department store that sells more than just expensive designer brands, reported a 10.7% rise in same store sales for that period.
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There are many events at the store to market the special brands Saks carries.
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Limited Brands delivered comparable-store sales growth of 5% during the quarter, compared with 9% in the prior year.
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