How to Use brick-and-mortar in a Sentence

brick-and-mortar

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  • The store began out of a 1962 Volkswagen transporter truck and has grown into a brick-and-mortar bookstore serving customers from all over the country.
    American Booksellers Association, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
  • The next step was a brick-and-mortar store in Bowling Green and the second truck rolling in Louisville.
    Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The food stall marks Ervin’s second brick-and-mortar eatery.
    Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 8 June 2023
  • Might that mean a future brick-and-mortar home in New York?
    Alia Akkam, Architectural Digest, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Plans are for its brick-and-mortar spot to open this summer.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The first brick-and-mortar Te’jun restaurant opened in 2017 in Robinson.
    Kate Marijolovic, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 May 2024
  • The store is part of a growing trend of brick-and-mortar Trump stores popping up around the country.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2024
  • First announced in 2023, the Store of the Future concept is for brick-and-mortar Walmart stores.
    Emily Deletter, The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
  • He's had a taco truck for more than a decade and tried his hand at a brick-and-mortar location before.
    Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The outdoor brand opened its first brick-and-mortar retail shop in Portland in April last year.
    oregonlive, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The purchase makes Sony the latest studio to buy its own brick-and-mortar theater.
    David Matthews, New York Daily News, 12 June 2024
  • Next, Johnson and Cooper plan to make moves toward a brick-and-mortar space all their own.
    Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Their parents are more likely to shop online than at a brick-and-mortar store.
    Hannah Frystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2023
  • And soon, New York transplants and local converts alike will be able to nosh at Tali’s new brick-and-mortar space.
    The Bon Appétit Staff & Contributors, Bon Appétit, 27 June 2023
  • Macy’s brick-and-mortar sales fell 7% year-on-year last quarter.
    Alan Murray, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Which brick-and-mortar shopping hubs are still thriving, and what's going on with them?
    Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 1 May 2023
  • Some folks like using these brick-and-mortar stores to return items in person though.
    WIRED, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Serna doesn’t think Dillard’s position is strong enough to gain share in the brick-and-mortar space.
    Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The process of going into a brick-and-mortar store to try on clothes is generally not for me.
    Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Finally, about three years ago, the Duvalls began looking for the right place to make the jump to a brick-and-mortar restaurant.
    Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The four original members of the food truck crew followed Tran to the bricks-and-mortar Muoi Tieu — two as line cooks and the others as managers.
    Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 14 Feb. 2024
  • It’s been going well enough for Hall to launch the cart’s sister concept, a brick-and-mortar store called Kawaii Candy & Karaoke.
    Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 1 Aug. 2024
  • While getting ready to open the restaurant, Brittany inspired her sister to start a brick-and-mortar of her own.
    Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 12 July 2023
  • This is Najah Roberts, a founder of one of the few brick-and-mortar cryptocurrency exchanges in the country.
    WIRED, 16 Nov. 2023
  • This shop at the Veranda will be the first brick-and-mortar east of the Berkeley-Oakland corridor.
    Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Walmart, Target and Best Buy are all closing their brick-and-mortar stores.
    Jaclyn Peiser, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
  • However, even though the brick-and-mortar agencies with punny names in strip malls have vanished, the career is on-the-rise.
    Scott Bay, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 Aug. 2023
  • In other corners of retail, e-commerce has filled in the gaps left by brick-and-mortar declines.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 3 June 2024
  • Which is a bigger source of revenue for the company, ecommerce or brick-and-mortar stores?
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 25 Apr. 2024
  • The company will open two more brick-and-mortar locations in the first fiscal quarter of next year, Grede revealed.
    Ryma Chikhoune, WWD, 25 Oct. 2024

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