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Recent Examples of chain store
While some American chain stores rely on sameness to satisfy customers, Trader Joe’s has leaned in the other direction.
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Advertisement Brown’s inspiration is not just from memories of his youth at the chain store, but contemporary efforts like Jack White’s Third Man Records.
—Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
All around it are thriving chain stores attracting steady streams of customers in sectors where the former box-store chain was once a major player: Marshalls, Hobby Lobby, PetSmart and Dollar Tree.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
These include local pharmacies, pharmacies in hospitals or clinics, or chain stores like Walgreens and CVS.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 15 Oct. 2024
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Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Advertisement Brown’s inspiration is not just from memories of his youth at the chain store, but contemporary efforts like Jack White’s Third Man Records.
—Steve Appleford, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
All around it are thriving chain stores attracting steady streams of customers in sectors where the former box-store chain was once a major player: Marshalls, Hobby Lobby, PetSmart and Dollar Tree.
—Alena Botros, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2024
These include local pharmacies, pharmacies in hospitals or clinics, or chain stores like Walgreens and CVS.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chain store
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Olivia Heller/The Hustle Because most malls relied on these anchor tenants to draw customers, the rise of big box stores as a replacement for the department stores meant the malls — and the specialty retailers inside them — faced financial problems of their own.Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 6 Dec. 2024
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Plus, the shape of a typical mall and department store almost always requires a complete teardown to bring in housing.Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 5 Dec. 2024
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Original Artwork The art section of most thrift shops is ripe for the picking.Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2024
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Trust me: Christmas is in full bloom at thrift shops.Jennifer Prince, Southern Living, 28 Nov. 2024
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By the late 1990s, both Woolworth and McCrory’s landed in bankruptcy court after variety stores fell out of favor.Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
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Dollar Tree is a leading operator of discount variety stores.Trefis Team, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
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Salem, circa 1955: Before the opening of Walmart, many small-town main streets were home to a Ben Franklin dime store, one of which was under the franchise that gave Sam Walton his start in Newport, 1945.Ray Hanley, arkansasonline.com, 4 Oct. 2024
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Werewolf Lawyer has its own distinct look, a pulp paperback straight from the golden age of dime store novels done by Ian Klarer.Jef Rouner, Chron, 14 Sep. 2024
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Or take a job with a micromanaging boss in exchange for a higher salary?Morgan Smith, CNBC, 9 Dec. 2024
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The tariff threats have also sparked an exchange of words between Mexico and Canada as Trump criticized both countries over their border controls.Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Chain store.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chain%20store. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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