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J. C. Penney – two stores in Santiago area (one in Alto Las Condes as a full-store, one in Parque Arauco as an only-furniture store); closed because of poor sales in 1999; converted to Almacenes París and Casa&Ideas stores. Gala-Sears – five stores (one full store and four minor stores) in Santiago area; Chilean division of Sears; closed ...
Independent bookstores are small bookselling businesses, usually with one or a small number of locations in a limited geographic area. They contrast with corporate or chain bookstores, operated by a larger company, often with many stores across a large area.
The number of independent booksellers in the United States dropped 40% from 1995 to 2000. [15] In the 2000s, e-books started to take market share away from printed books, either published directly via the World Wide Web, or read on e-ink devices such as the Amazon Kindle, introduced in 2007.
An independent bookstore is a single location bookstore, or small bookstore chain, that is locally owned and operated, as opposed to a chain bookstore, which will have stores located in multiple markets in multiple states or nations, and corporate headquarters that makes many of the purchasing decisions for all the stores. The distinction can ...
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Thus it could claim to be the first purpose-built department store in the world. The term "department store" had not been invented at that time, so it was called the "Monster House". The store, renamed as Clerys in 1883, [113] was completely destroyed in the 1916 Easter Rising, but reopened in 1922. [114] Arnotts is one of the largest stores in ...
In 1930, it was the world's largest retailer with $2.9 billion in sales and 16,000 stores. But even A&P couldn't weather the effects of the recession and, after filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy ...
Mervyn's - department store (defunct) Michaels - arts and crafts supplies; Modell's - sporting goods (defunct) Ocean State Job Lot - discount store; Office Depot / OfficeMax - office supplies, furniture; Old Navy - clothing; Old Time Pottery - home décor; Ollie's Bargain Outlet - discount store, groceries, clothing, remaindered books, general ...