There were 11, 500 office products dealers when Office Depot superstores started popping up in the late 1980s.
The big chains' distribution systems, so effective in stocking superstores in malls, are of little advantage in cyberspace.
Ulta Salon Cosmetics and Fragrance is a chain of beauty superstores based in Bolingbrook, Ill.
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SoftWide's unusual model has a number of benefits over superstores and online downloads, Mr Doll-Steinberg insists.
In computer superstores, 60% of software sold is games, and about 35% is business software.
Superstores also incorporated cafes and comfy chairs to allow consumers to evaluate books at their leisure.
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Moreover, some analysts think that the superstores have missed opportunities by separating used-car businesses from new-car ones.
The superstores may offer convenience, keen prices and a range of products that small-town shops cannot match.
Consumers are keen to while away their Sundays in superstores, in theory as well as in practice.
Wellington in Shropshire took on the superstores in nearby Telford by expanding its outdoor market under colourful awnings.
Twenty years and many giant superstores later, such small outlets still have about half of the country's retail market.
While we non-fans decry their number, Manchester United has superstores the world over.
Like the hapless corner bookstore, Ingram Book, based in Nashville and privately held, is squeezed by the superstores and the Internet.
And it would be difficult to argue that the US is currently clamouring for haggis on the shelves of its superstores.
Apple never fared well by partnering with computer and consumer electronic superstores.
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Scotland will also look at other measures addressing cut-price promotions and the marketing and advertising of alcohol in superstores and other licensed premises.
It makes it possible to offer customers advice, which is hard to come by in big superstores where shelves must be kept stocked.
Over the next five years or so Borders expects to open 40 to 45 superstores a year, which would double its current number.
Glitzy pet superstores, which account for more than a fifth of pet-product sales in America and Canada, barely exist south of the Rio Grande.
Mr Nasser has also started to revolutionise distribution, buying independent dealers in cities such as San Diego and then merging them into company-run superstores.
Independent sellers and superstores will gather this week along with thousands of publishers, writers, agents and librarians for the industry's annual national convention, BookExpo America.
Wal-Mart and other superstores charge up to 27% less for food than traditional supermarkets, estimate economists Jerry Hausman of MIT and Ephraim Leibtag of the Department of Agriculture.
Now he's testing the formula again with car superstores called AutoNation.
First, America has made particularly big productivity strides in retailing, where big firms such as Wal-Mart have been able to open sprawling warehouses and superstores around the country.
Despite the growth of the superstores, small retailers own nearly 250, 000 shops across Britain and employ more than 750, 000 workers, a good proportion of them in small towns.
But what about those superstores like Staples and Office Depot?
Partly this shows the continuing invincibility of superstores in America.
To prove the point, she sweeps together almost every imaginable complaint against business, from the damage done to city centres by out-of-town superstores to support for nasty foreign governments.
We expect the company to maintain its market position driven by product innovation and promotional campaigns, and partnerships with superstores to sell its leading Huggies and Pull-up diaper brands.
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The CPRE has called for them to be withdrawn from the shelves of DIY superstores and other retailers, saying there is no need for such anti-social, environmentally-unfriendly products on the mass market.
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