The shopping service at launch featured WH Smith, Tesco, Virgin / Our Price, Great Universal Stores / GUS, Interflora, Dixons Retail, Past Times, PC World ( retailer ) and Innovations.

Orwell needed somewhere he could concentrate on writing his book, and once again help was provided by Aunt Nellie, who was living at Wallington, Hertfordshire in a very small sixteenth-century cottage called the " Stores ".

In a few cases ( e. g., Federated Department Stores, Kohl's ) this is because the retailer already issues its own credit cards, and thus already has a direct relationship with the consumers most likely to shop at its stores.

Due to the attention received by the totem pole, additional totem poles were placed at each of the locations and all the store began operating under the name " Tot ' em Stores " ( a word play on the totem poles as well as the idea that customers toted away their purchases ).

Stores often have conveyor belts at the check-out counter to move shopping items.

On June 1, 1984, American Stores tendered an offer worth $ 1. 1 billion for 67 percent of Jewel's outstanding shares at $ 70 per share.

For two weeks, Jewel's management refused all comment on the offer, maintaining its silence even at a stormy shareholder's meeting before which Jewel shareholder groups controlling 20 percent of the company's stock had come out in favor of negotiating with American Stores.

Although ' American Stores ' food divisions retained an operating presence in their geographical locations and other centralized marketing, merchandising and other staff functions were relocated between 1992 and 1998 from Oak Brook, Illinois to Salt Lake City to occupy the then-new American Stores Tower, pharmacy operations were relocated to Scottsdale Arizona with certain pharmacy systems-related resources continuing to operate from the Chicago area after being relocated to 3030 Cullerton Drive in Franklin Park, Illinois, the location that previously served as Osco Drug's divisional headquarters prior to its relocation to its new purpose-built office facilities at 1818 Swift Drive in Oak Brook, Illinois ' Windsor Office Park during the early 1970s.

Also part of the Waterfront are the Forni Stores, built in 1626 at the order of Grand Master de Vilhena.

Marine City is also the home of 10 Antique Stores including the World Famous " Water Street Antique Mall " located at 412 S Water Street.

at the lower part of those rapids we arrived at 5 Large Lodges of nativs drying and prepareing fish for market, they gave us Philburts, and berries to eate, we returned droped down to the head of the rapids and took every article except the Canoes across the portag where I had formed a camp on ellegable Situation for the protection of our Stores from Thieft, which we were more fearfull of, than their arrows.

Sikeston Factory Outlet Stores is located at Exit 67 off I-55, only one mile north of the I-55 / I-57 interchange.

Support Group included No. 1 Stores Depot at RNZAF Te Rapa and No. 1 Repair Depot at RNZAF Woodborne.

Moroun also owns the Ammex Detroit Duty Free Stores at both the bridge and the tunnel.

Stores are often located in suburban areas, and are usually open until at least 10 pm ( although some notable exceptions include Pukekohe, which closes at 9 pm ).

Stores without on-site Pak ' n Save Fuel filling stations offer vouchers for use at BP service stations.

The Riverhead Centre development caused some controversy at the time as it followed the 1960s trend of replacing old architecture with new ; in this case it involved the wholesale demolition of much of the old town centre including the historic Bull Ring ( which is now where Wilkinson's, the Halifax Bank and the St James Hotel are based ) and streets going back many centuries including Flottergate ( located at the present day entrance to Freshney Place between British Home Stores and the market ), Brewery Street ( located at the present day entrance to Freshney Place between the branch of Barclays Bank and the offices of the Cheltenham and Gloucester ) and East St Mary's Gate ( no trace remains ).

He was especially critical of Conrad Black, who then held a controlling interest in Dominion Stores Ltd., for withdrawing $ 62 million at a time when many laid off company workers were unable to receive severance pay.

The retail space in the building's " cowcatcher " at the " prow " was leased by United Cigar Stores, and the building's vast cellar, which extended into the vaults that went more than under the surrounding streets, was occupied by the Flatiron Restaurant, which could seat 1, 500 patrons and was open from breakfast through late supper for those taking in a performance at one of the many theatres which lined Broadway between 14th and 23rd Streets.

At the same time that the company was making major divestments in the early 1990s, American Stores also looked for opportunities to make strategic minor acquisitions, ones that would enhance its position in the main markets where it needed to strengthen market share.

One of the " friendly rival " predecessor chains included several stores initially opened as Woolworth & Knox stores starting as early as September 20, 1884 as well as S. H. Knox & Co. 5 & 10 Cent Stores opened after an 1889 buyout by his cousin, Seymour H. Knox I. Knox's chain grew to 98 U. S. and 13 Canada stores by the time of the corporate consolidation.

Dominion Stores was once a national chain of supermarkets in Canada, which was still known as the Dominion of Canada at the time of the company's founding.

One particular unit in the town centre became a branch of International Stores in the late 1970s and was later successively a Gateway Foodmarket, Solo ( a Gateway Foodmarket re-brand ), Kwik Save, Somerfield, then Kwik Save and Somerfield again, before becoming vacant for quite some time.

Analysts generally believe that debt related to the acquisition of Hills Department Stores, at the same time as the tightened credit markets of 2001, caused the bankruptcy.

