While those types of warehouse operations still exist, outlet malls have all but replaced them.

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For example, end of day operations in a bank will use a data warehouse database.

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And now it seems Best Buy is re-examining its operations in the U.K. with Carphone Warehouse.

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The meeting was held in a room called the warehouse, where Canada Drugs stocked its medicines before most of those operations were moved overseas, they said.

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Your old school is showing when you ignore the fact that while Amazon.com may not have a physical presence in the brick and mortar sense of a store or warehouse, it most certainly has a real physical presence in its day to day business operations at more than a half dozen locations throughout California.

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Tony Vernon, current head of North American operations, will become chief executive of the grocery business, which will leverage a warehouse model to capitalize on distribution strength.

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Best Buy conducts online retail operations under a variety of brand names such as Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile, The Carphone Warehouse, Five Star, Future Shop, Geek Squad, Magnolia Audio Video, PacificSales and The Phone House.

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