At one prominent Apple Store in China, only one person waited outside before the store opened.

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He waited nearly 24 hours in line before the store opened.

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In Colchester, Essex, up to 243 new jobs were offered to unemployed people by Sainsbury's before a store opened as part of a section 106 agreement designed to help deal with the large number of people out of work.

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There's also an app store, which was Pokki's main business before Windows 8 came along and opened the Start Menu opportunity.

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