big-box
adjective
: of, relating to, or being a large chain store having a boxlike structure
big box
noun
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While home improvement stores are gaining interest from Halloween shoppers, 42% of shoppers still plan to hit big-box discount stores, up 5% from a year ago with 31% expecting to shop in Halloween/costume stores and 31% expecting to do some online shopping.
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Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Handout Jared Hendricks, founder and CEO of Village Lighting, started his business 20 years ago making Christmas lighting and decorations before expanding into holiday storage, selling directly to consumers via his website and through big-box stores like Walmart and Target.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Good Fortune is a class-conscious comedy that follows Arj, played by writer-director Aziz Ansari, as an Angeleno trying to make ends meet by picking up Taskrabbit-style odd jobs, working for various transport and food-delivery apps, and doing the occasional big-box retail stint.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
The team purchased two to four lots of each product from various sources, including online, big-box stores, and nutrition stores.
—Rob Williams, EverydayHealth.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2025
Handout Jared Hendricks, founder and CEO of Village Lighting, started his business 20 years ago making Christmas lighting and decorations before expanding into holiday storage, selling directly to consumers via his website and through big-box stores like Walmart and Target.
—Gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 17 Oct. 2025
Good Fortune is a class-conscious comedy that follows Arj, played by writer-director Aziz Ansari, as an Angeleno trying to make ends meet by picking up Taskrabbit-style odd jobs, working for various transport and food-delivery apps, and doing the occasional big-box retail stint.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2025
The team purchased two to four lots of each product from various sources, including online, big-box stores, and nutrition stores.
—Rob Williams, EverydayHealth.com, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Big-box.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/big-box. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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