At the stroke of midnight, a muffled roar rang out -- I couldn't see the store doors open because I was around the corner -- and the next 10 minutes was a satisfying blur.
Instead, the department store opened its doors for holiday shoppers at 4 a.m.
When Cardiff's historic David Morgan department store closed its doors after more than a century in 2005, few thought the retail empire would rise again.
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Those gates have gone now, but so have many of the shops as well, the Aladin's cave of Leisureworld closed in 1998 the same decade that saw the city centre Anderson and McAuley department store close its doors.
At the front of this big store are large double doors that open promptly at 9 a.m.
This venerable department store company opened its doors in 1881 and operates three divisions today.
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"We are, however, looking forward to progressing with the store and opening our doors to the community later this summer, " he added.
Rademacher watched a lengthy stream of people cram through the doors when the store opened.
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It remained unclear when exactly the store would permanently shut its doors, though it was apparent it would be soon.
New York City: Crowds waiting to get inside a Hollister store busted through the locked doors and began looting around 1:15 a.m.
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Around five-thirty, the front doors to the store were locked.
Already this year, HMV, the U.K.'s last music chain, camera retailer Jessops and the U.K. arm of DVD rental firm Blockbuster have entered administration, a form of bankruptcy, while electrical business Comet and sports store JJB Sports closed their doors toward the end of last year.
Thousands of customers are expected at John Lewis after it opens the doors of its biggest store outside London.
In Tokyo, more than 450 people stood in a line when the doors of the Apple store in the upscale Ginza neighborhood opened.
This phenomenon, I assume, was driven by a desire to be one of the first in each store when they opened their respective doors at midnight.
By mid day our last surviving computer super-store in the area opened its doors and I was one of the first people standing outside the place carrying my server.
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Tim Murphy had sweated the details but was still jittery when he arrived to open the doors on the first Buffalo Wild Wings store outside the U.S. Hundreds of people were lined up on the sidewalk in Oshawa, Ont.
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There are big glass doors, long tables with Microsoft products people can try out, helpful store employees with bright T-shirts and lanyards, walls of accessories and scattered software.
But at Harrods, the giant London department store, sales are held only twice a year, and are so anticipated that customers line up before the doors open.
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