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Final verdict: Is this going to set you back more than your average department store fragrance?—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
1 Jan. 2025 -
Last week, the department store chain agreed to be acquired and taken private by Nordstrom family members and a Mexican retail group.—
Anne D’Innocenzio and Dee-Ann Durbin,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Nina and Stefan Pope — who have furnished their home for nearly 20 years with secondhand items found at thrift stores around their neighborhood — decided to tie the knot inside one of their favorite places — a thrift shop outside of Manchester, England, according to CBS News.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
10 Jan. 2025
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Be creative, think outside the box, and definitely check out your local thrift shops.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
31 Dec. 2024
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Dana Taylor: Art resembling that created by Indigenous people has shown up in chain stores like Urban Outfitters and online retailers such as Amazon.—
Dana Taylor,
USA TODAY,
6 Jan. 2025
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If the thought of throngs of shoppers in crowded high street chain stores fills you with horror, there is another side to London Christmas shopping.—
Michele Robson,
Forbes,
2 Dec. 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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Kharkiv itself has been pounded by glide bombs that can deliver hundreds of kilograms of explosives — most recently, a strike at a hardware superstore that killed at least 12 people.—
Valerie Hopkins Nanna Heitmann,
New York Times,
29 May 2024
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The clip received more than 3,900 shares and 4.1 million views on X. In the footage a young girl dressed in pink walks along the chilled aisle of a superstore, throwing products as bewildered customers look on.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
3 Dec. 2024
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According to a league source, Charlotte is ready to help facilitate potential trades around the Association in exchange for future draft capital.—
Evan Sidery,
Forbes,
8 Jan. 2025
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On June 1, 2024, the World Health Assembly adopted a major revision to its International Health Regulations (IHR), which ensure early detection and reporting of disease outbreaks and scientific exchange.—
Lawrence O. Gostin,
Scientific American,
8 Jan. 2025
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