The company sold 25 of its free-standing drug stores in New Hampshire and Massachusetts to the Mellville Corp., which at the time operated CVS Stores.

By the time Grant died in 1972 at age 96, his chain of W. T. Grant Stores had grown to almost 1, 200.

Known through its history as Carter Hawley Hale Stores and Broadway Hale Stores over time, it acquired other retail store chains in regions outside its California home base and became in certain retail sectors a regional and national retailer in the 1970s and 1980s.

In 1969, it was purchased by the Broadway Hale Stores, a California chain of department stores .. For a time it was owned by the retail conglomerate Carter Hawley Hale.

At the time of the Tesco take over, a number of new Wm Low Stores were earmarked for development.

In 1976, Geisse retired and left Venture Stores, which had by that time expanded to 20 units.

However, he only practised for a year, after which he joined the Great Universal Stores Ltd, as an executive, working for part of that time as an assistant to the Chairman, Sir Isaac Wolfson Bt.

For a short time, Mr. Bingle also appeared in Memphis at the department store Lowenstein's and was used in Christmas advertising nationwide at various regional department stores owned by Mercantile Stores ( which acquired MB a few years before itself being acquired by Dillard's ).

At one time, the company was a subsidiary of May Department Stores ; Caldor was among the country's largest discount retailers.

Green sold its Canadian subsidiary Metropolitan Stores and some other assets at this time, reducing the number of stores in its system from 366 to 147.

In the same year, Big Bear Stores Co. purchased Harts Stores, a department store that was operating at the time in the basements of two Big Bears.

By the time of its completion, Merry Hill included several multiple stores including clothing retailers C & A and Littlewoods, general department store British Home Stores and supermarket chain J Sainsbury, as well as numerous smaller retailers.

At one time he Form Fit ( or FORMFIT ) brand was sold exclusively at Target Department Stores.

Four stores in Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio, plus a store under construction at the time in Michigan, were sold by Belk to The Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. Belk additionally traded its newly acquired Parisian location in Collierville, Tennessee, with Macy's, Inc. for a Macy's ( former Hecht's ) in Wilmington, North Carolina, during the second quarter of 2007.

The term was used in the 2007 U. S. Supreme Court decision Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly, which stated: " The requirement of allegations suggesting an agreement serves the practical purpose of preventing a plaintiff with "' a largely groundless claim '" from "' tak up the time of a number of other people, with the right to do so representing an in terrorem increment of the settlement value '" ( quoting Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug Stores ).

Of this, only 50 cents a day was paid in cash, the rest in script usable only in `` People's Stores ''.

Gallery Stores not only provide places for Lomographers to socialise, but also encourage public enthusiasm and awareness.

These older and smaller Jewel stand alone stores were closed so that American Stores could focus on the combination formats only for Jewel and to expand Osco's presence in Chicago as a response to Walgreens increasing market dominance.

The Bullhead City area is home to the region's only Outlet Mall, Target, Ross, Kohl's, Bed, Bath and Beyond, PetSmart, Wakimoto Farmer's Market, Lake Mohave Scuba, Jo-Ann Stores, Staples, and Sam's Club.

Wal-Mart Stores has been number 1 on the list for four of the last five years ( 2007 – 2011 ), interrupted only by ExxonMobil in 2009.

The Newfoundland locations are the only ones to continue under the Dominion banner to this day ; see Dominion Stores ( Newfoundland ).

Twila released Small Sacrifice on December 26, 2007. which was available only through her website and at Lifeway Christian Stores.

The estate has only one shop, Lovell Park Stores, an independent newsagent / convenience store / off-licence.

In March 2003, noting that only fifteen percent of the credit union's members were employed by Big Bear Stores Company, the credit union's membership voted to change the name of the credit union to Members First Credit Union, providing the credit union with a brand new identity.

InterTan filed a lawsuit in Canada stating that since the purchase by Circuit City Stores Inc was for only 80 % of InterTAN, the latter was still a viable company and thus entitled to keep using the name RadioShack.

It is now only available to purchase through Apple's 1-800 number, therefore not online or in Apple Stores.

It is owned by K-VA-T Food Stores, a privately held family and employee-owned corporation ( only 15 % via ESOP ) headquartered in Abingdon, Virginia.

Even recently there have been significant casualties, including on Mill Street the bank, the butcher's ( now wholesale only, as a result of over-demanding EU health legislation ), and the Harbour Stores ( formerly the second general shop, with an additional speciality in fishing supplies ).

It was released in 2003 by Sparrow Records, and was only available in Hallmark Gold Crown Stores.

Payyanur has groomed several social workers like Peeranki Nambeesan, community activists, extraordinary orator and freedom fighter KP Kunhirama Poduval who founded Sanjayan Smaraka Grandhalayam at Annur ( Sanjayan Memorial Library ), Kelappan Service Center ( perhaps the only institution built in memory of Kelappaji, also known as " Kerala Gandhi ") and Payyanur Co-operative Stores among a host of other social organizations.

The old Friendship Stores accepted only foreign exchange certificates as currency.

George Rose was then a director of Great Universal Stores, only just renamed from mere Universal Stores.