Martin Robert, the store manager at Perelle Garage, said he had not seen anything like it before.

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Matt Magee, Tesco's regional corporate affairs manager, said the planned new store would create more than 370 jobs.

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Roger Glazebrook, a manager at Manhattan store Mary Arnold Toys, said the company was lucky because it stocked up on the Magna-Tiles months ago.

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Richard Taylor, a manager at the Aurora gun store and range Firing Line, said the 15-round restrictions on rifle magazines are "poorly worded" and are likely to affect owners of nearly every magazine.

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But Tracy Harvey, manager at the town's Harvey's department store, said the retail sector appeared to be coping.

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"As I was walking I saw them vacuuming something" out of a set cellar doors in the building where the eyeglass shop is located, said Steven Zarabi, the manager of women's clothing store next door.

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"Compromise, but don't give away the store, " said Teresa Malley, a 62-year-old retired sales manager from Buckingham, Pa.

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The store's website, Americastore.com, has already been selling the doll, said district manager Andrea McNiff.

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"Computers may come and go, but your personal data remains and continues to grow exponentially, which is why you need reliable storage solutions to help store, preserve and manage your most valued data, " said Mike Williams, vice president and general manager, HGST Branded Business.

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