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The department store chain, which currently has about 650 stores, was one of the largest retailers to file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.—
Mike Snider,
Freep.com,
31 July 2025 -
When officers arrived, Crowder had left the department store.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
30 July 2025
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Driving by a thrift shop that looks intriguing on your way home from lunch?—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 July 2025
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Shimokitazawa is a grungy counter-culture neighborhood in western Tokyo famed for its live music scene and boho thrift shops.—
Jessica Kozuka,
Travel + Leisure,
6 July 2025
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Indie Store Album Sales ranks the top-selling albums of the week at independent and small chain stores.—
Keith Caulfield,
Billboard,
7 July 2025
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Check your local store Many local businesses and most national chain stores will remain open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.—
John Tufts,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Discount stores remain the most popular type of retailer for 62 percent of back-to-school shoppers, followed by Amazon, 56 percent, and dollar and variety stores, 42 percent.—
David Moin,
Footwear News,
23 July 2025
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My favorite stop on the tour was a variety store called Lee Avenue Photo—specifically, the toy section.—
Patricia Marx,
New Yorker,
5 May 2025
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Soon afterward, cheap paperback classics could be found everywhere from newsstands to dime stores.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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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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The superstore features Steinhafels’ signature room settings, decorating services and top-brand mattresses, the release said.—
Post-Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 July 2025
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The retail giant’s superstore anchors the Cedar Square shopping center on South Cumberland Street.—
Andy Humbles,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Between March 2022 and Wei’s arrest in August 2023, the spy allegedly paid Wei thousands of dollars in exchange for photographs and videos of the Essex, information about the location of various Navy ships and details about the Essex’s defensive weapons, according to prosecutors.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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American chipmakers Nvidia and AMD agreed to pay the US government 15% of their revenues from semiconductor sales to China in exchange for export licenses.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
12 Aug. 2025
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